*Registration will be open all days during the symposium, in the Ballroom Foyer on the Second Level. Wednesday, November 4 9:00-5:00 AI-funding seminar Thursday, November 5 9:00-9:15 Opening Remarks: Mirsad Hadzikadic - University of North Carolina at Charlotte 9:15-10:30 Invited Talk: Alfred Hübler - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 10:30-11:00 Break 11-12:30 Panel 1: Energy and Information in Complex Adaptive Systems Chair: Russ Abbott - California State University, Los Angeles 12:30-1:00 Break (buffet lunch provided) 1:00-6:00 Parallel Sessions (Breaks at the discretion of the Session Chairs)
6:00-7:00 AAAI Reception Friday, November 6 9:00-10:30 Paper Session: Politics and Public Policy Chair: Jim Walsh - University of North Carolina, Charlotte Evolution of International Law: Two Thresholds, Maybe a Third Author: Anthony D'Amato Using Complex Adaptive Systems to Simulate Information Operations at the Department of Defense Author: Deborah V. Duong Dynamic Threshold Modeling of Budget Changes Author: Bryan D. Jones, László Zalányi, Frank R Baumgartner and Péter Érdi The Rise of the Modern State: Gradual Reform or Punctuated Transition Author: Hilton L. Root Modeling and Simulating Community Sentiments and Interactions at the Pacific Missile Range Facility Author: Catherine Zanbaka, Jason HandUber, Desmond Saunders-Newton 10:30-11:00 Break 11:00-12:30 Panel 2: Validation Chair: John Hummel - Argonne National Laboratory 12:30-2:00 Lunch (Provided) - Invited Talk: Mitch Waldrop - Nature magazine 2:00-3:30 Paper Session: Group Networks and Dynamics Chair: Mitch Waldrop - Nature magazine Self-organized Coupling Dynamics and Phase Transitions in Bicycle Pelotons Author: Hugh Trenchard The Effects of Quality and Price on Adoption Dynamics of Competing Technologies Authors: Jacomo Corbo, Yevgeniy Vorobeychik Threshold Phenomena in Epistemic Networks Author: Patrick Grim Dynamics of Price Sensitivity and Market Structure in an Evolutionary Economic Matching Model Authors: Griffin Vernor Drutchas, Péter Érdi Thresholds of Behavioral Flexibility and Environmental Turbulence for Group Success Author: Andrea Jones-Rooy 3:30-4:00 Break 4:00-4:45 Invited talk: Bob Reynolds - Wayne State University 4:45-5:30 Paper Session: Biology and Medicine Chair: Ted Carmichael - University of North Carolina, Charlotte A Computational Analysis of the Synergistic Effect of Coagulation Inhibitors on the Generation of Thrombin Authors: Nathan Menke, Kevin Ward, Lemont Kier, Cha-Kun Cheng, & Umesh Desai Emergence of Ultra-Conserved Protein Domains and Amino Acid Repeats: Adaptation, Competition and Thresholds Authors: Mary M. Rorick, Gunter P. Wagner 5:45-7:15 AAAI Plenary session Saturday, November 7 9:00-10:30 Panel 3: Advancing Child Maltreatment Prevention Using CAS Chair: Rich Puddy - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 10:30-10:45 Break 10:45-12:30 Paper Session: Advances in Complex Adaptive Systems Chair: Anne-Marie Grisogono - Defence Science and Technology Organisation Language Dynamics: Sound Categorization Author: Betty Tuller Data Theory, Discourse Mining and Thresholds Authors: David L. Sallach, Jonathan Ozik Formal Measures of Dynamical Properties: Tipping Points Author: Aaron L Bramson Linking Network Structure and Diffusion through Stochastic Dominance Author: PJ Lamberson Predicting and Controlling System-Level Parameters of Multi-Agent Systems Authors: Don Miner, Marie desJardins Timing the Delivery of Preterm Fetus: A Case Study Based on Computer Simulation Authors: Tina Yu, Tsung-Hong Chiu, Jeroen van den Wijngaard, T'sang-T'ang Hsieh, Berend E. Weserhof, Enson Tseng 12:30-1:30 Brown-bag lunch: Where Do We Go From Here?* *(Technically, the symposium ends at 12:30 on Saturday. However, please feel free to join us for an informal gathering to discuss future plans.) For more details from AAAI, please follow this link: AAAI 2009 Fall Symposia. |
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