Events

Speaker: Sheldon Solomon, professor of psychology at Skidmore College

Speaker: Chris Eliasmith

Abstract

Recent high-profile brain simulations, including those of the one billion euro Human Brain Project, are very large and, by some measures, complex. However, they do not exhibit interesting behaviours and so are difficult to compare to much of what we know about the brain.

Abstract

Human creativity operates in many domains, including scientific discovery, technological invention, artistic imagination, and social innovation. Creativity requires cognitive processes such as combining ideas, generating hypotheses, and using analogies. It also requires social processes such as exchanging ideas and transferring emotional evaluations.

Speaker: Mireille E. Broucke

You’re invited to a seminar with Sérgio Pequito on Monday, April 28, 2014! The seminar will be held in EIT-3142 from 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

The title of the lecture is A Framework for Structural Input/Output and Control Configuration Selection of Large-Scale Systems – the abstract and speaker biography are below. Hope to see you there!

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.

Complex Systems students, staff, faculty and friends are invited to this open-format seminar with Dr. Bill Sutherland. Bring your lunch and your ideas, and see where the conversations take you.

Monday June 3 & Monday, July 8

STC 1019 from 12-1:30

"Common ground, public space, a commonwealth: The Agora of ancient times – A gathering and holding for diversity of disagreement, dilemma, dialogue, discussion, dramaturgy, and dialectics.

Complex Systems students, staff, faculty and friends are invited to this open-format seminar with Dr. Bill Sutherland. Bring your lunch and your ideas, and see where the conversations take you.

STC 1019 from 3-4:30

"Common ground, public space, a commonwealth: The Agora of ancient times – A gathering and holding for diversity of disagreement, dilemma, dialogue, discussion, dramaturgy, and dialectics.

Complex Systems students, staff, faculty and friends are invited to this open-format seminar with Dr. Bill Sutherland. Bring your lunch and your ideas, and see where the conversations take you.

Monday June 3 & Monday, July 8

STC 1019 from 12-1:30

"Common ground, public space, a commonwealth: The Agora of ancient times – A gathering and holding for diversity of disagreement, dilemma, dialogue, discussion, dramaturgy, and dialectics.

Complex Systems students, staff, faculty and friends are invited to this open-format seminar with Dr. Bill Sutherland. Bring your lunch and your ideas, and see where the conversations take you.

STC 1019 from 3-4:30

"Common ground, public space, a commonwealth: The Agora of ancient times – A gathering and holding for diversity of disagreement, dilemma, dialogue, discussion, dramaturgy, and dialectics.