PPT-The Human Family Four Stories of Growing Complexity

13 billion years ago The Big Bang Story of Physics nature and interaction of matter energy space and time 300 000 years later The first atoms formed Story of Chemistry nature and interaction of atoms and molecules. Defining sustainable development. Sustainability : Defining sustainable development in broader terms. Sustainability Science: Criticisms of current approaches. Complexity and complex adaptive systems. Shantanu. . Dutt. ECE Dept.. UIC. Time Complexity. An . algorithm’s . time complexity is a function T(n) of problem size n that represents how much time the algorithm will take to complete its task.. and . Hierarchy. Concept of Complexity. “whole is more than the sum of its parts”. Holism. new properties not found in subsystems. “mechanistic explanations of emergence rejected”. Weaker view of emergence. April 26, 2013. Mark Braverman. Princeton University. Based on joint work with Ankit . Garg. , Denis . Pankratov. , and . Omri. Weinstein. Overview: information complexity. Information complexity . :: . Wyvonnia W. . Walker, MA, . GRPA. . The Complexity of a Hoarder . What is a Hoarder as defined by the DSM . V. .. Am I a Hoarder?. What I should know about Hoarding. . How can we help?. Resources. The Complexity of a Hoarder . (as told by Michael Lynch). Genome size and complexity varies across the tree of life. Lynch 2007. Some Big Questions. What is the relationship between genomic and organismal size/complexity?. Are genome size changes adaptive, or passively acquired?. Dr . W. ale Fawehinmi . . Centre . for Public Policy Alternatives (CPPA. ), Lagos June . 18. th. 2014. . Profile: Dr Fawehinmi . BDS. (University of Lagos, Nigeria; 1983). MBA. . (University of Leicester, UK; 2010). Why don’t languages evolve toward efficiency?. “As they evolve, things become more efficient.”. Efficient operations, tools, methods, etc. should drive out those that are difficult and costly.. :. . The Basics, Accomplishments, Connections and Open problems. Toniann. . Pitassi. University of Toronto. Overview. P. roof systems we will cover. Propositional, Algebraic, Semi-Algebraic. Lower bound methods. Collaborators: G. . Chiarotti. 1,2. , G. . . Cimini. 1,2, . M. Cristelli. 1,2. , R. . Di . Clemente. 1,2. ,. A. Gabrielli. 1,2,3. ,E. Pugliese. 1,2. , F. Saracco. 1,2. , F. . Sylos. Labini. 1,4. , T. Squartini. . Policy. problems in environment & . sustainability. Steve Dovers. Fenner. School of Environment & . Society. 21 May 2013. Complexity Dovers 2013. 2. Context & coverage. Many definitions of complexity, wicked problems . yesterday. John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Performed . by David . Garrett . with . his band. https://. www.youtube.com. /. watch?v. =XJkjW62a_34. Yesterday . Limited range of notes. Simple phrasing. Single Tone ———————- . Jay Fisher. Who Is This Guy?. Human. Product . Manager . at MetaBank. PMP. Passionate about robots and user stories. Why Did I Come . T. o . T. his . S. ession?. Why Is This Important?. Why is it important to write human user stories?. Lijie. Chen. MIT. Today’s Topic. Background. . What is Fine-Grained Complexity?. The Methodology of Fine-Grained Complexity. Frontier: Fine-Grained Hardness for Approximation Problems. The Connection.