Complexity Digest 2006.06

06-Feb-2006

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  1. Battling Bad Behavior, The Scientist
  2. Software That Learns By Doing, Computer Word
  3. Postage Is Due For Companies Sending E-Mail, NY Times
    1. Wi-Fi Startup Gets Funding From Google, Skype, InformationWeek
  4. Should Journals Police Scientific Fraud?, Nature
    1. Is Peer Review Broken?, The Scientist
  5. Cultural Transmission Between and Within Generations, JASSS
    1. The Emergence of Symbiotic Groups Resulting from Skill-Differentiation and Tags, JASSS
  6. Neuroscience: A Timely Debate About The Brain, Science
    1. Neuroscience: What's in a Face?, Science
  7. A Fork In Memory Lane: UCSD Research Indicates Hippocampus Supports Two Aspects Of Recognition, Innovations-report
    1. Researchers Prove A Single Memory Is Processed In Three Separate Parts Of The Brain, ScienceDaily
  8. Finding The Molecular Basis Of Complex Genetic Variation In Humans And Mice, Phil. Tran. Biol. Sc.
  9. Cardiac Regeneration: Repopulating The Heart, Annual Review of Physiology
  10. Low-Fat Diet Does Not Cut Health Risks, Study Finds, NY Times
    1. Diet Doubts Attacked By Experts, BBC News
    2. Low-Fat Diet May Not Reduce Cancer And Heart Risks, New Scientist
  11. Alien Animal Planet - Flying Whales, Walking Trees, Three-Eyed Killer Birds, Wired
  12. Berkeley Researchers Lay Groundwork For Cell Version Of Dna Chip, Eurekalert
  13. Infectious Diseases: Tackling Neglected Diseases Could Offer More Bang For The Buck, Science
    1. Two-For-One Special On Diseases, Science Now
  14. Ticking The Right Boxes, Nature
    1. Rats Show Off 'Stereo Smell', Nature News
  15. New Species Found In Papua 'Eden, BBC News
  16. Space Rock Re-Opens Mars Debate, BBC News
  17. Colloids Get Complex, Nature
    1. Melted Rock Helps Quakes Shake, Science Now
  18. Theoretical Physics: Ring Around A Quasar May Deflate Quantum Foam After All, Science
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Network
    1. Pentagon Hones Its Strategy On Terrorism, NY Times
  20. Links & Snippets
    1. Other Publications
    2. Webcast Announcements
    3. Conference Announcements
    4. Call for Papers - Book Announcements

  1. Battling Bad Behavior, The Scientist Next Article Bookmark and Share

    Excerpts: Many of society's most vexing problems - the rise of antibiotic resistance, the current epidemic of obesity, armed conflicts that leave both sides worse off - have their roots in the suboptimal and often puzzling actions of individuals. At times conflicting self-interests power such behavior; the best solutions from a collective perspective fail due to the nature of individual payoffs.1 In other situations, however, people simply fail to do what is best even for themselves, in the face of good, freely available information. Despite stern warnings and mountains of strong evidence, some people continue to take up smoking.

  2. Software That Learns By Doing, Computer Word Next Article Bookmark and Share

    Excerpts: Machine-learning techniques have been used to create self-improving software for decades, but recent advances are bringing these tools into the mainstream.

    Attempts to create self-improving software date to the 1960s. But "machine learning," as it's often called, has remained mostly the province of academic researchers, with only a few niche applications in the commercial world, such as speech recognition and credit card fraud detection. Now, researchers say, better algorithms, more powerful computers and a few clever tricks will move it further into the mainstream.(...)

    "The problem is, software is becoming larger and larger and less and less manageable. So there's a trend to make software that can adapt itself. This is a really big item for the future."

  3. Postage Is Due For Companies Sending E-Mail, NY Times Next Article Bookmark and Share

    Excerpts:
    Companies will soon have to buy the electronic equivalent of a postage stamp if they want to be certain that their e-mail will be delivered to many of their customers.

    1. Wi-Fi Startup Gets Funding From Google, Skype, InformationWeek Next Article Bookmark and Share

      Excerpts: Fon, of Spain, got $21.7 million in investor funding from Google, Skype, and other investors. Fon plans to create a global network of a million shared Wi-Fi hot-spots by 2010, using the same download, install, and share model that created the Skype network.

  4. Should Journals Police Scientific Fraud?, Nature Next Article Bookmark and Share

    Excerpts: Editors don't expect peer review to catch deliberate fakers. But recent scandals mean that journals are looking at other ways to detect fabricated papers.

    1. Is Peer Review Broken?, The Scientist Next Article Bookmark and Share

      Excerpts: Submissions are up, reviewers are overtaxed, and authors are lodging complaint after complaint about the process at top-tier journals. What's wrong with peer review?

      Peter Lawrence, a developmental biologist who is also an editor at the journal Development and former editorial board member at Cell, has been publishing papers in academic journals for 40 years. His first 70 or so papers were "never rejected," he says, but that's all changed. Now, he has significantly more trouble getting articles into the first journal he submits them to.

  5. Cultural Transmission Between and Within Generations, JASSS Next Article Bookmark and Share

    Abstract: We describe some simulations that compare cultural transmission between and within generations (inter-generational vs intra-generational transmission) in populations of embodied agents controlled by neural networks. Our results suggest that intra-generational transmission has the role of adding variability to the evolutionary process and that this function seems particularly useful when the population lives in a rapidly changing environment. Adaptation to environmental change is slower if cultural transmission is purely inter-generational while it is faster if a certain amount of intra-generational cultural transmission makes it possible to remove earlier and no longer suitable behaviors, facilitating the emergence of new and more appropriate ones.

    1. The Emergence of Symbiotic Groups Resulting from Skill-Differentiation and Tags, JASSS Next Article Bookmark and Share

      Abstract: This paper presents a evolutionary simulation where the presence of 'tags' and an inbuilt specialisation in terms of skills result in the development of 'symbiotic' sharing within groups of individuals with similar tags. It is shown that the greater the number of possible sharing occasions there are the higher the population that is able to be sustained using the same level of resources (...) These 'symbiotic' groups could provide the structure necessary for the true emergence of artificial societies, supporting a division of labour similar to that found in human societies.

  6. Neuroscience: A Timely Debate About The Brain, Science Next Article Bookmark and Share

    Excerpts: Neuroscientists have recently shown that multiple brain regions are used to judge short intervals, but fierce disagreement continues over how neurons in those regions measure time

    Any driver will agree that a yellow light at a traffic intersection presents a conundrum. Should one hit the brakes to stop or keep going--speeding, if necessary, to beat the red light? A number of factors could influence the choice, including the degree of recklessness of the driver, the urgency of the trip, and, not least, whether a police car is in sight. But the key element in the decision is the person's estimate of how much time it will take for the signal to turn red.

    1. Neuroscience: What's in a Face?, Science Next Article Bookmark and Share

      Excerpts: Is the human brain like a Swiss Army knife (1), composed of special-purpose components, each tailored to solve a single specific task? Or do we instead possess a more general kind of intelligence, with minds and brains that are prepared to tackle a wide range of problems without being optimized for any of them in particular? For nearly two centuries, a debate has raged between proponents of specialized "organs" or "modules" of the mind and brain and those who support "distributed" cognitive and neural processing.

  7. A Fork In Memory Lane: UCSD Research Indicates Hippocampus Supports Two Aspects Of Recognition, Innovations-report Next Article Bookmark and Share

    Excerpts: Anyone who has recognized a person but then struggled with the particulars - "I know I know her, but how…?" - can also appreciate the distinction between "familiarity" and "recollection." Recollection, as defined by memory specialists, is the ability to call up specific details about an encounter, while familiarity is simply knowing that someone or something has been encountered before. Both are elements of recognition memory and both, new research suggests, are functions of the brain's hippocampus. (...) A seahorse-shaped structure in the left and right medial temporal lobes of the brain, the hippocampus has long been known as a critical area for processing memory. (...)

