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<span style="font-size:18px"><b>Announcing 2013-2014 WICI Activities! </b><br>
<b>A warm welcome to all.</b></span></div>
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The Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation (WICI) is pleased to announce our exciting lineup of 2013-2014 speakers, workshops, and working groups, taking place on the University of Waterloo campus. These events are free to all interested participants, although registration is generally required.<br>
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The purpose of these events is to facilitate dialogue between scholars across the University of Waterloo, the Greater Toronto Area, and the Region of Waterloo communities, to create the opportunity for collaborative, transdisciplinary research on both theoretical and applied complex systems problems.<br>
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Themes for this year’s events include ecological change, complex systems data challenges, modeling cognition, networks, and social innovation, among others. Our speakers bring with them a vast array of exciting experience and potential to inspire interesting complexity-based conversation. <br>
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Planned events for 2013-14 include:<br>
<a href="#14108e39ef590302_OpenMeeting" style="color:#0db297;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline">Fall Open Meeting</a><br>
<a href="#14108e39ef590302_SpeakerSeries" style="color:#0db297;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline">Speaker Series</a><br>
<a href="#14108e39ef590302_DataSymposium" style="color:#0db297;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline">Symposium on Data Visualization and Analysis for Complex Systems</a> (Call for Presentations open!)<br>
<a href="#14108e39ef590302_WorkingGroups" style="color:#0db297;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline">Working Groups</a>: Network Science, Complex Health Innovation, Agent-based Modeling (New!), Dance your PhD (Pending!)<br>
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<a name="14108e39ef590302_OpenMeeting" style="color:#0db297;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline"><b>Fall Open Meeting</b></a><br>
Are you a current WICI member who would like to share your ideas on organizational priorities and planning? A potential member with an idea about an activity or working group that you would like to head up? Simply an interested member of the community, looking to interact with other scholars whose research focuses on complex systems?<br>
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Please join the WICI administrative team on September 24<sup>th</sup> from 2-4 PM in M3-2134 for our fall Open Meeting. At the meeting the WICI director will give <i>a very brief</i> overview of WICI’s mission and scope of activities. We will then have a series of break-out groups, fuelled by coffee, tea, and snacks, on the following topics:
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Feedback on current WICI programs and activities</li>
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Brainstorm suggestions for new or enhanced activities - and volunteers to lead them</li>
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Set longer term goals for WICI as we plan a five year renewal</li>
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All interested members of the academic community—students, staff, and faculty are welcome. <br>
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Please <b>RSVP</b> by clicking <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/event/8194986425" style="color:#0db297;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">here</a> to help us plan for refreshments and break-out group facilitators. Hope to see you there!<br>
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<a name="14108e39ef590302_SpeakerSeries" style="color:#0db297;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline"><b>Speaker Series</b></a><br>
Speaker time slots are generous to allow for extended discussion. Core presentations generally run less than an hour, and videos are subsequently available at the <a href="http://wici.ca/new/category/academic-year/2013-2014-academic-year/" style="color:#0db297;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">WICI website</a>. Our speaker line up is as follows: <br>
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<u>Fall Term 2013</u><br>
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1. Dr. Sheldon Solomon, Professor of Social Psychology at Skidmore College, New York<br>
Friday, October 4th, 2013, 3-5pm<br>
<i>Topic:</i> The environmental movement/Terror management theory<br>
<i>Location:</i> M3-2134<br>
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2. Dr. Chris Eliasmith, Director of the Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience at the University of Waterloo<br>
Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013, 2-4pm<br>
<i>Topic</i>: How to build a brain<br>
<i>Location</i>: M3-2134<br>
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3. Dr. Sheelagh Carpendale, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Calgary (Data Visualization and Analysis keynote speaker)<br>
Friday, November 22nd, 2013, 1:30-3:30pm, reception to follow<br>
<i>Location</i>: QNC-1502<br>
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4. Dr. Paul Thagard, Director of the Cognitive Science Program at the University of Waterloo<br>
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013, 2-4pm<br>
<i>Topic</i>: Creative cognition in social innovation<br>
<i>Location</i>: M3-2134<br>
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<u>Winter Term 2014 </u><br>
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1. Dr. Dirk Brockmann, Theoretical Physicist at Humboldt University, Berlin<br>
Tuesday, January 14th, 2014, 2-4pm<br>
<i>Topic</i>: Network science<br>
<i>Location:</i> TBD<br>
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2. Dr. Sander van der Leeuw, Professor in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University<br>
Early February 2014<br>
<i>Topic:</i> Socionatural interactions and innovation<br>
<i>Location:</i> TBD<br>
