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Warwick Doctoral Training Centre in Complexity Science

Taught MSc modules:Self-organisation and Emergence.Complexity Science in the real world.Complexity in the time domain.Advanced Statistical Methods.Time Series from a Stochastic Viewpoint.Micro to Macro: PDE methods and applications.Quantifying correlation and spatio-temporal complexityOptio

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Warwick Doctoral Training Centre in Complexity Science

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    1. Warwick Doctoral Training Centre in Complexity Science Aim train a new generation of complexity scientists at PhD level, teaching knowledge and skills to understand, control and design complex systems do innovative research in complexity science via critical thinking interdisciplinary teamwork end-user interaction.

    2. Taught MSc modules: Self-organisation and Emergence. Complexity Science in the real world. Complexity in the time domain. Advanced Statistical Methods. Time Series from a Stochastic Viewpoint. Micro to Macro: PDE methods and applications. Quantifying correlation and spatio-temporal complexity Option from MOAC or Systems Biology.

    3. People and Resources EPSRC Ł4.1M + University contributions External support from Land Rover, BAS, RAND, IBM, HP, Dept of Health, NHSI, UK MetOffice. Dedicated ‘hothouse’ Centre (in Maths & Stats extension) 31 x 4-year studentships split across four intake years 3 Assistant Professors + 0.5 Director + 0.1 Chair (5 years) 3 RCUK Fellows Interest -> involvement from associated staff in 12 departments.

    4. Hirings

    5. Student Recruitment: target 7 or 8 EPSRC funded Over 100 applications/serious enquiries to April 07, ~30 EPSRC eligible + 5 EU. EPSRC Offers (acceptance info informal) Feb: Warwick Physics - accepted Mar: York Math/CS – accepted Dec: Leicester Physics – accepted then (?now) Apr: Warwick Maths – apparently accepting Apr: Imperial Physics – apparently accepting Apr: Cambridge Physics – declined two interviews ‘of interest’ pending O/S + EU offers: Hong Kong with Warwick funding rejected! Iran (via Sweden/Chalmers) – no response two of interest pending

    6. Interim housing: Physical Sciences Building to Easter 08 Teaching: Room PS0.17A (here) Student study area (each has own desk): Room PS001 shared with CSC Masters students Upstairs: Overflow options sharing with Physics Research Common Room (lunch today) Offices in PS: Director, Administrator, 2 Ass Profs (Nicodemi, Muckerjee), 1 RCUKF (Somfai) 1 hot desking by other DTC personnel

    7. Zeeman Building Extension: completion Easter 08

    9. Social Sciences –pitch to ESRC Information age -> data deluge Already revolutionising biology Social science area of opportunity Seek to complement EPSRC support Research fellows PhD places: social science orientation and problems BUT training in and developing science-based methods High employability

    10. European Dimension

    11. Chronology (1)

    12. Chronology (2)

    14. Research Seminars: Warwick Complexity Forum Keith Briggs, BT: Some hard graph problems in telecoms Richard Connors, Institute for Transport Studies, Leeds: Minimising the Cost of Anarchy in Urban Road Networks Tim Palmer, European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting: Reliability of Projections of Climate Change David Sumpter, Oxford: The collective behaviour of animals: from locusts, ants, chickens, pigeons to humans Jack Cohen, University of Warwick: I am not a heat engine Dimitris Vavoulis, Warwick Computer Science: Biophysical modelling of single neurons and small neural networks. Colm Connaughton (CNLS, LANL, NM, USA) Finite size effects in turbulent inverse cascades. Ana Sendova-Franks, UWE Mathematical Sciences: Ant Colonies as Complex Systems

    15. Y Timofeeva: Modelling calcium waves

    17. Prof RC Ball

    19. Student-side Four years full funding Systematic training: Taught -> Miniprojects (2)-> PhD Project Dedicated new staff from across: Physics (2), Mathematics(2), Computer Science, Statistics Drawing on nationally acclaimed programme of transferrable skills training (MOAC) Dedicated Research Centre

    20. Schedule and Resources

    21. Zeeman Building Extension: completion Easter 2008

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