| 8:55am | Opening Remarks: Jeremiah Sullivan, Head of Physics Department, UIUC |
| 9:00am | Opening Keynote Talk
Paul C. Lauterbur, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Chemistry, UIUC:
"The Origin Of Complexity"
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| 10:00am | Keynote: David Goldberg, Director of the Illinois Genetic Algorithms Laboratory, General Engineering, UIUC: "Genetic Algorithms: Big, Bad & Fast"
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| 10:40am | Keynote: Bruce West, Chief Scientist, Mathematical & Information Sciences Directorate, US Army Research Office: "Fractional Calculus In Physiologic Networks"
Audio Slides |
| 11:20am | Keynote: Eshel Ben-Jacob, The Maguy-Glass Chair in Physics of Complex Systems, Former President of the Israel Physical Society, Tel Aviv University, Israel:
"Individual Frequency Signature In Human Brain Activity"
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| 1:10pm | Keynote: Zaida Luthey-Schulten, Chemistry, UIUC: "Evolution of Protein Structure: How Nature Designs Proteins"
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| 1:50pm | Nigel Goldenfeld, Physics, UIUC: "The Evolution Of The Genetic Code"
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| 2:30pm | Eric Jakobsson, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, Biochemistry, UIUC: "Levels Of Complexity In Biological Membranes"
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| 3:30pm | Keynote: Bruce Schatz, Interim Department Head, Medical Information Science, UIUC:
"Viable Health Systems via Distributed Computing Systems"
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| 4:10pm | Bob Wilhelmson, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and Senior Research Scientist, NCSA, UIUC
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Focus Session: The Complex Landscape of Conflict and Security in 141 Loomis chaired by Juergen Scheffran
| 4:45pm | Juergen Scheffran, Arms Control, Disarmament, International Security, UIUC:
"Complexity And Security: An Emerging Link"
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| 5:20pm | Alvin M. Saperstein, Physics, Fellow of the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, Wayne State University:
"Chaos In Models Of Arms Races And War"
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| 5:55pm | Michael Findley, Political Science, UIUC:
"Agents and Conflict: Civil War Resolution As A Complex Adaptive System"
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| 8:00am | Keynote: John Tyson, University Distinguished Professor of Molecular Cell Biology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University:
"Information Processing Networks In Living Cells"
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| 8:40am | Keynote: Itamar Procaccia, The Barbara and Morris L. Levinson Professorial Chair in Chemical Physics, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel:
"Exact Mapping Of Nonlinear Turbulence To Linear Models: The Mechanism Of Anomalous Scaling"
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| 9:20am | Keynote: Norman Packard, CEO of ProtoLife, Chairman of the Science Steering Committee of the Santa Fe Institute:
"Self-Assembly And Chemical Reactions At The Transition To Life"
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| 10:20am | Keynote: John Ross, Camille and Henry Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, Stanford University:
"Complex Chemical Reaction Mechanisms"
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| 11:10am | Eytan Domany, The Henry J. Leir Professorial Chair, Physics of Complex Systems, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel:
"Predicting Outcome In Breast Cancer: The Search For A Robust List Of Predictive Genes"
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1:00pm Tutorial I in 144 Loomis
Session T3A in 136 Loomis chaired by Martin Singleton
| 1:00pm | Javier Alcazar, Mechanical Engineering, Laboratory for Intelligent Machine Systems (LIMS), Cornell University: "Controllability And Observability For Interconnections Of A Large Number Of Mobile Robots" |
| 1:30pm | Bradly Alicea, Anthropology/Ecology, MIND Lab, Michigan State University: "Filling Up The Tree: Considering The Self-Organization Of A Complex Behavior" |
Session T3B in 141 Loomis chaired by Glenn Foster
| 1:00pm | Ulrich Behn, Institut f�r Theoretische Physik, Leipzig University, Germany:
"Architecture Of Randomly Evolving Idiotypic Networks"
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| 1:30pm | Phil Fraundorf, Physics & Astronomy, University of Missouri, St. Louis:
"Soft Correlations In Layered Niche-Networks"
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Session T3C in 158 Loomis chaired by Austin Gerig
| 1:00pm | Xiaopeng Zhao, Biomedical Engineering, Duke University: "Theoretical Analysis Of Smooth And Nonsmooth Period-Doubling Bifurcations In Cardiac Tissue" |
| 1:30pm | Maria D'Orsogna, Applied Mathematics Laboratory, University of California, LA: "Pattern Formation, Stability and Collapse For Self-Propelled Interacting Particles In Two Dimensions" |
Session T3D in 151 Loomis chaired by Vadas Gintautas
| 1:00pm | Jim Houk, Physiology, Northwestern University:
"Agents Of The Mind" Slides |
| 1:30pm | Sule Yildirim, Computer Science, Hogskolen i Hedmark, Norway:
"A Computational Model Of A Microzone Of The Cerebellum" Slides |
Session T3E in 137 Loomis by Davit Sivil
| 1:00pm | Ioan Kosztin, Physics, University of Missouri, Columbia: "Multiscale Modeling Of Molecular Transport In Channel Proteins And Artificial Nanopores" |
| 1:30pm | Rhonda Dzakpasu, Physics, University of Michigan:
"Causal Entropy As A Measure Of Temporal Interdependencies In Neural Systems" |
| 2:10pm | Gary J. Olsen, Microbiology, UIUC:
"Horizontal Gene Transfer: When Is A Network Still A Tree?"
