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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Check out the APS 'Physics Timeline' - featuring - guess who at year 2001.

Work of Anatol Rapoport Distinguished University Professor of Physics and Complex Systems - Mark Newman is featured in APS 'Physical Review' journal anniversary timeline.

Newman on Newman

Mark Newman’s 2003 SIAM REVIEW article “The structure and function of complex networks” is the most cited article in the publications’ 60 years.

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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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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.

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