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A COMPLEXITY APPLICATION:

RECONNECTING THE SCIENCE OF THE NEW EU MEMBERS TO THE WORLD/EUROPEAN SCIENCE

THE CASE OF ROMANIA

Tentative Schedule

Thursday, September 18 (Rothberg Building)

9:00 – 10:30 OPENING SESSION

Sorin Solomon – ECCS 2008 Conference Chair, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Madeea Axinciuc – Director, Romanian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv

Cătălin Avramescu – Counselor of State, Presidential Administration

Chaiperson: Mircea Dumitru

  • Solomon Marcus, Member of the Romanian Academy, "Faces of Complexity"
  • Moshe Idel, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, member of the Israeli Academy of Science, "The Complexities of Kabbalah"

Coffee Break

10.50 – 12.10 SESSION 1 - joint session with Dynamics on and of Complex Networks II Workshop

Chairperson: Theo Geisel

  • Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, Northeastern University, Boston, USA, external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, "From Complex Networks to Human Dynamics"
  • Tamás Vicsek, Eötvös Loránd University, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, "Dynamics of the network of interactions in a simple model of flocking"

Lunch Break

13.30 – 16.00 SESSION 2

Chairperson: Alexander Grosu

  • János Kertész, Director of the Institute of Physics at BME Budapest, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, "How do correlations of stock returns depend on the time horizon? The Epps effect revisited"
  • Gabriel Ciobanu, Al. Ioan Cuza University, Iasi, Romania, "Complexity in Membrane Systems; Maximal Parallelism and Computational Power", joint work with Solomon Marcus and Gheorghe Pau
  • Zoltan Neda, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, external member of the Hungarian Academy of Science, "Complex Behavior Resulting from Simple Optimization Rules"
  • Gabriel Istrate - E-Austria Research Institute, Timisoara, Romania, "Reforming Romanian Science: A Plea for Mechanism-Based Policies"
  • Vladimir Scolnic, Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, "Music: An Analytical Approach"

Coffee Break

16.30 – 19.00 SESSION 3

Chairperson: Gabriel Ciobanu

  • Alexander Grosu, Tel Aviv University, Israel, "Compositionality and Extended Compositionality in the Semantics of Natural Languages"
  • Ovidiu Bojor, member of the Medical Sciences Academy, Romania, "Herbs Bearing Biblical Significance in the New and Old Testament"
  • Lucian-Liviu Albu, Institute for Economic Forecasting, Romanian Academy, "From Standard Macroeconomics to Non-linear Macroeconomics; Romanian Experience", joint work with Adriana Agapie
  • Adriana Agapie, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, "Estimating parameters in a GARCH(1,1) model based on two observations: a critique of the Large number's law"
  • Emilian Dobrescu, Member of the Romanian Academy, "A Desirable Scenario for the Romanian Economy During 2008-2013"
  • Moisa Altar, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest,"Pricing American Options in a Mild Stochastic Environment", joint work with Judita Samuel

Friday, September 19 (Sprinzak Building, Hall no. 4/ Danzinger B Building)

09.00 – 10.30 SESSION 1 (Sprinzak Building, Hall no. 4)

Chairperson: Solomon Marcus

  • Cătălin Avramescu – University of Bucharest, "The State as a Machine: Complexity and Government in the Modern Age"
  • Mircea Dumitru – University of Bucharest, Romania, "Conceivability and Possibility. Remarks on the Mind-Body Dualism in Contemporary Philosophy of Mind"
  • Ilie Pârvu – University of Bucharest, Romania, member of the Romanian Academy "Emergence and its Place in Nature: from the Theory of Everything to the Theory of Everyday"

Coffee Break

11.00 – 13.00 SESSION 2 (Sprinzak Building, Hall no. 4)

Chairperson: Gabriel Istrate

  • Madeea Axinciuc – University of Bucharest, "Between Physics and Metaphysics: Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed – A Different Approach"
  • Răzvan Nicolescu – University College, Londra, "From Emptiness to Excitement. A Technological Shuttle"
  • Mihnea Boştină, Harvard Medical School, USA, "The Shape of Biology to Come: the Paradigm of Structural Biology"
  • Monica Joiţa, Director a.i., IRCCU Venice, Italy, "1930 – 2008: Changes in the Dynamics of the Research Activity of the Romanian Institute for Culture and Humanistic Research in Venice"

Coffee Break

13.30 – 16.00 SESSION 3 (Danzinger B Building)

Chairperson: Mihnea Boştină

  • Zsigmond Gyozo – University of Bucharest, Romania, "Tinder Objects in Customs and Romanian-Hungarian cooperation"
  • Rodica Olimpia Amel – University of Bucharest, Romania, "Game/Dialogue Field"
  • Ana Bărbulescu – University of Bucharest, Romania, "The Pauline Constructed Community and its Place within the First Century Jewish or Gentile Environment"
  • Emanuel Zuckerberger – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Instead of Conclusions

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