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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 22h

CCSS MasterClass #9. Causal Inference for Complex Systems: From Graphical Models to Agent-Based Models by Prof. dr. Mark Gilthorpe. 📆Mon 26, Tue 27 & Thu 29 October from 10:00-15:00 📍CCSS living room (MIN4.16) For more info and to sign up for free: www.uu.nl/en/events/cc...

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

CCSS MasterClass #8. Immunodynamics - holistic systems-immunology approaches to tackle the complexity of immune responses by dr. Grégoire Altan-Bonnet. 📆Mon 12, Tue 13 & Thu 15 October from 10:00-15:00 📍CCSS living room (MIN4.16) For more info and to sign up for free: www.uu.nl/en/events/cc...

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

CCSS Lunch Meeting #83: The Illusion of Control: Intervention in Complex Adaptive Systems 🗓️🕛Thu 17 Sept. 12:00-13:00. Prof. dr. Peter Sloot will kick-off the new series of CCSS Lunch Meetings with the topic 'Interventions in Complex Systems' Please sign up 👇 for free 🥪 www.uu.nl/en/events/cc...

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The academic year has come to an end and with this also our series of lunch meetings on the topic: Tipping behavior in Natural and Societal Systems. Recordings of the final talks that took place before the summer break are now available on our YouTube Channel. www.youtube.com/@centreforco...

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

The recording of the talk "Making Complexity Science Actionable" by dr. Brian Dermody is now available on our YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=grNf...

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Science Jam #66: Making Complexity Science Actionable

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

📣 Thu 11 June. 12:00-13:00. CCSS Meeting #82. Prof. dr. ir. Jan Kwakkel (@jhkwakkel.bsky.social) will visit our #ccss living room to give a talk on "Model-based analysis of tipping dynamics under uncertainty". For more info and to sign up 👇 (free 🥪 included) www.uu.nl/en/events/cc...

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

📣 Tue 12 May. 12:00-13:00. Science Jam #66. Dr. Brian Dermody will give a talk at the #ccss on "Making Complexity Science Actionable". The science jam sessions are organised by the Young Complexity Researchers Utrecht (YCRU). For more info on the talk and to sign up👇 www.uu.nl/en/events/sc...

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

📣 Science Jam #65. Tue 21 Apr. 12:00-13:00. One of our new associate members, dr. Theo van den Broek (theovandenbroek.bsky.social) will visit the #ccss living room to give a talk on "The Complexity Behind Effective Immune Responses". Please sign up below to join (free 🥪) www.uu.nl/en/events/sc...

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Science Jam #65: The Complexity Behind Effective Immune Responses

Dr. Theo van den Broek, Fundamental Immunology (UMCU)

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

PhD Position in Statistical Physics & Data-Driven Viral Evolution Join an interdisciplinary PhD project that uses large-scale viral genome and epidemiological data to develop predictive theory for rapidly evolving viruses. Apply before 23 April 2026 👇 www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

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PhD Position in Statistical Physics & Data-Driven Viral Evolution

Use genomic data, stochastic modeling, and epidemiology to build a predictive theory of evolution for rapidly evolving viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 and influenza.

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

You can now watch the talk "Failure to track a stable AMOC state under rapid climate change" by dr. René van Westen on our YouTube Channel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6nf...

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CCSS Meeting #80: Failure to track a stable AMOC state under rapid climate change

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Up Next Wed Apr 1 (12-17): CCSS Tutorial #2: Model-based analysis of tipping dynamics under uncertainty by Prof. dr. ir. Jan Kwakkel Thu Apr 9 (12-13): CCSS Meeting #81: Thresholds for Accelerating Sustainability Transitions by Prof. dr. Johan Schot Info & ✍️ for free🥪 www.uu.nl/en/research/...

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Thursday next week (12 March), dr. René van Westen will give a presentation on "Failure to track a stable AMOC state under rapid climate change" during lunch time. For more information and to register for free lunch, please check out the link below. www.uu.nl/en/events/cc...

