**SCTPLS 2003 Conference Schedule, Boston, MA** (updated July 22)
Day 1 Friday, August 8: Workshops and Sunset Session
All Conference Activities at School of Management,595 Commonwealth Ave. ***** Registration all Day *****
	Room 220	Room 208
8:30-12:30	Drawing Conclusions From Time Series Instructors: Mary Ann Metzger & Dick Bird *Note: Please bring a laptop if you have one!
12:30-13:30 LUNCH BREAK
13:30-17:30	Introduction To Fractals And Chaos Instructor: Dr. Larry S. Liebovitch	Agent-Based Computational Laboratories Instructor: Dr. Catherine Dibble
17:00- 18:00	MEET THE MEMBERS & Registration too. Light snacks.
	Room 208
18:15	Opening remarks
18:30	Keynote address: Universality And Scale Invariance: Organizing Principles That Transcend Disciplines H Eugene Stanley, University Professor, Boston University After introducing some basic unanswered questions in complex systems, we consider the problem of ``rare events.'' Even extremely rare events may not be statistical ``outliers'' but rather may conform to newly-uncovered empirical laws that appear to be ``universal'' in the sense that they hold across a range of widely different phenomena. For example, in economics, we have demonstrated a power law distribution of returns. Other examples are drawn from social networks, encompassing sexual networks, threat networks such as al Qaeda, and threatened networks such as computer networks and SARS-susceptible networks. (For more detail and references, see full abstract).
19:30	Rendezvous at BB Wolf, 109 Brookline (10-minute walk). We treat for a round of appetizers, you pay for own dinner and drinks. Vegetarian entrees available. Vegans: Grasshopper on Commonwealth Ave is recommended as alternative to BBQ joint (about a $5 cab ride).

Day 2 Saturday Morning August 9
8-9: Hot drinks, juice and breakfast pastries
	Room 208	Room 224	Room 220
(A)	SYMPOSIUM: Chaos, Complexity, and Metaphysics	Dynamics of Markets, Games, and Economic Development	Patterns of Social Exchange and Influence
9:00	Goldstein, Robertson, & Sulis We present several metaphysical implications drawn from the study of complex systems. The format will be a cross between individual presentations and a panel discussion of the following topics: 1. Archetypal dynamics and the nature of emergence, William Sulis 2. Emergence and self-transcending constructions. Jeffrey Goldstein 3. The Case of the missing 3rd. Robin Robertson (see full abstract for more detail).	Avatamsaka game dynamics Eizo Akiyama	Recurring symbols and patterns in gift exchange George R. Williams
9:30		Complex patterns in the oil market Sary Levy Carciente, Hector Sabelli, Klaus Jaffe, & Rafael Rodriguez	A non-linear quantum model of organizations, decision-making and brain waves W. F. Lawless
10:00		On the attractors of structural change Hossein Abbasi Nejad Shapour Mohammadi	Investigating how a wearable computer technology (thinking tags) influences opinion dynamics Susan Yoon, Eric Klopfer, Earl Woodruff, Latika Nirula, & Hal Scheintaub
10:30-11:00 Coffee/Tea Break Break Break
(B)	Visual Perception, Art & Archeology	Consciousness, Sentience, & Awareness and Health	Modeling, Stochastics, and Scaling
11:00	Perception studies of the visual complexity of Jackson Pollock's dripped fractals Richard Taylor, Branka Spehar Colin Clifford, & Ben Newell	The web and the cloth: science, consciousness and homeodynamics - What they are and what they do Daniel W. Miller	Diversity, compatibility and sociability in EVS modeling Irina Trofimova
11:30	Perceiving visual pattern in a dynamic universe Thomas E Malloy, Gary C. Jensen, & Tim Song	Healing through sentience - Breaking the cycle of intervention Mark R. Filippi	Chance and deterministic chaos Sandra Hayes
12:00	Complexity in the Mesoamerican myth of Quetzalcoatl Gerardo Burkle-Elizondo	The complexity of workplace violence: Diagnosing organizational awareness Martin B. Kormanik	Marine ecosystem complexity: scaling and nonlinear variability in plankton dynamics Francois G. Schmitt, L. Seuront, & S. Souissi
12:30-14:00 Lunch Break Lunch Break Lunch Break

