The first seminar of the CS4: Complexity systems simulation seminar series, will take place on Wednesday 30 January.
Dr Rachel Armstrong from the University of Greenwich听will give the talk, ‘A Hitchiker鈥檚 Guide to Complexity’,听at 4-5pm, B53/4025, Highfield Campus.
All talks within the CS4听seminar series are free and take place fortnightly on Wednesdays, 4-5pm, B53/4025, Highfield Campus. All are warmly welcome to attend.
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No registration is required. Please contact James Dyke (j.dyke@soton.ac.uk) for all queries.
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听ABSTRACT:
鈥淎 Hitchiker鈥檚 Guide to Complexity鈥�
By Dr Rachel Armstrong from the University of Greenwich听
鈥淭his talk offers a multi-disciplinary view of complexity from the perspective of an informed amateur 鈥� an ideas hitchhiker 鈥� curating concepts relevant to its philosophical, technological and cultural importance. These ideas are co-ordinates for a hitchhiker鈥檚 map that provokes discussion about the theory, method and application of complex systems in addressing cultural agendas and how they may work as a counter point to prevalent practices. Of particular interest is how complexity may offer alternative technological systems to machines, which shape our Modern era. Although complexity is still an emerging practice and not a 鈥榗ure-all鈥� to the significant challenges that we face this century, it may offer a point of reflection on the processes that underpin human development 鈥� to identify opportunities where the interests of humanity and the environment may be one and the same 鈥� say for example, by considering the Earth to be a giant 鈥榥atural鈥� supercomputer.”