Schedule for the 2002 workshop on

Collectives and the Design of Complex Systems

Moffett Training and Conference Center
NASA Ames Research Center
August 6-9 2002




Tuesday, August 6, 2002

8:30-9:00

BREAKFAST

9:00-9:15

WORKSHOP INTRODUCTION

9:15-9:30

Dan Clancy

Complex Systems and NASA

9:30-10:15

Neil Johnson

Complex Systems Management: Hoping for the Best but Coping with the Worst

10:15-11:00

Valin Thorn

The International Space Station Program as a Collective

11:00-11:30

COFFEE BREAK

11:30-12:15

Mark Millonas

Adaptive Compilation in Randomly Assembled Computers

12:15-12:30

SESSION SUMMARY

12:30-1:30

LUNCH

1:30-1:45

AFTERNOON SESSION INTRO

1:45-2:30

John Doyle

Rigor and Robustness in Collective Dynamics

2:30-3:15

Rob Axtell

Societies Solve Dilemmas with Groups: Non-Cooperative Coalition Formation with Internal Redistribution

3:15-3:45

COFFEE BREAK

3:45-4:30

Tad Hogg

Dynamics of Large Autonomous Computational Systems

4:30-5:15

Zoltan Toroczkai

Effects of Interagent Communication on Collectives

5:15-5:30

SESSION SUMMARY

6:00-8:00

RECEPTION: Ames Visitor Center



Wednesday, August 7, 2002

8:30-9:00

BREAKFAST

9:00-9:15

DAILY INTRO

9:15-10:00

Kagan Tumer

An Introduction to Collectives

10:00-10:45

David Wolpert

The Mathematics of Collectives

10:45-11:15

COFFEE BREAK

11:15-12:00

David Fogel

Self-Play Can Improve the Performance of Certain Kinds of Collectives, but which Kinds?

12:00-12:15

SESSION SUMMARY

12:15- 1:30

LUNCH

1:30-1:45

AFTERNOON SESSION INTRO

1:45-2:30

Robert Savit

Man and Superman: Human limitations, Innovation and Emergence in Resource Competition

2:30-3:15

Ilan Kroo

Large-Scale System Optimization: Designing Collectives

3:15-3:45

COFFEE BREAK

3:45-4:30

Kristian Lindgren

Cooperation in Iterated-Game Collectives

4:30-5:15

Kristina Lerman

Two Paradigms for the Design of Artificial Collectives

5:15-5:30

SESSION SUMMARY

7:00-10:00

WORKSHOP BANQUET: Michael's Restaurant



Thursday, August 8, 2002

8:30-9:00

BREAKFAST

9:00-9:15

DAILY INTRO

9:15-10:00

Arancha Casal

Multi-Agent Control of Modular Self-Reconfigurable Robots

10:00-10:45

David C. Parkes

Mechanism Design for Complex Systems: Towards Automatic Configuration

10:45-11:15

COFFEE BREAK

11:15-12:00

Yoav Shoham

It's Not Your Father's Mechanism Design

12:00-12:15

SESSION SUMMARY

12:15-1:30

LUNCH

1:30-1:45

AFTERNOON SESSION INTRO

1:45-2:30

Aviv Bergman

Developmental Stability and Evolution

2:30-3:15

Damien Challet

Competition Between Adaptive Agents: Learning and Collective Efficiency

3:15-3:45

COFFEE BREAK

3:45-5:30

MODERATED SESSION / SUMMARY



Friday, August 9, 2002

8:30-9:00

BREAKFAST

9:00-9:15

DAILY INTRO

9:15-10:00

Akira Namatame

Efficiency and Equity in Collective Action of Interacting Heterougeneous Agents

10:00-10:45

Eric Friedman

Asynchronous Learning in Decentralized Environments: A Game Theoretic Approach

10:45-11:15

COFFEE BREAK

11:15-12:00

Massoud Amin

Complex Interactive Networks: Toward Self-healing Infrastructures

12:00-12:15

SESSION SUMMARY

12:15- 1:30

LUNCH

1:30-2:15

Sevan Ficici

Solving the Evolution-of-Complexity Problem

2:15-3:15

WRAP-UP

3:15-3:45

COFFEE BREAK



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