Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation (WICI)

11/11/2024

This Wed. Nov. 13th Dr. Jan Kwakkel joins WICI for a webinar with . Register now to attend via Zoom or In-person at UWaterloo:

Event listing for WICI Speaker Series with Dr. Jan H. Kwakkel

07/25/2024

Join WICI and Jim Jones online next Thursday, August 1st from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. to explore how warm data methods can help us with complex problems. https://uwaterloo.ca/complexity-innovation/events/wici-workshop-people-need-people-warm-data-approach

04/23/2024

Dr. Thomas Bury applies deep learning to help predict and understand critical transitions in cardiac systems. Join WICI and the Department of Applied Math's 'Mathematical Biology Seminar Series' next Thursday May 2nd

WICI Speaker Series with Thomas Bury: Critical Transitions in Cardiac Systems

02/07/2024

UW's Geospatial Club is hosting an introduction to geospatial Python Workshop this afternoon from 1-2 at the Geospatial Centre on the third floor of Dana Porter Library. No sign up or prior experience necessary.

01/22/2024

WICI Speaker Series Jan. 29: Cybernetic Aesthetics with Dr. Heather A. Love -

Cybernetic Aesthetics draws from cybernetics theory and terminology to interpret the communication structures and reading strategies that modernist text cultivate. In doing so, Heather A. Love shows how cybernetic approaches to communication emerged long before World War II; they flourished in the ...

12/08/2023

ENBUS 314: Community Wealth Lab -

A classroom-based social innovation lab course that supports multi-stakeholder groups addressing a complex social problem, examining the challenges of building sustainable business models at enterprise, community, and systemic scales.Analyze elements of a “wicked problem” and use them to devel...

11/23/2023

Join us at 10:30 a.m. TODAY for our WICI Speaker Series -

11/14/2023

Waterloo Climate Institute Event TODAY -

Join Jonathan Gilligan, Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Digital Technologies and Sustainability, as they explore how to use simulation modeling and statistical analysis to better understand interactions between human behaviour and the environment. This event is co-hosted by the Waterloo Climate I...

11/10/2023

Map the System info session Today and WICI Speaker Series: How AI could change the meaning of work -

Do you have a social or environmental challenge that you're passionate about? Join us for the Map the System 2024 Info Session and discover how you can use a systems-thinking research approach to tackle a complex problem with an interdisciplinary team. Attendees will learn more about the Map the Sys...

10/03/2023

Systems Design talk TODAY at 12:30 -

Wickedness is a defining feature of the most challenging social, ecological, and economic challenges we face. Wicked problems are inherently incomplete, contradictory, and uncertain but they are not beyond the scope of design and intervention. In this talk we will outline complex systems, how they d...

09/21/2023

AI and the transformation of social science research -

Save the date: WICI Speaker Series with Igor Grossmann Thursday, November 23rd 10:30 a.m. - 12 noon EDT Location TBA, University of Waterloo  

09/19/2023

WICI Open House TODAY - DC 1301 from 10:30am-12 -

Toward a Complex Systems Framework for Creativity and Cultural Evolution Thursday October 12th from 1-2:30 p.m. EDT Online via Zoom - please register in advance Dr. Liane Gabora