Prof.
Erik Aurell
(KTH),
Mikko Alava
(HUT, Espoo, Finland)
05/05/2008, 13:00
Prof.
Luca Peliti
(Naples)
06/05/2008, 13:00
While most of the genetic information is coded in the DNA
sequence, the selection process acts on phenotypic traits.
It may well be the case that, while mutations affect
independently these traits, the selective effect (fitness)
is a nonlinear function of the traits themselves. I shall
recall a general approach to the description of this
two-layered evolution process, and I shall discuss...
Dr
Paolo Muratore-Ginanneschi
(University of Helsinki)
07/05/2008, 10:00
We inquire the scaling properties of the 2d Navier-Stokes
equation sustained by a forcing field with Gaussian
statistics, white-noise in time and with power-law
correlation in momentum space of degree 2-2*epsilon.
This is at variance with the setting usually assumed to
derive Kraichan's classical theory. We contrast accurate
numerical experiments with the different...
Prof.
Olav Tirkkonen
(TKK)
07/05/2008, 13:00
In wireless networks it is beneficial for the nodes to share
a notion of time, at least in a periodic (clock) sense. In
existing cellular networks, nodes may get their timing from
a centralized server. In networks without centralized
control, however, such as ad hoc and sensor networks, time
synchrony has to be generated in a self-organized manner.
Each node decides its preferred timing...
Dr
Joakim Enwall
(Uppsala University)
08/05/2008, 13:00
The paper is focused on the part of the Silk Road in the
Tarim Basin and adjacent areas. Today this region is located
mostly within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the
People’s Republic of China, but in historical times it has
been contested by many states and power structures and has
served as a melting pot for many peoples, cultures and
languages. The relatively modern concept...
Prof.
Luca Peliti
(Naples)
08/05/2008, 15:15
Influenza exhibits two apparently contradictory features: on
the one hand, any given individual can get infected with the
disease over and over again, since the virus mutates fast
enough to escape acquired immunity; on the other hand, on
any given epidemic season, the viral strain is sufficiently
well-defined, so that an effective vaccine can be
identified. It represents a problem in...
Prof.
Satya Majumdar
(Directeur de Recherche, CNRS, Universite Paris-Sud (ORSAY), FRANCE.)
09/05/2008, 13:00
The statistical properties of the largest eigenvalue of a
random matrix are of interest in diverse fields ranging from
disordered systems to statistical data analysis and even to
string theory. In this talk I'll discuss some recent
developements on the theory of extremely rare fluctuations
of the largest eigenvalue and its various applications.
Prof.
Massimo Vergassola
(Institut Pasteur)
12/05/2008, 15:00
I shall discuss the challenges faced by living organisms
trying to locate and move towards a source of nutrients,
odors, pheromones, etc., i.e. substances emitted by the
source and randomly transported by the environmental medium.
Microorganisms, such as bacteria performing chemotaxis, can
rely on local concentration gradients to guide them towards
the source, yet they have to cope...
Prof.
Joachim Krug
(U Cologne)
13/05/2008, 10:00
Abstract: Experimental evolution is an emerging field of
evolutionary biology in which populations of microbes
(bacteria, viruses, fungi) are propagated in the lab for
thousands of generations and adaptive events are monitored
in phenotypic and genotypic detail. In this talk
I will review recent efforts at modeling such experiments,
based on the classic Wright-Fisher model of...
Prof.
Heiko Rieger
(Saarbrucken)
13/05/2008, 13:00
During tumor growth the regular arterio-venous blood vessel
network in normal tissue is transformed into a highly
inhomogeneous tumor specific vasculature, involving a
multitude of dynamical processes like cell proliferation,
angiogenesis, vessel regression and cell death. A general
characteristics is the compartmentalization of the tumor
into several regions differing in vessel density,...
Prof.
Chin-Kun Hu
(Academica Sinica)
19/05/2008, 13:00
In this talk, I briefly review some recent developments in
computing structures and properties of proteins in parallel
computers. The topics under discussion include:
- developments of algorithms and computer packages for all-atom simulations of proteins in parallel computers,
- parallel tempering simulations of HP-36
- development of algorithm to compute...
Prof.
Bing-Hong Wang
(University of Science and Technology of China)
20/05/2008, 13:00
Since the spatial structure is introduced into the
evolutionary games by Nowak and May, there has been a
continuous effort on exploring effects of spatial structures
on the cooperation. It has been found that the spatial
structure promotes evolution of cooperation in the
prisoner's dilemma game (PDG), while in contrast often
inhibits cooperative behavior in the snowdrift game (SG)....
Prof.
Matteo Palassini
(Barcelona)
21/05/2008, 13:00
Due to the small number of molecules involved in
intracellular processes, stochastic fluctuations play an
important role in gene regulation, and possible
constructive effects of noise have received considerable
attention. Another important, but often neglected,
aspect of gene regulation are the long delays involved
in the complex biochemical processes of transcription
and...
Prof.
Satya Majumdar
(Directeur de Recherche, CNRS, Universite Paris-Sud (ORSAY), FRANCE.)
22/05/2008, 13:00
Sang Hoon Lee
(Complex Systems and Statistical Physics Lab, KAIST)
23/05/2008, 13:00
Recently, massive digital records have made it possible to
analyze a huge amount of data in social sciences such as
social network theory. We investigate social networks
between people by extracting information on the World Wide
Web. Using famous search engines such as Google, we quantify
relatedness between two people as the number of Web pages
including both of their names and...
Dr
Matteo Marsili
(Abdus Salam ICTP)
26/05/2008, 13:00
Prof.
Meesoon Ha
(KAIST, Korea)
28/05/2008, 13:00
Sumedha Sumedha
(ISI, Torino, Italy)
29/05/2008, 13:00
Dr
György Dan
(KTH, EE), Dr
Supriya Krishnamurthy
(SICS)
30/05/2008, 10:30
Mr
John Ardelius
(Swedish Institute of Computer Science)
The Licentiate thesis is in the Swedish academic system a
mid-degree, halfways to the PhD.
John Ardelius will present his work on heuristics to solve large constrain satisfaction problems, which is within the scope of PhysDIS.
External examiner: Prof Bart Selman, Cornell
John Ardelius will present his work on heuristics to solve large constrain satisfaction problems, which is within the scope of PhysDIS.
External examiner: Prof Bart Selman, Cornell
