Winter Chaos Conference
March 18-20, 2011
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Conference
Fees
Conference fees are voluntary and usually estimated at the
final lunch on Sunday, and normally just cover costs, and are usually under
$50. Snacks for breaks are included in
that, but not the meals. We usually dine together,
very informally drifting in Thursday eve as people arrive, at some spot at or
near our lodgings. Dinners Friday and
Saturday are arranged with local nearby dining clubs, and lunches are informal
at our venue (order pizza or sandwiches in), or on campus or in nearby cafés.
SNOWFLAKE FORUM
is at Implexi
Mundi
2011
Register/Login
to Implexi
Mundi to
Submit articles and commentaries there or to
Fred
if you have trouble
doing it yourself at Implexi Mundi.
Previous Years
2002 2004 2005
2006
2008 2009 2010
Participants,
Please
Take
care of your lodging (details below, click here), and
those that have not yet sent them, get your titles, abstracts, fresh photos
in to Fred or post on Implexi Mundi
Hurry and get your lodging as the
deadline
for low rates is March 1
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Arrival
Information: Thursday
Eve Bob and Fred and others will be at the EconoLodge
from at least 6 PM on where will have dinner or snacks which people can
order-in from various nearby eateries.
Up to 8 PM is a good deli, Katz’ Deli, a couple minutes
drive away (10 min walk).
Parking: While we can park on campus, Carlos
is arranging a shuttle which we recommend. For those
prefereing, Bob will have permits to hand out Thurday at the EconoLodge, or
can be picked up at a kiosk (tba).
Venue: Southern Connecticut State University, Englemann
Hall Room A120
19th Annual
Winter Chaos Conference
Systems
Thinking in Science, Education, the Humanities, and Society
March 18-20, 2011
Southern Connecticut State Univeristy
Dr. Carlos Torre, Conference
Coordinator, Dr. Robert Eldridge, Venue Coordinator
Frederick David
Abraham, Asst. Coordinator Program & Web
This conference has
established a tradition of informality both in style and substance that features open discussion and mutually respectful
interactions among participants. It is open to
metaphoric as well as formal explorations of systems/integrative thinking into
science (including psychological, social, biological disciplines, mathematical,
and logical disciplines), education, the humanities, society, and philosophy. We range over rather diverse subjects in philosophy,
education, research, social applications, and theory. Whether
based on presenters’ published materials or works-in-process presented for
feedback and collaborations, we have been fortunate to have been exposed to so
many fresh, innovative, often ground-breaking, ways of approaching and/or perceiving
the world around us. This web site can change on any
day as we add participants, titles, abstracts, and commentary.
The parts of this site are (1) this home page (scroll down for list of
participants and titles to date), and (2) The traditional Snowflake Newsletters
in recent years are replaced by our Implexi Mundi web
site, (link above right; you will have to register to cruise through the
abstracts/articles, commentaries, and pictures of the participants. There are also links to earlier Winter Conferences and
Snowflake Newsletters above. The conference
self-organizes; the schedule is sketched out at the beginning
of the conference but adjusted at times. Dynamical Systems
includes not only dynamics, but other approaches in
complexity and integrative science, art, and the humanities.
Carlos has suggested we honor
Benoit Mandelbrot which we will do at the opening of
the Conference with a brief presentation by a colleague, and offerings by our
poet laureates.
Conference etiquette suggests participants come for the whole conference and attend all sessions out of respect for other participants and for continuity and for the synergy from our cross-referencing of our ideas.
Scroll down or click here for Lodging/Travel Information below
Since we start Friday morning, remember to book lodging and travel for Thursday if you can’t get there by 8:30 AM Friday.