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| 2:45pm | Hava Siegelmann, Computer Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst:
"Adaptive And Robust Artificial Organisms"
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| 3:20pm | Herbert Levine, Physics, UCSD:
"Astrocytes As Modulators Of Synaptic Information Transfer"
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| 4:20pm | Keynote: Yaneer Bar-Yam, President of the New England Complex Systems Institute:
"From The Evolution Of Altruism To Pandemic Extinction Of Human Civilization"
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| 5:00pm | Erez Braun, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel:
"Gene Recruitment And Adaptive Reprogramming Of Genetic Regulatory Networks"
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| 5:35pm | George Gumerman, Senior Scholar, School of American Research:
"Recreating The Past Using Agent-Based Modeling: An Example From The Nortamerican Southwest"
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| 6:10pm | End of Session T5 |
| 8:00am | Keynote: Praveen Kumar, Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UIUC:
"Hydrology As A Study Of Complex Adaptive Systems"
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| 8:35am | Upmanu Lall, Alan & Carol Silberstein Professor of Engineering; Chair, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University: "Hydromorphology: Structure and Evolution of Hydrologic Systems at the Scale of Years to Centuries"
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| 9:10am | Murugesu Sivapalan, Geography and Civil & Environmental Engineering, UIUC:
"Watersheds As Complex Systems: Looking For Emergent Properties In Hydrological Behavior"
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| 10:05am | Bruce Rhoads, Head of Geography Department, UIUC:
"Complexity Of River Dynamics"
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| 10:35am | Walter Goldburg, Physics, University of Pittsburgh:
"Measurement Of The Entropy Current In Compressible Turbulence"
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| 11:10am | Hassan Aref, Reynolds Metals Professor of Engineering Science & Mechanics, Virginia Tech:
"Vortex Wakes As A Complex System"
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Session W2B in 151 Loomis
| 10:05am | Sam Beshers, Program Coordinator, Neuroscience and Research Associate, Department of Entomology, UIUC:
"Ant Colony Strategies For Task Performance: Multitasking Workers And Multiworker Tasks"
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| 10:40am | Munir Nayfeh, Physics, UIUC |
| 11:15am | Pascal Bellon, Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC:
"Nanoscale Self-Organization In Alloys Driven By Irradiation And Plastic Deformation"
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1:00pm Tutorial II in 144 Loomis
Session W3A in 141 Loomis chaired by Glenn Foster
| 1:00pm | R. Thorsten Clay, Physics & Astronomy, Mississippi State University:
"Unexpected Metallic Phases In Models Containing Electron-Phonon Interactions"
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| 1:30pm | Stuart Tessmer, Physics, Michigan State University:
"The Charge Density Wave In A Rare-Earth Tritelluride"
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| 2:00pm | Michal Zochowski, Neurophysics, University of Michigan:
"Interaction Between Network Dynamics And Network Structure"
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Session W3B in 151 Loomis chaired by Vadas Gintautas
| 1:00pm | Wm. C. McHarris, Chemistry and Physics, Michigan State University:
"Entanglement And Correlated Statistics: Nonlinear Classical Mechanics Meets Quantum Mechanics"
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| 1:30pm | John Mayfield, Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University:
"Evolution As Computation"
Audio Slides |
| 2:00pm | Ping Ao, Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington: "An Emergence View Of Statistical Mechanics And Classical Physics From Darwinian Dynamics" |
Session W3C in 136 Loomis chaired by Martin Singleton
| 1:00pm | Hajime Inoue, School of Computer Science, Carlton University, Canada: "Dynamic Sandboxing" |
| 1:30pm | Evgeniy Khain, Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor: Shear-Induced Crystallization Of A Dense Rapid Granular Flow: Hydrodynamics Beyond The Melting Point? |