    1. Researchers Prove A Single Memory Is Processed In Three Separate Parts Of The Brain, ScienceDaily Next Article Bookmark and Share

      Excerpts: UCI researchers have found that a single brief memory is actually processed differently in separate areas of the brain - an idea that until now scientists have only suspected to be true. (...) In a study using rats, researchers (...) demonstrate that while one part of the brain, the hippocampus, is involved in processing memory for context, the anterior cingulate cortex, a part of the cerebral cortex, is responsible for retaining memories involving unpleasant stimuli. A third area, the amygdala, located in the temporal lobe, consolidates memories more broadly and influences the storage of both contextual and unpleasant information. (...)

  8. Finding The Molecular Basis Of Complex Genetic Variation In Humans And Mice, Phil. Tran. Biol. Sc. Next Article Bookmark and Share

    Abstract: I survey the state of the art in complex trait analysis, including the use of new experimental and computational technologies and resources becoming available, and the challenges facing us. I also discuss how the prospects of rodent model systems compare with association mapping in humans.

  9. Cardiac Regeneration: Repopulating The Heart, Annual Review of Physiology Next Article Bookmark and Share

    Excerpts: Many forms of pediatric and adult heart disease result from a deficiency in cardiomyocyte number. Through repopulation of the heart with new cardiomyocytes (that is, induction of regenerative cardiac growth), cardiac disease potentially can be reversed, provided that the newly formed myocytes structurally and functionally integrate in the preexisting myocardium. A number of approaches have been utilized to effect regenerative growth of the myocardium in experimental animals.

  10. Low-Fat Diet Does Not Cut Health Risks, Study Finds, NY Times Next Article Bookmark and Share

    Excerpts: The largest study ever to ask whether a low-fat diet reduces the risk of getting cancer or heart disease has found that the diet has no effect.

    The $415 million federal study involved nearly 49,000 women ages 50 to 79 who were followed for eight years. In the end, those assigned to a low-fat diet had the same rates of breast cancer , colon cancer, heart attacks and strokes as those who ate whatever they pleased, researchers are reporting today.


    1. Diet Doubts Attacked By Experts, BBC News Next Article Bookmark and Share

      Excerpts:
      Part of the study looked at breast cancer incidence
      Heart experts say a study which shows a lack of health benefits from a low-fat diet failed to take into account other risk factors. A US study of over 19,500 women found cutting back on fat for almost a decade failed to offer significant protection against some cancers and heart disease.

    2. Low-Fat Diet May Not Reduce Cancer And Heart Risks, New Scientist Next Article Bookmark and Share

      Excerpts: Eating a low-fat diet with plenty of fibre does not reduce the risk of certain cancers and heart disease in postmenopausal women, suggest three major new studies.

      But many experts are unconvinced by the research, asserting there are weaknesses in its design, and stressing the many studies which back the importance of a low-fat, healthy diet in preventing cancer and cardiovascular disease.

      The three related studies followed 50,000 women from the Women's Health Initiative trial over 8 years. No statistically significant difference was seen in the rates of breast cancer, colorectal cancer or cardiovascular disease between women on a reduced fat diet - eating five portions of fruit and vegetables and six portions of grains each day - compared with those who made no dietary changes.

  11. Alien Animal Planet - Flying Whales, Walking Trees, Three-Eyed Killer Birds, Wired Next Article Bookmark and Share

    Excerpts:
    Stalker
    On Aurelia, an Earth-sized planet half shrouded in perpetual darkness, vast floodplains give way to groves of treelike stinger fans that use ambulatory roots to creep across the muddy surface. On Blue Moon, a lunar orb in an adjacent solar system light-years from Aurelia, winged skywhales gulp aerial plankton suspended in the dense atmosphere, while balloon plants float beneath the canopies of massive pagoda tree forests, buoyed by hydrogen gas-filled membranes like miniature Hindenburgs.

