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DTSTART:20131022T170500Z
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LOCATION:4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
SUMMARY:A physics approach to understanding complex networks (Clay Mem
 orial Lecture)\, Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar\, Michelle Girvan\, U
 niversity of Maryland
DESCRIPTION:Many natural\, technological\, and social systems take the
  form of networks. Examples include metabolic networks\, the Internet\
 , and friendship networks.  In the last decade or so\, the new field o
 f aEurooenetwork scienceaEuro has emerged\, with physicists playing a 
 key role applying methods from statistical mechanics and nonlinear dyn
 amics to understand the behavior of these complex networks.  In this t
 alk\, I will discuss how a physics approach to such problems can give 
 us new insights into social\, biological\, and technological systems\,
  and IaEuroTMll give several examples from my own research.<br><br>
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\nThis talk was made possible by a generous donation from Jan
 e Clay in memory of her late husband Clarence Clay (1923-2011) who was
  an active participant in the seminars and who was a student of physic
 s and professor in the Department of Geoscience specializing in oceano
 graphy at the University of Wisconsin.
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=3071
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