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            • 24 January 2012 - Social Stigmergy - Complex Systems Sciences meet Real Time Composition.  Workshop & Lab for graphical-textual representation of human stigmergic interactions, presented by the choreographer João Fiadeiro with the students from the Master and Doctoral Programs in Complexity Sciences, ISCTE-IUL and FCUL. At Atelier RE.AL in Lisbon, 3, 4 and 5 February, 2012.

            • 26 September 2011 - Classes will start on Friday 7 October, 18h, at ISCTE, room C302.  
            • 12 June 2011 -The 1st Doctoral Workshop in Complexity Sciences ISCTE-IUL/FCUL will take place at the Lisbon University Institute, auditorium B204, on June 15, 2011.  This is an opportunity for the doctoral students, starting this year their PhD thesis, presenting the actual state of their research. The workshop is the closing session of the academic year 2010-11. The programme is already available. 
            • 12 June 2011 - Open seminar: Robert MacKay, University of Warwick (UK), "The Mathematics of Emergence". ISCTE-IUL University Institute of Lisbon, Wednesday, 15th June 2011, 18h00, building 2, room B204. See the abstract and bibliography.  
            • 6 June 2011 - Open seminar: Pek van Andel, University of Groningen (NL), "Serendipity: find the unsought". ISCTE-IUL University Institute of Lisbon, Wednesday, 8th June 2011, 18h00, building 2, room C103. See the abstract and bibliography.
            • 18 May 2011 - Open seminar: David Hales, Open University (UK), "The socio-economics of distributed systems (why computer people need to think about political economy and other issues)". ISCTE-IUL University Institute of Lisbon, Friday, 3rd June 2011, 18h00, building 2, room C402. See the abstract and bibliography.
            • 22 Apr 2011 - Mathematics in the Science of Complex Systems workshop, Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick, Thursday 9th – Friday 10th June 2011. The discussion will be around the questions: which areas of mathematics are used in complex systems science? what is the historical context? has any new fields of mathematics been generated? have any new problems been discovered or outstanding problems solved? how can statistical research contribute to complex systems science? how does mathematics interface to computation in CS science? does complex systems science impact on the culture of mathematics? what are the implications for education and training in CS science? what are the ‘grand challenges’ for mathematics and mathematicians? are there new areas of mathematics waiting to be discovered? Funding is available to support the venue of PhD students.
            • 13 Mar 2011 - The "application procedures and dates" have been updated. Submission of applications for the new academic year 2011-12 will start on 16 March. Please consult the Applications 2011 page. 
            • 13 Feb 2011 - The Applications 2011 page welcomes candidates for the new editions of the Master and Doctoral Programs starting in the academic year 2011-12.
            • 28 Jan 2011 - "Opening the Cloud" ASSYST Workshop on Cloud Computing for Complex Systems Science and Socially Intelligent ICT, 31th January 2011, Institut des Systèmes Complexes Paris Île-de-France, ISC-PIF, 57-59 Rue Lhomond, F-75005, Paris, France. With the presence of Rui Esteves, Manuel Tânger and Jorge Louçã from the MSc and PhD Programs in Complexity Sciences.
            • 9 Jan 2011 - Informations concerning admissions for the 1st curricular year (2011-12) will be posted in this website during February.  The selection process will occur during June and July and classes will start in September 2011.
            • 5 Nov 2010 - Jeff Johnson (Open University, UK, and Complex Systems Society) is visiting the Master and PhD programs team until Dec 16. 
            • 5 Nov 2010 - LabMag seminar: FCUL, Monday 15th November, 2010, room 6.3.38, 11:00. "Philosophy and Neurobiology challenge AI - 2nd Part", by Helder Coelho.
            • Seminars: Saturday, 30 October, 10:00, ISCTE room C103. Stefano Balietti (ETH Zurique): "Scholarly peer-review process (pros and cons) and possible alternatives for the selection of quality in Science". Sérgio Bacelar (ISCTE-IUL/FCUL Lisbon): "Evolution of social norms in a dynamic scale free network". Each presentation will be followed by a debate concerning the speakers research subjects. 
            • LabMag seminar: FCUL, Thursday 14th October, 2010, room 6.3.38, 11:00. "Philosophy and Neurobiology challenge AI", by Helder Coelho. 
            • The ECCS'10 is over. Our MSc and PhD students participated organizing the conference, being present in every track and parallel session, video recording the presentations, supporting the poster sessions... Great work! And some promising contacts with the complex systems research community, too.ECCS'10 Lisbon Sept 2010

