Centre for Complexity Science

The University of Warwick (UW) leads the UK with a ground-breaking “Centre for Complexity Science” to connect and develop interdisciplinary research in complexity science at all levels, train a new generation of complexity scientists via a doctoral training centre (DTC), understand, control and design complex systems, produce break-throughs in the principles and applications of complexity science, link with end-users as sources of real-world problems and beneficiaries from the resulting knowledge and trainees, and sustain a lively intellectual and practically based environment for complexity science.

Video Introduction to Complexity Science

Major News and developments at Complexity

Welcome Lorenzo Pellis (March 2012)

We welcome Lorenzo Pellis who has joined the Complexity Science Centre as a post-doctoral research fellow. Lorenzo will be working with Matt Keeling and Thomas House on epidemic models with waning immunity in structured populations. He joins us from Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, within the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at Imperial.

New Complexity Research Fellows (Feb 2012)

We would like to extend a warm welcome to Piotr Slowinski and Marleen Werkman who have both recently begun post-doc positions at the Centre for Complexity Science.

Piotr Slowinski joins the Centre for Complexity Science to work on the Sloan Foundation project "Management of Complex Systems". He graduated from Bristol recently with a PhD on "Bifurcation analysis of a semiconductor laser with two filtered optical feedback loops".

Marleen Werkman will be working on models to simulate the spread of bovine infection in the USA and UK, and is funded by the Department of Homeland Security. She joins having completed her PhD at the University of Stirling’s Institute of Aquaculture.

First PhD for the Warwick EPSRC Complexity Science Doctoral Training Centre (Jan 2012)

Congratulations to Paul Chleboun (see right) on the award of his PhD. His thesis is entitled "Large Deviations and Metastability in Condensing Stochastic Particle Systems". He was supervised by Stefan Grosskinsky of Complexity Science and Mathematics and Ellak Somfai of Complexity Science and Physics. He is now a postdoctoral researcher at University Roma Tre, working on the large scale stochastic dynamics of kinetically constrained spin models.

2x Sloan Foundation post-docs awarded to Robert Mackay (Nov 2011)

Two 2-year postdoctoral research assistantships awarded by the Sloan Foundation to work on mathematical development and applications of the control of complex systems. Application deadline: 28 November

Three new appointments at Complexity (August 2011)

Three new appointments to start around 1 September! We welcome:

Gareth Alexander as Assistant Professor in Physics and Complexity Science; he will lead the growth of our activities in Complex Materials.

Michael Tildesley as Warwick Zeeman Lecturer in Mathematics and Complexity Science; he will cement our strong research with the Epidemiology group in Life Sciences, as well as reinforcing interactions with groups here on other forms of contagion (electronic viruses, opinion dynamics, finance).

Jen Bowskill as Complexity Science Administrator; she brings great experience of running large graduate programmes and will ensure the continuation of the successful management of the Centre.

New Director and Chair At Complexity...? (April 2011)

Robert MacKay and Robin Ball exchange roles within the Centre for Complexity Science, to reflect the addition to Robin's responsibilities of the Headship of the Physics department. Thus Robin Ball is now Chair of the Complexity Complex (our association of research groups around campus active in Complexity Science) and Robert MacKay is now Director of the Complexity Science Doctoral Training Centre (while also continuing as Director of the Centre for Complexity Science overall).

Complexity renewal bid success (March 2011)

We have received official confirmation of a renewal grant from ESPRC to fund three further intakes (September 2011-13 inclusive) of 10 new students each, plus associated staffing and running costs.