Connectionists: Conference: Coupling & Causality in Complex Systems

Tue Apr 11 04:32:26 EDT 2017

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CALL FOR PAPERS (Deadline: June 01, 2017)

http://c3s.uni-koeln.de

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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: *Coupling and Causality in Complex Systems*

    September 25-27, 2017, Cologne, Germany

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The interdisciplinary conference Coupling and Causality in Complex
Systems (C3S) is hosted by the Competence Area 3: Quantitative Modeling
of Complex Systems of the University of Cologne (UoC), Germany. It is
organized by the Institute of Geophysics & Meteorology, UoC, the
Institute of Clinical Neuroscience and Psychology, Heinrich-Heine
University Düsseldorf and the Department of Cognitive Neuroscience at
the Research Center Juelich.

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    *Abstract*

Complex systems such as the human brain, Earth’s climate and economy are
characterized by a multitude of coupled processes on different spatial
and temporal scales. In order to better understand the dynamics of the
system at hand each scientific area has developed specific tools to
identify, model and quantify these processes. The conference Coupling
and Causality in Complex Systems (C3S) will present a collection of
these approaches with the aim to provide scientists with new analysis
strategies for their field.

The conference focuses on how to characterize a complex system and on
the methods for estimating and modeling of statistical coupling (e.g.
network coherence, creation and modulation of small networks and local
or long-range synchronization by cross frequency phase-phase and
phase-amplitude coupling) and causality (e.g. Granger causality,
transfer entropy). Therefore, data analysts from different study fields
including neuroscience, mathematics, physics, biology, and economy will
present their approaches with a particular focus on the methods they
use. The aim of this conference is to foster discussions and the
transdisciplinary exchange of advanced techniques, methods, and
algorithms, thereby stimulating potential future collaborations.

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    *Invited Speakers*

Elissa Aminoff
- Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA

Jörg Breitung
- Macroeconomic Policy Institute, University of Cologne, Germany

David Gross
- Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Cologne, Germany

Philip Holmes
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering / Princeton Neuroscience
Institute, Princeton, USA

Ankit Khambhati
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, USA

Laura Marzetti
- Department of Neuroscience, Università degli Studi "G. d'Annunzio"
Chieti - Pescara

Arkady Pikovsky
- Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University Potsdam, Germany

Michael Rosenblum
- Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University Potsdam, Germany

Jakob Runge
- The Grantham Institute for Climate Change, Imperial College London

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    *Preliminary Session Program*

We will have different sessions with differing topics and each session
will be opened by one of the invited speakers. Here is a preliminary
version of our program:

Session 1    Synchronization I        Arkady Pikovsky

Session 2    Synchronization II       Silvia Daun

Session 3    Coupled oscillators I    Phil Holmes

Session 4    Coupled oscillators II   Michael Rosenblum

Session 5    Phase coupling           Laura Marzetti

Session 6    Network structures I     Elissa Aminoff

Session 7    Network structures II    Ankit Khambati

Session 8    Bayesian networks        David Gross

Session 9    Granger causality I      Jörg Breitung

Session 10   Granger causality II     Esther Florin

Session 11   Causal network measures  Jakob Runge

Further topics of interest for the conference include, amongst others,
research and methods development on: functional connectivity, (partial
directed) coherence, network topology, graph-theoretic measures,
directed graphs, nonlinear dynamics of complex systems, complex
spatio-temporal systems, mutual information and transfer entropy.

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    *Scientific Organizing Committee*

Silvia Daun
- Institute of Zoology, University of Cologne, Germany; Institute of
Neuroscience and Medicine, Research Center Jülich, Germany

Esther Florin
- Institute of Clinical Neuroscience and Psychology, Düsseldorf, Germany

Joachim Gross
- Center for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Glasgow, UK

Michael von Papen
- Institute of Geophysics & Meteorology, Cologne, Germany; Institute of
Neuroscience and Medicine, Research Center Jülich, Germany

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PAPER SUBMISSION AND REGISTRATION

Authors are invited to submit conference abstracts with up to 400 words.
Authors of exceptional abstracts will be given the opportunity to
present their research in a talk. However, poster sessions will be
provided with ample time for discussions. For your submission, please
use the conference website c3s.uni-koeln.de.

To register, please send an email with the subject "registration" to
c3s-conference at uni-koeln.de. Please be sure to include your full name,
your affiliation and whether you qualify as student (also PhD
candidates) or not. The registration fee will cover snacks and
refreshments during coffee breaks, lunch and a dinner with all
participants. Early-bird registration is available until July 10 with a
reduced fee of 120 EUR (60 EUR for students), after July 10 the
registration fee will be 240 EUR (120 EUR for students).

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IMPORTANT DATES

Paper Submission deadline: June 01, 2017

Author Notification: mid June, 2017

Early-bird registration: July 10, 2017

Conference: September 25-27, 2017

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Please find the call for papers and more information at the conference
website: http://c3s.uni-koeln.de. For questions regarding the conference
feel free to contact us via c3s-conference at uni-koeln.de.

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UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE
Institute of Geophysics & Meteorology

Coordinator of Competence Area III:
Quantitative Modeling of Complex Systems

Dr. Michael von Papen
Email: m.papen at uni-koeln.de
http://www.uni-koeln.de/~vpapenm
http://complexsystems.uni-koeln.de

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Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Marquardt (Vorsitzender),
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Prof. Dr. Sebastian M. Schmidt
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