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SUMMARY:Bigraphs: a model for mobile informatic systems - Robin Milner
DTSTART:20091102T130000Z
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CONTACT:Andrew Rice
DESCRIPTION:Bigraphs model the structure of large systems and how they beh
 ave in both space and time. They aim to support the analysis of both man-m
 ade and natural systems with a significant informatic element.  \n\nThe vo
 n Neumann machine models calculation\, a specialised aspect of such system
 s.  It begs a model of the whole that specialises to calculation. Such a m
 odel must evolve by collaboration between application experts and computer
  scientists.\n\nThe bigraph model is stable but open to influence. It subs
 umes process calculi\, and is entering a phase of experiment in the field.
  This talk responds to challenges from biology and from built environments
 \, and shows how calculation fits neatly into the model.\n\nBigraphs have 
 developed over a decade\, and owe much to ex-colleagues Jamey Leifer and O
 le Hogh Jensen and to pioneering work at the ITU Copenhagen.
LOCATION:SS03\, William Gates Building
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