Social Dynamics and Evolution - Focused Research Group of the MBS focus charter

Proceedings of Discussions

Wed Jan 26 2004 Discussion Group

Organizing meeting

Network Processes in Evolving Systems
Doug White, Anthropological Sciences, Social Networks

draft for graduate student admissions recruitment

Wealth as the foundation to the dynamical processes of social formations
Duran Bell, Anthropological Sciences

Related: powerpoint
An alternate view of culture, evolution, and biocultural success that accommodates interdisciplinary findings and yields falsifiable theoretical statements
B. Nick Colby, Anthropological Sciences

dynamics of urban, regional and ecosystem networks Since the Iron age
Christopher Chase-Dunn, Director, Institute for Research on World Systems, UC Riverside

Dynamics in the Study of Evolution
Donald Saari, Administrator, IMBS

The study of long-term socio-natural dynamics at the regional scale in Southern France
Sander van der Leeuw, Department of Archeaology, Nanterre, and Anthropology Chair, Arizona State University

Assessing Change through ‘Globalization’ and the 'New International Division of Labor': A Network Analysis of International Trade, 1965-2000 Matthew Mahutga

Talk will be followed by discussion of the Letter of Intent to NSF and distribution of the first draft of the proposal due March 30

Evolvable networking architecture for developing adaptive and scalable network applications:
simulation-based (e.g., multi-agent) and empirical studies
Dr. Jun Suzuki (other group memberrs: Tadashi Nakano, Keita Fujii, Michael Moore and Ryota Egashira)
Related: BIO-NETWORKING ARCHITECTURE
Related: Network Research Group
Tony Soeller, NACS Research Computing Specialist in GIS (Geographic Information Systems) will talk on
Introduction to GIS and also to subsidized access to high-end computing and computational resources at San Diego Supercomputer Center

Rein Taagepera TIME CHANGE: 9:30
"Expansion and Contraction Patterns of Large Polities" (reprints available)
Related: JStor PDF of paper

Andrey Korotayev, discussion of Peter Turchin's Chapters 4 and 5, in Historical Dynamics:
Pretests: Do Turchin's results on States and Empires replicate for City size?

Exam Week

Proposal due for NSF HSD program Multi-institutional grant
Related: Summary
Proposal
References

Day and Time Change Spring Quarter to TUESDAY 11-12 same place, 2112 SSPA

TUES April 6 2004 Discussion Group 11-12 SSPA 2112

Methods for combining information in dynamic systems: Bayesian statistical approaches Hal Stern

TUES April 13 2004 Discussion Group 11-12 SSPA 2112

eScholarship Carol Hughes

TUES April 20 2004 Discussion Group 11-12 SSPA 2112

Rethinking Kinship: Implications for the Modeling of Culture Dwight Read

TUES May 4 2004 Discussion Group speaker wanted (11-12)

TUES May 11 2004 Discussion Group speaker wanted (11-12)

TUES May 18 2004 Discussion Group speaker wanted (11-12)

Using the methods of nonlinear analysis to investigate historical dynamics Peter Turchin