  12. Berkeley Researchers Lay Groundwork For Cell Version Of Dna Chip, Eurekalert Next Article Bookmark and Share

    Excerpts: New technique developed for attaching biological cells to non-biological surfaces

    A new technique in which single strands of synthetic DNA are used to firmly fasten biological cells to non-biological surfaces has been developed by researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California at Berkeley. This technique holds promise for a wide variety of applications, including biosensors, drug-screening technologies, the growing of artificial tissues and the design of neural networks.

  13. Infectious Diseases: Tackling Neglected Diseases Could Offer More Bang For The Buck, Science Next Article Bookmark and Share

    Excerpts: Public health efforts in the developing world are missing out on a bargain, say a group of researchers and health policy leaders. At a meeting here* and in a recent paper, they argue that the ramped-up efforts against the Big Three--HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria--will yield far bigger dividends if they are coupled with an attack on so-called neglected diseases such as hookworm, schistosomiasis, and leishmaniasis. These infections make their victims more susceptible to the Big Three, the researchers contend.

    1. Two-For-One Special On Diseases, Science Now Next Article Bookmark and Share

      Excerpts: Public health efforts in the developing world are missing out on a bargain, say a group of researchers and health policy leaders. They argue that the ramped-up efforts against the Big Three--HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria--will yield far bigger dividends if they are coupled with an attack on so-called neglected diseases such as hookworm, schistosomiasis, and leishmaniasis. Those parasites make their victims more susceptible to the Big Three, say scientists, who add that fighting both categories requires a similar public health infrastructure.

  14. Ticking The Right Boxes, Nature Next Article Bookmark and Share

    Excerpts: The humble tick isn't often viewed as an ally of human health (...), but one British biotechnology company is banking on its hidden charms.

    (...) a number of proteins found in the saliva of ticks, and some are already showing clinical promise, particularly for the treatment of allergies and inflammation.

    The proteins' potency derives from a tick's need to evade detection while it feeds on its animal host. Its saliva contains a number of molecules that suppress its victim's immune response, allowing the tick to feed for days unnoticed.

    1. Rats Show Off 'Stereo Smell', Nature News Next Article Bookmark and Share

      Excerpts: Researchers in India have discovered that a single sniff is enough for a rat to locate the source of an enticing aroma. Their work shows that rats can effectively smell in 'stereo': their two nostrils work independently in much the same way as our ears, with contrasting signals to the brain creating a spatial understanding of sensory information.

  15. New Species Found In Papua 'Eden, BBC News Next Article Bookmark and Share

    Excerpts:
    The team gathered the first photographic record of the Berlepsch's six-wired "lost" bird of paradise (Image: Bruce Beehler)
    An international team of scientists says it has found a "lost world" in the Indonesian jungle that is home to dozens of new animal and plant species. "It's as close to the Garden of Eden as you're going to find on Earth," said Bruce Beehler, co-leader of the group.

    The team recorded new butterflies, frogs, and a series of remarkable plants that included five new palms and a giant rhododendron flower.

  16. Space Rock Re-Opens Mars Debate, BBC News Next Article Bookmark and Share

    Excerpts:
    Dendritic material in the Nakhla meteorite is rich in carbon
    A carbon-rich substance found filling tiny cracks within a Martian meteorite could boost the idea that life once existed on the Red Planet. The material resembles that found in fractures, or "veins", apparently etched by microbes in volcanic glass from the Earth's ocean floor.

  17. Colloids Get Complex, Nature Next Article Bookmark and Share

    Excerpts: Self-organization of soft-matter components can create complex and beautiful structures. But the intricate structures created by adding a second stage of organization could reveal more than just a pretty face. The term ‘soft matter' denotes materials that are easily deformed by external stresses, and encompasses liquid crystals, polymers, surfactants and colloids (particles dispersed within another medium). Their basic constituents have characteristic sizes of between several nanometres and several micrometres, and, crucially, have the potential to self-organize, forming beautiful, regular three-dimensional structures.