Day 2 Saturday Afternoon August 9
	Room 208		Room 224	Room 220
(C)	SYMPOSIUM: Bios, Bios Data Analyzer and the Biotic Features of Galactic Evolution, DNA Sequences and Heart Rate Variation		Intra- and Interpersonal Variability	Complex Structure in Texts: Proust, Beowulf and Dream Motifs
14:00	Hector Sabelli, Arthur Sugerman, Lazar Kovacevic, & Louis Kauffman Our research program is developing a science of creative processes by (1) identifying the defining features of creative phenomena in empirical processes; (2) developing methods to measure them in time series; (3) formulating mathematical models; and (4) experimenting with these models to identify their essential features in order to generate strategies to promote creative human behavior. In this symposium, we shall describe new time series analyses that measure the defining features of creative processes: diversification, novelty and nonrandom complexity		Variability as a variable: A model and measure of behavioral flexibility Tom Hollenstein	Narrating the workings of memory: Iteration, the iterative, and the paradox of Proust's "Temps Perdu" Jo Alyson Parker
14:30			A self-reflexive, holographic nonlinear dynamical systems process theory of interactional harmony and discord Ralph M. Waugh	Pleasing form: Complex aesthetics in Beowulf Gary Bodie
15:00			Psychophysiological measures of variability in heart-rate and activity in at- risk youth after psychomotor treatment Susan Mirow & Robert J. Porter	Computational analysis of dream motifs John Howie & Ben Goertzel
15:30-16:00 Coffee/Tea Break Break Break
(D)	WORKSHOP: Modeling longitudinal dynamics in textual data	Power Laws and Chaos in Interorganizational and International Relations
16:00	Kevin Dooley & Steven Corman Many social phenomena create a time series of texts. Emergent social events are captured in newspaper articles, emails, and conversations. We present a general methodology for the analysis of such data (see full abstract for more)	Fractal dimensions in interorganizational alliance networks Ken Colwell & Alan D. Meyer			Note: Workshop moved to Room 208. No presentations scheduled in Room 220 at this time
16:30		Control or not? - Hegemony through the lens of chaos theory Pawel Frankowski

Day 2, Saturday Eve: Poster Session & Cash Bar (6:15-7:15), Banquet, Award Presentation & Address, Keynote, Executive Dining Area, Rooms 426-430 & Hall
(E)	Culture, Creativity, Catastrophes…Neurons, Learning, Information… Language, Literature, Families
P o s t e r S e s s i o n	Creating chaos from the void in Mesoamerica John Howie, Carol Grizzard & Darrell Riffe	Synchronous period-doubling in flicker responses of retinal neurons Kenkichi Fukurotani Dusit Thanapatay	The chaotic itinerary to the first language in ordinary and exceptional circumstances Annemarie Peltzer-Karpf Manuela Wagner
	Where are we natural – Creativity as exemplary of human action removed from natural patterns Susan C. Aaron	Solving complex problems using hierarchical stacked neural networks modeled on cognitive development Myra Sturgeon White Michael Lamport Commons	Fractality in the main characters of a long-range literature Gerardo Burkle-Elizondo, Ochoa-Santos Miguel, & Terán-Elizondo Isabel
	Application of factor analysis in catastrophe theory Shapour Mohammadi Hossein AbbasiNejad	Qualitative and quantitative change in motor learning Yeou-Teh Liu, Gottfried Mayer-Kress & Karl M. Newell	Do mental illnesses run in the family? Two perspectives on the role of family interaction in the onset and course of schizophrenia Matthijs Koopmans
	Nonlinear dynamics of occupation: A case in point Ivelisse Lazzarini	What is information? Information is fractal and chaotic Don M.M. Booker	Linguists can’t see the forest for the trees Charles Adamson
	Note to Presenters: Poster boards will be set up on the 4^th floor by 5 PM Saturday for you to affix your posters (push pins provided). Posters will be moved to the 2d floor the next day so that we have extra time to view them.		The introduction of a systems perspective to child welfare workers: A preliminary view Kathleen Moffett-Durrett
Banquet events: Special award presentation and address: Walter J. Freeman, Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Where can chaos theory take us? Where do we want to go? Chaos theory hit psychology like a thunderbolt. We were blinded by the flash of insight and enthralled by arcane technologies borrowed from deterministic chaos.  We stumbled badly over correlation dimension and the rigidity of basin-attractor theory.  Now these youthful excesses are behind us. We have a wonderful opportunity to document the creative dynamics by which brains organize themselves in assimilating their environments.  Advances can come by applying chaotic dynamics to brain images from subjects who report the meanings of their experiences.  The greatest source of new knowledge is the scalp EEG: inexpensive, easy to acquire, comfortable for subjects, and incredibly rich in heretofore unintelligible detail.   Keynote: Dynamics and Patterns in the Rise and Fall of States: Problems and Data Dr. Clifford T. Brown, Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University Theories of human cultural evolution, and in particular those that purport to explain the rise of the state, have been slow to integrate nonlinear dynamical systems theory (NDS). Nevertheless, it does appear to be necessary to include NDS in any satisfactory description (much less explanation) of the general trajectory of cultural evolution. I discuss prevailing theories of cultural evolution and their weaknesses; I describe the characteristics that I believe an adequate model of cultural evolution should possess; I explain some of the fundamental problems with the archaeological and historical data; and I suggest ways in which nonlinear science can contribute to the empirical solution of these complex problems.

