Prof. Dr. Georgi Georgiev, Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Assumption College, MA, USA, Title: "Structure formation by flows of free energy and increased energy throughput through those structures: Internal entropy minimization and external entropy production "
9:25-10:10 | Keynote 1
Prof. Dr. Stefan Thurner, Section for Science of Complex Systems, Medical University of Vienna. "Driven non-equilibrium systems as sample space reducing processes: How statistics emerges as an interplay of driving and relaxing."
Prof. Dr. Mile Gu, The Quantum and Complexity Science Initiative, Nanyang Technological Unversity, Singapore. Title: "Quantum Simplicity - a tour of complexity and structure from the perspective of quantum observers."
11:45-12:05 |Dr. Daniel M. Busiello, University of Padua, "Similarities and Differences Between Non-equilibrium Steady States and Time-Periodic Driving in Diffusive Systems"
12:05-12:35 | Invited 1
Prof. Dr. Ashwin Vaidya, Department of Mathematical Sciences; Director, Science Honors Innovation Program; College of Science and Mathematics; Montclair State University; Montclair, NJ 07043 “Self-Organization in Fluid-Solid Interacting Systems Far from Thermodynamic Equilibrium”
Prof. Dr. Henrik Jeldtoft Jensen with Katharina Brinck, Mathematical Physics and Leader of the Centre for Complexity Science, Imperial College London. "Co-evolving individuals and the emergence of adaptive structures: group selection versus the individual."
15:15-15:35 | Prof. Dr. Marios Valavanides, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of W. Attica, Greece "Α multi-scale, inherently complex self-organizing process: Steady-State Two-Phase Flow in Pore Networks"
15:35-16:05 | Invited 2
Prof. Dr. Giridhar Nandikotkur, School of Natural Sciences, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ “Exploring Long-term Memory in Time Series of X-ray Radiation from Active Nuclei of Galaxies”.
16:00-16:30 | Coffee Break
16:30-17:15 | Keynote 4
Prof. Dr. Karl John Friston, FRS, FMedSci, FRSB, Principal Research Fellow and Scientific Director, Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, Institute of Neurology, University College London "Markov blankets and Bayesian mechanics "
17:15-17:35 | Prof. Dr. Marco Alberto Javarone and Srivas Chennu, "Information flow and energy landscape of mind states", School of Computing, University of Kent, UK, and Chain LDT, London, UK
17:35-17:55 Christopher W. Lynn, Ari E. Kahn, & Danielle S. Bassett, University of Pennsylvania , "Surges of collective human activity emerge from simple pairwise correlations"
Evening Social Event: All presenters and participants are encouraged to go together for a dinner at a local restaurant, to continue discussing the interesting topics of their presentations.