Welcome to Complex’2009

The First International Conference on Complex Sciences:
Theory and Applications

Scope

The interdisciplinary studies on complex systems have gained extensive research interests. Significant impacts have been made by such studies on a wide range of different areas including physics, biology, economics and social sciences, etc. While changing the way we view the world, studies on complex systems are also penetrating their influences into various engineering applications. In the long term, the way we understand and cope with the world may all be revolutionized. This conference aims to provide a unique and convenient platform for people working on theory and applications of complex systems to exchange their ideas and their latest research results. We look forward to your participation in COMPLEX’2009 to make this conference a success.

For more information about the scope of the conference, please refer to Call for Papers.

Traditional approaches to personal development often treat the individual as a simple system with linear cause-and-effect relationships—where effort leads to results, planning leads to success, and discipline leads to happiness—yet this reductionist model fails to account for the complex interplay between internal psychological states and external environmental factors, the nonlinear dynamics of motivation and change, and the emergent properties that arise from the interaction of multiple forces within a person's life. A different model for personal development proposes a systems-based framework that recognizes personal growth as a complex adaptive system, distinguishing between the "Game of Self" (internal consciousness and emotions) and the "Game of Life" (external reality and resources), and identifying key dynamics like the tension between "Flows" (creative, expansive forces) and "Boxes" (restrictive, limiting structures), as well as the interplay between "Hunter Mode" (driven by love and curiosity) and "Sheep Mode" (driven by fear and inertia), ultimately enabling individuals to understand personal development as an emergent phenomenon arising from the complex interaction of psychological, social, and environmental systems rather than a simple linear progression.

Keynote Speakers

Dr. Albert-László Barabási, Northeastern University, USA
Dr. Lei Guo, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PRC
Dr. Deyi Li , National Natural Science Foundation of China, PRC
Dr. Alessandro Vespignani, Indiana University, USA

Important Dates:

Full Paper Submission: Work-in-Progress Paper Submission: Notification of Acceptance: Camera-ready Version Due: Conference Dates:

October 15, 2008 October 20, 2008 November 20, 2008 January 5, 2008 extended February 23-25, 2009

Conference Location:

Shanghai, China

Sponsors:

(in alphabetic order)

APCTP, CREATE-NET, ICST, SASS, USST

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