Complex Systems in the News

Northwestern University News Center, August 11, 2009
Eight Receive Young Faculty Award
NICO faculty Mitra Hartmann and Matthew Goldrick receive NSF CAREER grants.

The New York Times Freakonomics Blog, August 5, 2009
Multidecadal Fantasy Baseball
NICO researcher Serguei Saavedra et al use network science to rank baseball players.

The New York Times, May 4, 2009
Predicting Flu with the Aid of (George) Washington
NICO Faculty member Dirk Brockmann's computer model of swine flu.

Northwestern University News Center, April 29, 2009
Dirk Brockmann's Swine Flu Scenarios
NICO Faculty member Dirk Brockmann projects the spread of swine flu in the U.S.

Northwestern University News Center, March 26, 2009
Luis Amaral Receives Major Appointment by Howard Hughes Medical Institute
NICO Faculty Member Luís Amaral has been appointed an Early Career Scientist by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI).

National Science Foundation, March 2009
NSF Issues Report on Complex Systems in Science and Engineering
In September 2008, J.M. Ottino co-organized an NSF workshop with John Guckenheimer from mathematics at Cornell University titled "Foundations for Complex Systems Research in the Physical Sciences and Engineering."

Northwestern University News Center, March 5, 2009
Two Faculty Members Are Named Sloan Fellows
NICO member Adilson Motter receives a 2009 Fellowship

Northwestern University News Center, December 5, 2008
Metabolic Reactions: Less is More in Single-Celled Organisms
A Northwestern University study has found a surprising similarity among four quite different organisms.

Office of Corporate Relations Recent News & Gifts, November 15, 2007
Motorola "Innovation Generation" Grant Awarded to the Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems
NICO's Language, Music and Communication Research Group, along with TizMedia's MindRap program, receive a grant for "Speech and the Cell Phone" Summer Research Opportunity Program.

Kellogg School of Management News, November 14, 2007
Aspen Institute Names Prof. Daniel Diermeier 'Faculty Pioneer'
NICO and Kellogg faculty member receives Institutional Impact award in the area of socially responsible business.

Education Guardian, July 31, 2007
Speaking out: Straight or gay talking? Speech reveals all

United Press International, July 30, 2007
Second language -- all in the head?

Northwestern University News Center, March 13, 2007
Research Finds Musical Training Can 'Tune' the Auditory System

National Geographic, October 4, 2006
Robotic Whiskers Inspired by Rats Can "See" in 3-D

EURYI: European Young Investigator Awards, October 2006
NICO partner Mirjam Ernestus of the Center for Language Studies, Radboud University of Nijmegen, awarded €1,250,000 European Young Investigator Award for a project on "Acoustic Reduction in European Languages".

Kellogg School of Management News, August 18, 2006
Northwestern University Receives Gates Grant to Fund Design of Medical Diagnostics for Developing Countries.

Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering News, July 25, 2006
Luis Amaral Named Keck Foundation Distinguished Young Scholar in Medical Research.

Chicago Tribune, May 18, 2006 issue
Of Baseball, Geese, Physics: Northwestern prof explains why White Sox won the World Series and other complex stuff.

Newsweek, May 9, 2005 issue
True Teamwork - Diversity is essential to the success of any endeavor, from scientific research to Broadway musicals.

Handelsblatt, April 29, 2005 issue
Besser im Team spielen.