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About:
About Complexity Explorer
Complexity Explorer is a web-based repository of educational materials related to complex systems science. Currently under development by researchers and educators at the Santa Fe Institute and Portland State University, Complexity Explorer will host SFI’s online courses, as well as an extensive complex systems glossary and easily searchable databases of syllabi, citations, and other resources related to complex systems topics. Complexity Explorer will also host a “Virtual Laboratory” consisting of open-source simulation programs illustrating complex systems ideas, theories, and tools, accompanied by curricula designed for both teachers and independent learners who want to take advantage of these simulations. All content of the Complexity Explorer website will be open to anyone.
The Complexity Explorer website is currently hosting SFI’s first online course, “Introduction to Complexity”. During 2013 other components of the site will be rolled out as they become ready, and the user community will be solicited to submit additional materials for inclusion.
About the Santa Fe Institute
The Santa Fe Institute is a private, not-for-profit, independent research and education center, founded in 1984, where leading scientists grapple with some of the most compelling and complex problems of our time.
Researchers come to the Santa Fe Institute from universities, government agencies, research institutes, and private industry to collaborate across disciplines, merging ideas and principles of many fields -- from physics, mathematics, and biology to the social sciences and the humanities -- in pursuit of creative insights that improve our world.
The Institute's scientific and educational missions are supported by philanthropic individuals and foundations, forward-thinking partner companies, and government science agencies.
Team
Project Leaders:
- Melanie Mitchell (Professor, Portland State University and Santa Fe Institute)
- Ginger Richardson (VP for Education and Outreach, Santa Fe Institute)
Content Developers:
- Juliana Arrighi (Systems Science, Portland State University)
- John Balwit (Systems Science, Portland State Unversity)
- John Driscoll (Systems Science, Portland State Unversity)
- B. Max Grad (Systems Science, Portland State Unversity)
- Bruce Marron (Systems Science, Portland State Unversity)
- Max Orhai (Mathematics, Portland State University)
- Eben Wood (Mathematics, Portland State University)
Website Design and Development:
- Bot & Rose Design, Portland, OR
Funding
Supported by the John Templeton Foundation as part of a grant to the Santa Fe Institute.