Program of week 1: Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

Monday 08/12

 8:30-9:15 Welcome and registration at the Haydon-Allen lecture theatre
 9:15-9:30 Opening address by Prof Aidan Byrne, Dean, ANU College of Physical Sciences
 9:30-10:20 Introduction to Complex Systems by Tomaso Aste
10:20-10:40 Tea/Coffee break
10:40-11:30 Introduction to Complex Systems and Econophysics by Tomaso Aste and Tiziana Di Matteo
11:30-12:30 Econophysics by Tiziana Di Matteo
12:30-13:30 Fusion, Space and Solar Plasmas as Complex Systems, part 1 by Richard Dendy
   
  Afternoon tutorials are in the Computer labs Copland G25/26 just across the court from the lecture theatre
14:30-17:30 Introduction to the computer labs
Introduction to the Analysis and Visualisation of Complex Data with R by Frank Detering

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Tuesday 09/12

 9:00-10:00 Inverse Problems in Earth Systems Science, part 1 by Ian Enting
10:00-11:00 Fusion, Space and Solar Plasmas as Complex Systems, part 2 by Richard Dendy
11:00-11:30 Tea/Coffee break
11:30-12:30 Maximum Entropy and Maximum Entropy Production Principles and their Application to Physics and Biology, part 1 by Roderick Dewar
12:30-13:30 Maximum Entropy and Maximum Entropy Production Principles and their Application to Physics and Biology, part 2 by Roderick Dewar
   
  Afternoon tutorials are in the Computer labs Copland G25/26 just across the court from the lecture theatre
14:30-17:30 Matrix decompositions for the Analysis and Visualisation of Complex Data
with Kirsty Kitto and Frank Detering
Agent-based modelling with Netlogo
with Matthew Berryman

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Wednesday 10/12

 9:00-10:00 Inverse Problems in Earth Systems Science, part 2 by Ian Enting
10:00-11:00 Fusion, Space and Solar Plasmas as Complex Systems, part 3 by Richard Dendy
11:00-11:30 Tea/Coffee break
11:30-12:30 Maximum Entropy and Maximum Entropy Production Principles and their Application to Physics and Biology, part 3 by Roderick Dewar
12:30-13:30 Fractional Diffusion -- Theory and Applications, part 1 by Bruce Henry
15:00 Tour of the H-1 Plasma Fusion experiment in the Research School of
Physics
16:00-17:30 Research School of Physics and Engineering (RSPSE) Colloquium: Plasma Eruptions: Theory and Laboratory Experiments by Prof. Howard Wilson, York University. FINKEL LECTURE THEATRE, John Curtin School (near Vanilla Bean Cafe). Drinks and Light Refreshments will be provided in the RSPSE Link Tea Room after the Colloquium.
 
17:30 Barbecue at Ursula College

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Thursday 11/12

 9:00-10:00 Fractional Diffusion -- Theory and Applications, part 2 by Bruce Henry
10:00-11:00 Fusion, Space and Solar Plasmas as Complex Systems, part 4 by Richard Dendy
11:00-11:30 Tea/Coffee break
11:30-12:30 Maximum Entropy and Maximum Entropy Production Principles and their Application to Physics and Biology, part 4 by Roderick Dewar
12:30-13:30 Jaynes' MaxEnt, Riemannian Metrics and the Principle of Least Action, part 1 by Robert Niven
   
  Afternoon tutorials are in the Computer labs Copland G25/26 just across the court from the lecture theatre
14:30-17:30 Applications of entropy methods to climate models
with Roderick Dewar and Robert Niven
Agent-based modelling with Netlogo
with Matthew Berryman

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Friday 12/12

 9:00-10:00 Fractional Diffusion -- Theory and Applications, part 3 by Bruce Henry
10:00-11:00 Fusion, Space and Solar Plasmas as Complex Systems, part 5 by Richard Dendy
11:00-11:30 Tea/Coffee break
11:30-12:30 Bayesian Data Analysis by Mike Wheatland
   
  Afternoon tutorials are in the Computer labs Copland G25/26 just across the court from the lecture theatre
14:30-17:30 Applications of entropy methods to climate models
with Roderick Dewar and Robert Niven
Agent-based modelling with Netlogo
with Matthew Berryman

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