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  • Monday, 16 July 2007
    • 08:30 - 10:00 Registration - Adriatico Lower Level 1
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
      • 08:30 Registration - Adriatico Lower Level 1 1h30'
    • 10:00 - 10:20 Inauguration & Welcome by Directors
      • 10:00 Inauguration & Welcome by Directors 20'
    • 11:20 - 12:00 Structural and functional clusters of complex brain networks-a network of networks
      • 11:20 Structural and functional clusters of complex brain networks-a network of networks 40'
        Speaker: J. Kurths (Institute of Physics, U. of Potsdam)
        Material: conference abstract
    • 12:00 - 12:40 A Unified Approach to Attractor Reconstruction
      • 12:00 A Unified Approach to Attractor Reconstruction 40'
        Speaker: L. Pecora (Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC)
        Material: conference notes
    • 12:40 - 14:00 Lunch
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
      • 12:40 Lunch 1h20'
    • 14:00 - 14:40 Nonlinear flow behaviour of wormlike micellar gels: Route to Chaos
      • 14:00 Nonlinear flow behaviour of wormlike micellar gels: Route to Chaos 40'
        Speaker: Ajayi Sood (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)
        Material: conference abstract
    • 14:40 - 15:20 The Physical Modelling of Cardiac Arrhythmias
      • 14:40 The Physical Modelling of Cardiac Arrhythmias 40'
        Speaker: R. Pandit (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)
        Material: conference notes
    • 15:20 - 16:00 Collective properties of active polar and nematic particles
      • 15:20 Collective properties of active polar and nematic particles 40'
        Speaker: H. Chaté (SPEC, CEA – Saclay)
        Material: conference abstract
    • 16:00 - 16:20 Tea Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
      • 16:00 Tea Break 20'
    • 16:20 - 17:00 The Dynamics of Volume-Preserving Maps
      • 16:20 The Dynamics of Volume-Preserving Maps 40'
        Speaker: J. Meiss (University of Colorado, Boulder)
        Material: conference notes
    • 17:00 - 17:40 Self-Organized Quasiperiodicity in Oscillator Ensembles with Global Nonlinear Coupling
      • 17:00 Self-Organized Quasiperiodicity in Oscillator Ensembles with Global Nonlinear Coupling 40'
        Speaker: M. Rosenblum (Nonlinear Dynamics Group, Dept. of Physics, Potsdam U.)
        Material: conference abstract
    • 17:40 - 18:20 & Mini-Reception
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
      • 17:40 & Mini-Reception 40'
  • Tuesday, 17 July 2007
    • 09:00 - 09:40 Nonlinearly Induced Diffraction - a New Model Equation
      • 09:00 Nonlinearly Induced Diffraction - a New Model Equation 40'
        Speaker: Dimitar Pushkarov (Institute Solid-State Physics, Bulgarian Acad. of Sciences, Sofia)
        Material: conference notes
    • 09:40 - 10:20 Short-Term Alert for Medium- and Large-Size Earthquakes Based On Markov Analysis of Seismic Data
      • 09:40 Short-Term Alert for Medium- and Large-Size Earthquakes Based On Markov Analysis of Seismic Data 40'
        Speaker: M. R. Rahimi-Tabar (Sharif Institute of Tech., Teheran)
        Material: conference abstract
    • 10:20 - 10:40 TEA BREAK
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
      • 10:20 TEA BREAK 20'
    • 10:40 - 11:20 Markov Analysis of, and Kramers-Moyal Expansion for, Stationary and Non-stationary Stochastic Processes
      • 10:40 Markov Analysis of, and Kramers-Moyal Expansion for, Stationary and Non-stationary Stochastic Processes 40'
        Speaker: Muhammad Sahimi (U. of Southern California, Los Angeles)
    • 11:20 - 12:00 The Fermi-Pasta-Ulam paradox: problems, q-breathers, and going beyond
      • 11:20 The Fermi-Pasta-Ulam paradox: problems, q-breathers, and going beyond 40'
        Speaker: S. Flach (Max-Planck-Institute for Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden)
        Material: conference abstract
    • 12:00 - 12:40 Prediction of extreme events in complex dynamics
      • 12:00 Prediction of extreme events in complex dynamics 40'
        Speaker: H. Kantz (Max-Planck-Institute for Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden)
    • 12:40 - 14:00 Lunch
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
      • 12:40 Lunch 1h20'
    • 14:00 - 16:30 Contributed Talks (15' each )
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
      • 14:00 Contributed Talks (15' each ) 2h30'
    • 16:30 - 16:50 TEA BREAK
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
      • 16:30 TEA BREAK 20'
    • 16:50 - 17:30 Topological Glasses
      • 16:50 Topological Glasses 40'
        Speaker: J. P. Eckmann (D. de Physique Théorique, U. de Génève)
    • 17:30 - 18:10 Estimating the State of Large Spatiotemporally Chaotic Systems: Weather Forecasting, etc.
