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I wanted to create a series of pictures representing mathematical shapes on white background, like a "tribute to mathematics" that I often use in my work. I chose the "strange attractors" for their dynamic forms and "chaotic feel".
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Metaknowledge research is an exciting new interdisciplinary field that blends Big Data, complex systems methods, and computational social science with sociological, anthropological, historical, and philosophical approaches in order to develop “knowledge about knowledge.”
Postdocs positions: http://www.ci.uchicago.edu/about/jobs.php#pd-metanet http://www.ci.uchicago.edu/about/jobs.php#pd-prog-nsf
Programmer positions:
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To foster the study of the structure and dynamics of Web traffic networks, we are making available to the research community a large Click Dataset of about 13 billion HTTP requests collected at Indiana University. During about seven months of collection in 2006-2007, our system generated data at a rate of about 60 million requests per day, or about 30 GB/day of raw data. We hope that this data will help develop a better understanding of user behavior online and create more realistic models of Web traffic. The potential applications of this data include improved designs for networks, sites, and server software; more accurate forecasting of traffic trends; classification of sites based on the patterns of activity they inspire; and improved ranking algorithms for search results.
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January 31, 2013 9:24 AM
Actually it turns out the dataset has 53+ billion records and it spans until 2010.
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The Santa Fe Institute is seeking nominations and applications for resident faculty positions. Full-time appointments are of highest priority. We are also seeking sabbatical visitors. ...
Apply by March 15, 2013
http://www.santafe.edu/news/item/resident-faculty-search-2013/
Phillip Trotter's curator insight,
February 12, 2013 12:35 PM
Interested in working at the Santa Fe Institute - there is an open call for resident faculty. Click on the image or the title to learn more.
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Full time tenure track researcher position available at the Physics Institute, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
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Instructor: Melanie Mitchell
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January 2, 2013 9:36 PM
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You...(pause for breathe) THANK YOU for this post! This is awesome!
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Anthropologists need a better way to study the movements of the last few remaining uncontacted, indigenous human societies – a way that doesn’t involve directly observing, and therefore altering, their ways of life. Our project would test a new method of remote observation using satellite tracking technology and, perhaps, help conserve the landscapes on which these endangered groups depend.
You can help us get our pilot project off the ground by contributing to our purchase of the small number of satellite devices we need to test this method with the Ache. Each NorthStar TrackPack costs approximately $300. We would like to purchase at least 10 of these devices, and as many as 20, to use with the Ache. Your donation will make testing this approach possible. If our campaign is highly successful and we raise the money for 20 devices, we would additionally purchase satellite imagery to help us better understand the landscapes through which these uncontacted groups are moving.
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DDLab has been extended for Null Boundary Conditions (NBC), where inputs beyond the network's edges are held at a constant value of zero (though another value is possible). This contrasts with Periodic Boundary Conditions (PBC), up till now the only method adopted for cellular automata (CA) in DDLab. NBC are of interest in pattern recognition, and other applications where the system is grounded or quenched, or bounded by edge, skin or membrane. As for PBC, NBC are also interesting as mathematical/dynamical systems in their own right.
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The University of Vermont (UVM) seeks a tenure track assistant professor with outstanding research and teaching capabilities in the realm of Computational Social Science. Candidates will be expected to have a Ph.D. in a computationally-focused program within the social and economic sciences, or in one of the computational, mathematical, and natural sciences. The successful candidate will join the Complex Systems Spire, one of UVM's three Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives (TRI) (http://www.uvm.edu/~tri), as well as UVM's Complex Systems Center (http://www.uvm.edu/~cmplxsys/). The candidate's tenure home---department and college---will be based on the individual's background and research interests, and will be determined during the appointment process. The position will be effective September 1, 2013.
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Journal on Self Computing (JSC), a quarterly peer-reviewed journal, aims to provide a prestigious forum for researchers and practitioners world-wide to exchange new results in design and development of computers, networks, and control systems with self-properties, where examples of self-properties include self-stabilizing, self-organizing, self-repairing, self-healing, self-adaptive, self-aware, self-coordinating, self-protecting, etc. Its scope includes: Autonomic and adaptive systems
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Leaders in the public and private sectors are facing unprecedented challenges as they operate and make decisions in a context of increasing complexity. Hyper-connectivity calls into question many traditional problem-solving approaches – regarding diverse matters, from urban population growth to global capital flows – and it limits our capacity to manage these problems. At the same time, opportunities for solutions – via which to deliver greater benefits for stakeholders, cutting across traditional silos and offering more sustainability – are growing. The Global Agenda Council on Complex Systems examines how insights gleaned from complexity science and systems analysis can best be applied to improve the thoroughness and quality of decision-making and to deliver better results for larger numbers of beneficiaries worldwide.
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Frontiers in Neurorobotics Research Topic: "Intrinsic motivations and open-ended development in animals, humans, and robots"
The aim of this Research Topic for Frontiers in Neurorobotics and Frontiers in Cognitive Science is to present state-of-the-art research, whether theoretical, empirical, or computational investigations, on open-ended development driven by intrinsic motivations. The topic will address questions such as: How do motivations drive learning? How are complex skills built up from a foundation of simpler competencies? What are the neural and computational bases for intrinsically motivated learning? What is the contribution of intrinsic motivations to wider cognition?