            • Admissions to new students will not open in 2010-11. The doctoral and master programs will be running exclusively with 2nd and 3rd year students. Next admissions period for the 1st curricular year: Spring 2011. Please stay attentive to this web page.
            • Larisa Mihoreanu, "Biology and Complexity" - Seminar at ISCTE-IUL, Building 2, room B104, February 5, 2010, from 6pm to 7:30pm. Larisa Mihoreanu will present new developments in biology research from the perspective of complex systems science, going thought some examples from systems biology to systems medicine. 
            • John Symons, "How to have strong and natural emergent properties" - Seminar at FCUL, C1, room 1.3.33, January 18 2010, 18h.
            social networks analysis for winter school at iscte iul
            • The ECCS’10 European Conference on Complex Systems will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, an organization of the Complex Systems Society. ECCS’10 will be located at the Lisbon University Institute, from the 13th to 17th September, 2010. The main conference tracks will be presented on the 13th, 14th and 17th September and the Satellite Meetings will occur on the 15th and 16th September, 2010.
            • The 2nd Winter School in Complexity Sciences will take place at the Lisbon University Institute, on January 11-15, 2010. The programme of this edition is organized around the subject "Formal approaches to the representation and interpretation of network structures". The Winter School will propose a state-of-the-art of the new theories, methodologies and algorithmic proposals to the study of topological features of complex networks. 
            • photo   A debate, concerning the future of complex systems research in the context of the interdisciplinary evolution of science, with the presence of Jeffrey Johnson, will be held Saturday, 21th November 2009, starting at 10:00 am, at the Lisbon University Institute, building 2, room C202. Read more.
            • S E M I N A R - David Chavalarias: "The Reconstruction of Science Phylogeny" 

              ISCTE-IUL Lisbon University Institute  //  Friday, 20th November 2009, 20h00  //  building 2, auditorium B104

              "We are facing a real challenge when coping with the continuous acceleration of scientific production and the increasingly changing nature of science. We extend the classical framework of co-word analysis to the study of scientific landscape evolution. Read more.

            • 2 November 2009. Seminar by Bernd-Olaf Kuppers (Univ. Jena, Germany), the 4th of November at  FCUL, about "Information and the Origin of Life". Organisation: Centro de Filosofia das Ciências da UL (CFCUL) and Centro de Biologia Ambiental (FCUL). The complete programme can be found here. 
            • 23 October 2009. The Master and Doctoral Programs have a nice new poster. You can download it here. 


            • 8 October 2009. The Santa Fe Institute (SFI) is selectively seeking applications for Omidyar Fellowships, starting in the Fall of 2010. Fellows are appointed for up to three years during which they pursue research questions of their own design and are encouraged to transcend disciplinary lines. SFI’s unique structure and resources enable Fellows to collaborate with members of the SFI faculty, other Fellows, and researchers from around the world. Candidates must have a Ph.D. (or expect to receive one by September 2010), an exemplary academic record, and a proven ability to work independently.
                • 7 October 2009. António Fonseca, student at the Master Program in Complexity Sciences, has presented his master dissertation called "Complexity Measures and a case study in multi-agent simulation". Supervisors: Graça Gaspar (FCUL) and Jorge Louçã (IUL).
                  • 28 September 2009. Classes will start the 9th October at 18h.