      • 17:30 Estimating the State of Large Spatiotemporally Chaotic Systems: Weather Forecasting, etc. 40'
        Speaker: E. Ott (U. of Maryland)
        Material: conference notes
  • Wednesday, 18 July 2007
    • 09:00 - 09:40 Simulations of Granular Matter
      • 09:00 Simulations of Granular Matter 40'
        Speaker: G. Perez (CINVESTAV, Mérida)
    • 09:40 - 10:20 The classification of nonequilibrium phase transitions in the presence of absorbing states
      • 09:40 The classification of nonequilibrium phase transitions in the presence of absorbing states 40'
        Speaker: I. Dornic (CEA-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette)
    • 10:20 - 10:40 TEA BREAK
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
      • 10:20 TEA BREAK 20'
    • 10:40 - 11:20 Glassy state in coupled dynamical systems
      • 10:40 Glassy state in coupled dynamical systems 40'
        Speaker: R. E. Amritkar (Physical Research Lab., Ahmedabad)
        Material: conference abstract
    • 11:20 - 12:00 Complete phase syncronization of coupled chaotic oscillators: exact results
      • 11:20 Complete phase syncronization of coupled chaotic oscillators: exact results 40'
        Speaker: H. Cerdeira (IFT – UNESP and IF - USP, São Paulo)
    • 12:00 - 12:40 A spontaneous symmetry breaking model for all patterns of dual sound source in songbirds
      • 12:00 A spontaneous symmetry breaking model for all patterns of dual sound source in songbirds 40'
        Speaker: G. B. Mindlin (Depto. Física, Universidad de BA & Centro de Investigaciones en Óptica, Guanajuato)
    • 12:40 - 14:00 LUNCH
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
      • 12:40 LUNCH 1h20'
    • 14:00 - 14:40 Ensemble of scale-free networks: replica method
      • 14:00 Ensemble of scale-free networks: replica method 40'
        Speaker: B. Kahng (School of Physics, Seoul Nat'l U.)
    • 14:40 - 15:20 Low frequency rhythms in human DNA sequences: from genome- wide sequence analysis to the modelling of replication in higher eukaryotes
      • 14:40 Low frequency rhythms in human DNA sequences: from genome- wide sequence analysis to the modelling of replication in higher eukaryotes 40'
        Speaker: A. Arneodo (Lab. Joliot Curie de Physique, Lyon)
    • 15:20 - 16:00 Identifying a transmitter by its output
      • 15:20 Identifying a transmitter by its output 40'
        Speaker: T. Carroll (Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC)
        Material: conference notes
    • 16:00 - 16:20 TEA BREAK
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
      • 16:00 TEA BREAK 20'
    • 16:20 - 17:00 "Regulatory networks - from biophysics to evolution"
      • 16:20 "Regulatory networks - from biophysics to evolution" 40'
        Speaker: M. Lässig (Institute for Theoretical Physics, U. of Cologne)
    • 17:00 - 17:40 Poster Session 2
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
      • 17:00 Poster Session 2 40'
    • 17:40 - 18:20 Contributed Talks (15' each )
      • 17:40 Contributed Talks (15' each ) 40'
    • 18:30 - 18:30 Reception
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
      • 18:30 Reception
  • Thursday, 19 July 2007
    • 09:00 - 09:40 Strange non-chaotic attractors: A manifestation of genaralised synchronisation?