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CCSS Meeting #80: Failure to track a stable AMOC state under rapid climate change

By dr. René van Westen (Physical Oceanography, Utrecht University)

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

New recording online 💻 CCSS Meeting #79: Tipping in ecosystems by Prof. dr. ir. Max Rietkerk. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE94...

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CCSS Meeting #79: Tipping in ecosystems

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

📣#Entropy2026 Special Issue 👉Entropy: Exploring Complexity and Information in Science Submit your work & join the conference in July! 📝Abstract submissions open until 1 March sciforum.net/event/Entrop... Organized by the MDPI journal Entropy #Entropy #ResearchOpportunities #MDPIConferences

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NetLogo @netlogo.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

🎉1st ever NetLogo conference this summer June 29-July 1 in Chicago! Calling both researchers & educators: Share your ABM research, educational ideas & creative approaches with the NetLogo community. 📝 Proposals/abstracts open now → conference.netlogo.org/2026/ #NetLogo #ABM

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NetLogo Conference 2026

Schedule, talks and talk submissions for NetLogo Conference 2026

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IFISC @ifisc.uib-csic.es · 16/02/2026

🏄‍♂️🏄‍♀️ Applications are now open for the SURF@IFISC 2026 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships. Undergraduate students can join research projects in complex systems at IFISC this summer. Deadline: March 22, 2026. 🔗 ifisc.uib-csic.es/en/about-ifi...

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

The recording of the CCSS lunch meeting talk by dr. Aneta Koseska (koseskalab.bsky.social) on "Ghost scaffolds guiding long transients in natural systems" is now available on our YouTube channel. youtu.be/dqbJ0NnlUU4

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CCSS Meeting #78: Ghost scaffolds guiding long transients in natural systems

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Be part of the first Optiver & Utrecht University Trading Academy. Over four sessions, you’ll learn from Optiver industry experts, progress from options theory to hands-on Python algorithm design, and test your skills on Optiver’s 24/7 simulated exchange, Optibook. optiver.com/recruitment-...

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The Optiver & Utrecht University Trading Academy - Optiver

Utrecht University students will join the Optiver Trading Academy, led by Optiver industry expert Robbert Pullen, this exclusive program takes you from the foundations of options theory to hands-on al...

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

📣 Thu 12 Feb. 12:00-13:00. CCSS Meeting #79. Prof. dr. ir. Max Rietkerk will visit our #ccss living room to give a talk on "Tipping in ecosystems". For more info and to sign up (free 🥪 included) please check out the link below www.uu.nl/en/events/cc...

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Coming Monday Jan 12 our Young Complexity Researcher Niek Mooij will given a talk on Scale-Rich Network-Based Metamaterials. Join us at CCSS living room from 12-12:30 for his presentation and to enjoy a free lunch. For more info and registration: www.uu.nl/en/events/yo...

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

CCSS Lunch Meeting #77 (Thu 11 Dec. 12:00-13:00) Nico Wunderling from @pik-potsdam.bsky.social will give a hybrid talk on "Interactions between tipping elements: Assessing the risk of cascading transitions in the climate system". Please sign up or join online below www.uu.nl/en/events/cc...

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CCSS Meeting #77: Interactions between tipping elements: Assessing the risk of cascading transitions in the climate system

By Nico Wunderling (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research)

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Call for applications @acscc.bsky.social: Amsterdam Complexity School on Climate Change (April 27–May 1, 2026), a multidisciplinary workshop at the Institute for Advanced Study where early-career researchers and non-academic stakeholders collaborate on climate-related projects acscc.nl

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Amsterdam Complexity School on Climate Change

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

The recording of the introductory talk of the first CCSS tutorial on Early warning signals for tipping in complex systems by dr. Paul Ritchie (paulritchie.bsky.social) is now available on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCOJ...

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Critical mass or myth? The risks of framing change through tipping points. On Thu Nov 13, Ammy Vogtlander will visit the CCSS to give the second talk within the topic Tipping behavior in Natural and Societal Systems. For more info & registration www.uu.nl/en/events/cc...