DAY 3 Sunday Morning August 10
8:30-9:30 Business Meeting, Room 208, hot drinks, juice and pastries
	Room 208	Room 224		Room 220
(F)	Biological Dynamics	A Trio of Interactive Sessions		Violence, Aggression, and Trauma
9:30	Determining the network of genetic regulation from cDNA microarrays Larry S. Liebovitch Viktor K. Jirsa Lina A. Shehadeh	Time-scales of virtual and real conferences as binding events in a Global Brain Gottfried Mayer-Kress Holly Arrow		Nonlinear effects of concentrated poverty on homicide rates: Effects and alternatives to log-transformation Peter Knapp Lance Hannon
10:00	Temporal scales and order parameters of heart rate variability Robert J. Porter Susan Mirow	Too beautiful: A story of complexity, a family and end-of-life care Curt Lindberg		Dynamic correlates of “Emotional Numbing” David Schuldberg Jennifer A. Waltz
10:30	Applications of difference equations in mathematical biology Michael A. Radin	INTERACTIVE DEMONSTRATION: Elicitation to a deconstructed-system for human behavior study Charles A. Fink		An application of network dynamics to the aggressive recess behaviors of elementary school boys Keith Warren Dawn Anderson-Butcher Gheorghe Craciun
11-11:30 Break Break Break
(G)	Neuroscience of Emergent Thought and Emotion		Families and Health	That Pesky Second Law
11:30	Scalp EEGs reveal large spatial patterns with the texture of gyri in frames flickering at the speed of thought Walter J. Freeman		Why family physicians provide a lower quality of care compared to cardiologists and psychiatrists David Katerndahl	Is information conserved? Can 'new' information be created? Don M.M. Booker
12:00	Emergent emotional appraisals: Theory and data from psychology and neuroscience Marc D. Lewis Jim Stieben		What are the causes of schizophrenia? The challenges to family process theory and research Matthijs Koopmans	Is the universe winding down, or is it just us? A philosophical and mathematical challenge to entropy M. Spohn
12:30-14:00 Lunch Break Lunch Break Lunch Break

DAY 3 Sunday Afternoon, August 10
	Room 208		Room 224	Room 220
(H)	SYMPOSIUM: The Experience of Hyperdimensionality		A Trio of Methods	Structure and Semantic Fields
14:00	Marks-Tarlow, Oyer-Owens, & Bird The hyperdimensional experience (HDE) may be defined as a psychological awareness of a dimension beyond that experienced previously, or normally and in everyday life. In this symposium three speakers of very different outlooks and cultural backgrounds give their views on the significance of the HDE at a personal, societal and theoretical level. Stephen Oyer-Owens, Experiencing in Hyper-dimensions: Model for a New World Paradigm Terry Marks-Tarlow, The Hyperdimensional Experience of Psychotherapy Dick Bird, A Theoretical Basis For the Experience of Hyperdimensionality (see full abstract for more detail).		Lyapunov tests for short time series Ricardo Gimeno Nogués, Ruth Mateos de Cabo, Miguel Angel Pelacho, Elena Olmedo Fernández, Lorenzo Escot Mangas, Pilar Grau Carles	Steps toward an ecology of emergence Thomas E. Malloy, Carmen Bostic St. Clair, & John Grinder
14:30			Using developmental trajectories to explore "bios" Joel F. Gordon	Strange bedfellows: Frequently confused concepts in interdisciplinary writing on nonlinear dynamics Patricia A. Lipscomb
15:00			Using structural equation modeling for nonlinear dynamic system theory Olga Mitina	Intuitive dynamics and chaos Christine Hardy
15:30-16:00 Break Break Break
(I)	Where Are We? Where Are We Going?	WORKSHOP: Accident Analysis and Prevention			Modeling Competition Among Species
16:00	Slouching towards a new paradigm Terry Marks-Tarlow	Stephen J. Guastello The goal of this extended workshop presentation is to make the bridge between conventional thinking on this topic and what has been learned from studies in nonlinear dynamics and complex systems. Although much of the system-related knowledge has been gained from occupational accident situations, the principles generalize well to accident situations in transportation, health care, and public situations. (see full abstract for more detail)			Reduction properties in adaptive Lotka-Volterra systems with symmetries. Claudio Tebaldi Deborah Lacitignola
16:30	The chaotic nature of chaos theory Chad Webb Daniel Schnopp-Wyatt