      • 09:00 Strange non-chaotic attractors: A manifestation of genaralised synchronisation? 40'
        Speaker: R. Ramaswamy (Jawaharlal Nehru Univ., New Delhi)
    • 09:40 - 10:20 The Scaling Laws of Human Travel - New Approaches to the Forecast of Epidemics in a Globalized World
      • 09:40 The Scaling Laws of Human Travel - New Approaches to the Forecast of Epidemics in a Globalized World 40'
        Speaker: T. Geisel (Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization & Physics Dept., U. of Goettingen)
        Material: conference abstract
    • 10:20 - 10:40 TEA BREAK
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
      • 10:20 TEA BREAK 20'
    • 10:40 - 12:25 Contributed Talks (15' each)
      • 10:40 Contributed Talks (15' each) 1h45'
    • 12:25 - 14:00 Lunch
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
      • 12:25 Lunch 1h35'
    • 14:00 - 14:40 Characterizing dynamics through covariant Lyapunov vectors
      • 14:00 Characterizing dynamics through covariant Lyapunov vectors 40'
        Speaker: F. Ginelli (CEA-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette)
    • 14:40 - 15:20 Understanding the subcritical transition to turbulence in wall flow
      • 14:40 Understanding the subcritical transition to turbulence in wall flow 40'
        Speaker: P. Manneville (Lab. d'Hydrodynamique, Palaiseau)
    • 15:20 - 16:00 Collective behaviour of transport processes on networks
      • 15:20 Collective behaviour of transport processes on networks 40'
        Speaker: B. Tadic (Inst. Jozef Stefan, Ljubljana)
    • 16:00 - 16:20 TEA BREAK
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
      • 16:00 TEA BREAK 20'
    • 16:20 - 17:00 Finite thermostats in nonequilibrium (classical and quantum)
      • 16:20 Finite thermostats in nonequilibrium (classical and quantum) 40'
        Speaker: G. Gallavotti (Univ. di Roma 'La Sapeinza')
    • 17:00 - 17:40 Failure of Amorphous Material under High Stress: the Role of Plasticity
      • 17:00 Failure of Amorphous Material under High Stress: the Role of Plasticity 40'
        Speaker: I. Procaccia (Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot)
  • Friday, 20 July 2007
    • 09:00 - 09:45 Synchronization of oscillators in semi-random networks
      • 09:00 Synchronization of oscillators in semi-random networks 45'
        Speaker: L. Pecora
    • 09:45 - 10:30 Similarities and differences between volume preserving and symplectic maps
      • 09:45 Similarities and differences between volume preserving and symplectic maps 45'
        Speaker: J. Meiss
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
    • 11:00 - 11:45 Nonlinear phenomena in Neuroscience: Synchronization, Unstable attractors and Self-organized Criticality
      • 11:00 Nonlinear phenomena in Neuroscience: Synchronization, Unstable attractors and Self-organized Criticality 45'
        Speaker: T. Geisel
    • 11:45 - 11:45 FREE AFTERNOON
      • 11:45 FREE AFTERNOON
  • Monday, 23 July 2007
    • 09:00 - 09:45 Synchronisation transition in spatially extended systems
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Synchronisation transition in spatially extended systems 45'
        Speaker: F. Ginelli (CEA, Saclay, France.)