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Prof. dr. Erik van Sebille (erikvansebille.bsky.social) visited the CCSS to show how their OceanParcels team uses the Lagrangian framework to map the complex ocean flows and spatial patterns using trajectories of fluid parcels and particulates. Please find the recording 👇 youtu.be/ZJIxgdnSlTk

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

CCSS Tutorial on 'Early warning signals for tipping in complex systems' by dr. Paul Ritchie (paulritchie.bsky.social) coming up next Wed Oct 15 Program: 12-13 Lunch 13-14 Introductory talk 14-14:15 Break / Group formation 14:30-16:30 Group work 16:30-17 Wrap-up Info & ✍️ www.uu.nl/en/events/cc...

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

📣 Science Jam #61. Coming Tue 7 Oct. 12:00-13:00. Prof. dr. Irene Monasterolo (iremonas.bsky.social) will visit our #ccss living room to give a talk on "Climate stress-test: lessons learned, steps ahead". Please sign up below to join (free 🥪 included) www.uu.nl/en/events/re...

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

The recording of CCSS Meeting #75: 'Tipping behavior in complex systems – an introduction' is now available on our YouTube. For a brief non-exhaustive overview of the theory of tipping points and tipping dynamics, please have a look at this lecture. youtu.be/hVO4zZTVPtE

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CCSS Meeting #75: Tipping behavior in complex systems – an introduction

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Up Next Tue 23/9: Science Jam #64: Chasing Oceans: Tracking how complex ocean flows move material around by @erikvansebille.bsky.social Wed 1/10: YCRL#26: From theory to data: a data-driven dynamical MaxEnt approach for macroecology by Fleur Slegers Info & ✍️ for free🥪 www.uu.nl/en/research/...

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

CCSS Lunch Meeting #75: Tipping Behavior in Complex Systems - an introduction. 🗓️🕛Thu 11 Sept. 12:00-13:00. Dr. Robbin Bastiaansen will give the kick-off talk of the new CCSS meetings topic: Tipping behavior in Natural and Societal Systems. Please sign up 👇 for free 🥪 www.uu.nl/en/events/cc...

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Swinda Falkena @swinda.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

It was a pleasure having such brilliant participants at the 'Introduction to Complex Systems' Summer School @ccss-uu.bsky.social #utrechtsummerschool. This week has flown by and I thoroughly enjoyed seeing them all learn and have fun getting their head around the many #complex phenomena discussed.

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Swinda Falkena @swinda.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

And we're off! The 'Introduction to Complex Systems' summer school has started with a great lecture by Ammy Vogtlander: "Uncertainty is the essence of diversity." And it is that diversity we need for resilience. @ccss-uu.bsky.social #utrechtsummerschool #complexity

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

The Cost of Widowhood: Matching Studies of Process and Event 🗓️ Fri Jul 18, 13-14, 🧑‍🏫 dr. Zachary van Winkle (@zjvanwinkle.bsky.social) 📍 CCSS living room. This talk is part of the ODISSEI Incubator for Lifecourse Modelling and open to the general public. For more info: www.uu.nl/en/events/th...

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Two new recordings online Science Jam #63: When Models Fail: Using Prediction Gaps to Reveal Hidden Social Structures by @javiergbe.bsky.social - youtu.be/OWD2QkPcsvc CCSS Meeting #74: Learning microbiome design principles from natural variation by @seppekuehnlab.bsky.social - youtu.be/JevXWZj4dwc

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CCSS Meeting #74: Learning microbiome design principles from natural variation

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

This Fri Jul 11, 13-14, dr. Tom Emery (drtomemery.bsky.social) will give a talk on "Infrastructure for Lifecourse & Health Research in 2035" at the CCSS living room. This talk is part of the ODISSEI Incubator for Lifecourse Modelling and open to the general public. www.uu.nl/en/events/in...

