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NICO Seminars

December 2, 2009 - David Lazer - Public Policy & Program on Networked Governance, Harvard University

November 18, 2009 - Randall Berry - Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, McCormick School of Engineering
Interference Games in Wireless Networks PDF

November 4, 2009 - Jeanette Colyvas - Human Development & Social Policy; Learning Sciences, School of Education & Social Policy
Academic Laboratories and the Reproduction of Proprietary Science: Modeling Organizational Rules through Autocatalytic Networks PDF

October 28, 2009 - Pu Wang - University of Notre Dame
From Human Behavior to the Spread of Mobile Viruses PDF

October 21, 2009 - Michael Schnabel - Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
Orientation Maps in the Visual Cortex: A Story with a Twist PDF

October 14, 2009 - Sean Crosson - Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Chicago
Rapid, Heritable, and Tunable Division Control in Single Cells PDF

October 7, 2009 - Seth Corey, MD & Zak Whichard, BA, Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine
SHIP-less in Myelodysplastic Syndromes - A Mathematical Solution PDF

May 27, 2009 - Dongning Guo, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, McCormick School of Engineering
Compressed Sensing and Its Application in Large Wireless Networks PDF

May 20, 2009 - Karen Smilowitz, Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences, McCormick School of Engineering
Supply Chain Broker Operations: A Network Perspective PDF

May 6, 2009 - Bruce D. Spencer, Statistics & Institute for Policy Research
Estimating the Accuracy of Verdicts in Criminal Trials When Truth Is Unknown

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - Bruce Sherin, Learning Sciences, Education & Social Policy
Applying Computational Methods to the Study of Commonsense Science Knowledge

Wednesday, April 8, 2009 - Denise Scholtens, Preventive Medicine & Biostatistics, Feinberg School of Medicine
Statistical Modeling of Graph Theoretic Data in Systems Biology PDF

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 - Frank R. Baumgartner, Political Science, The Pennsylvania State University
Power Laws in Government Budgeting PDF

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 - Jukka-Pekka Onnela, Fulbright Scholar, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
The Genesis of Location-Aware Mobile Social Networking PDF

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 - Aleksandar Kuzmanovic, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, McCormick School of Engineering
The Genesis of Location-Aware Mobile Social Networking PDF

February 25 2009 - Nicole Immorlica, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, McCormick School of Engineering
The Role of Compatibility in Diffusion on Social Networks PDF

February 18 2009 - Anna Di Renzo, Human Genetics, University of Chicago
Genetic Adaptations to Different Habitats and the Susceptibility to Common Diseases PDF

February 2009 - Igal Szleifer, Biomedical Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering
Domain Formation and Morphologies in Polymers with Self-Regulating Charge PDF

January 28, 2009 - Eyal Sagi, Cognitive Psychology, Weinberg College of Art & Sciences
Tracing Semantic Change with Latent Semantic Analysis PDF

January 28, 2009 - Neelesh A. Patankar, Mechanical Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering
The Influence of Hydrodynamics on the Evolution of Fish Form and the Neuromechanics of Aquatic Locomotion PDF

January 14, 2009 - Roger Guimera, Chemical & Biological Engineering
Modules and Statistical Models of Complex Networks PDF

December 3, 2008 - Matthew Goldrick, Linguistics & Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems
Brain Injury as a Window Into the Structure of the Mind: Insights From Behavioral Studies & Neural Network Models PDF

November 19, 2008 - Marta Sales, Chemical & Biological Engineering, NU Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (NUCATS), Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)
Phenomenological Systems-Level Theory of the Metabolism of Escherichia Coli PDF

November 5, 2008 - Linda J. Broadbelt, Chemical & Biological Engineering, Northwestern University
Complex Reaction Networks: Analysis and Discovery PDF

October 29, 2008 - Kenneth A. Frank, Measurement & Quantitative Methods; Counseling, Educational Psychology & Special Education; Fisheries & Wildlife; Michigan State University
Distribution of Knowledge and Organizational Change PDF

October 22, 2008 - Eduardo G. Altmann, Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems, Northwestern University
Language and Social Behavior in Usenet Groups PDF

October 15, 2008 - Jason Hartline, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Northwestern University
Optimal Mechanism Design: From the 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics to the Foundations for Internet Design PDF
Note the new time: 12:15 – 1:15 PM

October 1, 2008 - Fabian Bustamante, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Northwestern University
Sustainable Development in Globally Distributed Systems PDF

September 24, 2008 - Dirk Brockmann, Engineering Sciences & Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University
Feel Sick? Follow the Money! New Perspectives on Global Mobility & Disease Dynamics PDF

March 12, 2008 - Saikat Ray Majumder, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Price Dynamics in Political Prediction Markets PDF

November 28, 2007 - Marco Nie, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University
Arriving on Time: Routing in a Stochastic Network PDF

