Understanding Complex Systems 2007 - Bioinformatics, Spread of Nonlinear Pulses on Fractal Networks

该提案要求为物理学研究生、年轻和少数族裔教师以及两名高级物理学家提供部分支持，以参加5月在伊利诺伊大学举行的为期四天的复杂系统跨学科研讨会和会议。将涵盖的一些主题包括：分形网络上孤立波的动力学、神经元上的脉冲传播、交通拥堵和流行病。社会动力系统，如社会组织的兴衰，也将包括在内。主旨演讲者将涵盖的一些领域包括计算生物化学、生命的分子起源、神经网络动力学和分形动力学中的非线性脉冲。更广泛的影响是，这次会议是为在跨学科领域工作的人举办的主要网络会议之一。通过向妇女和少数群体提供支助，鼓励他们参加。此外，超过50%的与会者将是研究生，学生们将接触到动力系统的最新方法，并学习如何在非常不同的情况下应用这些方法。这笔资金将用于科学家的旅费和住宿费，他们主要是研究生、未终身教职的助理教授和少数教职员工。该奖项由数学和物理科学局多学科活动办公室资助。

The proposal requests partial support for physics graduate students, young and minority Faculty as well as two senior physicists to attend an interdisciplinary workshop and conference on complex systems to be held for four days in May 207 at the University of Illinois. Some of the topics to be covered are the dynamics of solitary waves on fractal networks, pulse propagation on neurons, traffic congestion and epidemics. Social Dynamics systems such as the rise and fall of social organizations will also be covered. Some of the areas to be covered by keynote speakers will be computational biochemistry, molecular origin of life, neural net dynamics, and nonlinear pulses in fractal dynamics. The broader impact is that the conference is one of the primary networking conferences for people working in cross-disciplinary areas. Women and minorities are encouraged to attend by being provided with support. Also more than 50% of the attendees will be graduate students and the students will be exposed to the latest methods in dynamical systems and learn how they can be applied in very diverse situations. The funds will be used for travel and lodging expenses for the scientists, primarily graduate students, un-tenured assistant professors and minority faculty. This award is funded by the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate.