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.

The Value of Thinking Differently Scott E Page Professor of Complex Systems

CSCS moves to Weiser Hall Complex Systems Headquarters moves from West Hall to the 7th floor of the newly renovated Weiser Building. Southwest corner view from 7th floor looking down to 6th floor Commons

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.

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

CSCS is HIRING Tenure-track Faculty Position with Biophysics

Biophysics and the Center for the Study of Complex Systems (CSCS) at the University of Michigan seek applicants for a joint tenure track faculty position.

Andrew W Mellon Foundation Video with Scott E Page

Check out this awesome video produced by the Mellon Foundation entitled "The Value of Diversity During Uncertain Times" featuring Scott Page discussing his new book "The Diversity Bonus". Read also the new Washington Post Q&A.

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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.

Complex Systems Faculty Positions

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN'S BICENTENNIAL 1817-2017

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COMPLEX SYSTEMS FACULTY POSITIONS

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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

Nov

Computational Social Science Methods Workshop - "Bayesian statistics for social scientists"

DR KEVIN QUINN University of Michigan - Department of Political Science

9:00 AM
747 Weiser Hall

Nov

Computational Social Science Initiative Methods Workshop - "Communities, hierarchies, and cores: finding large-scale structure in complex networks"

DANIEL LARREMORE University of Colorado Boulder - Dept. of Computer Science & BioFrontiers Institute

9:00 AM
747 Weiser Hall

Dec

Computational Social Science Initiative Methods Workshop - "Text as data"

DR BRANDON STEWART Princeton University - Dept of Sociology

9:00 AM
747 Weiser Hall

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