From: Suzanne Dulle [SMTP:suzanne@santafe.edu] Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 8:46 PM To: bus-net-general@pele.santafe.edu Subject: INVITATION - COMPLEXITY IN ENGINEERING CONFERENCE COMPLEXITY IN ENGINEERING CONFERENCE Co-Sponsored by MIT and the Santa Fe Institute November 19-21, 1999 University Park Hotel, Cambridge, MA DESCRIPTION Engineering is in the midst of an explosion of complexity. New semiconductor chips contain a billion subcircuits. A new car contains 20 microprocessors. Home health care systems are bing designed that monitor the heartbeat and temperature of a home's occupants. If a complex system can be defined as one that must process large amounts of information in order to function properly, engineered systems are growing more and more complex at a rapid rate. The explosion of engineering complexity has been accompanied by efforts from researchers in academia and industry to understand the design, control, manufacturing, and management of complex systems. In addition, recent theoretical work on complex systems holds out the promise of understanding in general the features of systems that must process large quantities of information in order to function. The purpose of the conference is to bring engineers, scientists, and workers on complex systems from a variety of fields together with representatives of industry to investigate the problems of complexity in engineering, and to investigate in detail the benefits and costs of increasing complexity. The goal of the conference will be to understand the degree to which problems of complexity can be characterized and solved by existing methods, and to suggest and map out the development of new concepts and techniques for dealing with complex engineering systems. Agenda and Schedule Friday, November 19, 1999 8:30 am - 9:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast 9:00 am - 9:30 am Welcome and Introduction Seth Lloyd, MIT 9:30 am - 11:00 am General Session: Opening Speakers Ellen Goldberg, President, Santa Fe Institute Dr. Goldberg is president of the Santa Fe Institute. An immunologist by training, Dr. Goldberg spent 24 years at the University of New Mexico serving as Professor of Microbiology, Dean of Graduate Studies, and Associate Provost. Still an avid scientist, Dr. Goldberg maintains research ties to UNM. Seth Lloyd is Finmeccanica Career Development Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. A pioneer in the field of quantum computation Dr. Lloyd focuses his research on how physical systems get, process, and use information. 11:00 am - 11:15 am Break 11:15 am - 12:45 pm Topical Session: Dynamics Sanjoy Mitter, Electrical Engineering and Co-Director of the Laboratory and Information Decision Systems (LIDS) at MIT. Professor Mitter's research has spanned the broad areas of Systems, Communication and Control. His current research interests are theory of stochastic and adaptive control; mathematical physics and its relationship to system theory; image analysis and computer vision; and structure, function and organization of complex systems. Member, National Academy of Engineering. 12:45 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Topical Session: Design Nam Suh, Department Chair, Mechanical Engineering, MIT. Dr. Suh is the Ralph E. and Eloise F. Cross Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. For years the Assistant Director for Engineering at the National Science Foundation, Dr. Suh is the founder of the field of Axiomatic Design, 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm Break 3:45 pm - 5:15 pm Topical Session: Networks David Clark, Senior Research Scientist, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science. Since the mid 70s, Dr. Clark has been leading the development of the Internet; from 1981-1989 he acted as Chief Protocol Architect in this development, and chaired the Internet Activities Board. Recent activities include extensions to the Internet to support real-time traffic, explicit allocation of service, pricing and related economic issues, and policy issues surrounding local loop deployment. New activities focus on the architecture of the Internet in the post-PC era. 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Cocktail Reception Saturday, November 20 8:30 - 9:00 am Continental Breakfast 9:00 am - 9:15 am Seth Lloyd, Conference Chair 9:15 am - 10:00 am General Session: Speaker Alex d'Arbeloff, Chairman, Teradyne Corp., Chairman, MIT Corporation Mr. d'Arbeloff was the co-founder and long-time CEO of Teradyne. He is a director of Stratus Computer, PRI Automation, BTU Corporation, Sematech, and several private companies. 10:00 am - 10:45 am Topical Session: Education Paul Penfield, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT. His technical interests have included solid-state microwave devices and circuits, noise and thermodynamics, electrodynamics of moving media, circuit theory, computer-aided design, APL language extensions, integrated-circuit design automation, and computer-aided fabrication of integrated circuits. For more than ten years the head of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department at MIT, Dr. Penfield is currently developing a freshman curriculum on information. 