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<p class="MsoNormal">To: Leonardo Network<br>
From: Roger Malina<br>
<br>
We are pleased to announce that Albert-Lazslo Barabasi will be one of
the
Plenary speakers at the MutaMorphosis conference in Prague in November.<br>
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Barabasi is a leading researcher in network theory as applied to fields
as
diverse as the internet, genetic and chemical networks. <span style=""></span>He
will address how network theory informs our
views of how social networks develop in new territories.<br>
<br>
He has an excellent book called "Linked" that describes some of his
ideas. For further information on his work visit: <a
href="http://www.nd.edu/%7Ealb/">http://www.nd.edu/~alb/</a><br>
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Here is his abstract:<br>
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The architecture of complexity<br>
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Systems as diverse as the world wide web, Internet or the cell are
described by highly interconnected networks with amazingly complex
topology.
Recent studies indicate that these complex networks are the result of
self-organizing processes governed by simple but generic laws,
resulting in
architectural features that are much more similar to each other than
one would have
expected by exploring them one by one. Indeed, how is it possible that
the the
Internet, the cell, or the social network have the same underlying
architecture?
How could the router know what a gene does in our cells? My goal is to
discuss
this amazing and beautiful order characterizing our interconnected
work, and
its implications to how we perceive the impact of links and
connections
on our life. <br>
<br>
Albert-Laszlo Barabasi<br>
Emil T. Hofman Professor of Physics<br>
Department of Physics <br>
University of Notre Dame<br>
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REGISTER for MutaMorphosis at: <a href="http://www.mutamorphosis.org">www.mutamorphosis.org</a><br>
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