Workshop:

"Complexity in Life and Socio-Economic Sciences"



Place: Bologna, Dipartimento di Matematica, Aula Vitali
Time: May 21 and 22, 2010
Organizers: N. Bellomo, P. Contucci, M. Degli Esposti
Speakers: N. Bellomo, A.Barra, G.Meconi, M.Delitala, L.Pareschi, C.Bianca,
A.Bazzani, G.Ajmone Marsan.
Participants: E. De Agelis, T.Lorenzi, E.Gabetta, M.L.Bertotti, P.Freguglia, C.Giardina,
C.Giberti, C.Vernia, F. Bellomo, M.Fedele.

Program
:

Friday 21

Meeting at 11 a.m., Aula Vitali

      11.30 Nino Bellomo, Politecnico di Torino:
                "Looking for New Paradigms Towards a Biological-Mathematical Theory of Complex Multicellular Systems"

      12.15 Adriano Barra, Universita di Roma "La Sapienza"
                "From Burnet to Varela: immune networks from a statistical mechanics perspective"

    lunch

      14.30  Giulia Menconi, Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica:
                 "Mobile DNA and flexibility: rearrangements in yeast genomes"

      15.15  Marcello Delitala, Politecnico di Torino:
                 "Models for Opinion Formation"

    coffe break

      16.30  Stefano Ghirlanda, Universita di bologna:
                 "Complex Culture Models"

      17.15  Lorenzo Pareschi, Universita di Ferrara:
                 "Agent-based modelling and diffusive limits of financial markets"

      18.00 Round Table: participants contributions

Saturday 22

      10.00 Carlo Bianca, Politecnico di Torino:  
                "A kinetic for the keloid formation triggered by virus: malignant effects and immune system competition"

      10.45 Armando Bazzani, Universita di Bologna:
                "Understanding human mobility using GPS data"

    coffe break

      12.00 Giulia Ajmone Marsan, OCSE Paris:
                "Complexity, Interactions and Networks"