Ecogrids Program/Schedule
Jacobs University, June 18 - 22, 2012
Sunday, June17, 2012
17:00 - 22:00 REGISTRATION and BARBECUE
Monday, June 18, 2012
09:00 - 09:45 W. Kröger
Characteristic of large-scale technical networks and challenges to analysis methods
09:45 - 10:30 A. Motter
10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 11:45 J. Pitt
11:45 - 12:30 A. Melbinger
12:30 - 14:30 LUNCH BREAK
14:30 - 15:15 H. J. Jensen
Introduction to the Tangled Nature model: ecology and economics
15:15 - 16:00 N. Martinez
Maximizing stability and function of complex ecological networks
16:00 - 16:30 COFFEE BREAK
16:30 - 17:15 U. Feudel
Generalized models as a tool to study the dynamics of food webs
17:15 - 18:00 Orestis Terzidis
Energy transformation – challenges for a scientific framework
19:00 - 20:00 DINNER
20:00 - 23:00 GET TOGETHER in the ROOMS of the FACULTY CLUB
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
09:00 - 09:45 A. Melbinger
The evolution of cooperation in bacterial populations
09:45 - 10:30 N. Martinez
Sustaining economic exploitation of coupled human-natural networks
10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 11:45 W. Kröger
Dealing with complexity and interdependencies: advance modeling/simulation approaches
11:45 - 12:30 A. Motter
Realistic control of network dynamics
12:30 - 14:30 LUNCH BREAK
14:30 - 15:15 H. Jensen
How interaction between co-evolving agents shape the structure of the evolving
interaction network
15:15 - 16:00 J. Schaumeier
Experiments in resource allocation with selfâorganising electronic systems
16:00 - 16:30 COFFEE BREAK
16:30 - 17:15 M. Magnasco
The architecture and plasticity of vascular systems, from plant leaves to vertebrates.
(Part I)
17:15 - 17:45 B. Kramer
Remarks on networks from the perspective of an outsider
17:45 - 18:30 POSTER SESSION
19:00 - 20:00 DINNER
20:00 - 23:00 GET TOGETHER in the ROOMS of the FACULTY CLUB
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
09:00 - 09:45 M. Pleimling
Stochastic models for predator-prey competition
09:45 - 10:30 T. Vicsek
Universal patterns and transitions in collective motion
10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 11:45 M. Magnasco
The architecture and plasticity of vascular systems, from plant leaves to vertebrates.
(Part II)
11:45 - 12:30 M. Timme
Challenges in network dynamics: synchronization and Braess' paradox in modern
power grids
12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH BREAK
14:00 - 22:00 EXCURSION and WORKSHOP DINNER in Bremerhaven
Thursday, June 21, 2012
09:00 - 09:45 T. Vicsek
Hierarchy and/versus controllability of complex networks
09:45 - 10:30 M. Pleimling
Cyclically competing species: deterministic trajectories and stochastic evolution
10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 11:45 C. Brandstätt
The DESERTEC project and the challenges to international
electricity transmission
11:45 - 12:30 S. Kettemann
How does renewable energy affect the stability of our energy grids
12:30 - 14:30 LUNCH BREAK
14:30 - 15:15 B. Blasius
Marine bioinvasion in the network of global shipping connections
15:15 - 16:00 N. Goldenfeld
How networks drove the rapid evolution of early life: clues from the canonical genetic code
16:00 - 16:30 COFFEE BREAK
16:30 - 17:15 DISCUSSIONS
17:15 - 18:15 POSTER SESSION
19:00 - 20:00 DINNER
20:00 - 23:00 GET TOGETHER in the ROOMS of the FACULTY CLUB
Friday, June 22, 2012
09:00 - 09:45 N. Goldenfeld
The statistical mechanics of hallucinations and the evolution of the visual cortex
09:45 - 10:30 K. Jahn
Energy networks of the future - examples from applied research
10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 11:45 A. Hartmann
Large deviation properties of complex systems
11:45 - 12:30 DISCUSSIONS
12:30 LUNCH and DEPARTURE



