The main focus of this conference is to understand the catastrophic transitions happening in a complex system using the theory of self-organization. We also want to develop effective control strategies to prevent these critical transitions. The control strategies will be developed based on the early warning signals or precursors of an impending transition determined using complex systems theory.

The main objectives of this conference are as follows.

• To apply the concepts and tools from complex systems theory to problems in engineering and physics.
• To identify and characterize unifying features of self-organization observed in various systems.
• To develop early warning signals of the critical transitions observed in complex systems
• To come-up with prevention/control strategies for mitigating the catastrophic transitions observed in complex systems.

Date & Venue

Dates of event: February 1, 2016 to February 5, 2016

Name of event venue: IC & SR Auditorium, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras)

Event City and Country: Chennai, India