Previous editions of this French Complex System Summer School, organized by ISC-PIF and IXXI, two other nodes of the RNSC,  are presented here : http://www.iscpif.fr/tiki-index.php?page=summer-schools

In 2013, this summer school will take place in Le Havre, a coastal city only 2 hours from Paris.

Website of this 2013 edition : http://www.iscpif.fr/CSSS2013

The school will provide in-depth reference courses to a multi-disciplinary audience of researchers and students. The level of lectures will range from introductory to advanced, as attendees are not expected to be familiar with all the fields covered. Lecture topics will address specific complex systems methods and tools and their relevance to various disciplines (physics, biology, computer science, geography, sociology, linguistic, etc.). An emphasis will be given to collective behaviour and mobility.

50% Courses / 50% Group Projects

Group projects
During the school participants will have to conduct a group project to which about 50% of their time will be dedicated. Small size groups will be constituted on the basis of personal motivations. Groups will have to present their project collectively at the end of school.
According to group preferences projects will be oriented towards some particular aspects of collective behaviour and mobility.

Tutorials
Specific tutorials (NetLogo, GraphStream, …) will be given, so that attendees could quickly converge towards the required knowledge on these shared platforms. Each work group will be followed daily by a dedicated instructor, to make sure methodological and technical gaps are filled in. Therefore, no specific knowledge is required to attend this school.

For information and registration : http://www.iscpif.fr/CSSS2013