Contour plot of the stream function of an unstable mode at the onset of instability of Taylor-Couette flow with radial suction. From B. Gallet, C.R. Doering, & E.A. Spiegel, Physics of Fluids 22, 03405 (2010).
Images from Lada Adamic.
Snapshot of the tempurature field in a direct numerical simulation of turbulence in Rayleigh-Benard convection, the buoyancy of flow in a fluid heated from below and cooled from above.
Granuloma formation in TB infection. Image generated by Denise Kirschner's group.
The "Population" image is a new world map created by Mark Newman.
The "Percolation Cluster" was created by Len Sander for one of his papers (physics).
Please browse our new website to learn more about our department.
This image represents the age distribution of pertussis in the vaccine era.
High amplitude vorticity regions in developed turbulence often constitute tube or sheet-like structures.
Welcome to the Center for the Study of Complex Systems
The Center for the Study of Complex Systems (CSCS) is a broadly interdisciplinary program in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts (LSA) at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Our mission is to encourage and facilitate research and education in the general area of nonlinear, dynamical and adaptive systems.
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S
Scott Page Named Guggenheim Fellow
Scott Page will be on sabbatical for the Academic Year 2013-2014. Charles Doering will be Acting Director of the Center for the Study of Complex Systems for the Academic Year 2013-2014
Mark Newman Awarded the 2014 Lagrange Prize
Prof. Mark Newman is awarded the Lagrange prize for his outstanding interdisciplinary work at the intersection of physics computational and social sciences that has opened the door to a deeper understanding of complex systems
Position Opening - Assistant Professor in Complex Systems
The Center for the Study of Complex Systems (CSCS) invites applications for a tenure-track position of Assistant Professor of Complex Systems.
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S
Professor Charles Doering Awarded a Simons Fellowship
NewsRSS
- Mark Newman Awarded the 2014 Lagrange Prize June 25, 2014
- Professor Charles Doering Awarded a Simons Fellowship February 6, 2014
Upcoming EventsRSS
- The Basic Statistical Factors of Baseball, Basketball, and Football
Speaker: Dean Oliver, Director of Production Analytics at ESPN
09/15/2014;
12:00 PM
- 1:00 PM
- Scoring tempo, balance, and predictability across sports
Speaker: Aaron Clauset, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder
09/16/2014;
12:00 PM
- 1:00 PM
- TBD
Speaker: Bryan Daniels, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Complexity and Collective Computation, U of W - Madison
11/11/2014;
12:00 PM
- 1:00 PM
