2014 05 20 - SuperMinds presentation 'Fractal Social Organizations'

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Vincenzo De Florio

On May 20, 2014, the iMinds Research Institute run their SuperMinds "annual event for researchers, by researchers". This is the presentation of my talk, "Fractal Social Organizations". A video of this presentation is available at http://youtu.be/XTLYDZTY_D0

Ciências Tecnologia Diversão e humor

FRACTAL
SOCIAL
ORGANI-
ZATIONS
Vincenzo
De Florio
iMinds-UA-PATS

THE WHOLE
is more than THE SUM
of ITS PARTS‘ ‘
- ARISTOTLE

NEED A “GLUE”!

MUTUALISTIC EXCHANGE
Part Whole

Bee Beehive

Man
Slaving
Factory

you can’t treat a COMPLEX SYSTEM
as if it were a COG

P2P,
CONTEXT-DRIVEN,
ACTIVE PARTICIPATION

Factory
Man

Part Part
I’d like
to walk
w/some
one!
I’d like
to chat
w/some
one!
Broker
CHAT ~
WALK
Semantic
Broker

Part Part
SELF-SERVE
MUTUAL ASSISTANCE:
WIN-WIN

Photosynthesis Respiration
Part Part
O2
CO2
“NATURAL” STRATEGY!

Part Part
CO2
O2
AN ECOSYSTEM!

A hierarchy of WHOLEs
emerges
– each GREATER
than the SUM
of its PARTS

FRACTAL SOCIAL
ORGANIZATION
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A hierarchy of WHOLEs
emerges
– each GREATER
than the SUM
of its PARTS

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FRACTAL!

THE WHOLE
CAN BE(E) more than THE SUM
of ITS PARTS‘ ‘
IF THE ORGANIZATION
PLAYS A CLEVER... PART!

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Ultrasound color Doppler imaging has been routinely used for the diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases, enabling real-time flow visualization through the Doppler effect. Yet, its inability to provide true flow velocity vectors due to its one-dimensional detection limits its efficacy. To overcome this limitation, various VFI schemes, including multi-angle beams, speckle tracking, and transverse oscillation, have been explored, with some already available commercially. However, many of these methods still rely on autocorrelation, which poses inherent issues such as underestimation, aliasing, and the need for large ensemble sizes. Conversely, speckle-tracking-based VFI enables lateral velocity estimation but suffers from significantly lower accuracy compared to axial velocity measurements. To address these challenges, we have presented a speckle-tracking-based VFI approach utilizing multi-angle ultrafast plane wave imaging. Our approach involves estimating axial velocity components projected onto individual steered plane waves, which are then combined to derive the velocity vector. Additionally, we've introduced a VFI visualization technique with high spatial and temporal resolutions capable of tracking flow particle trajectories. Simulation and flow phantom experiments demonstrate that the proposed VFI method outperforms both speckle-tracking-based VFI and autocorrelation VFI counterparts by at least a factor of three. Furthermore, in vivo measurements on carotid arteries using the Prodigy ultrasound scanner demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach compared to existing methods, providing a more robust imaging tool for hemodynamic studies. Learning objectives: - Understand fundamental limitations of color Doppler imaging. - Understand principles behind advanced vector flow imaging techniques. - Familiarize with the ultrasound speckle tracking technique and its implications in flow imaging. - Explore experiments conducted using multi-angle plane wave ultrafast imaging, specifically utilizing the pulse-sequence mode on a 128-channel ultrasound research platform.

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GBSN - Microbiology (Unit 1)

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