    1. Melted Rock Helps Quakes Shake, Science Now Next Article Bookmark and Share

      Excerpts: Earthquakes are known for their devastating effects above ground, but some of the most intense action occurs 10 kilometers below. Down there, the sudden lurching of Earth's tectonic plates produces enough friction to melt a slab of rock along the fault. Now, a team of geologists has shown that this melted rock seems to grease faults as they slide past each other, letting quakes really shake their thing.

  18. Theoretical Physics: Ring Around A Quasar May Deflate Quantum Foam After All, Science Next Article Bookmark and Share

    Excerpts: A halo in an image of a distant galaxy rules out some conceptions of the frothy "quantum foam" thought to make up space and time at the smallest scales, a team of physicists claims. If true, the observation clamps the first experimental limit on quantum gravity, the highly theoretical field that strives to marry quantum mechanics and Einstein's general theory of relativity.

  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Network Next Article Bookmark and Share

    1. Pentagon Hones Its Strategy On Terrorism, NY Times Next Article Bookmark and Share

      Excerpts: The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has completed a new, classified counterterrorism strategy that for the first time orders the military to focus on nine areas identified as necessary for any terrorist network to operate, senior Pentagon officials say, and warns that ill-conceived military operations could add to terrorists' ranks.

  20. Links & Snippets Next Article Bookmark and Share

    1. Other Publications Next Article Bookmark and Share

      1. Exact Elliptic Compactons in Generalized Korteweg-DeVries Equations, Fred Cooper, Avinash Khare, Avadh Saxena, SFI Working Papers, DOI: SFI-WP 06-01-003
      2. Supersymmetric Approximations to the 3D Supersymmetric O(N) Model, John F. Dawson, Bogdan Mihaila, Per Berglund, Fred Cooper, SFI Working Papers, DOI: SFI-WP 06-01-002
      3. Non-perturbative Gluon Pair Production, Fred Cooper, Gouranga Nayak, SFI Working Papers, DOI: SFI-WP 06-01-001
      4. LXRS And FXR: The Yin and Yang of Cholesterol and Fat Metabolism, Nada Y. Kalaany, David Mangelsdorf J., Annual Review of Physiology; Volume 68, Page 159 - 191
      5. Design And Function Of Superfast Muscles: New Insights into the Physiology of Skeletal Muscle, Lawrence C. Rome, Annual Review of Physiology; Volume 68, Page 193 - 221
      6. Can Pleo Robot Charm the Market?, 06/02/06, PC Magazine. Caleb Chung, the co-inventor of the popular Furby doll, is launching a new dinosaur robot for kids called Pleo that he hopes will build upon his dream of creating lifelike, emotionally responsive mechanical animals. The $200
      7. Welcome To The Blogosphere: Population 27.2 Million And Growing, 06/02/06, Information Week. A new blog is created every second and the phenomenon has grown 60 times larger than it was three years ago, (...).
      8. Oldest T. Rex Relative Unveiled, Rebecca Morelle, 06/02/08,
        The G. wucaii was found in the Junggar Basin, north-west China (Image: Zhongda Zhang/IVPP)
        BBC News. The forefather of the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex has been discovered, scientists report.
      9. Differential Contribution of the Three Aph1 genes to {gamma}-secretase Activity in vivo, Lutgarde Serneels, et al., 2005/002/01, PNAS 102(5):1719-1724, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0408901102
