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Salutations to University of Waterloo students, faculty, and researchers!<br>
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The Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation (WICI) is pleased to announce that it has an exciting winter 2012 seminar series. These seminars are free to all interested participants.<br>
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The purpose of these seminars is to facilitate dialogue between scholars across the University of Waterloo campus, and create the opportunity for collaborative, transdisciplinary research on both theoretical and applied complex systems problems.<br>
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Themes for this semester’s seminar series include the dynamics and structure of ideologies, healthcare, and social network analysis<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">.
</span></strong>Our speakers bring with them a vast array of exciting experience and interesting complexity-based conversation. <br>
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Our speaker line-up is as follows:<br>
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1. Michael Beeler (University of Toronto), Research Assistant at the Centre for Research in Healthcare Engineering and Executive Director at Students for International Development<br>
Tuesday, January 24<sup>th</sup>, 2012 from 2-4pm<br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Title:</span></em>Modeling Complex Healthcare Environments using Discrete-Event Simulation: A Case Study of Mass Immunization Clinics<br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Location:</span></em>TBA<br>
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2. Joshua J. Armstrong (University of Waterloo), PhD Candidate in Health Studies & Gerontology<br>
Tuesday, February 14<sup>th</sup>, 2012 from 2-4pm<br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Title:</span></em>Clearing the Fog of Geriatrics: Applying Complex System Thinking to the Health and Care of Older Adults<br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Location:</span></em>TBA<br>
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3. Steve Mock (Balsillie School of International Affairs) and Steve Purdey (Affiliate Research with WICI)<br>
Tuesday, February 28<sup>th</sup>, 2012 from 2-5pm<br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Title</span></em>:The End of Economic Growth: Social Regression or New Beginning?<br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Location:</span></em>TBA<br>
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4. Shreyas Sundaram (University of Waterloo), Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering<br>
Tuesday, March 20<sup>th</sup>, 2012 from 2-4pm<br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Title:</span></em>Reaching Agreement in Complex Networks: Avoiding the Influence of Extreme Agents<br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Location:</span></em>TBA<br>
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5. Matto Mildenburger (Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies)<br>
Thursday, March 29<sup>th</sup>, 2012 from 2-4pm <br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Title:</span></em>Exploring the State Possibility of Ideology<br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Location:</span></em>TBA<br>
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<span style="color:#26ABE2;text-decoration:none">http://wici.ca/</span></a>. WICI announcements, past events, and new complexity-related research can be found on this site.<br>
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Thanks to all and we look forward to speaking with you further!<br>
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Best,<br>
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Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation (WICI)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Maria Legault, B.E.S.; Candidate for M.E.S.<o:p></o:p></p>
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