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Physics of Distributed Information Systems (PhysDIS)
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Monday, May 5, 2008 (8:00 AM)
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Saturday, May 31, 2008 (5:00 PM)
Monday, May 5, 2008
1:00 PM
Opening of the program
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Erik Aurell
(
KTH
)
Mikko Alava
(
HUT, Espoo, Finland
)
Opening of the program
Erik Aurell
(
KTH
)
Mikko Alava
(
HUT, Espoo, Finland
)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
1:00 PM
Sequence evolution in phenotypic space: An overview
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Luca Peliti
(
Naples
)
Sequence evolution in phenotypic space: An overview
Luca Peliti
(
Naples
)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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 recent works in which evidence has been collected for it to take place in the evolutionary dynamics of transcription factor binding sites.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
10:00 AM
On the scaling properties of 2d randomly stirred Navier–Stokes equation
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Paolo Muratore-Ginanneschi
(
University of Helsinki
)
On the scaling properties of 2d randomly stirred Navier–Stokes equation
Paolo Muratore-Ginanneschi
(
University of Helsinki
)
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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 <i>2-2*epsilon</i>. This is at variance with the setting usually assumed to derive Kraichan's classical theory. We contrast accurate numerical experiments with the different predictions provided for the small <i>epsilon</i> regime by Kraichnan's double cascade theory and by renormalization group (RG) analysis. We give clear evidence that for all <i> epsilon </i> Kraichnan's theory is consistent with the observed phenomenology. Our results call for a revision in the RG analysis of (2d) fully developed turbulence.
1:00 PM
Self-organized Synchronization in Wireless Networks
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Olav Tirkkonen
(
TKK
)
Self-organized Synchronization in Wireless Networks
Olav Tirkkonen
(
TKK
)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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 based on information on the timings of other nodes. In the literature, synchronization algorithms based on (pulse) coupled oscillators have been widely studied, mostly in the setting of a fully connected network. In this talk, synchronization in networks with nearest neighbor coupling is studied. Synchronizatino based on pulse coupled oscillators is compared to simple cyclic averaging algorithms.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
1:00 PM
Languages along the Silk Road
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Joakim Enwall
(
Uppsala University
)
Languages along the Silk Road
Joakim Enwall
(
Uppsala University
)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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 of the Silk Road has been applied to the various trading routes linking China with the Western World, although it served more as a link between China and Central Asia. Since the latter part of the 19th century remarkable archaeological finds have given rise to new approaches to the study of Silk Road history, especially in the form of manuscripts in previously unknown languages like Tokharian and Saka. In this region, well-preserved mummies of Caucasian origin have been found, and this has led to wide-spread speculations about the migrations of mankind in this area, one of the last to the permanently settled in the world due to its harsh climatic conditions. Furthermore, the various interpretations of the history of this region have further deepened the ideological conflicts between the present-day majority population of the area, the Uyghurs, and the soon-to-be majority, the Han Chinese.
3:15 PM
The puzzle of the evolutionary dynamics of influenza
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Luca Peliti
(
Naples
)
The puzzle of the evolutionary dynamics of influenza
Luca Peliti
(
Naples
)
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Room: Klein Auditorium
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 evolutionary dynamics in which the molecular level and the epidemiological level are tightly bound. Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain this behavior, but a satisfactory answer is still lacking. I shall review the recent debate on the subject and point out the most promising directions of research.
Friday, May 9, 2008
1:00 PM
Large Deviation of the Top Eigenvalue of a Random Matrix
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Satya Majumdar
(
Directeur de Recherche, CNRS, Universite Paris-Sud (ORSAY), FRANCE.
)
Large Deviation of the Top Eigenvalue of a Random Matrix
Satya Majumdar
(
Directeur de Recherche, CNRS, Universite Paris-Sud (ORSAY), FRANCE.
)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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.
