2009/2010 EPSRC Symposium on the Mathematics of Complexity Science and Systems Biology
Organisers: Robert MacKay and David Wild
Aim: to advance the mathematics of complexity science and systems biology. This includes developing applications of mathematics to these areas and stimulating the development of new mathematics in response to the challenges they pose.
Introduction: Complexity science is the study of systems with many interdependent components. Its remit spans a wide range of areas, from physical and technological to biological and social systems. One large and important such area is Systems Biology, the study of living organisms from the point of view of systems rather than individual components; we shall give it particular attention. We believe that these subjects depend heavily on Mathematics for their healthy development and that conversely they provide rich sources of stimulation for new Mathematics.
An intensive year of research workshop and visitor activity during the academic year 09/10, to summarise the state of play, identify and address the main challenges and develop key ideas in a range of topics in these areas, with some follow-up activities in 10/11.
Workshops and Conference (and related activities)
- Information extraction from complex data sets, (INF)
14-17 September 2009,
organisers: D Wild, S Mukherjee, Z Ghahramani (Cambridge) - (ECCS'09)
21-25 September 2009, organisers: MA Kirkilionis, F Kepes (Genopole, France)
- Networks: dynamics and flows, (NET)
28 September - 2 October 2009,
organisers: MA Kirkilionis, IN Stewart - (Taught course on , 09.15 Tue&Fri 13 Oct - 11 Dec, RS MacKay)
- , 15.00 on Wednesdays, organiser: MA Kirkilionis
- From molecules to bodies: spanning levels of biological organisation in medicine, (M2B)
14-15 December 2009,
organisers: H van den Berg, P Thornalley, A Shmygol - Space-time phases for spatially extended systems, (STG)
6-8 January 2010,
organisers: RS MacKay, C Maes (Leuven) - Non-equilibrium dynamics of spatially extended interacting particle systems, (NEQ)
11-13 January 2010,
organisers: O Zaboronski, C Connaughton, SW Grosskinsky
1 Feb 2010
Launch meeting of LMS network CoSyDy, organisers; M Mobilia (Leeds), RS MacKay
- (MASAMB)
29-30 March 2010
organiser: D Wild
- Learning & Inference in Computational Systems Biology (LICSB)
30-31 March 2010
organiser: D Wild - (
11-13 April 2010
organiser: S van Strien)
- Game theory for finance, social and biological sciences, (GAM)
14-17 April 2010,
organisers: VN Kolokoltsov, W McEneaney (San Diego), G Olsder (Delft) - Dendrites, neurones and networks, (DNN)
7-10 June 2010,
organisers: M Richardson, Y Timofeeva, N Brunel (Paris), P Bressloff (Utah) - Clocks, switches and signals, (CSS)
14-19 June 2010,
organisers: DA Rand, A Millar (Edinburgh), M White (Liverpool) - Spatio-temporal dynamics challenges from fluorescence data, (FLUO)
13-16 July 2010,
organisers: NJ Burroughs, T Bretschneider - Ecology, Epidemiology and Evolution: Biological Processes and Artificial Analogues, (EEE)
14-16 September 2010 (postponed from April 2010),
organisers: Leon Danon and Matt Keeling - y (a CoSyDy day) 15 Nov 2010, organisers: M. Mobilia (Leeds), C. Connaughton, R.S.MacKay
- , 4 April 2011, organiser: Y.Timofeeva, R.Thul (Nottingham)
- (MITSOCS), 9-10 June 2011, organisers: J.Johnson (Open Univ), R.S.MacKay
- (CSBMB) 20-24 June 2011, organiser: Nigel Burroughs
- From Chaos to Complexity (FCC), 6-8 July 2011, organisers: Claude Baesens and Robert MacKay
- Satellite event: (minisymposium at Equadiff 2011, Loughborough), 1-5 Aug 2011, organisers: S.Coombes (Nottingham), P.Bressloff (Oxford) (registration is via the , deadline 30 April for early registration)