 | EDC@CCS17: Evolution, Development and Complexity - One-Day Satellite at CCS17 Cancun International Convention Center Cancun, Mexico, September 20, 2017 |
| Conference website | http://tinyurl.com/CCS-EDC17 |
| Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=edcatccs17 |
| Abstract registration deadline | June 30, 2017 |
| Submission deadline | August 18, 2017 |
Evolution, Development, and Complexity
A full day satellite meeting at the Conference on Complex Systems, Cancun, Mexico, Sept 18-22, 2017.
DATE: September 20, 2017.
VENUE: Cancun International Convention Center, Cancun, Mexico
SATELLITE WEBSITE: http://tinyurl.com/CCS-EDC17
CONFERENCE WEBSITE: http://ccs17.unam.mx/
Our satellite explores Biologically-Inspired Complexity Science & Philosophy (BICS&P). We seek to advance conceptual and mathematical models and empirical applications in three major and potentially foundational research themes:
A. Evolution / Diversity / Phase Space Creation / Unpredictability
B. Development / Constraint / Phase Space Reduction / Predictability
C. Complexity / Nonlinear Dynamics / Intelligence / Learning / Adaptation
The satellite seeks to evaluate biologically-inspired approaches to understanding complex adaptive systems at multiple scales, including the universe as a complex system, from any of the following academic disciplines: complexity science, physical science, information and computer science, theoretical and evo-devo biology, cosmology, astrobiology, evolution, development, and philosophy.
Confirmed Keynote Speakers:
Yaneer Bar-Yam, Multiscale Dynamical Representation
Hiroki Sayama, Morphogenetic Evolution, Development and Complexity in Collective Systems
H. Eugene Stanley, Constraint Laws in Econophysics
Michael Price, Entropy and Selection: Life as an Adaptation for Universe Replication
Please see Satellite Website for additional details.
Submission Guidelines
Scholars are warmly invited to submit a 300-word abstract on your work to Clément Vidal at evodevocomplex@gmail.com, by or before 30th June. You will be notified of acceptance status on a rolling basis up to 14th July, until talk + paper positions are filled. Stronger candidates are encouraged to submit abstracts early. We will also accept up to six additional poster + paper presentations from scholars who will represent their work during the poster session.
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.
Abstract Registration Deadline: 30th June
Notifications of Acceptance: Rolling (to 14th July)
Paper Submission Deadline: 18th August
Papers are to be submitted within EasyChair, in either single or two-column format, and PDF.
Abstracts and papers are welcomed on any of the academic disciplines, research themes, or topics (partial list) below.
Academic Disciplines
- Complexity science, physical science, information and computer science, theoretical and evo-devo biology, cosmology, astrobiology, evolution, and development, philosophy
Research Themes
- Evolution / diversity / phase space creation / unpredictability
- Development / constraint / phase space reduction / predictability
- Complexity / nonlinear dynamics / learning / intelligence / adaptation
Paper Topics (partial list)
Accelerating Complexity, Adaptive Networks, Agent-Based Models, Artificial Life, Astrobiology, Bio-Inspired Models, Convergent Evolution (in any System), Cosmology, Developmental Models, Evo-Devo Biology, Fine Tuning (Biology and Cosmology), Hierarchy Theory, Information Hierarchies, Intelligence Models, Nonlinear and Adaptive Dynamics, Origin of Life, Performance Curves, Philosophy of Modeling, Reverse Engineering of Biological Complexity, Scaling Laws, Self-Organization, Theoretical Morphology, Top-Down Causation, Universality (Principles)
Questions of Interest (very partial list)
- What can the interaction of evolutionary stochasticity and developmental determinism in biological systems teach us about these processes in other complex systems?
- How can bio-inspired complexity science and philosophy inform astrophysics? geophysics? astrobiology? biological sciences? cognitive sciences? social sciences? Engineering and machine learning?
- What are our best network and collective models for adaptation? For learning and intelligence? For cooperativity and competition?
- How does cumulative information and relation constrain physical dynamics in complex environments (modularity, hierarchy, top-down causation)?
- How do scaling laws (scale-invariance) constrain evolutionary process in adaptive systems?
- Is the fine-tuning of universal parameters in cosmology equivalent to fine-tuning of genetic parameters in biological development?
- If our universe is a replicator, as in theories of cosmological natural selection, is there a fitness function (adaptive value) for evolved complexity or intelligence?
- Why do we see temporal deceleration of complexity in the early universe, and acceleration of complexity (eg., Chaisson's energy rate density) once large scale structure exists?
- What are our best morphological and functional models of convergent evolution? When can we consider evolutionary convergence (eg. eyes, intelligence) an example of universal development (an astrobiological universal)?
- Are any of Earth's past convergences (eg, organic chemistry, RNA, multicellularity) likely to be developmental bottlenecks (the only path to significantly greater learning rate for adaptive complexity)?
Committees
Academic committee
- Milan Circovic, Ph.D. Prof. of Physics, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
- James Coffman, Ph.D., Prof. of Biology, MDI Biological Laboratory, ME, USA
- Georgi Georgiev, Ph.D., Worcester Polytechnic Inst. & Assumption College, MA, USA
- John Leslie, FRSC, Emeritus Prof. of Philosophy, U. Guelph, ON, Canada
- Michael Price, Ph.D., Dir., Centre for Culture and Evolution, Brunel U, London, UK
- Stan Salthe, Ph.D., Emeritus Prof. of Biology and Ecology, CUNY Brooklyn, NY USA
- Kelly C. Smith, Ph.D., Prof. Philosophy and Biology, Clemson U. , SC, USA
- Eric Steinhart, Ph.D., Prof. Philosophy, William Paterson U, NJ USA
- Clément Vidal, Ph.D., Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Organizing committee
- Georgi Georgiev, Ph.D., Worcester Polytechnic Inst. & Assumption College, MA, USA
- Claudio L.F. Martinez, M.Sc., University of Heidelberg, Germany
- John M. Smart, M.Sc., Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA
- Clément Vidal, Ph.D., Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Publication
EDC@CCS17 proceedings will be published in the Springer Proceedings in Complexity
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to Clément Vidal at evodevocomplex@gmail.com