3:00 PM
Program reception
Program reception
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Monday, May 12, 2008
3:00 PM
Biological strategies of motility
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Massimo Vergassola
(
Institut Pasteur
)
Biological strategies of motility
Massimo Vergassola
(
Institut Pasteur
)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Nobel Forum
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 with the stochastic nature of the microscopic world and must reliably infer local gradients from noisy series of detections. Macro-organisms, such as insects and birds, are spared by molecular noise but they lack local cues pointing towards the location of the source because mixing in a flowing medium breaks up regions of high concentration into random and disconnected patches, carried by winds and currents. Thus macroscopic animals, e.g. sensing odors in air or water, detect them only intermittently as patches of odor sweep by, and they must devise a strategy of movement based upon sporadic cues and partial/missing information. Understanding of the strategies evolved by living organisms also has technological applications to robotics.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
10:00 AM
Dynamics of microbial evolution
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Joachim Krug
(
U Cologne
)
Dynamics of microbial evolution
Joachim Krug
(
U Cologne
)
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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 population genetics. The talk will focus in particular on the phenomenon of clonal interference, the competition between different beneficial mutations that is believed to slow down the adaptation of asexual populations and hence to contribute to the evolutionary advantage of sex [1]. <ol> <li> S.C. Park, J. Krug, PNAS 104, 18135 (2007) </ol>
1:00 PM
Angiogenesis and Vascular network remodeling in a growing tumor
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Heiko Rieger
(
Saarbrucken
)
Angiogenesis and Vascular network remodeling in a growing tumor
Heiko Rieger
(
Saarbrucken
)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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, diameter and in necrosis. Prominent features are also "hot spots", which are regions of high vascular density and increased blood flow in the center of the tumor, and whose analysis is an important diagnostic tool in cancer treatment. We present a model for vascular remodeling in tumorv predicting that the formation of hot spots correlates with local inhomogeneities of the original arterio-venous vasculature of the healthy tissue. Probable locations for hot spots in the late stages of the tumor are locations of increased blood pressure gradients. The developing tumor vasculature is non-hierarchical but still complex displaying a fractal geometry and algebraically decaying density distributions.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
10:00 AM
Peer-assisted content distribution systems
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György Dan
(
KTH
)
Peer-assisted content distribution systems
György Dan
(
KTH
)
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Peer-assisted content distribution systems can be characterized by two important properties: first, content is distributed to the consumers using the resources of other consumers; second, participation in the system and contribution to the system's resources is voluntary. Peer-assisted content distribution is best known due to the popularity of peer-to-peer file-sharing systems, but it is also promising for streaming content delivery, as well as it is the underlying principle of delay tolerant networking. In this talk we will discuss the challenges of peer-assisted content distribution systems with special focus on streaming content delivery and delay tolerant networks, and we will present some recent analytical results on the performance of these systems.
1:00 PM
On state space structure and average case complexity in random KSAT problems
On state space structure and average case complexity in random KSAT problems
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Licentiate presentation, J. Ardelius, KTH and SICS
Thursday, May 15, 2008
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday, May 16, 2008
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday, May 17, 2008
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
1:00 PM
Computing Structures and Properties of Proteins in Parallel computers
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Chin-Kun Hu
(
Academica Sinica
)
Computing Structures and Properties of Proteins in Parallel computers
Chin-Kun Hu
(
Academica Sinica
)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
In this talk, I briefly review some recent developments in computing structures and properties of proteins in parallel computers. The topics under discussion include: <ol> <li> developments of algorithms and computer packages for all-atom simulations of proteins in parallel computers, <li> parallel tempering simulations of HP-36 <li> development of algorithm to compute volume <emph>V</emph>, surface area <emph>A</emph>, and cavity of proteins by analytic equations in parallel computers, <li> new force replica exchange method and protein folding pathways probed by force-clamp technique and related problems. </ol>
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
1:00 PM
Study of prisoner's dilemma game, snowdrift game, and naming game on complex network
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Bing-Hong Wang
(
University of Science and Technology of China
)
Study of prisoner's dilemma game, snowdrift game, and naming game on complex network
Bing-Hong Wang
(
University of Science and Technology of China