| 2:00pm | Ruhai Zhou, Mathematics, Old Dominion University: Spatial Coherence, Rheological Chaotic Dynamics, And Hydrodynamic Feedback Of Nematic Polymers In Plate-Driven Shear |
Session W3D in 158 Loomis chaired by Austin Gerig
| 1:00pm | Robert Leve, Psychology, University of Hartford: "Cognitive Systems And Adaptation To Complex Environments" |
| 1:30pm | Joseph Lewis, Computer Science, San Diego State University: "Emergent Representation And Adaptive Behavior Using The Starcat Framework" |
| 2:00pm | Maria Gracheva, Beckman Institute, UIUC: "Decoding Complex Electrical Signals Produced By The DNA Translocating Through A Solid State Nanopore" |
Session W3E in 137 Loomis chaired by Davit Sivil
| 1:00pm | Jorge Brea, Center for Neurodynamics, University of Missouri, St. Louis: "Resyncronization Dynamics Of Ensembles Of Phase Oscillators" |
| 1:30pm | Sadasivan Puthusserypady, Electrical & Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore: "Cross-Validation Error Criteria For Chaotic Time Series Prediction" |
| 2:00pm | Jeff Schank, Psychology, University of California, Davis: "Can Robots Help Us Understand The Development Of Sensorimotor Behavior?" |
| 3:00pm | Kimberly Hill, Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota:
"Particle Sorting: From Rotating Drums To Riverbeds"
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| 3:35pm | Allen Hunt, Physics, Wright State University: "Spatio-Temporal Scaling of Channels in Braided Streams"
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| 4:10pm | Gegory Chaitin, IBM Watson Research Center, New York:
"The Omega Number: Irreducible Complexity In Pure Math"
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| 4:45pm | Ian Dobson, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison:
"Criticality, Self-Organization And Cascading Failure In Blackouts Of Evolving Electric Power Networks"
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| 5:40pm | Russ Abbott, Computer Science, California State University, Los Angeles:
"Emergence Explained"
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| 6:15pm | Gerold Baier, Biophysics, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Morelos, Mexico:
"Listening To The Human Brain - The Sonification Of Complex Brain Activity"
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| 6:50pm | John Padgett, Political Science, University of Chicago:
"Economic Production As Chemistry"
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| 7:25pm | Gottfried Mayer-Kress, Kinesiology, Pennsylvania State University:
"Feedback Information And Dynamics Of Motor Learning And Control" Audio |
| 8:00pm | Carlos Puente, Hydrology, UC Davis:
"From Complexity To Peace"
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| 8:00am | Punit Parmananda, Physics, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Morelos, Mexico:
"Noise Induced Order In Excitable Systems"
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Focus Session Technology, Security, and Arms Control in 141 Loomis chaired by Juergen Scheffran
| 8:40am | Goetz Neuneck, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy Hamburg (IFSH), Germany:
"Revolution In Military Affairs And Preventive Arms Control"
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| 9:15am | Jürgen Altmann, Experimentelle Physik III, Universität Dortmund, Germany:
"Military Nanotechnology � Dangers, Preventive Arms Control, And Challenges To The International System"
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Session TH1B in 151 Loomis chaired by Wayne Davis
| 8:00am | Deborah Thurston, Interim Head, General Engineering, UIUC:
"The Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering at the University of Illinois" Slides |
| 8:30am | Harold Klein, General & Strategic Management Department, Temple University:
"Biologically-Inspired Cognitive Architectures for Information Organization" Slides |
| 9:00am | Jiawei Han, Computer Science, UIUC:
"Mining Control Flow Abnormality For Sofware Bug Isolation" Slides |
| 9:30am | Wayne Davis, General Engineering, UIUC:
"Imagineering America�s Transportation System" Slides |
| 10:15am | Jacqueline MacDonald, RAND Corporation and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University:
