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Starting
from academic year 2005/2006 a new Ph.D. program in complexity opened in
OBUZ. Its aim is to educate professionals that could implement complex
systems theory in various, often very narrow, areas, skillfully
connecting specific and general methods of this area of science.
Therefore the program is divided into two parts - general, covering
subjects like introduction to complexity and computer simulations - and
specific, aimed at implementation of complex systems paradigm in social
and cognitive sciences, economy and neuroscience. Courses and lectures
proposed by OBUZ do not form a stand-alone program, rather they are a
complementary course to Ph.D programs at other departments.
All the lectures are conducted in English.
Courses
(2007/2008) winter semester:
Monday
12.00 – 13.30 - Dynamical Social Psychology -
Advanced Topics
14.15 – 16.00 - Complexity
in social and psychologial processes
16.10 – 17.40 - Non-linear dynamics of social
and psychological processes
Tuesday
14.00 – 15.30 – Statistic
Courses
2006/2007:
COMPLEXITY
SCIENCE AND DYNAMICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Lecturer: Professor
Andrzej Nowak
During this workshop the
existing dynamical models and theories in complexity are discussed with
special respect to psychology and social sciences. With help of the
lecturers language and knowledge tool for understanding socio-psychological
reality is coined to result in creation of new dynamic models developed
by students.
NETWORKS
Lecturers: Professor
Andrzej Nowak, Professor Sorin Solomon (synchronic online teaching)
This workshop is devoted
to the theory and analysis of networks. Students study properties of
graphs, WWW, the Internet, social networks, knowledge networks in culture
and science, etc. After selecting their own set of data, students gain
practice while being introduced to standard software for network analysis.
NONLINEAR
EQUATIONS
Lecturer: Professor
Marek Kuś
Nonlinear mathematics does
not have to be difficult. In a format friendly to the arts and
humanities' students, with real-life examples and freedom to ask
questions, such phenomena as chaos effects, noise, diffusion, attractors,
running waves are explored and explained.
PROGRAMMING
AND COMPUTER MODELING
Lecturers: Wojciech
Borkowski, Wiesław Bartkowski
According to Wikipedia,
computer model is a computer program that attempts to simulate an abstract
model of a particular system. It is a tool widely used in complexity
science. During the workshop, students gain practice in using programming
language in order to be able to investigate their assumptions and
predictions concerning natural systems while building their computer
models.
References:
Nowak A., Vallacher R.R.
(1998). Dynamical Social Psychology. New York:
Guilford
Press
Vallacher R.R., Nowak A.,
eds., (1994). Dynamical Systems in
Social Psychology, San Diego:
Academic Press.
Barabasi A.-L. (2002).
Linked: The New Science of Networks. Perseus.
Watts D. J. (
1999). Small Worlds: The Dynamics of Networks Between Order and
Randomness . Princeton University Press, Princeton.
Carrington, P. J., Scott
J., Wasserman, S., eds. (2005). Models and Methods in Social Network
Analysis, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Wasserman S., Faust K.
(1994). Social Network Analysis: Methods and Applications. Cambridge University
Press, Cambridge.
W. de Nooy, A. Mrvar, V. Batagelj (2005) Exploratory Social
Network Analysis with Pajek. Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge.
Students:
mgr Wiesław Bartkowski
Computer scientist. His research topics include human-computer
interaction, computer simulations, algorithmics, software creation
process, virtual reality and social networks. He is coauthor of the
merlin.pl internet shop engine and many computer simulation and research
tools.
Mgr
Piotr Jabłoński
Mgr
Łukasz Jochemczyk
Ph.D. thesis subject: Formation of mutual representation of reality during
negotiation process.
Mgr Marta Kacprzyk
Mgr Karolina Lisiecka
Mgr
Dariusz Parzelski
Psychologists. He specializes in sports psychology and stress coping and
self-assurance strengthening techniques. He works with athletes on mental
preparation during both training and competition events. He gives
lectures on sports psychology to Olympic Teams couches. His hobbies are
computers and cars.
Mgr
Małgorzata Półtorak
Ph.D. thesis subject: dynamical modeling of close relations
Mgr
Jadwiga Przewłocka
MA
Wouter de Raad
Graduate from Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Title of PhD
thesis: 'a dynamical model of acculturation'. The research is aimed to
achieve a better understanding of the process of adaptation of people to
a new or changing multicultural environment. The focus lies on the
relationship between individual behavior and general emerging properties.
Mgr
Kamil Rakocy
Sociologist. Ph.D. thesis subject: spread of epidemics- network
simulation, analysis of space dynamics. Oder scientific interest: social
space analysis and its impact on the dynamics of economical behaviors in
bubble theory approach, social network analysis, research of Blogs and
other phenomena in Internet.
Mgr Magdalena Roszczyńska
Mgr Agnieszka Rychwalska
- student affairs coordinator
Psychologist. Areas of research include: consciousness and its neural
correlates, integration of sensual information in the brain, neuronal
synchronization - in vivo research and computer simulations and more
generally: cognitive neuroscience, neurophysiology and neural basis of
memory formation. Her hobbies are sleddog sports and cycling.
Mgr
Agata Zabłocka-Bursa
Ph.D. thesis subject: Social change analysis at social entrepreneurs
operation areas.
mgr
Jan Zając
Psychologist. His interests are centered on psycho-social aspects of the
internet. Other research areas include: social psychology, political and
intercultural psychology and human resources management.
Mgr Michał Ziembowicz
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