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Now is an important moment in the study of intrinsically motivated open-ended development, requiring contributions and integration across a large number of fields within the cognitive sciences. This Research Topic aims to contribute to this effort by welcoming papers carried out with ethological, psychological, neuroscientific and computational approaches, as well as research that cuts across disciplines and approaches. Original research advancing specific aspects of the state-of-the art and review/theoretical papers aiming to systematize the field are both suitable for this Topic.
Topic Editors: Gianluca Baldassarre, Italian National Research Council (CNR), Italy
Deadline for full article submission: 21 May 2013 Extended deadline for full article submission: 21 Jun 2013
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Tenure Track Faculty Position in Systems Pharmacology
The UCSF Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences (BTS) invites applications for a tenure track position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. Expertise in systems pharmacology is preferred.
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We introduce a network-based index analyzing excess scientific production and consumption to perform a comprehensive global analysis of scholarly knowledge production and diffusion on the level of continents, countries, and cities. Via FuturICT
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From Politics and Finance to Power Grids and Products: Addressing Complexity in the Interconnected World
Dan Braha, PhD
Date: February 11, 2013
About the Presentation In this webinar, Dr. Dan Braha will demonstrate how the field of complexity research provides clues to these intriguing questions. He will focus on why and how complex socio-economic systems evolve and why these large scale engineering systems fail and offer guidelines that can be applied across industries and organizations around the world.
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We are pleased to announce the launch of our new website. This is the first stage of our planned development of the site, and more improvements will be rolled out over 2013.
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Complexity Digest's insight:
The Information Visualization MOOC is now open for registration at http://ivmooc.cns.iu.edu. The first class "event" is on Jan 22, 2013. See http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/23675.html?emailID=23675 for more information.
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GPEM is calling for papers for a special issue on Evolvability and Robustness in Artificial Evolving Systems. A diversity of concepts under the rubrics of ‘evolvability’ and ‘robustness’ has been introduced as the literature on these subjects has expanded. This special issue is open to the full range of these concepts.. However, confusion has entered the literature due to imprecise usage of these terms. Therefore, a unique requirement for this special issue will be that the authors provide precise quantitative definitions for the aspects of ‘evolvability’ and ‘robustness’ they investigate.
Complexity Digest's insight:
Extended Deadline — April 30, 2013
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The Third Edition of the Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics is a joint project by the IFSR - International Federation for Systems Research and ISCE - the Institute for the Study of Coherence and Emergence. Entries from the Second Edition are shown along with the opportunity for comments regarding those entries. All comments will be taken into account in the editorial process
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The Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research (CNetS.indiana.edu) at Indiana University, Bloomington has an open postdoctoral position to study how ideas propagate through complex online social networks. The position is funded by a McDonnell Foundation's grant in Complex Systems (www.jsmf.org/grants/2011022/). The appointment starts as early as possible after January 2013 for one year and is renewable for up to 2 additional years. The salary is competitive and benefits are generous.
The postdoc will join a dynamic and interdisciplinary team that includes computer, physical, and cognitive scientists. The postdoc will work with PIs Filippo Menczer and Alessandro Flammini, other postdocs, and several PhD students on analysis and modeling of social media data. Areas of focus will include information diffusion patterns, epidemic models for the spread of ideas, interactions between network traffic and structure dynamics, and agent-based models to explain the emergence of viral bursts of attention. Domains of study will include politics, scientific knowledge, and world events. Go to the grant page or cnets.indiana.edu/groups/nan/truthy for further details on the team and project.
The ideal candidate will have a PhD in computing or physical sciences; a strong background in analysis and modeling of complex systems and networks; and solid programming skills necessary to handle big data and develop large scale simulations.
To apply, send a CV and names and emails of three references by email to <tgholbro@indiana.edu> or by mail to CNetS, 919 E 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47408, USA. Applications received by 15 December 2012 will receive full consideration, but applications will be considered until the position is filled.
Indiana University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Applications from women and minorities are strongly encouraged. IU Bloomington is vitally interested in the needs of Dual Career couples.
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This peer reviewed open access journal is dedicated to the dissemination of high quality original and innovative research work on theories, methodologies, and applications of cybernetics and systems research. It publishes the proceedings of the European Meetings on Cybernetics and Systems Research (EMCSR) and peer reviewed papers on systems, complexity and network research, as well as insightful survey papers. The journal endorses cross-disciplinary approaches and welcomes contributions that elucidate commonalities and compatibilities in natural, artificial, and social systems. Among the topics covered are cybernetics, general systems theory, complex adaptive systems, theory of social systems, systems biology, economic systems, modeling, complexity, network theory, computational and information theory.
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For a long time researchers from all disciplines have avoided the use of universal mathematical measures of information theory (beyond the traditional computable, but limited, Shannon information entropy), measures such as Kolmogorov-Chaitin complexity, Solomonoff-Levin universal induction or Bennett's logical depth, as well as other related measures, citing the fact that they are uncomputable. These measures are, however, upper or lower semi-computable and are therefore approachable from below or above. For example, lossless compression algorithms can approximate Kolmogorov-Chaitin complexity (a compressed string is a sufficient test of non-randomness) and applications have proven to be successful in many areas. Nevertheless, compression algorithms fail to compress short strings and do not represent an option for approximating their Kolmogorov complexity. This online calculator provides a means for approximating the complexity of binary short strings for which no other method has existed until now by taking advantage of the formal connections among these measures and putting together several concepts and results from theoretical computer science.
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The Latin American Node of FuturICT (http://futurict.unam.mx ) is launching a call to identify potential collaborators in Latin America with research groups within the FuturICT FET Flagship project (http://futurict.eu ).
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