      10. Transforming and Enriching Documents for the Semantic Web, Dietmar Roesner, Manuela Kunze, Sylke Kroetzsch, 2005/01/31, arXiv, DOI: cs.AI/0501096
      11. Progress Toward A More Targeted Treatment Of Alzheimer's Disease, 2005/02/01, ScienceDaily and Flanders Interuniversity Institute Of Biotechnology
      12. Bridges over Troubled Water: Suppliers as Connective Nodes in Global Supply Networks, Poul Houman Andersen, Poul Rind Christensen, 2005/09, Journal of Business Research, 58(9):1261-1273, DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2003.04.002
      13. A Multi-Graph to Support the Scholarly Communication Process, Marko A. Rodriguez, 2006/01/17, arXiv, DOI: cs.DL/0601121
      14. The Origins And Evolution Of Functional Modules: Lessons From Protein Complexes, J. B. P.-Leal, E. D. Levy, S. A. Teichmann, 2006/01/24, Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2005.1807
      15. Microsoft, Yahoo And Google Snub China Briefing: According To Bill Gates, Problems In China Will Dissipate, P. Olson, 2006/02/01, vnunet.com & Forbes.com
      16. Exploiting Protein Structure Data To Explore The Evolution Of Protein Function And Biological Complexity, R. L. Marsden, J. A.G. Ranea, A. Sillero, O. Redfern, C. Yeats, M. Maibaum, D. Lee, S. Addou, G. A. Reeves, T. J. Dallman, C. A. Orengo, 2006/02/01, Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2005.1801
      17. Evolution Mystery: Spider Venom And Bacteria Share Same Toxin, 2006/02/02, Innovations-report & Lewis & Clark College
      18. Can Snoring Ruin A Marriage?, 2006/02/02, ScienceDaily & Rush University Medical Center
      19. Researchers Find That Sense Of Smell Is Dependent On Body Position, 2006/02/03, ScienceDaily & McGill University
      20. Although Humanoid Robots Now Exist, A Robotics Expert Insists That They Will Never Become Intelligent Enough To Take Over The World, L. L. Tan, 6:1, 2006, Innovation: The Magazine of Research and Technology
      21. How Social Experiences Influence The Brain, F. A Champagne - fac25ahermes.cam.ac.uk, J. P. Curley, Dec. 2005, online 2005/11/02, Current Opinion in Neurobiology, DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2005.10.001
      22. Neural Mechanisms Of Imitation, M. Iacoboni - iacobonialoni.ucla.edu, Dec. 2005, online 2005/11/03, Current Opinion in Neurobiology, DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2005.10.010
      23. Beetles, Boxes And Brain Cells: Neural Mechanisms Underlying Valuation And Learning, C. D. Salzman - cds2005acolumbia.edu, M. A. Belova, J. J. Paton, Dec. 2005, online 2005/11/03, Current Opinion in Neurobiology, DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2005.10.016
      24. Reflections On The Age Distribution Of Japanese Scientists, A. Asonuma - o47217aanucc.cc.nagoya-u.ac.jp, Y. Fan - y.fangasohu.comg, R. Rousseau - ronald.rousseauakhbo.be, Feb. 2006, Online 2005/12/14, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, DOI: 10.1002/asi.20282
      25. 'Quacking Like A Duck'? Bush II And Presidential Power In The Second Term, D. H. Dunn, Jan. 2006, Online 2006/01/24, International Affairs, DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2346.2006.00517.x
      26. Diversity In The Neuronal Machine: Order And Variability In Interneuronal Microcircuits, I. Soltesz, Nov. 2005, Book Announcement, Oxford Univ. Press