                  • 3 June 2009. David Rodrigues, student at the Master Program in Complexity Sciences, has presented his master dissertation "Detecção de comunidades no sistema de correio electrónico universitário" (text in portuguese). The presentation and discussion was in english. Supervisors: John Symons (Univ.of Texas) and Jorge Louçã (ISCTE). 
                  • 20 May 2009. Wolfram|Alpha is the first step in an ambitious, long-term project to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable by anyone. You enter your question or calculation, and Wolfram|Alpha uses its built-in algorithms and growing collection of data to compute the answer.
                  • 6 May 2009. The Doctoral Program in Complexity Sciences, complementary to the Master Program with the same name, has been approved by the ministry. It is official: the international Master and Doctoral Programs in Complexity Sciences will start next September, at ISCTE - Lisbon University Institute, with all sessions presented in English.
                  • 27 April 2009. Seminar: Serge Galam, research director at the French CNRS, physicist and founder of the Sociophysics research domain, will present a seminar on Saturday, 16th May 2009, 11h, room C103. Sociophysics aims at a statistical physics modeling of large scale social phenomena, like opinion formation or crowd behavior. A review of the Galam models can be found here. Presentation in English. Previous, actual and future students of the Master and Doctoral Programs in Complexity Sciences are welcome.
                  • 27 April 2009. Keeping up-to-date with cutting-edge astronomy and space science breakthroughs has just become that much easier, thanks to the Portal To The Universe, the latest Cornerstone project of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009).
                  • 27 April 2009. The FCT (portuguese government) PhD Grants 2009 call opens today, until the 1st September 2009.
                  • February 18th, 2009. António Leal, student at the Master Course in Complexity Sciences, has presented his master dissertation "Modelação do Sistema Rodoviário: Na Perspectiva do Conflito Emergente" (text in portuguese). Supervisors: Paulo Urbano (FCUL) and João Luís Baptista (UNL). 


                  • February 18th,  2009. André Morais, student at the Master Program in Complexity Sciences, has presented his master dissertation "Reflexão Sobre a Extrapolação e Estudo de Sistemas Sociais – da Antropologia para as Ciências da Complexidade" (text in portuguese). Supervisors: Graça Cordeiro (ISCTE) and Jorge Louçã (ISCTE).
                  • December15th, 2008. Nuno Rocha, student at the Master Course in Complexity Sciences, has presented his master dissertation "Ligações Preferenciais por Proximidade e Semelhança em Redes de Processamento de Informação" (text in portuguese). Supervisor: Luis Correia (FCUL).
                  • November 20th, 2008. Following the 1st ICC Workshop, held in January 2008, the 2nd ICC Winter Workshop on Complexity in Social Systems will be held the 10th January 2009 and will concern the study of social structures in communication networks. The 2009 edition of the ICC Workshop will be associated with the Complexity Sciences Winter School, that will occur just before. 
                  • November 20th, 2008. The Complexity Sciences Winter School will take place at  ISCTE - Lisbon University Institute, between the 5th and the 9th January 2009. In this edition the Winter School will propose an interdisciplinary approach for the study of appearing new social structures supported by communication networks, such as Internet. This approach associates the scientific domains of philosophy of science, computer networks, social networks, and social simulation. The Winter School will be the first event associated to the new International Doctoral Program in Complexity Sciences, allowing to present the new academic program scientific goals and organization. IDPCS students are wellcome and will have preferential attaining conditions. 
                  • October 13th, 2008. The International Doctoral Program in Complexity Sciences has been approved today by the Senate of the University of Lisbon (UL). The doctoral program has now been approved by both ISCTE and UL.
                  • September 17th, 2008. The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon) will open Darwin's Evolution, an exhibition celebrating Charles Darwin's 200th birthday on February 12th, 2009. The exhibition will trace the development of Biology, from its roots in Renaissance Natural History to modern advances in Genetics.
                  • September 3rd, 2008 - "Complex Systems Who's Who", issue I - Spring 2008. Directory edited by the Complex Systems Society.

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