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WICI Speaker Series with Robert Axtell

Dr. Robert L. Axtell, Professor of Computational Social Science at George Mason University, illustrates how a ‘complexity economics’ approach using large-scale agent-based computing methodology offers novel insights unavailable from conventional rational expectations equilibrium models.

Thursday, August 22, 2019

WICI Calls for External Core Member & Node Coordinator Applications

Are you or someone you know, an active complex systems scholar outside UW, but in Canada? University of Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation (WICI) is seeking applicants for two new categories of WICI membership: External Core Membership and External Node Coordinator Membership. We are considering starting a Canadian Network for Complex Systems (CNCS), with our external node coordinator members establishing the first nodes.

A formal letter with background information and application guidelines can be viewed here.

Monday, September 30, 2019

WICI Calls for External Core Member Applications

Are you or someone you know, an active complex systems scholar outside UW, but in Canada? University of Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation (WICI) is seeking applicants for a new category of WICI membership: External Core Membership & External Node Coordinators. We are considering starting a Canadian Network for Complex Systems (CNCS), with our external core members establishing the first nodes.

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Announcing the Winners from our Student Complex Systems Project Symposium

Judges reviewed a total of 24 complex-systems presentations and chose seven winners at April's Student Project Symposium. Choosing the top three in each category was not an easy task! Thank you to all who participated to make this event a success, and a special thanks to Kirsten Wright for her hard work in organizing and promoting the event. Congratulations to our winners!

Graduate Session Winners Undergraduate Session Winners

1st Prize - Kathryn Fair

'Climate change & the future of forest-grassland mosaics'

1st Prize - Erica J. McDonald 

'Examining the association between marginalization and emergency room wait times in Ontario'

2nd Prize - Hazem Ahmed

'Addressing barriers to adoption of source-control stormwater management practices on private residential yards in Kitchener/Waterloo'

2nd Prize - Amanda Pereira

'Quality of care for persons with concurrent substance use and mental health'

3rd Prize (tied) - Ajar Sharma

'Cauvery River: Path dependencies and feedbacks in water sharing conflicts'  

3rd Prize (tied) - Julia Goyal

'Navigating health and safety in Airbnb’s self-regulating system'

3rd Prize - Mona Qutub

'Potential unintended consequences of co-operative education: Food insecurity among undergraduate students at the University of Waterloo'

Graduate Session prize winners, from left to right: Hazem Ahmed, Kathryn Fair, Julia Goyal (missing from photo: Ajar Sharma)

Undergraduate session prize winners (left to right): Erica McDonald, Amanda Pereira and Mona Qutub

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WICI Talk: Dr. Noelle Eckley Selin : Systems Approaches to Sustainability: Climate, Air Pollution, and Toxic Substances

Managing air pollution, toxic substances, and climate change is a complex, linked sustainability challenge. To better inform efforts to address these issues, we need to understand how policies to address emissions translate into societal benefits. In this talk, Dr. Selin will present work from her research group, using a systems approach to better understand air pollutants such as particulate matter, ozone, and mercury.

Poetry & Complexity Poster

Poetry and Complexity: readings and conversation between Madhur Anand (Director of WICI & poet), Roald Hoffmann (Nobel prize-winning scientist & poet), and Rae Armantrout (Pulitzer prize-winning poet)

Join us for the WICI Poetry & Complexity event on Tuesday, March 27, 2018.

Time:   4:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Venue:  University of Waterloo,  Davis Centre.  Room 1301.