"Removing War�s Lethal Legacy: Technological Solutions To The Enduring Global Landmine Problem"
Audio Slides |
| 10:50am | Lawrence Erickson, ACDIS, UIUC:
"Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty And Radioactive Xenon Monitoring"
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| 11:25am | Brenda Wilson, Microbiology, ACDIS, UIUC:
"Biodefense And International Security"
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Session TH1C in 151 Loomis chaired by Sam Beshers
| 10:15am | Tom Anastasio, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, UIUC:
"Neural Map Formation Is A Side-Effect of Cooperative Mechanisms That Exist to Increase the Information Content Of Neural Representations"
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| 10:45am | Robert Bauer, Mathematics, UIUC:
`How To Pick A Curve At Random' or `Interfaces In 2D'
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| 11:15am | Gerard Wong, Materials Science and Engineering and of Physics, UIUC:
"Molecular �Hole Punchers� And Their Mechanisms: From Synthetic Antimicrobials To HIV Protein Transduction Domains"
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| 11:45am | Trudy Kriven, Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC:
"Architecture Of Calcium Phosphate Templates For Bone, Ligament And Cartilage Growth"
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| 12:15am | End of Session |
| 1:00pm | Judith Gebauer, Business Administration, UIUC:
"Information System Flexibility And The Cost Efficiency of Business Processes" Slides |
| 1:30pm | Albert Luo, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville:
"Quasi-Periodic And Chaotic Motions In Nonlinear Hamiltonian Systems" Slides |
| 1:55pm | End of Session |
2:00pm Tutorial III in 144 Loomis
Session TH3A in 141 Loomis chaired by Hava Siegelmann
| 2:00pm | Wolfgang Losert, Physics, University of Maryland:
"Cell Motility: Dynamic Networks And Flexible Membranes" Slides |
| 2:30pm | Michael Politano, Physics, Marquette University:
"Complexity In Close Binary Star Systems" Slides |
| 3:00pm | Sinisa Pajevic, Mathematical and Statistical Computing Laboratory, National Institutes of Health:
"Functional Topology And Architecture Of The Cortical Networks Derived From Neuronal Avalanches" Slides |
| 3:30pm | Gustavo Santana, Instituto Mexicano Del Petroleo, Mexico: "Meta-Knowledge Representation For Security Assessment In Cross-Organizational PKI-Based Networking Environment Using Multi-Agent System Engineering" |
Session TH3B in 151 Loomis chaired by Glenn Foster
| 2:00pm | Bruce Miller, Physics and Astronomy, Texas Christian University:
"Integrable Cousin Of An N Dimensional Dynamical System" Slides |
| 2:30pm | Yue-Kin Tsang, Center for Atmosphere Ocean, Science Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University:
"Exponential Decay Of Chaotically Advected Passive Scalars In The Zero Diffusivity Limit"
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| 3:00pm | Jin Yang, Los Alamos National Laboratory:
"Stochastic Modeling And Simulation Of Cell Signaling Systems With Molecular Finite Automata"
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| 3:30pm | Chunqing Lu, Mathematics, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville:
"Existence Of Slip And Sliding Motions Of A Nonsmooth Dynamical System"
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Session TH3C in 158 Loomis chaired by Austin Gerig
| 2:00pm | Xin Zhou, Los Alamos National Laboratory: "A General Method To Extend Molecular Dynamics Timescale In Atomistic Fluids: Time-Space Compression, Pair-Correlation Approximation And Applications" |
| 2:30pm | William Sulis, Psychiatry, McMaster University, Canada: "Emergence In The Game Of Life" |
| 3:00pm | Ruiqi Wang, Aihara Complexity Modelling Project, ERATO, JST, The University of Tokyo, Japan: "Noise-Induced Cooperative Behavior In A Multicell System" |
| 3:30pm | Irina Trofimova, Laboratory of Collective Intelligence, McMaster University, Canada: Ensembles with Variable Structure (EVS) In The Modelling Of Psychological Phenomena |
Session TH3D in 136 Loomis chaired by Martin Singleton
| 2:00pm | Will Millhiser, Operations, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University: "How Large Should A Complex System Be? An Application In Organizational Teams" |
