Center for the Study of Complex Systems | U-M LSA Center for the Study of Complex Systems

What do we do at CSCS? Our Center studies systems like economies, the brain, ecosystems, political systems, social networks, and the Internet that consist of many interacting parts, which in turn produce collective behaviors that exceed the capabilities of the constituent parts.

West Hall Arch University of Michigan West Hall - home of the Center for the Study of Complex Systems.

Centrality Measures Developed by T. Martin and M. Newman Illustration of a new centrality measure for finding the most important nodes in a network, overcoming some of the problems of previous measures.

Guess the Weight of the Cow Dr. Scott E Page, Leonid Hurwicz Collegiate Professor of Complex Systems, Political Science, and Economics illustrates that it is mathematically true that "diversity creates better outcomes for everybody" as outlined in the Fall LSA magazine article entitled "The Case for Diversity".

2016 Election Results As he has for the past several national elections, Professor Mark E Newman uses cartograms to interpret 2016 election results.

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Recent News

Engineering a debate advantage by linquistically matching your opponent

Complex Systems Professor Daniel Romero narrates this video showing how improved results in a debate can be a result of linguistically matching your debate opponent.

First ever UM Complex Systems Science Hackathon

Students from six UM Departments spend 36 hours at inaugural Complex Systems Advanced Academic Workshop (CSAAW) Hackathon

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WELCOME TO THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS

The Center for the Study of Complex Systems (CSCS) is a broadly interdisciplinary program in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts (LSA) at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Our mission is to encourage and facilitate research and education in the general area of nonlinear, dynamical and adaptive systems.

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Be a Victor

We strive to support our students and faculty on the frontlines of learning and research; to steward our planet, our community, our campus. To do this, the Center for the Study of Complex Systems needs you—because the world needs Victors.

Events

Jan

“Intrinsically Disordered Living Systems”

Orit Peleg, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

11:30 AM
411 West Hall

Feb

Complex Systems and the Law

Symposium free and open to the public

8:00 AM
4th Floor Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)

Mar

Decentralization 2017

Annual Conference

8:00 AM
411 West Hall

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