Schedule for the 2002 workshop on
Collectives and the Design of Complex Systems
Moffett Training and Conference Center
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8:30-9:00 |
BREAKFAST |
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9:00-9:15 |
WORKSHOP INTRODUCTION |
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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 |
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11:30-12:15 |
Mark Millonas |
Adaptive Compilation in Randomly Assembled Computers |
12:15-12:30 |
SESSION SUMMARY |
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12:30-1:30 |
LUNCH |
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1:30-1:45 |
AFTERNOON SESSION INTRO |
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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 |
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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 |
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6:00-8:00 |
RECEPTION: Ames Visitor Center |
8:30-9:00 |
BREAKFAST |
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9:00-9:15 |
DAILY INTRO |
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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 |
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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 |
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12:15- 1:30 |
LUNCH |
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1:30-1:45 |
AFTERNOON SESSION INTRO |
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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 |
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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 |
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7:00-10:00 |
WORKSHOP BANQUET: Michael's Restaurant |
8:30-9:00 |
BREAKFAST |
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9:00-9:15 |
DAILY INTRO |
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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 |
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11:15-12:00 |
Yoav Shoham |
It's Not Your Father's Mechanism Design |
12:00-12:15 |
SESSION SUMMARY |
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12:15-1:30 |
LUNCH |
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1:30-1:45 |
AFTERNOON SESSION INTRO |
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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 |
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3:45-5:30 |
MODERATED SESSION / SUMMARY |
8:30-9:00 |
BREAKFAST |
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9:00-9:15 |
DAILY INTRO |
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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 |
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11:15-12:00 |
Massoud Amin |
Complex Interactive Networks: Toward Self-healing Infrastructures |
12:00-12:15 |
SESSION SUMMARY |
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12:15- 1:30 |
LUNCH |
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1:30-2:15 |
Sevan Ficici |
Solving the Evolution-of-Complexity Problem |
2:15-3:15 |
WRAP-UP |
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3:15-3:45 |
COFFEE BREAK |