| 2:30pm | Daniel Polani, Principal Lecturer, Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom: "A Simple Modularity Measure For Search Spaces Based On Information Theory" |
| 3:00pm | Alessandro Vezzani, Statistical Physics and Complex Systems Group, University of Parma, Italy: "Propagation Of Discrete Solitons In Inhomogeneous Networks" |
| 3:30pm | Rohit Bhargava, Biological Intelligence, Beckman Institute, UIUC: "Towards Automating Cancer Detection Through Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging" |
Session TH3E in 137 Loomis chaired by Davit Sivil
| 2:00pm | Ziad Kobti, Computer Science, University of Windsor, Canada |
| 2:30pm | Matthew Hudson, Genomics, UIUC: "Biological Regulatory Network Discovery" |
| 3:00pm | Greg Snyder, Physics, University of Chicago: "Fluorescence Studies Of Myosin V: The Motor Walks, Dances, And Skis" |
| 3:30pm | Christopher Newman, Roosevelt University and Elgin Community College: "RevolutionPrints" |
| 4:20pm | Martin Singleton, Mathematics, UIUC:
"Learning Rate And Attractor Size Of The Single-Layer Perceptron" Slides |
| 4:50pm | May Lim, New England Complex Systems Institute:
"Preferential Detachment In Signaling Networks: Connectivity And Cost Trade-Offs"
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| 5:20pm | Yingxiao Wang, Bioengineering, UIUC:
"Visualizing Molecular Signals In Live Cells"
Audio Slides |
| 5:50pm | Nikolai Zarkevich, Physics, UIUC:
"Energy Storage With Complex Hydrides"
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Session TH4B in 144 Loomis chaired by Austin Gerig
| 4:20pm | Dennis O'Connor, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville: "Chaos And Periodic Motions In An Impacting Gear Mesh Model" |
| 4:50pm | Mehul Patel, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville: "Stability And Bifurcation Of The Periodic Motions In The Periodically Forced Oscillator With Multiple Discontinuities" |
| 5:20pm | Arun Rajendran, Mechanical Engineering, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville: "Periodic Motions And Grazing Phenomena Of A Semi-Active Suspension System With MR Damping" |
| 5:50pm | Sagun Thapa, Mechanical Engineering, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville: "Nonlinear Dynamics Of A Simplified Brake System" |
Session TH4C in 136 Loomis chaired by Anne Hanna
| 4:20pm | Martin Ganco, Business Administration, UIUC: "Organizational Learning And Entry: Complexity Approach To Performance Differentials Between Diversifying Entrants And Entrepreneurial Start-Ups" |
| 4:50pm | Daisuke Takeshita, Center for Neurodynamics, University of Missouri, St. Louis: "Modeling Seizure Development In The Neocortex" |
| 5:20pm | Charu Kumar, Animal Sciences, UIUC: "Identification And Bioinformatic Characterization Of Novel Transcripts Expressed In Cattle Placenta" |
| 5:50pm | Xiaoming Mao, Physics, UIUC: "Intrinsic Heterogeneity In The Elastic Properties Of Random Network Solids" |
Session TH4D in 151 Loomis chaired by Vadas Gintautas
| 4:20pm | Pawel Weronski, Theoretical Division and Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory:
"Application Of Molecular Dynamics Computer Simulations In The Design Of A Minimal Self-Replicating Molecular Machine"
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| 4:50pm | Alex Yahja, Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University:
"WIZER: An Automated Intelligent Tool For Model Improvement Of Simulations"
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| 5:20pm | Predrag Tosic, Computer Science, UIUC:
"Computational Complexity Of Some Enumeration Problems In Sparse Boolean Network Automata"
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| 5:50pm | Hossein Mobahi, Computer Science, UIUC: "Dynamic Concept Formation For Avoiding Local Minima In Artificial Neural Networks" |
| 6:30pm | John Veysey, Physics, UIUC:
"Pattern Formation At Carbonate Hot Springs"
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| 7:00pm | Charles Basenga Kiyanda, Theoretical & Applied Mechanics, UIUC:
"The Transition To Chaotic Dynamics In Gaseous Detonation Waves"
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| 7:30pm |
Alfred Hubler, Physics, UIUC:
"Complex systems paradigms applied to solve an old problem: How to make road side bombs and land mines ineffective."
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