)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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). In recent years, extensive studies indicate that many real networks are far different from regular lattices, instead, show small-world and scale-free topological properties. Hence, it is naturally to consider evolutionary games on networks with these kinds of properties. An interesting result found by Santos and Pacheco is that “Scale-free networks provide a unifying framework for the emergence of cooperation”. First, I will review some of our works in the field of evolutionary games. By means of some simple models, we have studied how an important topological structural feature, the average degree, affects the cooperative behavior. We found there is a highest cooperation level induced by an optimal value of average degree for different types of networks. Besides, we investigate the randomness effect on the cooperative behavior by introducing both topological and dynamical randomness. We found a resonance type phenomena reflected by the existence of highest level of cooperation in the case of appropriate randomness. Moreover, we propose a memory-based snowdrift game over complex networks. Some very interesting behaviors are observed, such as the nonmonotonous behavior of frequency of cooperation as a function of payoff parameter, spatial pattern transition and so on. Then, I shall discuss about a structured language game, the naming game. We propose an asymmetric negotiation strategy to investigate the influence of high-degree agents on the agreement dynamics in the naming game. We introduce a model parameter, which governs the frequency of high-degree agents acting as speakers in communication. It is found that there exists an optimal value of the parameter that induces the fastest convergence to a global consensus on naming an object for both scale-free and small-world naming games. This phenomenon indicates that, although a strong influence of high-degree agents favors consensus achievement, very strong influences inhibit the convergence process, making it even slower than in the absence of influence of high-degree agents. Investigation of the total memory used by agents implies that there is some trade-off between the convergence speed and the required total memory. Other quantities, including the evolution of the number of different names and the relationship between agents’ memories and their degrees, are also studied. The results are helpful for better understanding of the dynamics of the naming game with asymmetric negotiation strategy.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
1:00 PM
Effects of delay and noise in a negative-feedback genetic regulatory loop
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Matteo Palassini
(
Barcelona
)
Effects of delay and noise in a negative-feedback genetic regulatory loop
Matteo Palassini
(
Barcelona
)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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 translation. We study the interplay of intrinsic noise and delay in a model of the p53 core regulatory network. Recent experiments found pronounced coordinated oscillations in the concentrations of proteins p53 and Mdm2 in individual cells subjected to DNA damage. Oscillations have also been observed in other systems with negative feedback, such as the Hes1 and NF-$\kappa$B systems, and in circadian rhythms. Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain these findings, such as deterministic limit cycles (with or without delay) and noise-induced oscillations in the presence of a strong separation between fast and slow reactions. We consider a birth-and-death master equation model of the negative feedback loop between p53 and Mdm2, which does not assume a strong separation of reaction rates but takes into account the transcriptional and translational delay (at the price of analytical and computational complications due to the non-Markovian dynamics). Via exact stochastic simulations, we find pronounced noise-induced oscillations in a wide region of parameters for which there are no sustained oscillations in the deterministic limit, in qualitative agreement with the experimental results. We speculate that this may be a generic mechanism for oscillations in gene regulatory systems.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
1:00 PM
Extreme Value Statistics, Integer Partitions, and Bose Gas
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Satya Majumdar
(
Directeur de Recherche, CNRS, Universite Paris-Sud (ORSAY), FRANCE.
)
Extreme Value Statistics, Integer Partitions, and Bose Gas
Satya Majumdar
(
Directeur de Recherche, CNRS, Universite Paris-Sud (ORSAY), FRANCE.
)
1:00 PM - 1:20 PM
Friday, May 23, 2008
1:00 PM
Googling social interactions: Web search engine based social network construction
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Sang Hoon Lee
(
Complex Systems and Statistical Physics Lab, KAIST
)
Googling social interactions: Web search engine based social network construction
Sang Hoon Lee
(
Complex Systems and Statistical Physics Lab, KAIST
)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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 construct weighted social relatedness networks. The weight and strength distributions are found to be quite broad. A class of measure called the R{\'e}nyi disparity, characterizing the homogeneity of weight distribution for each node, is presented. We introduce the maximum relatedness subnetwork, which extracts the most essential relation for each individual. We analyze the members of the 109th United States Senate as an example and demonstrate that the methods of construction and analysis are applicable to various other social groups and weighted networks. <br><br> In addition, I will present some results of my recent works on phase transition in annealed scale-free networks, etc.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
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Monday, May 26, 2008
1:00 PM
Multi-asset markets, empirical data, and theoretical modelling
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Matteo Marsili
(
Abdus Salam ICTP
)
Multi-asset markets, empirical data, and theoretical modelling
Matteo Marsili
(
Abdus Salam ICTP
)
1:00 PM - 1:20 PM
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
1:00 PM
Instability transitions and ensemble equivalence in diffusive flow
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Meesoon Ha
(
KAIST, Korea
)
Instability transitions and ensemble equivalence in diffusive flow
Meesoon Ha
(
KAIST, Korea
)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Thursday, May 29, 2008
1:00 PM
A thermodynamic mechanism for the agglomeration of DNA-looping proteins
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Sumedha Sumedha
(
ISI, Torino, Italy
)
A thermodynamic mechanism for the agglomeration of DNA-looping proteins
Sumedha Sumedha
(
ISI, Torino, Italy
)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Friday, May 30, 2008
10:30 AM
Peer-to-peer systems and physics
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György Dan
(
KTH, EE
)
Supriya Krishnamurthy
(
SICS
)
Peer-to-peer systems and physics
György Dan
(
KTH, EE
)
Supriya Krishnamurthy
(
SICS
)
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Saturday, May 31, 2008