WICI is pleased to share the City Climate Data Project for Summer 2026. More information is found on our research page.
The Waterloo Institute for Complexity & Innovation (WICI) is pleased to host Complexity Day, a cross‑disciplinary gathering exploring how complex systems thinking connects mathematics, physics, and economics.
May 13, 2026 | Faculty Hall - PSE 7303
This special event will feature two distinguished speakers whose work spans theory, systems modeling, and real‑world implications of complexity:
At 11:30 am, Dr. Carey King
At 2:00 pm, Dr. Eric De Giuli
Together, these talks will offer complementary perspectives on how nonlinear dynamics, emergence, and constraints shape systems across scales—from physical matter to economies and infrastructures. Complexity Day is designed to foster dialogue across disciplines and highlight shared tools, questions, and insights within complexity science. The talks are accessible to a wide audience.
To join us, please register on each speaker's event page.
Semantic Models for Trustworthy Systems: A Hybrid
Intelligence Augmentation Program
by Giancarlo Guizzardi
University of Twente
With High-Level Panel of Leaders in Science, Technology, On-the-Ground Action, and Policy
April 22, 2026, 4:00pm-6:00 pm EDT
In-Person Participation
Auditorium IR/RI Glen
Virtual Participation
https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/85652871338?pwd=HRRTLksbjIG5jOj6tAxuEVHw8SaiG5.1
Beyond Profit
A Talk and Discussion with Dr. Victoria Hurth
Reimagining Leadership for a Wellbeing Economy
NEW TIME 3:00-4:30 pm
WICI and the Canadian Network for Complex Systems (CNCS) national network are cosponsoring an event with the Senate, in Ottawa on Wednesday, on planetary health and governance in complex systems.
The Waterloo Institute for Complexity (WICI) is pleased to announce that we will cohost the premier International Conference on Artificial Life next year, 17-21 August 2026. The conference theme for ALIFE 2026 is "Living and Lifelike Complex Adaptive Systems".
The ALIFE meeting will be held jointly with the prestigious Applied Mathematics, Modeling and Computational Science (AMMCS) conference at Wilfrid Laurier University, as part of the AMMCS-ALIFE Congress.
Dr. Maryam Mohiuddin Ahmed Appointed Director of the Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience (WISIR)
The Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience (WISIR) is pleased to announce that Dr. Maryam Mohiuddin Ahmed has been appointed as its new Director.
Join us as we hear WICI external member Madhur Anand read from and discuss her debut novel, "To Place a Rabbit".
📅 October 28, 2025
📍STC 2002
🕑1:30 -3:00PM
Register to receive updates and please join us for the WICI Open House where you will meet WICI members and learn how to be involved in complexity science research.
📅 Date: September 22, 2025.
🕑 Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm.
📍 Location: DC 1302 - Fishbowl