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During fall 2005, we will meet every Wednesday
morning at 8 a.m. in Park 230, the Emergent Intelligence Laboratory.
Coffee and muffins start the meeting off, followed by a presentation
and discussion. Open to all.
People in a variety of disciplines
and walks of life are in the business of trying to make sense
of the world. In so doing, all make use of conceptual frameworks,
habitual ways of thinking that influence both how one tries
to make sense of new observations and the new questions one
asks (and doesn't ask). These conceptual frameworks are themselves
reflections of the kinds of observations that have and can
be made.
Computers, like telescopes and microscopes,
have opened a whole new world of possible observations. Because
of the rapidity with which they can do well-defined calculations,
computers have made it possible to explore the consequences
of relatively simple interactions of relatively simple things
in ways never before possible (try, for example, the
Game of Life or Simple
Networks, Simple Rules).
From this new capability are emerging
in different arenas significant insights into phenomena long
believed too complex for serious analysis ... and perhaps
a new quite general conceptual framework applicable in a variety
of disciplines and practical contexts. People who are interested
the emergence of "emergent systems" as a way of thinking are
invited to join this discussion by contacting Doug Blank or Paul Grobstein.
emergent.brynmawr.edu/eprg/ - a collaborative, interactive
hypertext discussion of emergent systems
Complex Systems
on Serendip - additional resources
| "If
you knew the algorithm and fed it back say ten thousand times,
each time there's be a dot somewhere on the screen. You'd
never know where to expect the next dot. But gradually you'd
start to see this shape, because every dot will be inside
the shape of this leaf. ... The unpredictable and the predetermined
unfold together to make everything the way it is. It's how
nature creates itself, on every scale, the snowflake and the
snowstorm." Tom Stoppard, Arcadia, 1993.
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Discussion notes and participant lists for all discussions can be found on the Resources page.
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August 31
| "Being Emergent"
A start at the beginning ...of the book. We will examine the prospectus of a book that we are writing:
http://mightymouse.brynmawr.edu/~dblank/papers/Bryn_Mawr_Prospectus.doc
Discussion leaders: Jan Trembley, Anne Dalke, and friends |
September 7 |
"A Skeptical Look at Emergence" A discussion on the paper "How do you solve a problem like a (Fritjof) Capra?", by Burton Guttman:
http://bubo.brynmawr.edu/~dblank/papers/skeptical-emergence.pdf
Discussion leader: Alan Baker |
September 14 |
"A Skeptical Look at Emergence" (continued)
Discussion leader: Alan Baker |
September 21 |
"Discussion of Nagel on Emergence"
Discussion leader: Rob Wozniak
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September 28 |
"Emergence in Emergencies"
Discussion leader: Tim Burke |
October 5 |
"Evolution, Alternate Stories, and Lines in the Sand"
Discussion leader: Paul Grobstein
Pre-discussion reading: Intelligent Design and the Story of Evolution:
No Need for Drawing Lines in the Sand |
October 12 |
FALL BREAK |
October 19 |
"Evolution, Alternate Stories, and Lines in the Sand" (continued)
Discussion leader: Paul Grobstein |
October 26 |
"Sustainable Development"
Discussion leader: Ted Wong |
November 2 |
BREAK |
November 9 |
"Some further developments in the story of story telling"
Discussion leader: Paul Grobstein
Reference materials |
November 16 |
"The Emergence and (continuing)
Evolution of the Story of Story Telling"
Discussion leader: Paul Grobstein
Reference materials |
November 23 |
BREAK |
November 30 |
"Beyond Emergent Pedagogy: Scripted, Non-Scripted? Conducted, Non-Conducted?"
What Happens When Agents Resist: A Report from the Summer Institute
Discussion leaders: Anne Dalke and Wil Franklin
Reference materials |
December 7 |
"Swarm: Contemporary Artists Explore the Concept of Emergence"
Discussion leader:
Shir Ly Camin, Education Coordinator, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia |
December 14 |
Emerging From "The End of Ethics?"
Discussion leader: Anne Dalke |
Emergent Systems Schedule and Discussion Links 2004-2005
Forum 2004-2005
Information Working Group, summer 2004
Emergent Systems Schedule and Discussion Links 2003-2004
Forum 2003-2004
Emergent Systems Schedule and Discussion Links 2002-2003
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