    • 09:45 - 10:30 More on Langevin equations with multiplicative noise and absorbing states
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 09:45 More on Langevin equations with multiplicative noise and absorbing states 45'
        Speaker: H. Chate' (CEA-Saclay)
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
    • 11:00 - 11:45 Birdsong I: the biomechanism of the vocal system
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 Birdsong I: the biomechanism of the vocal system 45'
        Speaker: G. Mindlin (U. Buenos Aires)
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
      • 12:00 Lunch 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 15:30 Dynamics of Extended systems
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Dynamics of Extended systems 1h30'
    • 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
      • 15:30 Coffee Break 30'
    • 16:00 - 17:00 -
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 16:00 - 1h0'
    • 17:00 - 17:00 Remarks on Numerical Simulation
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 17:00 Remarks on Numerical Simulation
        Speaker: K.R. Sreenivasan
  • Tuesday, 24 July 2007
    • 09:30 - 10:30 Nonlinear dynamics of financial markets: An overview
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 09:30 Nonlinear dynamics of financial markets: An overview 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Marsili (ICTP)
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
    • 11:00 - 11:40 Modelling financial markets with heterogenous agents-I
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 Modelling financial markets with heterogenous agents-I 40'
        Speaker: M. Anufriev (CENDEF, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
    • 11:40 - 12:20 Modelling financial markets with heterogenous agents-II
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 11:40 Modelling financial markets with heterogenous agents-II 40'
        Speaker: G. Bottazzi (Sant'anna School, Pisa)
    • 12:20 - 14:00 Lunch
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
      • 12:20 Lunch 1h40'
    • 14:00 - 15:00 Short Talks
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Short Talks 1h0'
    • 15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
      • 15:00 Coffee Break 30'
    • 16:00 - 17:00 Short Talks
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 16:00 Short Talks 1h0'
  • Wednesday, 25 July 2007
    • 09:00 - 09:45 Spatiotemporal intermittency in the sine circle coupled map lattice: The dynamical origins of statistical behaviour
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Spatiotemporal intermittency in the sine circle coupled map lattice: The dynamical origins of statistical behaviour 45'
        Speaker: N. Gupte (IIT Madras)
    • 09:45 - 10:30 Birdsong II: The neural cortex
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 09:45 Birdsong II: The neural cortex 45'
        Speaker: G. Mindilin (University of Buenos Aires)
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
    • 11:00 - 11:45 Estimating the quality of stochastic oscillations
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 Estimating the quality of stochastic oscillations 45'
        Speaker: G. Abramson (Centro Atómico Bariloche & Instituto Balseiro)
    • 11:45 - 14:00 Lunch
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
      • 11:45 Lunch 2h15'
    • 14:00 - 15:30 Biological Systems
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Biological Systems 1h30'
    • 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
      • 15:30 Coffee Break 30'
    • 16:00 - 16:30 Power-law dynamics and hysterisis in a nonlinear network
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 16:00 Power-law dynamics and hysterisis in a nonlinear network 30'
        Speaker: A. Sen (SINP, Calcutta)
    • 16:30 - 17:00 Symbolic dynamics and the stadium billiard
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 16:30 Symbolic dynamics and the stadium billiard 30'
        Speaker: Zheng Wei-Mou (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Inst. of Physics, Beijing)
  • Thursday, 26 July 2007
    • 09:00 - 09:45 Off equilibrium dynamics of defect formation in simple model systems
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Off equilibrium dynamics of defect formation in simple model systems 45'
        Speaker: T. Galla (ICTP)
    • 09:45 - 10:30 Recent results in the decomposition and randomization of complex networks
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 09:45 Recent results in the decomposition and randomization of complex networks 45'
        Speaker: G. Bianconi (ICTP)
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
    • 11:00 - 11:45 Multicluster formation in networks
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 Multicluster formation in networks 45'
        Speaker: R.E. Amritkar (Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India)
    • 11:45 - 12:05 Stabilizing the intensity of a wave amplified by a beam of particles : an example of control of chaos
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 11:45 Stabilizing the intensity of a wave amplified by a beam of particles : an example of control of chaos 20'
        Speaker: R. Bachelard (CPT, Marseille)
    • 12:05 - 14:00 Lunch
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
      • 12:05 Lunch 1h55'
    • 14:00 - 15:30 Networks
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Networks 1h30'
    • 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break & Poster Session
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 15:30 Coffee Break & Poster Session 30'