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Infrastructure for Lifecourse & Health Research in 2035

This presentation is part of the ODISSEI Incubator for Lifecourse Modelling hosted at the CCSS. Every Friday in July there will be a presentation that is open to the general public.

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

The first three weeks (1-20 July) of the ODISSEI Incubator for Lifecourse Modelling will be hosted at the CCSS. Every Friday (4, 11 & 18 July) from 12:30-13:30 there will be a presentation that is open to the general public at the CCSS living room. For more info: www.uu.nl/en/events/us...

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Using Prediction Gaps to Understand the Unequal Influence of Social Contexts on Educational Outcomes

This presentation is part of the ODISSEI Incubator for Lifecourse Modelling hosted at the CCSS. Every Friday in July there will be a presentation that is open to the general public.

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Next Thu Jun 26 the final talk of this academic year will take place. Dr. Seppe Kuehn (@seppekuehnlab.bsky.social) will visit the CCSS to give a talk on “Learning microbiome design principles from natural variation”. For more info and registration 🥪🧑‍🏫: www.uu.nl/en/events/cc...

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CCSS Meeting #74: Learning microbiome design principles from natural variation

Dr. Seppe Kuehn (University of Chicago)

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Complex Systems Fund project Join an exciting interdisciplinary research project on causal agent-based modelling and investigate real-world challenges like infectious disease control and social dynamics! Apply before 16 June 2025 👇 www.uu.nl/en/news/join...

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Workshop on Networks, (mis)information, and polarization. Tue 24 June. 12-17 @ Utrecht University Library City Centre, room 0.72. This workshop is connected to the University's strategic theme Institutions for Open Societies. For info and registration: www.uu.nl/en/events/wo...

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Workshop on Networks, (mis)information, and polarization

The workshop aims to address the potential dangers of the spread of (mis)information in (online) communities.

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

On Thu 22/5 (3-4pm CEST) dr. Stéphane Hallegatte (@hallegatte.bsky.social), Chief Climate Economist at World Bank, will join us online to give a talk on "Defining and measuring socioeconomic resilience". For more info & registration please check out the link 👇 www.uu.nl/en/events/cc...

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

The recordings of the latest events that took place at the #ccss have been uploaded to our Youtube Channel. You can now watch back the CCSS lunch meeting by dr. Sergio Grammatico, the MasterClass by dr. Rudolf Hanel (@csh.ac.at) and more. www.youtube.com/@centreforco...

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies Utrecht

The Centre for Complex Systems Studies (CCSS) brings together the complexity research of Utrecht University. The centre aims at scientific breakthroughs as well as novel solutions for societally relev...

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

The CCSS lunch meeting talk by dr. Linda Douw (lindadouw.bsky.social) on "Multiscale Network Neuroscience: finding resilience in disordered brains" is now available online! youtu.be/KKemfPmiTXk

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CCSS Meeting #70: Multiscale Network Neuroscience: finding resilience in disordered brains

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NetSci 2026 @netsciconf.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

📢 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲-𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 – 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 📢 We are excited to announce 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 for the NetSci Conference! netsci2025.github.io/calls/

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Masterclass on Entropy & Information: From Equilibrium to Out-Of-Equilibrium Processes by dr. Rudolf Hanel (@csh.ac.at) ⏰ 10-15. Mon Apr 7 - Tue Apr 8 & Thu Apr 10 📍CCSS living room (MIN4.16) @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social For more info and to sign up for free: www.uu.nl/en/events/cc...

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Centre for Complex Systems Studies @ccss-uu.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

CCSS Lunch Meeting #72. Tue 1 Apr. 12:00-13:00. Dr. Sergio Grammatico (TU Delft) will visit our #ccss living room to give a talk on "Equilibrium seeking in Complex Systems". Please sign up below to join (free 🥪 included) www.uu.nl/en/events/cc...

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CCSS Meeting #72: Equilibrium seeking in Complex Systems

Dr. Sergio Grammatico (TU Delft)

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