ÿþ<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Complex Adaptive Systems, M.Sc. in Bioinformatics</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#F0FCDF"> <H1> Complex Adaptive Systems (2004)<BR> (<A HREF="http://bioinformatics.biol.uoa.gr/msc/">M.Sc. in Bioinformatics, University of Athens</A>) </H1> <P> <UL> <LI><A HREF="#Objectives">Objectives</A> <LI><A HREF="#Description">Description</A> <LI><A HREF="#Material">Course material</A> <BR> <LI><A HREF="ThesesTopicsEn_2004.pdf">Sample theses topics</A> <IMG SRC="../Images/flag_en.gif" align=middle> </UL> <P> <HR> <P> <A NAME="Objectives"> <H2>Objectives</H2> <OL> <LI>At a theoretical level, to present to the students a global view of the methods and techniques of the interdisciplinary field of complex adaptive systems, as applied to the dynamic modeling and the theoretical investigation of a wealth of biological problems at all levels of analysis. Moreover, to offer to the students a theoretical background that will allow the identification and discovery of new problems that lend themselves to this kind of modeling and study. <P> <LI>At a practical level, to have the students experiment with some pre-existing systems and/or model some complex dynamical phenomena, so as to systematically investigate and evaluate alternative models and corresponding results as far as their validity is concerned as well as from a methodological point of view. </OL> <H3>Instructor</H3> <PRE> <B>Elpida Tzafestas</B> Senior Researcher Institute of Communication and Computer Systems National technical University of Athens Zographou Campus 15773 Tel. 210-772 2489, 210-772 1527 Fax. 210-772 2490 <IMG ALIGN=MIDDLE SRC="../Images/mail.gif"> <A HREF="mailto:brensham@softlab.ece.ntua.gr"><EM>brensham@softlab.ece.ntua.gr</EM></A> <IMG ALIGN=MIDDLE SRC="../Images/www2.gif"> <A HREF="http://www.softlab.ece.ntua.gr/~brensham"><EM>http://www.softlab.ece.ntua.gr/~brensham</EM></A> </PRE> <P> <HR> <P> <A NAME="Description"> <H2>Description</H3> <TABLE> <TR> <TD><B>Introduction</B></TD> <TD><UL> <LI>History and roots <LI>Fundamental concepts, principles and definitions <LI>A taxonomy of problems </UL></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><B>Behavioral models</B></TD> <TD><UL> <LI>Models of navigation and behavioral control <LI>Motivational control <LI>Learning problems and models (Spatial, associative etc.) </UL></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><B>Populational models</B></TD> <TD><UL> <LI>Behavioral ecologies <LI>Social insects <LI>Flocks and groups </UL></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><B>Evolutionary models</B></TD> <TD><UL> <LI>Techniques : Genetic and evolutionary algorithms, Genetic programming <LI>Evolutionary phenomena in populations, Symbiosis and symbiogenesis, Speciation <LI>Evolution of game strategies, The cooperation problem, Evolutionary stable strategies </UL></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><B>Molecular models</B></TD> <TD><UL> <LI>Artificial chemistries <LI>Genetic regulation models, Boolean networks <LI>Modeling of metabolic pathways </UL></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><B>Developmental models</B></TD> <TD><UL> <LI>Morphogenesis, production grammars and L-systems <LI>Fractals <LI>Generalized developmental systems </UL></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><B>Cellular automata</B></TD> <TD><UL> <LI>1-D and 2-D cellular automata <LI>Self-reproducing patterns <LI>Adaptive patterns and complexity </UL></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><B>Introduction to<BR>dynamical systems</B></TD> <TD><UL> <LI>Fundamental concepts <LI>Description of phenomena and systems as dynamical systems <LI>Elements of analysis of dynamical systems, Graphical criteria </UL></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <P> <HR> <P> <A NAME="Material"> <H2>Course material (incomplete)</H2> <P> <UL> <LI><H3>External readings</H3> <P> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Readings_2004.html#Intro">Introduction</A><BR> <LI><A HREF="Readings_2004.html#Behavioral">Behavioral models</A><BR> <LI><A HREF="Readings_2004.html#Populational">Populational models</A><BR> <LI><A HREF="Readings_2004.html#Evolutionary">Evolutionary models</A><BR> <LI><A HREF="Readings_2004.html#Molecular">Molecular models</A><BR> <LI><A HREF="Readings_2004.html#Developmental">Developmental models</A><BR> <LI><A HREF="Readings_2004.html#Fractals">Fractals</A><BR> <LI><A HREF="Readings_2004.html#CellularAutomata">Cellular automata</A><BR> <LI><A HREF="Readings_2004.html#DynamicalSystems">Introduction to dynamical systems</A><BR> </UL> <P> <LI><H3>Assignments</H3> <OL> <LI><A HREF="AssignmentAnimat.pdf">Behavioral models : Action selection</A> <IMG SRC="../Images/flag_gr.gif" align=middle> <LI><A HREF="AssignmentClusteringEn.pdf">Populational models : Clustering</A> <IMG SRC="../Images/flag_en.gif" align=middle> <LI><A HREF="AssignmentLSys.pdf">Morphogenesis</A> <IMG SRC="../Images/flag_gr.gif" align=middle> <LI><A HREF="AssignmentCA.pdf">Cellular automata</A> <IMG SRC="../Images/flag_gr.gif" align=middle> <LI><A HREF="EssayAssignmentEn_2004.pdf">Essay assignment</A> <IMG SRC="../Images/flag_en.gif" align=middle> </OL> </UL> <P> <HR> <EM>Page last updated 08 July 2004.</EM><BR> <A HREF="mailto:brensham@softlab.ece.ntua.gr"> <EM>Send me mail (brensham@softlab.ece.ntua.gr)</EM></A><BR><BR> </BODY> </HTML>