Call for Presentations
To submit titles and abstracts or make inquiries, contact:
dr. carlos torre and frederick.d.abraham@gmail.com
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Mandelbrot Honored: WCC poet laureates: Time & Who We Are (two sonnets, one single,
one double by Neill Edwards) Snowflake Sonnet (by Ted Melnechuk) Fractured Orlando (12 min highlights from fractal opera, by Dawe/Marks-Tarlow) |
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Bob Porter Biological Dysfunction and how to think about dysfunctions
in generic NL ways (tentative) |
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Mark Filippi Fractal Vision: My Anacoluthian Journey
Through Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic
Neuropathy (NAION) http://impleximundi.com/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=95 |
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George Muhs* |
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Steven
Cushing Archetypes as Chaotic Attractors |
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Hector Sabelli Co-creation, A
Scientific Approach to Social Health |
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Joel Gordon A Rudimentary Model for Change: A Role for Sabelli’s "Bios" in Expanding Stuart Kauffman’s concept of the “Adjacent Possible” http://impleximundi.com/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=104 |
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Thanasis Argiriou Focal points, Notions, Patterns, and Form
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Lydia Emerencia Trustworthiness
in Organizations: A Complex Matter |
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Linda Alford
Aesthetics
as a Driving Force for Understanding a Fractal Taxonomy, Living Systems, Mind
and Engagement with the World. http://impleximundi.com/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=99 |
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Theodore Hoppe
Shifts in the Political Landscape and/or Demo on Second Life (virtual world) |
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Paul Prueitt Stratification Theory as Applied to Neural
Architecture enabling a Brain-like function for Social Networks
Abstract &
comments: http://impleximundi.com/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=103 Article: The
Social Brain |
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Carlos Torre Medical Education in
High school and College |
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Tina
Champagne Exploring the
Application of Nonlinear Dynamic Systems Principles to an Occupational
Therapy Cognitive Model |
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Mallary Tytel Nudging Toward Sustainability http://impleximundi.com/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=102 |
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Weili Luo Consciousness,
Awareness, and Intrinsic Awareness http://impleximundi.com/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=98 complete article |
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Frank Mosca Title:
Archangels or Artilects: wetware or hardware. A convergence scenario? http://impleximundi.com/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=93 |
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Bob Eldridge [maybe some commentary on current economics?] |
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Frederick David Abraham Dynamics,
Boolean Networks, & Graph Theory —an
elementary tutorial |
Lodging, Travel, & Dining
LODGING: ECONO LODGE, NEW HAVEN
Special rates for lodging were negotiated with
the Econo Lodge, 100 Pond Lily Road, New Haven,
Conn., 06515.
. Email chadha321@yahoo.com Rate
is $50/night that includes a breakfast (continental I expect).
A block of 15 rooms has been reserved, with a mix of singles and doubles. All are non-smoking. Participants
should contact hotel direct for reservations. Problems,
etc., should be addressed to Mrs. Renuka Chadha, hotel owner at 203.823.5407 (cell). Reservations can be made now; the block rate and
reservation expires on 1 March 2011. When reserving,
the reservation code is "Winter Chaos".
Please also tell us if you wish to locate a roommate. Fred is looking for a roommate.
The Conference runs Thursday the 17th evening until midday Sunday, the 20th . Unless you are driving from nearby, you should schedule your arrival for Thursday eve or earlier for our chatting, and to be sure to be at our 8:30 AM start Friday. Return to top Go to Participants
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Bob’s Proposed schedule, subject to self-organizational change. Note that presentations are not scheduled in advance with exception of Fred’s opening tutorial on networks, Ted & Paul’s noontime demos in meeting room, with virtual participation over the internet. All sessions are plenary. 2011
Snowflake Conference Schedule: A.
Thursday 17 March: Arrival at Econo
Lodge 100 Pond Lily Ave., New Haven 06515. Tel: 203. 823.5407 or 203.387.6651. B.
Friday 18
March 0900 Opening plenary session Welcome: Bob
Eldridge/Carlos Torre
Dr James Thorson, Chair, Dept
of Economics and
Finance, SCSU Dr Ellen Durnin, Dean, School of Business, SCSU Dr Selase Williams, Provost/Academic Vice President, SCSU
Dedication of
Conference to Dr Benoit Mandelbrot 0945 – 1200 Papers 1030 Coffee break 1200 – 1330 Lunch, DEMO & Presention
by Ted & Paul, Meeting Room or Faculty Dining Room, SCSU 1330 – 1700 Papers 1530 Coffee break 1830 – Dinner, The Graduate Club, Elm St., New Haven C.
Saturday, 19 March 0900 –
1200 Papers 1030 Coffee break 1200 -
1330 Lunch If Demo continues, the Meeting Room, if not, Papa John’s Pizza 1330 –
1700 Papers 1530 Coffee Break 1830
Dinner Mory’s Yale campus D.
Sunday, 20
March 0900 - 1200 Papers 1030 Coffee break 1200 Close of conference Return
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Other local
restaurants: Omar's Deli - Place page Starbucks
- 3 reviews - Place page Mediteranean
Cafe - Place page Carmine Tuscan Grill - 4 reviews - Place page Five Guys Famous Burgers and Fries
- 5 reviews - Place page Amity Brick Oven Pizza - 1 review - Place page |
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Travel: Bob suggests flying into Bradley International Airport (Hartford) about a two hour drive to New Haven, but Carlos has also suggested that using Tweed Airport (New Haven might even be cheaper, compare flight prices). Fred will be driving down for an early Thursday arrival to work on any details with Bob and Carlos, and could pick others up on the way. Others might combine rides like Tina and Rick, Springfield; Enrico, Vermont; Mark and George; others? For purposes of coordinating travel, here are some FLIGHT ARRIVALS OF PARTICIPANTS (no info yet): |
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Mandelbrot images on this page copped from the web, just Google for plenty more |
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Created by
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one one); check frequently for updates. |
