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

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

Dr. Luis Zaman awarded $1.6 million NSF Grant

Hearty congratulations to CSCS Collegiate Fellow Luis Zaman on his successful $1.6 Million NSF award (National Science Foundation - Division of Environmental Biology).

Welcome Jean-Gabriel Young

Complex Systems is excited to announce that Jean-Gabriel Young, from Université Laval, Quebec, has joined our fold as a post-doctoral fellow.

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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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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

Sep

Evolution of & in Ecological Networks

One Day Symposium

9:00 AM
10th Floor Weiser Hall

Oct

Symposium on Complexity in Transportation Science: Connectivity, Data & Automation

8:30 AM
10th Floor Weiser Hall

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