9th June 2008, 10-4pm
Venue: Room UG40, School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham
The role of information systems in critical infrastructures is a major theme
in interdisciplinary research and has recently been the subject of several high
profile calls for proposals. The reliability of such infrastructures
requires understanding of the complex interacting subsystems on which they
depend. The CCI-ENV workshop will focus on complex systems in the
environment. The morning session will give some examples of the current state of
the art in modelling and data collection for specific environmental subsystems.
The afternoon session will present some computational methods and technologies
to address the requirements of modelling, management and data analysis as
well as to provide new ways of understanding dynamical systems.
The purpose of the workshop is to provide an informal and relaxed atmosphere in
which new interdisciplinary conversations and collaboration ideas can develop.
10:00 - 10:15: Arrival and coffee
10:15 - 10:30: Welcome and Introduction, Dr Georgios
Theodoropoulos, School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham
Environmental Complex Systems
10:30-11:00 "Environmental Sensing for Engineering
Applications", Professor Chris Baker, Professor of Environmental Fluid
Mechanics, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Birmingam
11:00-11:30: "Atmospheric turbulence and pollutant dispersion - from modelling to
simulation", Dr Xiaoming Cai, Climate and Atmosphere Research
Cluster, School of Geography, Earth &
Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham
11:30-12:00 "Agent-based models, forest, hydrology and
subsistence farming", Dr Mike Bithel, Department of Geography, University of
Cambridge
12:00-12:30: "Systems Biology", Professor John Heath, Head of
School of Biosciences, Director of the Centre for Systems Biology, University
of Birmingham
12:30-13:30 : Lunch
Methods and Technologies
13:30-14:00 "Distributed and Data Driven Simulation" Dr Georgios
Theodoropoulos, School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham
14:00-14:30 "Machine Learning and Data Analysis", Dr Peter Tino, School of Computer Science,
University of Birmingham
14:30-15:00 "Modelling multilevel dynamical systems", Professor Aaron
Sloman, School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham
15:00 Coffee and informal discussion
16:00 Close
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