Call for Abstracts
The Information Processing in Complex Systems (IPCS'17 https://ipcs.computationalscience.nl/)
satellite meeting is organized during the Conference on Complex
Systems. Our objective is to provide a forum for researchers who
follow an information-theoretic approach to complex systems. Here
they can present recent achievements and discuss promising
hypotheses and further research directions.
It will be a one-day event in September 20, 2017, as part of the
Conference on Complex Systems (CCS'17 <http://ccs17.unam.mx/>).
This conference is the official annual conference of the Complex
Systems Society and is scheduled to convene in September 17-22,
2017.
Background
All systems in nature can be considered from the perspective that
they process information. Information is registered in the state
of a system and its elements, implicitly and invisibly. As
elements interact, information is transferred. Indeed, bits of
information about the state of one element will travel –
imperfectly – to the state of the other element, forming its new
state. This storage and transfer of information, possibly between
levels of a multi level system, is imperfect due to randomness or
noise. From this viewpoint, a system can be formalized as a
collection of bits that is organized according to its rules of
dynamics and its topology of interactions. Mapping out exactly how
these bits of information percolate through the system reveals
fundamental insights in how the parts orchestrate to produce the
properties of the system.
A theory of information processing would be capable of defining a
set of universal properties of dynamical multi level complex
systems, which describe and compare the dynamics of diverse
complex systems ranging from social interaction to brain networks,
from financial markets to biomedicine. Each possible combination
of rules of dynamics and topology of interactions, with disparate
semantics could be translated into the language of information
processing which in turn will provide a lingua franca for complex
systems.
Based on the success of the previous year, IPCS’17 will again
combine classical and quantum information approaches. If you would
like to attend this scientific discourse then you only need to
register for CCS’17. Note that the deadline for early registration
is June 15.
Abstract Submission
We invite abstracts for oral presentations of work where
information theory is used to tackle a complex systems problem.
Our submission page (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ipcs17)
is open until June 30, 2017.
Please keep the word count for the abstract to max. 300. There is
the possibility to upload an extended anstract (single page pdf,
one figure).
Organizing committee
Rick Quax (University of Amsterdam)
Eckehard Olbrich (MPI Leipzig)
Mile Gu (Nanyang Institute of Technology)
Manlio de Domenico (Universitat Rovira i Virgili)
For further informations or questions please contact ipcs17@easychair.org
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