November 14, 2007 - Noshir Contractor, Jane S. & William J. White Professor of Behavioral Sciences, School of Engineering, School of Communication and the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University
Enabling Knowledge Networks to Enhance Innovation PDF

October 10, 2007 - Gordon Shepherd, Department of Physiology, Northwestern University
Connectivity Matrix Analysis of Excitatory Cortical Networks PDF

September 26, 2007 - Janet Pierrehumbert, Adilson Motter, Chun-Liang Chan and Seth Myers; Northwestern University
Wordemics PDF

May 30, 2007 - Brian Rogers, Kellogg School of Management
Meeting Strangers and Friends of Friends: How Random are Social Networks? PDF

June 6, 2007 - Robert Daland & Andrea D. Sims, Linguistics Department
Much Ado About Nothing: A Social Network Model of Russian Paradigmatic Gaps PDF

May 16, 2007 - Florian Herold, Kellogg School of Management
Carrot or Stick: The Evolution of Reciprocal Preferences in a Haystack Model PDF

May 2, 2007 - Alp Atakan, Kellogg School of Management
Competitive Equilibria in Decentralized Matching with Incomplete Information PDF

April 25, 2007 - Benjamin F. Jones, Kellogg School of Management
The Burden of Knowledge PDF

April 18, 2007 - Robert van Rooij, Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC), University of Amsterdam
Signaling Games: Quantity Implicatures and Stereotypes PDF

March 14, 2007 - James Evans, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago
Industry Collaboration and Theory in Academic Science PDF

February 28, 2007 - John Beggs, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Biocomplexity Institute, Indiana
The criticality hypothesis: How local cortical networks might optimize information processing PDF

February 7, 2007 - Daniel Diermeier, NICO Co-Director,Bei Yu, Post Doc, and Stefan Kaufmann, Asst. Professor
Mass Opinion - Extraction, Classification, and Measurement PDF

January 31, 2007 - Sumitrajit Dhar, Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Spontaneous otoacoustic emissions: A non-invasive window into cochlear mechanics PDF

January 24, 2007 - Dr. Sevan Ficici, Post Doctoral Fellow, Harvard University
Evolutionary Dynamics and Equilibria in Finite Agent Populations PDF

January 17, 2007 - Dr. Gary An, Assistant Professor, Trauma and Critical Care, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Multi-hierarchical ABM Approaches to Biomedical Modeling PDF

January 10, 2007 - Dr. Stefan Wuchty, NICO Post Doc
The Increasing Dominance of Teams in the Production of Knowledge PDF

November 29, 2006 - Jessica Maye, Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Learning to Hear a Language: Perceptual Reorganization for Speech Sounds in Infancy PDF

November 8, 2006 - Marta Sales, Ph.D., Research Associate
Hierarchies in complex systems: From protein families and evolution to the organization of complex networks PDF

October 25, 2006 - Dr. William Rand
Advancing the State of the Art in Agent-Based Modeling PDF

October 18, 2006 - Professor Luis Amaral
True interdisciplinarity: A route to foster innovation and creativity PDF

NICO Weekly Seminar Series begins! Wednesdays at 12:00 noon.
Please check the Plan-It Purple Calendar for upcoming dates and speakers.
Plan-It Purple

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NICO Distinguished Speaker Series

Monday, October 13th, 2008
Mark Newman, Paul A. M. Dirac Professor of Physics at the University of Michigan
Influence and the Spread of Opinions in Social Networks PDF

February 15, 2007
Robert S. Burt, Hobart W. Williams Professor of Sociology and Strategy at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.,
Second-hand Brokerage PDF

October 9, 2006
Steven Strogatz, professor of applied mathematics at Cornell Univeristy and author
Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order PDF

March 31-April 1, 2005 NICO Distinguished Lecturer - Philip Ball

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NICO Reading Group

NICO Reading Group

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NICO Conferences

NICO Complexity Conference, September 1-3, 2009

NICO Complexity Conference, May 19 - 21, 2008

NICO Complexity Conference, March 28-29, 2007

NICO Complexity Conference, April 20-21, 2006

2004-2005 Conference on Complex Systems

2003-2004 Conference on Complex Systems

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Other NICO Events & Workshops

Tuesday, November 11th 2008
"Social Recommender Systems and Expert Search" PDF
Dr. Jennifer Golbeck - University of Maryland, College Park

The Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems Lecture Series:
Dynamics & Complexity in People & Society PDF
October 22-24, 2007

NICO Open House, October 4, 2006
See NICO's new facilities at Chambers Hall.

Third International Workshop on Language Production, August 13-15, 2006

Games and Theoretical Economics (GATE) Workshop, October 24-29, 2005

NetLogo Workshop at Agent 2005 Conference - October 10-12, 2005

Connectionist Modeling Workshop and Lecture Series, September 14-16, 2005

Complexity in Action Launch (CANet), April 28, 2005

DIMACS Workshop on Large Scale Games April 17-19, 2005

NetLogo Workshop at Agent 2004 Conference

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