Mathematical Models in Prehistoric Cultural Evolution

Date: 2024 Nov 26th - 28th

Venue: TOKYO ELECTRON House of Creativity, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Note: Despite the name, the venue is located near SENDAI station, not Tokyo.

Aim of the workshop

The workshop is mainly for modellers, maybe 20 to 30 participants, and we expect in-depth science discussion including mathematical or simulation details.

We plan roughly 10 talks in a 3-day workshop, with main focus on

Prehistoric population and cultural dynamics
Stochastic (such as population genetic) analysis
Modeling and simulation of spatial dynamics

Funding

Travel expenses of invited participants are covered by the following funding.

"Mathematical Prehistory of Homo sapiens -Modeling the Cultural Evolution during the Range Expansion of Paleolithic Modern Humans"
Grant-in-Aid for Specially Promoted Research 24H00001 (2024-2028)
Keywords: Homo sapiens, Neanderthals extinction, Prehistoric archaeology, Mathematical modeling

Organizers

Joe Yuichiro Wakano (Meiji University)
Kohei Tamura (Tohoku University)

Confirmed Speakers (as of 2024 Jul 01)

Alex Mesoudi
Bret Beheim
Joaquim Fort
Mathias Currat
Alfredo Cortell-Nicolau
Adam Powell
Jonathan Paige
Yutaka Kobayashi
Kohei Tamura
Joe Yuichiro Wakano
(the list will get longer as we send more invitations and receive more replies)

A potential travel plan (the shortest case)

Nov 25th (Mon), arrival at Tokyo airport at night, stay at Tokyo
Nov 26th (Tue), Shinkansen train from Tokyo to Sendai (2 hours train ride)
Nov 26th (Tue) PM, workshop
Nov 27th (Wed), workshop
Nov 28th (Thu), workshop
Nov 29th (Fri), Shinkansen train from Sendai to Tokyo, stay at Tokyo / departure from Tokyo airport
Nov 30th (Sat), departure from Tokyo airport

Using Sendai airport (SDJ) via Kansai airport (KIX) is another option.