[Biomedical-cybernetics] Fractal Alligator & Call for Papers, SCTPLS Annual Conference, Gainesville

[Guastello, Stephen]

Dear Nonlinear Colleagues,

Don’t miss our Early Bird submission deadline and don’t forget to  
circulate this announcement to your colleagues! This year’s conference  
promises to be exceptional so keep your eyes out for upcoming news!

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS, SYMPOSIA, and POSTERS
  To present at the 25th Annual International Conference in  
Gainesville, Florida, July 29-31



  Submissions deadline is April 30, 2015.
Early bird submissions deadline is March 10, 2015.*  Submit early so  
travel plans get made early too!
*Early birds get acceptance notices after March 23rd*
http://www.societyforchaostheory.org/conf/2015/cfp

We invite interested scholars and scholar-practitioners to present and  
discuss recent developments in nonlinear dynamical system theory,  
which includes chaos theory, fractals, transition dynamics, and other  
complex systems behaviors related topics. Over the years, the annual  
conferences of the Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology & Life  
Sciences (SCTPLS) have inspired and supported scholars from an array  
of disciplines to look at new ways to develop their theoretical and  
empirical work in an integrated approach to life sciences.

Everybody knows the world is made up of processes from which patterns  
emerge,
but we seldom give pause to what this means (Kelso, 1995, p. 3,  
emphasis added).1

The annual SCTPLS conference is the go-to event to report discovery  
of, recognize, and explore not only emergent patterns and the numerous  
scales at which they appear, but also their significance in our world!  
Nonlinear dynamics cannot remain one of the best-kept secrets on the  
planet!

We are an multidisciplinary organization. Topics welcome at the  
conference include applications of nonlinear dynamics theory and  
techniques to problems encountered in any area of the behavioral,  
social and life sciences including psychology, sociology, economics,  
econophysics, management sciences, anthropology, aesthetics,  
education, biology, physiology, ecology, neuroscience and medicine.  
One or more of the following nonlinear concepts must be an explicit  
part of the presentation: attractors, bifurcations, chaos, fractals,  
solitons, catastrophes, self-organizing processes, cellular automata,  
agent-based models, network analysis, genetic algorithms and related  
evolutionary processes, dynamical diseases, or closely related  
constructs. The broad mixture of the disciplines represented here  
indicates that many bodies of knowledge share common principles  
because they study common processes that produce similar patterns.

The program includes workshops, invited addresses, symposia, panel  
discussions, a poster session, and sessions of individual papers.  
Advances in basic or applied research, developments in theory, reports  
of empirical results and methodological papers are all welcome. We  
continue to encourage all nonlinear scientists, including graduate  
students who might be finishing up a dynamical thesis or dissertation,  
to share their ideas through paper presentations, chairing a  
roundtable session, or by proposing other alternative presentation  
formats, such as posters, product demonstrations, short workshops, or  
debates around controversial topics.

1 Kelso, J.A.S. (1995). Dynamic patterns: The self-organization of  
brain and behavior. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Critical  dates:  Call for papers is open.  March 23, early-bird  
abstract submissions will receive a reply shortly after this date.  
April 30, call for proposals closes; May 15, all acceptances finalized  
by the Conference Chair.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ABSTRACTS
Length
Abstracts should be between 150-250 words for posters, individual  
papers, short workshops and other alternative formats. The connection  
to nonlinear dynamics must be clear to the reader, as must be the  
nature and purpose of the work presented. Include organizational  
affiliation and contact information on each speaker or author.
Abstracts may be up to 500 words for symposia or panel discussion. For  
symposia, abstracts should reflect the content of EACH speaker's  
contribution. The format for a symposium is for all speakers to give  
presentations, followed by or interspersed with discussion. Symposia  
should present current research within a coherent theme defined by the  
title and abstract.
Content
For experimental work, the background, aims and framework, methods and  
samples, results, conclusions and Implications should be clear to the  
reader. For theoretical work, the background, aims and framework, mode  
of inquiry, outcomes, conclusions and implications should be clear to  
the reader.
For panel discussions should provide a brief overview of the topic,  
and indicate the relevant background of the panelist and sample  
questions they will address. The format for a panel discussion is an  
introduction to the topic and the speakers, after which the panelists  
address as series of questions or issues (rather than just giving a  
series of presentations).
For workshops should present state-of-the-art information on  
techniques useful for conducting research or applications of nonlinear  
science in the behavioral, social and life sciences. They should be  
pedagogical in nature. Where applicable, the abstract should emphasize  
skills that attendees can expect to acquire.
For all abstracts: The connection to nonlinear dynamics, chaos,  
complexity, fractals or related concepts should be clear to the  
reader. Please stress what is the overall value added to the field  
(e.g. new method, new information, new perspective or issue, valuable  
confirmation of the present knowledge, adds clarity to present  
understanding).  The web-submission form will require checking the  
categories that best represent your submission. Choose from:
1) Empirical (e.g., presentation of empirical results of a study), 2)  
Theoretical (e.g., empirically testable theoretical development), 3)  
Applied (e.g., organizational, business, product development or  
marketing, or involving clinical interventions), 4) Quantitative  
(e.g., computational or statistical modeling); 5) Qualitative (e.g.,  
non-quantitative analysis of empirical data); 6) Philosophical or  
artistic (e.g., epistemology, philosophy of science, aesthetics, or  
audio-visual demonstrations)”
Each person submitting is limited to a maximum of two presentations as  
first author. It is acceptable to be a co-author on additional work  
submitted by others.
**Trouble submitting?**  If your submission is received successfully  
you will be taken to a confirmation page, with a link to follow for  
any future edits.  If you have repeated trouble making your  
submission, as a back-up option please feel free to send all of the  
relevant submission information directly to Conference Chair Sara Nora  
Ross (sara.nora.ross[at]gmail.com), who can make sure that your  
submission is successfully loaded into the system.

  The deadline for submissions is April 30, 2015.
*Early birds will receive acceptances after March 23rd*
Abstract should be submitted electronically by visiting:
http://www.societyforchaostheory.org/conf/2015/cfp
PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITY

All presenting conferees are further invited to prepare their papers  
for review and possible publication in the Society's research journal  
Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences. NDPLS is peer- 
reviewed and abstracted in PsycInfo (Psychological Abstracts), Medline  
(Index Medicus), JEL/Econlit, MathSciNet, and other important  
databases. NDPLS uses American Psychological Association (APA) style.  
Click JOURNAL on the SCTPLS web site to access Instructions for  
Authors. All SCTPLS members receive NDPLS and the SCTPLS Newsletter as  
a benefit of membership. NDPLS accepts manuscripts all through the  
year, but please use October 1, 2015 as the target date for submitting  
conference-related papers; the journal would like to have as many  
articles based on conference presentations as possible ready for the  
same issue.


  
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