    2. Webcast Announcements Next Article Bookmark and Share

      1. Ralph Abraham on Complexity Digest, , Calcutta, India, 05/12/27
      2. An Afternoon with Michael Crichton, Washington, 05/11/06
      3. Illuminating the Shadow of the Future, Ann Arbor, Mi 05/09/23-25
      4. Open Network of Centres of Excellence in Complex Systems - Brainstorming Meeting, Paris, France 05/09/19-23
      5. Complexity, Science & Society Conference 2005, U. Liverpool, UK 2005/09/11-14
      6. ECAL 2005 - VIIIth European Conference on Artificial Life, Canterbury, Kent, UK 2005/09/5-9
      7. T. Irene Sanders, Executive Director and Founder, The Washington Center for Complexity & Public Policy, 05/08/27, QuickTime video (10:38 min), Podcast
      8. North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity 2005 Conference, Virtual Conference Network, St. Pete's Beach, Florida, 05/06/09-11
      9. Understanding Complex Systems - Computational Complexity and Bioinformatics, Virtual Conference Network, Urbana-Champaign, Il, UIUC, 05/05/16-19
      10. Nonlinearity, Fluctuations, and Complexity, with a celebration of the 65th birthday of Gregoire Nicolis. , Complexity Session, Universite' Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, 05/03/16
      11. World Economic Forum , Davos, Switzerland, 05/01/26-30
      12. 1st European Conference on Complex Systems, Torino, Italy, 04/12/5-7
      13. From Autopoiesis to Neurophenomenology: A Tribute to Francisco Varela (1946-2001), Paris, France, 2004/06/18-20
      14. Evolutionary Epistemology, Language, and Culture, Brussels, Belgium, 04/05/26-28
      15. International Conference on Complex Systems 2004, Boston, 04/05/16-21
      16. Nonlinear Dynamics And Chaos: Lab Demonstrations, Strogatz, Steven H., Internet-First University Press, 1994
      17. CERN Webcast Service, Streamed videos of Archived Lectures and Live Events
      18. Dean LeBaron's Archive of Daily Video Commentary, Ongoing Since February 1998
      19. Edge Videos

    3. Conference Announcements Next Article Bookmark and Share

      1. Intl Wkshp and Sem, Dynamics on Complex Networks and Applications, Dresden, Germany, 06/02/06-03/03
      2. FRACTAL 2006 Complexity and Fractals in Nature, 9th Intl Multidisciplinary Conf, Vienna, Austria, 06/02/12-15
      3. 'The Application of Complexity Science to Human Affairs , Milton Keynes, UK, 06/02/28
      4. 2nd Intl Nonlinear Science Conf, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 06/03/10-12
      5. 18th European Meetings on Cybernetics and Systems Research (EMCSR), Vienna, Austria, 06/04/18-21
      6. 5th Intl Joint Conf on Autonomous Agents And Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2006) Future University, Hakodate, Japan, )6/05/08-12
      7. Nonlinearities: from Turbulent to Magic, Copenhagen, Denmark. 06/05/17-20
      8. Alife X - The 10th Intl Conf on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems,Bloomington, Indiana, 06/06/03-07
      9. Intl. Conference on Complex Systems Boston, MA, 06/06/25-30
      10. 1st Intl Conf on Economic Sciences with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents, Univ of Bologna, Italy, 06/06/15-17
      11. NKS 2006: The Wolfram Science Conference, Washington, D.C., 06/06/16-18
      12. Intl Conf on Complex Systems (ICCS), Boston, Ma, 06/06/25-30
      13. 11th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science, Lausanne, Switzerland, 06/07/05-08
      14. 2006 Genetic And Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2006), Seattle, Washington, USA, 06/07/08-12
      15. 5th World Congress of Biomechanics, Munich, Germany, 06/07/29-08/04
      16. 50th Anniversary Summit of AI, Monte Verita, Switzerland, 06/07/09-14
      17. 2006 Intl Conf on Nonlinear Science and Complexity, Beijing, China, 06/08/07-12
      18. Symmetry Festival 2006, Symmetry in Art and Science Education, Budapest, Hungary, 06/08/12-18
      19. World Conference on Social Simulation (WCSS-06) , Kyoto, Japan, 06/08/21-25
      20. 7th Intl Symposium on Knowledge and Systems Sciences (KSS'2006), Beijing, 06/09/22-25.
      21. FROM ANIMALS TO ANIMATS 9, The Ninth Intl Conf on the SIMULATION OF ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR (SAB'06), Roma, Italy, 06/09/25-30
      22. 6th Intl Conf on Simulated Evolution and Learning , Hefei, China, 06/10/15-18

    4. Call for Papers - Book Announcements Bookmark and Share

      1. Kinematic Self-Replicating Machines, © 2004 Robert A. Freitas Jr. and Ralph C. Merkle. All Rights Reserved. This book is now available for free on the Internet, 05/10
      2. New Issue of E:CO (Emergence, Complexity and Organization) was published online.

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