Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences
CONFERENCE ON
"ROBUSTNESS, RELIABILITY AND EVOLUTION "
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Location: Luce Conference Room, SSPA 2112
Speakers
| 9:00-9:50 a.m. |
Steve Frank, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCI
�Maladaptation and the paradox of robustness in evolution� (paper 1) (paper 2)
10:00-10:50 a.m. |
Michael Rose, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCI
�The Forces of Natural Selection and the Evolution of Reliability �
| 11:00-11:15 a.m. |
BREAK IN SSPA 2142
| 11:15-12:05 p.m. |
Kimberly Jameson, Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences, UCI, and Natalia Komarova, Department of Mathematics, UCI
�Evolutionary models of color categorization �
| 12:15 p.m. |
LUNCH BREAK
| 1:45-2:35 p.m. |
Rory Smead, Logic and Philosophy of Science, UCI
�The Reduction of Strategic Plasticity �
10 minutes of discussion
| 2:45-3:35 p.m. |
Tau-Mu Yi, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCI
�Robustness and Complexity in Biological Systems �
10 minutes of discussion
| 3:45-4:00 p.m. |
BREAK IN SSPA 2142
| 4:00-4:50 p.m. |
Donald G. Saari, Director of IMBS and Distinguished Prof. of Mathematics and Economics, UCI
�A qualitative approach toward evolutionary game theory�
10 minutes of discussion