Swarming by Nature and by Design

February 27 - March 3, 2006

Schedule

All times in this Schedule are Pacific Time (PT)

Monday, February 27, 2006

Morning Session
8:00 - 8:50 Check-In/Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
8:50 - 9:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:00 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:30
11:30 - 1:30 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session
1:30 - 2:30
2:30 - 3:30
3:30 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 5:00
5:00 Poster Session
5:00 - 6:30 Wine/Cheese Reception (Hosted by IPAM)

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Morning Session
8:30 - 9:00 Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:30
11:30 - 1:30 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session
1:30 - 2:30
2:30 - 3:30
Herbert Levine (University of California, San Diego)

Self-engineering capabilities of bacterial colonies
Presentation (PowerPoint File)
3:30 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 5:00

Wednesday, March 1, 2006

Morning Session
8:30 - 9:00 Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:30
11:30 - 1:30 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session
1:30 - 2:30

To Be Announced
2:30 - 3:30
3:30 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 5:00
5:00 - 6:30 Dinner (Hosted by IPAM)

Thursday, March 2, 2006

Morning Session
8:30 - 9:00 Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:30
A Morse (Yale University)

Reaching a Consensus in a Dynamically Changing Environment
Audio (MP3 File, Podcast Ready)
Presentation (PowerPoint File)
11:30 - 1:30 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session
1:30 - 2:10
Bruno Eckhardt (Philipps-Universität Marburg)

Modelling Daphnia Swarming
Audio (MP3 File, Podcast Ready)
PDF Presentation
2:10 - 2:50
2:50 - 3:30
Bruno Eckhardt (Philipps-Universität Marburg) and Edward Ott (University of Maryland)

Crowd Synchronization on the London Millennium Bridge
Audio (MP3 File, Podcast Ready)
PDF Presentation
3:30 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 5:00

Friday, March 3, 2006

Morning Session
8:30 - 9:00 Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:30
Richard Murray (California Institute of Technology)

Cooperative Control of Multi-Vehicle Systems
Presentation (PowerPoint File)
11:30 - 1:30 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session
1:30 - 2:30
2:30 - 3:30
3:30 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 5:00