10:45 am - 11:00 am Break 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Topical Session: Computation Anthony Patera, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. Professor Patera's research interests include scientific and engineering computation, numerical methods for partial differential equations, numerical analysis, optimization, and continuum mechanics (in particular, fluid dynamics and transport phenomena). His current research focuses on uncertainty analysis: a posteriori estimation techniques for bounding discretization, solution, and reduced-order model errors in a variety of contexts. 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Topical Session: Man-Machine Tom Sheridan, Professor of Engineering and Applied Psychology Emeritus in the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and the Dept of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT. His research interests are in human-computer interaction in the control of aircraft, highway and rail transportation, telerobotics and telemedicine, and humanitarian demining. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm Break 3:45 pm - 5:15 pm Topical Session: Instrumentation Ian Hunter, Hatsopoulos Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Professor of BioEngineering at MIT. Director of the Bio-Instrumentation Systems Lab. His current research interests include BioRobotics; Biomedical; Robotics, Manipulators, and Teleoperators. 7:00 pm Group Dinner Sunday, November 21 8:30 am - 9:00 am Continental Breakfast 9:00 am - 9:15 am Seth Lloyd, Conference Chair 9:15 am - 10:45 am General Session: Speaker Murray Gell- Mann, Distinguished Fellow, Santa Fe Institute. Dr. Gell-Mann served as a faculty member at the Calitec from 1955-1993, as the Robert Andrews Millikan Professor of Theoretical Physics. He is Co-Chairman of the SFI Science Board and is an Executive Committee Member of the Santa Fe Institute's Board of Trustees. Areas of technical specialization are elementary particle theory, quantum mechanics in the light of quantum cosmology, complexity and entropy theory of complex adaptive systems. Dr. Gell-Man is a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the theory of elementary particles including the discovery of quarks. 10:45 am - 11:00 am Break 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Topical Session: Biology Roger Kamm, MIT, Professor of Mechanical and Bio-Engineering. He has published extensively in biofluid mechanics as it pertains to the cardiovascular, respiratory, and ocular systems. Recent interests have focused on melding computational approaches with cell and molecular biology to better understand the process of stress adaptation in disease, and the stimulation of fibrinolytic function. 12:30 pm Adjourn ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++ REGISTRATION FORM "Complexity in Engineering" November 19, 20, 21,1999 University Park Hotel at MIT 21 Sidney Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Jointly sponsored by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Santa Fe Institute Business Network for Complex Systems Research. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PARTICIPANT INFORMATION Name: Ms. ___ Mr. ___ Dr. ___ Prof. ___ ________________________________________ Name of Company: ________________________________________________________ Address:______________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ Telephone: (office)_______________ Fax #: _________________ e-mail address:_________________________________________ Name you'd prefer on your name tag:__________________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EVENT PARTICIPATION Friday, November 19 Meeting Yes ____ No ____ Cocktail Reception Yes ____ No ____ Saturday, November 20 Meeting Yes ____ No ____ Group Dinner Yes ____ No ____ Sunday, November 21 Meeting Yes _____ No _____ Do you or your guests have any dietary restrictions? Special requests? ____________________________________________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ REGISTRATION FEE CORPORATE $200.00 ______ ACADEMIC $100.00 ______ Please bill my: VISA ______________ MasterCard ___________ AmEx____________ Other ______________ Card Number __________________________________ Expiration Date ______________________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ACCOMODATIONS We have arranged for a group rate of $159.00 per night at the University Park Hotel at MIT. Please call to make your reservations, and mention the "Complexity in Engineering" conference: University Park Hotel 20 Sidney Street Cambridge, MA 02139 Tel: (617) 577-0200 Fax: (617) 494-8366 DIRECTIONS: From South: Follow Rte. 3N or Rte. 95N to I-93N. Take Storrow Dr. W., to the Mass. Ave., Rte. 2A/N exit. Go right off of exit, over bridge. After four lights, turn left onto Sidney Street. (University Park Hotel at MIT is exactly one mile after right turn onto Mass.Ave.) From West: I-90 E (Mass Pike) to Exit 18, Cambridge/ Somerville. Over bridge, straight onto River Street. At fourth light, turn right onto Mass. Ave. Go through three lights and turn right onto Sidney Street. From North: Follow 95S to 93S. Take Storrow Dr. W., to the Mass. Ave., Rte. 2A/N exit.Go right off of exit, over bridge. After four lights, turn left onto Sidney Street. (University Park Hotel at MIT is exactly one mile after right turn onto Mass. Ave.) From Logan International Airport: Follow signs through Sumner Tunnel to Rte. 93N to Storrow Dr. W., to the Mass. Ave., Rte. 2A/N exit. Go right off of exit, over bridge. After four lights, turn left onto Sidney Street. (University Park Hotel at MIT is exactly one mile after right turn onto Mass. Ave.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please return this information to Christine Gonzales by fax (505) 982-0565 or e-mail: cg@santafe.edu.