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3. Dr. Mireille Broucke, Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto<br>
Monday, March 31st, 2014, 2-4pm<br>
<i>Topic: </i>TBD<br>
<i>Location:</i> TBD<br>
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Further details about the exciting events listed above will be released as they arise on our <a href="http://wici.ca/new/events/" style="color:#0db297;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">upcoming events page</a>. <br>
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<a name="14108e39ef590302_DataSymposium" style="color:#0db297;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline"><b>Data Visualization and Analysis Symposium</b></a><br>
<i>Dates</i>: Thursday, November 21st - Friday, November 22nd, 2013 (keynote speaker on Friday, November 22nd, 1:30-3:30pm)<br>
<i>Locations</i>: M3-2134 for workshops and QNC-1502 for keynote speaker presentation<br>
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Our complex systems data visualization and analysis symposium follows the <a href="http://wici.ca/new/resources/wici-data-challenge-2/" style="color:#0db297;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">WICI data challenge</a> which awarded a $10,000 prize for tools and methods designed to improve the exploration, analysis, and visualization of complex-systems data. The prize was awarded to Przemyslaw Grabowicz, Luca Aiello and Fil Menczer for their tool their tool titled “Fast Visualization of Relevant Portions of Large Dynamic Networks.” At the symposium, Przemyslaw Grabowicz will present the winning project and conduct a hands-on workshop to introduce the tool. Several runners-up may also present their work. The workshop will conclude with a presentation by Dr. Sheelagh Carpendale, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Calgary. A <a href="http://wici.ca/new/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/WICI_CFP_data_symposium.pdf" style="color:#0db297;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Call for Participation</a> is now open for proposals for short presentations, hands-on workshops, and discussions sessions for ongoing work related to the symposium theme. Proposals can present completed or work in progress. Innovative topics and forums and participation by students at all levels are welcome. <br>
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We currently have the following two active complex systems reading/working groups:<br>
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<b><i>UW Network Reading Group</i>: </b>Visit the <a href="http://networkscience.org/" style="color:#0db297;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">UW Network Reading Group </a>homepage to see a list of publications, presentations, and discussions. The goal of this group is to develop a conversation with people who are interested in exploring both recent and classic papers on networks, including possibilities for applying network science to existing research challenges. For further information please contact Milton Friesen (<a href="mailto:ingenuityarts@gmail.com" target="_blank">ingenuityarts@gmail.com</a>).<br>
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<b><i>Complex Health Innovation under Resource Constraints</i>: </b>This new WICI working group was established in early 2013. The group is comprised of various members of the health care community, including practitioners, industry employees, and academics. The group aims to understand the extent to which health care systems resemble complex adaptive systems and the implications that arise from such a view. Particular emphasis is placed on: (i) identifying ways in which complex systems theories and methodologies can be directly applied to health care research and policy-making; and (ii) curriculum development which teaches students how to apply complex systems theories to their learning within the health care context. Please visit the <a href="http://wici.ca/new/resources/complex-health-innovation/" style="color:#0db297;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">WICI Complex Health Innovation homepage</a> for updated information, or contact Professor Chris Bauch (<a href="mailto:cbauch@uwaterloo.ca" target="_blank">cbauch@uwaterloo.ca</a>).<br>
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<b><i>NEW! Agent-based modeling working group-Call for Interest</i>:</b> Agent-based simulation models are ideal for investigating a wide range of complex systems research questions, as they directly represent individual actors (agents) and simulate the interactions and feedback among them. During past WICI seminars, many researchers and students in the university have expressed their interest in ABM and a desire for communication with others sharing their interest. Therefore we plan to start an ABM working group beginning in the fall term. We welcome participants from all academic fields, and the content and structure of the workshops will be decided after consultation with all participants. Please visit the <a href="http://wp.me/P2zFUC-ZM" style="color:#0db297;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">WICI ABM working group homepage</a> for further information and/or contact Xiongbing Jin (<a href="mailto:x37jin@uwaterloo.ca" target="_blank">x37jin@uwaterloo.ca</a>). <br>
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<b><i>PENDING! Dance your PhD working group</i>: </b>Looking for an alternative to the three-minute thesis competition to publicize your PhD research? Need an excuse to get out of your chair? Pending the availability of studio space and the bone repair progress of one of the main organizers, we are soliciting interest in joining a <a href="http://gonzolabs.org/dance/" style="color:#0db297;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Dance your PhD</a> working group. Contact <a href="mailto:info@wici.ca" style="color:#0db297;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">info@wici.ca</a> with expressions of interest, and stay tuned for additional information.<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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Dawn Parker, Director<br>
Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation (WICI) </div>
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