Conference on Physics of Biological and Complex Systems
17th - 19th October 2013 in Göttingen, Germany
This is the presence for the International Conference Third Infinity 2013 organised by doctoral students of the International Max Planck Research School for Physics of Biological and Complex Systems (IMPRS-PBCS).
It aims on early career researchers and PhD students working in the field.
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The Third Infinity
The field of Physics may be divided today in three sub-categories: infinitely big (relativity and astronomy), infinitely small (quantum mechanics and particle physics) and infinitely complex (complex systems and biophysics). The conference Third Infinity focuses on the latter and most recently adressed infinity.
Theory - Simulation - Experiment
Like in no other field, in Complex Systems and Biophysics, Theory, Simulation and Experiments go hand in hand. Third Infinity incorporates these perspectives by having international speakers and students with different backgrounds. The primary focus being mainly from the diverse fields of non-linear dynamical systems, brain as a complex system, experimental biophysics and robotics.
Conference Scope
This conference will give an insight of current successful scientific research around the globe from the field of Biophysics and Complex Systems. In addition to informative and inspiring talks from leading researchers of the field, the conference will also focus on providing early career researchers and PhD students with insights on how to approach scientific problems in a simple and intelligent manner. Overall this conference aims to provide a platform for scientific exchange between senior scientists and young researchers from all over the world to discuss their research and form networks.
Apply
PhD students and young researchers from everywhere are invited to apply as participants. Third infinity will have poster sessions during which participants are encouraged to present their ongoing work and engage in valuable exchange of ideas and discussions. Details of abstract submission to be announced soon.
Career Input
Along with the opportunity to learn from and network with leading researchers, Third infinity also aims to provide input to young researchers in the field of Biophysics and Complex Systems on their career in science and beyond. Program to be announced.
Göttingen
Third Infinity 2013 will take place at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen. The city of Göttingen in the middle of Germany founded in the 10th century, is one of the oldest university towns. Along with the prestigious Georg-August Universität and five different Max Planck Institutes, Göttingen offers an unique setting for a conference in the field of Biophysics and Complex Systems.
Public sessions
Public Keynote 1:
Life as we know it.
Karl Friston
Thursday 17th October, 9:30 - 10:30
Public Keynote 2:
Moving from Physics to Biology:
the Upsides, Downsides & Unexpected Sides.
Eytan Domany
Friday 18th October, 9:00 - 10:30
With opening by Helmut Grubmüller
Public Discussion Panel:
The practice of science.
Host: Ahmed El Hady
With:
Julie Biteen
Eytan Domany
Jun Murimoto
Marc Timme
Friday 18th October, 18:00
Invited Speakers
| Name | Affiliation | Topic of talk |
|---|---|---|
| Igor Sokolov | Humboldt University Berlin | Physics and mathematics of anomalous diffusion |
| Karl Friston | UCL London | Life as we know it |
| Etienne Hugues (per pro Gustavo Deco) | Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Resting Brains Never Rest: Computational Insights |
| Wolfgang Maass | TU Graz, Austria | Stochastic computation in cortical microcircuit models |
| Jun Morimoto | ATR, BMI Lab Japan | Brain-robot Interfaces for Exoskeleton Robot Control - Re-inforcement learning |
| Auke Ijspeert | Biorobotics Lab, EPFL, Lausanne | Central pattern generators for controlling locomotion: from biology to robotics |
| Vinod Subramaniam | FOM Institute AMOLF in Amsterdam | Getting A Grip On Alpha-Synuclein Amyloid Oligomers |
| Everett Lipman | UCSB, California | Probing the Mechanism of a Single Motor Protein with Molecular Instrumentation |
| Ambarish Ghosh | IISc, Bangalore India | Optical and hydrodynamical effects in chiral nanostructures and their interplay |
| Julie Suzanne Biteen | University of Michigan | Peering into cells One molecule at a time: super-resolution studies of biomol. structure & dynamics in living bacteria |
| Eytan Domany | Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot | Moving from Physics to Biology: the Upsides, Downsides & Unexpected Sides |
Selected talks
| Name | Affiliation | Topic of talk |
|---|---|---|
| Christian Tetzlaff | Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Göttingen | The interaction of synaptic plasticity and scaling and their role in memory formation |
| Oliver Nagel | University of Potsdam | Influence of confined one-dimensional amoeboid motion on cytoskeletal polarization |
| Michael T. Dirnberger | Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, Saarbrücken | Physarum computing: slime on shortest path |
| Jürgen Riedel | Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg | Quantifying emulation for computation universality in cellular automata |
| Enzo Tagliazucchi | Goethe University Frankfurt am Main | Human consciousness in the lens of statistical physics |
| Anna Chizik | IIIrd Institute of Physics, Goettingen | Imaging of the single particles transition dipole moment using cylindrical vector beams |
Conference schedule
(yes, days are getting shorter...)
Time | Thursday (17th Oct) | Friday (18th Oct) | Saturday (19th Oct) |
|---|---|---|---|
8:00 - 9:00 | Registration | Registration + Coffee | Registration + Coffee |
9:00 - 9:30 | Opening by organizers | Opening by Helmut Grubmüller |
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9:30 - 10:30 | Keynote 1: Karl Friston | Keynote 2: Eytan Domany | Auke Ijspeert |
10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break | Coffee break | Coffee break |
11:00 - 12:00 | Wolfgang Maass | Everett Lipman | Student Talks Day 3: |
12:00 - 13:00 | Etienne Hugues | Julie Biteen | Jun Morimoto |
13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch break | Lunch break + Coffee | Conference closing |
14:30 - 15:30 | Vinod Subramanium | Ambarish Ghosh |
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15:30 - 16:30 | Student Talks Day 1: | Student Talks Day 2: |
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16:30 - 17:00 | Coffee break | Coffee break |
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17:00 - 18:00 | Poster session | Igor Sokolov |
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18:00 - 19:30 | Beer, Brezels and Soup | Panel discussion |
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20:30 - 22:00 | Beer in town at |
Third Infinity 2013 is organized and supported by the International Max Planck Research School for Physics of Biological and Complex Systems
We thank our sponsors
Organizers
From left to right:
| Sakya Dasgupta | Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Göttingen | speakers and sponsors | dasgupta AT thirdinfinity DOT mpg.de |
| Christian Blau | Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry | registration and logistics | cblau AT thirdinfinity DOt mpg dot de |
| Clemens N. Buss | Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization | head organizer | cbuss ät thirdinfinity.mpg DOT de |
| Siddarth Ghosh | Göttingen University | speakers and sponsors | sghosh AT thirdinfinity DOT mpg.de |
| David Köpfer | Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry | PR and finance | dkoepfe AT thirdinfinity.mpg DOT DE |
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