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Preconference Webcast Tutorials September 24, 2008, 1:00 â 4:00 p.m. EDT (10:00 a.m. â 1:00 p.m. PDT) Spreading Processes and Complexity Vittoria Colizza Research Scientist Complex Networks and Systems Laboratory Institute for Scientific Interchange (ISI Foundation) Emergence and Collective Phenomena in Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Systems Nigel Goldenfield Swanlund Endowed Chair, Professor Department of Physics, Institute for Genomic Biology University of Illinois at UrbanaâChampaign Social Networks 101 David M.J. Lazer Associate Professor of Public Policy Director of the Program on Networked Governance Harvardâs Kennedy School 87
88 COMPLEX SYSTEMS September 25, 2008, 1:00 â 5:30 p.m EDT (10:00 a.m. â 2:30 p.m. PDT) Scaling and Fractals Shlomo Havlin Professor Department of Physics Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel Robustness in Complex Systems James B. Bassingthwaighte Professor of Bioengineering and Radiology Department of Bioengineering University of Washington Neurobiology Charles F. Stevens Professor and Vincent J. Coates Chair in Molecular Neurobiology Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory Salk Institute Non-Linear Science 101 David K. Campbell University Provost Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics Boston University September 26, 2008, 1:00 â 3:00 p.m. EDT (11:00 a.m. â 1:00 p.m. PDT) Robustness in Complex Systems/Network Threats Andreas Wagner Professor Department of Biochemistry University of Zurich
PRECONFERENCE WEBCAST TUTORIALS 89 Networks and Connectedness Alessandro Vespignani Professor Department of Informatics, Physics, and Statistics Indiana University Bonus Presentation: Available on CD-Rom Only A History of the Concept of Creativity Richard N. Foster Managing Partner Millbrook Management Group, LLC Board Member, W.M. Keck Foundation