Reception

WICI Fall 2024 Open House

Brenda Panasiak — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 15:54:26 +0000

WICI Fall 2024 Open House Brenda Panasiak Thu, 09/12/2024 - 11:54

WICI Fall 2024 Open House

Join WICI on Tuesday September 17th from 11:30 - 12:30 a.m. in DC 1301

Network with faculty and students interested in complex systems
Learn about membership, upcoming events, and initiatives
Enjoy some light refreshments!

Synergies: A Cross-Disciplinary Colloquium on Design

Brenda Panasiak — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 18:17:42 +0000

Synergies: A Cross-Disciplinary Colloquium on Design Brenda Panasiak Wed, 11/06/2019 - 13:17

The *new* UWSA branch of the ��ݮ��Ƶ Institute for Complexity and Innovation (WICI Design) hosted an event on Thursday, November 21st called SYNERGIES: A Cross-disciplinary Colloquium on Design.

This was a great opportunity for students to both to gain exposure for their research, but also to receive valuable feedback and engage in stimulating discussions with ��ݮ��Ƶ students and faculty, in the context of design. The event was first and foremost a networking/learning opportunity.

Event details - Colloquium and Networking Mixer

The colloquium consisted of three panel discussions, each including a faculty moderator. Discussions were followed by a catered networking mixer in the loft, with work from student presenters displayed throughout the space.

The event addressed multidisciplinary topics such as process (craft and automation), system re-design (sustainable urban development — sociopolitical, biophysical, economic), land-use (housing crisis, homelessness, public and private policy), and humanizing design (at all scales). All scales and natures of design were considered, and not only confined to that of architecture/buildings. The group values learning from other disciplines and potential for cross-fertilization of methodologies.

View the full event report here.

Research Networking Lunch for New Frontiers and NSERC Alliance

Brenda Panasiak — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 19:25:07 +0000

Research Networking Lunch for New Frontiers and NSERC Alliance Brenda Panasiak Tue, 07/09/2019 - 15:25

Research Networking Lunch for New Frontiers and NSERC Alliance

Interested in applying to the New Frontiers or NSERC Alliance grant, but still looking for research partners?

The ��ݮ��Ƶ Institute for Complexity and Innovation (WICI) and the Faculty of Science are hosting an interdisciplinary research networking lunch in DC 1301 from 12 - 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 17^th, in conjunction with the information webinar being hosted by the Office of Research from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in DC 1302.

Eligible researchers interested in the New Frontiers Research Fund - 2019 Exploration Grant or the NSERC Alliance Grant are encouraged to attend.

Lunch will be served in DC 1301 at 12 noon, followed by an organized networking session to run until 1:30 p.m.

To prepare, think about how to describe yourself and your research using:

up to 3 research application areas
up to 3 methods used
up to 3 disciplinary areas with which you identify

You can also think about which “3-3s” would represent your perfect research partner!

Attendance is open to all faculty but we kindly request all interested attendees to reserve a FREE ticket from Eventbrite so that catering numbers can be estimated accordingly.

WICI Talk: Dr. Noelle Eckley Selin : Systems Approaches to Sustainability: Climate, Air Pollution, and Toxic Substances

Noelle Valeriote-Hakim — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 18:39:24 +0000

WICI Talk: Dr. Noelle Eckley Selin : Systems Approaches to Sustainability: Climate, Air Pollution, and Toxic Substances Noelle Valerio… Fri, 12/07/2018 - 13:39

Managing air pollution, toxic substances, and climate change is a complex, linked sustainability challenge. To better inform efforts to address these issues, we need to understand how policies to address emissions translate into societal benefits. In this talk, Dr. Selin will present work from her research group, using a systems approach to better understand air pollutants such as particulate matter, ozone, and mercury. Examples include assessing the air pollution and related health impacts of proposed regulations to address climate change in the U.S. and China, and quantifying the domestic and international benefits of mercury reduction policies in China, India, and the U.S. She also will summarize recent work examining how society’s interactions with mercury as a resource and a pollutant over time can help illuminate interactions of human, technological, and environmental systems of relevance to sustainability. Effectively informing decision-making also requires interactions with decision-makers: Dr. Selin describes ways in which we have incorporated public and policy engagement in our work, and examine how research on air pollution, toxic substances, and climate has influenced policy.

Noelle Eckley Selin is an Associate Professor in the Institute for Data, Systems and Society and the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is also the Director of MIT's Technology and Policy Program. Her research uses atmospheric chemistry modeling to inform decision-making on air pollution, climate change and hazardous substances such as mercury and persistent organic pollutants (POPs). She received her PhD from Harvard University in Earth and Planetary Sciences as part of the Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling Group. Her M.A. (Earth and Planetary Sciences) and B.A. (Environmental Science and Public Policy) are also from Harvard University. Before joining the MIT faculty, she was a research scientist with the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. She has published 70+ articles in the peer-reviewed literature, addressing atmospheric chemistry, air pollution, and interactions between science and policy in international environmental negotiations. Her articles were selected as the best environmental policy papers in 2015 and 2016 by the journal Environmental Science & Technology. She is the recipient of a U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER award (2011), a Leopold Leadership fellow (2013-2014), Kavli fellow (2015), a member of the Global Young Academy (2014-2018), an American Association for the Advancement of Science Leshner Leadership Institute Fellow (2016-2017), and a Hans Fischer Senior Fellow at the Technical University of Munich Institute for Advanced Study (2018-2021).

Watch the video of this presentation.

Poetry and Complexity: readings and conversation between Madhur Anand (Director of WICI & poet), Roald Hoffmann (Nobel prize-winning scientist & poet), and Rae Armantrout (Pulitzer prize-winning poet)

Noelle Valeriote-Hakim — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 16:24:19 +0000

Poetry and Complexity: readings and conversation between Madhur Anand (Director of WICI & poet), Roald Hoffmann (Nobel prize-winning scientist & poet), and Rae Armantrout (Pulitzer prize-winning poet) Noelle Valerio… Thu, 01/04/2018 - 11:24

View "Poetry and Complexity - Readings and Discussions" on Vimeo

Join us for the WICI Poetry & Complexity event on Tuesday, March 27, 2018.

Time: 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Venue: University of ��ݮ��Ƶ, Davis Centre. Room 1301.

Poetry and Complexity: readings and conversation between Madhur Anand (Director of WICI & poet), Roald Hoffmann (Nobel prize-winning scientist & poet), and Rae Armantrout (Pulitzer prize-winning poet). Moderated by Dr. Sarah Tolmie (Associate Professor of English, Affiliate member, WICI & poet). Readings and conversation with reception to follow. Complimentary hors d'oeuvres and cash bar.

Madhur Anand (Director of WICI & poet),

Roald Hoffmann (Nobel prize-winning scientist & poet), and

Rae Armantrout (Pulitzer prize-winning poet)