US - Hungarian Workshop on Large-Scale Random Graph Methods for Modeling
Mesoscopic Behavior in Biological and Physical Systems, August 28-September 4, 2006, Budapest, Hungary

Workshop Program in a Nutshell





Detailed Program of The Workshop is found in pdf format here.



Note to Speakers:
Computer projection equipment will be provided for each talk. Speakers are encouraged to display their posters at the conference venue. With technical questions please contact Veronika Pandi veve@renyi.hu.


Monday August 28

08:00 - 09:00 am Registration & Refreshments
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09:00 - 09:30 am Mark A. Suskin (Head, NSF Europe Office, Paris, France)

Opening Address

Peter P Palfy (Director, Alfred Renyi Institute of Mathematics, HAS, Budapest)

Welcoming Address

Announcements
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09:30 - 10:30 amPlenary Talk: Bela Bollobas (Cambridge & Memphis)

Inhomogeneous Random Graphs

10:30 - 10:45 am Coffee Break
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10:45 - 11:30 am Invited Talk: Tom Bohman (CMU)

Hamiltonian Cycles in Sparse Random Graphs

11:30 - 12:30 pm Panel A: Challenges in Large Scale Random Network Theory.
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12:30 - 14:00 pm Lunch Break
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14:00 - 14:30 pm Anna Rudas (Techical University, Budapest)

Random Trees and General Branching Processes

14:30 - 15:00 pm
15:00 - 15:30 pm Janos Toth (Technical University, Budapest)

Old Methods Wanted: Applications of Deterministic and Stochastic Formal Reaction Kinetics to Systems Biology

15:30 - 16:00 pm Michael Stringer (Northwestern University)

Using Citations and Collaborations to Evaluate Papers, Journals, and Scientists

16:00 - 16:30 pm Jozsef Bruck (Humbold University, Germany)

Network of Interacting Reactions in Metabolic Networks

16:30 - 18:30 pm Free Time
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18:30 - 20:00 pm Welcome Reception (wine & cheese party)
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Tuesday August 29

08:00 - 08:30 am Refreshments
08:30 - 08:45 am Opening Remarks & Announcements
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08:45 - 09:45 am Plenary Talk: Walter J. Freeman (UC Berkeley)

Two Types of Global Neural Field in Forebrains Serve as Targets for Simulation Using Random Graph Theory

09:45 - 10:00 am Coffee Break
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10:00 - 10:45 am Invited Talk: Steven Bressler (FAU)

Large-Scale Cortical Oscillatory Network Graph

10:45 - 11:15 am Laszlo Negyessy (Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest)

Predicting Uncharted Connections with Szemeredi's Regularity Lemma in Cerebral Cortical networks

11:30 - 12:30 pm Panel B: Open Problems in Networks of Neuroscience and Biology.
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12:30 - 14:00 pm Lunch Break
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14:00 - 14:30 pm Marton Hajnal (Eotvos University, Budapest)

Echotron: A Critical Network Model of Superficial Layers

14:30 - 15:00 pm Derek Harter (Texas A&M University, USA)

Time Constraints and the Evolution of Scale-Free Properties in Associative Networks

15:00 - 15:30 pm Filip De Smet (Ghent University, Belgium)

Partial Entrainment in the Kuramoto-Sakaguchi Model

15:30 - 16:00 pm Clara A. Scholl (NIH, Bethesda, USA)

Nicotin Modulation of Cortical Connectivity in a Working memory Task Evaluated by Path Analysis

16:00 - 16:30 pm Gabor Csardi (KFKI/RMKI Research Institute for Physics, Budapest)

Estimating the Dynamics of Kernel Based Evolving Networks

16:30 - 18:30 pm Free Time
18:30 - 21:00 pm Cultural Program
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Wednesday August 30

08:00 - 08:30 am Refreshments
08:30 - 08:45 am Opening Remarks & Announcements
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08:45 - 09:45 am Plenary Talk: Tamas Vicsek (ELTE, Budapest)

Uncovering Overlapping Cohesive Groups of Complex Networks from Molecular to Social

09:45 - 10:00 am Coffee Break
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10:00 - 10:45 am Invited Talk: Reka Albert (PennState)

Towards the Understanding the Structure and Function of Cellular Interaction Networks

10:45 - 11:15 am Andras Lukacs (Computing and Automation Research Institute, HAS, Hungary)

Sociodemographic Exploration of Telecom Communities

11:30 - 12:30 pm Panel C: Open Problems in Physics and Modeling of Large Scale Networks.
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12:30 - 14:00 pm Lunch Break
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14:00 - 14:30 pm Eric Volz (Cornell University, USA)

The Dynamics of SIR-Type Epidemics in Static Random networks

14:30 - 15:00 pm Laszlo Gulyas (Eotvos University, Budapest)

Robust Networks from Local Optimization: A Bottom-up Model to Generate networks with Skewed Degree Distributions

15:00 - 15:30 pm Robert Schick (Duke University, USA)

Directed Connectivity Among Fish Populations in a Riverine Network

15:30 - 16:00 pm Zsolt Katona (Technical University, Budapest)

Network Formation and the Structure of the Commercial World Wide Web

16:00 - 16:30 pm Eric A. Treml (Duke University, USA)

A Graph-Teoretic Approach for Evaluating Marine Population Connectivity: Ecological Implications and Conservation Recommendations

16:30 - 18:30 pm Free Time
18:30 - 21:00 pm Danube River Cruise
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Thursday August 31

08:00 - 08:30 am Refreshments
08:30 - 08:45 am Opening Remarks & Announcements
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08:45 - 10:00 am Working Meetings of 3 Groups: (1)Math/graph, (2)Phys/model, (3)Neuro/bio

Questions/challenges in large scale networks in the group's field

10:00 - 10:30 am Coffee Break
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10:30 - 11:00 am Presentation of each group's findings (10 min each)
11:00 - 12:30 am

Open discussions on the significance of findings in broad areas

12:30 - 14:00 pm Lunch Break
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14:00 - 16:00 pm Round Table Discussion & Recommendations
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16:00 - 18:30 pm Free Time
18:30 - 21:00 pm Banquet
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Friday September 1

09:00 - 16:00 am Workshop Session at KFKI Research Institute, Csilleberc (Buda Hills)
Cortico-Hippocampal Dynamics: Navigation and Neuromodulation
Coordinator: Peter Erdi (KFKI Neuroscience Group, Budapest)
http://cneuro.rmki.kfki.hu/events/cortihipp

Saturday September 2

09:00 am: Vans leave from Pelegrinus Hotel, Budapest
12:00 am: Lunch at Szeri Csarda, Opusztaszer
01:30 pm: Visit Opusztaszer Hungarian Millenium Historical Site
05:00 pm: Arrival at Szeged, visit/wreathe statues of Hungarian mathematicians
06:00 pm: Check in to Hotel
07:00 pm: Dinner
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Sunday September 3

09:30 am: Visit Szeged University
10:30 am: Attend Szeged Paprika Festival and Fish Soup Contest
12:00 am: Lunch in Szeged
01:30 pm: Leave Szeged
02:30 pm: Visit Bugac traditional horse riding attractions
06:30 pm: Dinner at Mizsei Csarda
08:00 pm: Arrival at Hotel Pelegrinus in Budapest
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Monday September 4

Morning: Departure

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