======================================================================= Complex Systems Studies Young Researchers Session ECCS'10 Satellite Meeting http://phd.eccs2010.eu Lisbon, September 15 , 2010 ======================================================================= At pivotal moments throughout history, technological innovation triggers massive social and cultural transformation. Apparently unrelated developments, which had been gradually unfolding for years, suddenly converge to create changes that are as disruptive as they are creative. We are currently living in a moment of extraordinary complexity when systems and structures that have long organized life are changing at an unprecedented rate. Such rapid and pervasive change creates the need to develop new ways of understanding the world and of interpreting our experience. (Marc C. Taylor, “The Moment of Complexity: Emerging Network Culture”) In the last decade there has been a growing interest in the study of complex systems. The concept of complexity is pervasive in many fields of research, from social sciences such as politics and economics to 'hard' sciences such as theoretical physics and systems biology. This growing interest and concurrent widening of research domains creates the need to develop new ways of understanding and interpreting the world. This is particularly important for young researchers tackling their initial research questions within the domain of complex systems. The Young Researchers Session @ ECCS2010 seeks to bring together a group of complex systems science researchers at an early stage in their careers (graduates, M.Sc., Ph.D., Postdoctoral researchers and Lecturers), to facilitate a dialogue beween individuals and groups from an intentionally diverse set of domains. We aim to encourage the presentation of experimental results within this supportive, interdisciplinary group, and to foster collaboration between people from within the complex systems community who may not otherwise have come across experimental techniques and approaches from outside their 'comfort zone'. Emphasis will therefore be on creating a stimulating and interactive environment, with a focus also on the bigger questions at large within complex systems research. To this end, presenters will be asked to allude to the 'bigger picture' questions within their domain and in complex systems science as a whole from their perspective. Crucially, we aim to establish a collaborative environment that will continue after ECCS2010 to foster these links. ======================================================================= Meeting agenda ======================================================================= The workshop will take place on September 15th, 2010, and will focus on a limited number of pre-selected contributions, incorporating group discussions. Some important issues that may be discussed: * How to ensure a research activity trajectory from Ph.D. students to all early career researchers. * Research methodologies, tools, datasets and related problems. * Current research programs. * Current 'state of the art' experimental results within complex systems science. * How to set up social media presence for complex systems science young career researchers. * How to network curricula. Integration with online presentation of educational materials e.g. assystcomplexity.eu, videolectures.net * SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis of young researchers personal resources. * Ph.D. vs M.Sc. v's job opportunities. * What to publish, how to publish, when to publish. ======================================================================= Invited Speakers ======================================================================= Vitorino Ramos - http://www.chemoton.org/ Anders Lyhne Christensen - http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~alyhne/ ======================================================================= Important dates ======================================================================= 30/4: Deadline for submissions 31/5: Notification of acceptance 10/6: Final (amended) manuscripts due 15/9: Satellite Meeting ======================================================================= Call for presentations ======================================================================= Graduates, Masters and Ph.D. students are invited to submit a presentation as a short 300 word abstract on a subject within complex systems science or a longer (six pages) full scientific paper on topics concerning research and academic careers, complex systems domains and applications, job opportunities for complex systems science graduates, curriculum networking, skills matrices for complex systems sdudies as a whole or any other relevant matter. ======================================================================= Paper Submission ======================================================================= It is adived the use of the LNCS format (not mandatory) http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0 To submit, please send the produced PDF to [log in to unmask] Papers should have 6 pages maximum (LNCS Format). Deadline for submission is 30/4. If you encounter any problem, please contact David Rodrigues [log in to unmask] ======================================================================= Program and Organising committee members ======================================================================= Andrea Apolloni, Institut des Systemes Complexes Rhone-Alpes (IXXI) and Laboratoire de Physique,ENS-Lyon, (France) António Fonseca, DCTI, ISCTE – Lisbon University Institute, (Portugal) David Rodrigues, DCTI, ISCTE – Lisbon University Institute, (Portugal) Iain Kusel, Design Group, Open University (UK) Larisa Mihoreanu, Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, King's College London, (UK) Martine J. Barons, Complexity Science Centre and DTC , University of Warwick, (UK) ======================================================================= Questions should be addressed to the ECCS’10 Organizing Committee through the e-mail address [log in to unmask] [Apologies for multiple postings]