Morning Session (9:45-13:00)
9:45-9:50 | Opening, Prof. Dr. Georgi Georgiev, Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Assumption University, MA, USA.
9:50-10:30 | Keynote Prof. Dr. Carlos Gershenson, “Balance: a narrative for complexity” Binghamton University, NY, USA
10:25-11:00 | Wilfried Segnou, "Synchronisation in nonlinearly coupled Stuart-Landau oscillators on a network", Namur Institute for Complex Systems (naXys), Faculté de science / Département de mathématiques, Université de Namur ASBL, Belgium
11:00-11:30 | Coffee Break | 30 min
11:30-12:10 | Prof. Dr. Georgi Georgiev, "Average Action Efficiency Rises Monotonically in Self-Organizing Systems Stochastic Least-Action Dynamics: Path Entropy (MaxCal) and Entropy-Production Implications" Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Assumption University, MA, USA.
12:10-12:35 | Liam Waldron, "Self-Organization and Robustness of Complex Systems Increase With Size and Decreasing Dissipation", Computer Science Department, Assumption University, Worcester, USA.
12:35-13:00 | Alejandro Zamorano Reyes, Vıctor Munoz, "Energy distributions in driven dissipative media with variable topology", Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile.
13:00-14:00 | Lunch | 60 min
14:00-14:30 | Conference Keynote
Afternoon Session - (14:45 - 16:15; 16:45 - 18:00)
15:25-15:50 | Andrea Afify "Leveraging Dynamical System Theory to Optimize Interactions in Virtual Environments" Department of Physics, University of Milan, Italy
15:50-16:15 | Prof. Dr. Soumya Banerjee, "Towards a taxonomy of life-like systems: An information theoretic view of life", Senior Research Fellow and Affiliated Lecturer, University of Cambridge, https://sites.google.com/site/neelsoumya/
16:15-16:45 | Coffee Break
16:45-17:05 | Rommel Tchinda Djeudjo, "Chimera states on m-directed hypergraph". Namur Institute for Complex Systems (naXys), Université de Namur, Belgium.
17:05-17:25 | Johannes Bartl "Decoding the Dynamics of Huddling Emperor Penguins" with Alexander Winterl, Ben Fabry, Daniel P. Zitterbart Department of Physics, Friedrich-Alexander Universit¨at Erlangen-N¨urnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
17:25-17:45 | Prof. Dr. Bob Doyle, "What exists and how did it come into existence? The role of information in Cosmic Evolution". Astronomy Department, Harvard University, https://informationphilosopher.com/about/
17:45-18:05 | Gonzalo Marcelo Ramírez-Ávila, "How A Dissimilar Oscillator Can Control Firing Rates In Similar Nonsynchronizable Oscillators: Understanding The Response To Synchronization". Namur Institute for Complex Systems (naXys), Université de Namur, Belgium.
Attending: Suresh Pillai