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<p>Victorqz: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Complex Systems Summer School 2011}}<br /> <br /> &lt;b&gt;9:00-9:15:&lt;/b&gt; &quot;Modeling Marriage Squeeze.&quot; Cristina Bradatan, Chris Glazner, Nathan Wang, Cristina Metzger &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;b&gt;9:15-9:30:&lt;/b&gt; &quot;A Generalized Model of a Synthetic Genetic-Metabolic Oscillator.&quot; Ed Reznik&lt;Br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;b&gt;9:30-9:45:&lt;/b&gt; &quot;Fragility and Food Webs in Southwestern Colorado: an Analysis of Interconnectedness in Castle Rock Pueblo.&quot; Stefani &amp; Lydia&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;b&gt;9:45-10:00:&lt;/b&gt; Evolution Challenge Question, Sean Roberts and Andrew Tinka &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;b&gt;10:00-10:15:&lt;/b&gt; Martin Gould, Sean Roberts &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;b&gt;10:15-10:30:&lt;/b&gt; &quot;SFI explanations of music neuroscience.&quot; Victor Quintanar-Zilinskas &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; <br /> <br /> &lt;b&gt;10:30-10:45&lt;/b&gt; &quot;Reconciling determinism and free will – hubris and the art of science.&quot; Christian Gunning&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;b&gt;10:45-11:00:&lt;/b&gt; Break &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;b&gt;11:00-11:15:&lt;/b&gt; &quot;Routing for Robustness on Wireless Sensor Networks.&quot; Andrew Tinka&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;b&gt;11:15-11:30&lt;/b&gt; Tomas Veloz &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;b&gt;11:30-11:45:&lt;/b&gt; &quot;Self-organization in a heterogeneous bacterial biofilm.&quot; David Borenstein and Erik Edlund &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;b&gt;11:45-12:00:&lt;/b&gt;&quot;The Suicide Model Project.&quot; C. Bradatan, J. Garland, C. Gunning, C. Metzger, S. Singh, C. Andris &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;b&gt;12:00-12:15:&lt;/b&gt; Break &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;b&gt;12:15-12:30:&lt;/b&gt; Network Challenge Question. Michael Johanson, Shweta Singh, Yangjing Long, Guido Montufar,&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;b&gt;12:30-12:45:&lt;/b&gt; Complexity Challenge Question, Chris Glazner, Fran Moore, Shweta Singh, Ryan Baird, Jason Veneman, Michael Lightfoot, Lydia Smith, Nini Zhang &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;b&gt;12:45-1:00:&lt;/b&gt; &quot;Some genes have many partners: Detecting biological modularity.&quot; Aaron Brooks, Antoine Allard and Yangjing Long &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;b&gt;1:00-1:15&lt;/b&gt; &quot;A Cellular Automata Model for Common Pool Resource Management&quot; Zoe Hamstead, Michael Sachs, Nadja Kunz, Alejandro Fajardo&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;b&gt;1:15-1:30&lt;/b&gt; &quot;The Fifth Rule: an agent-based modeling approach and possible applications based on real data.&quot; Elliot Aguilar, Nora Connor, Alejandro Fajardo, Matteo Gagliolo, Josh Garland, Eugenia Polizzi&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;b&gt;1::30-1:45:&lt;/b&gt; &quot;CSSS (social) network challenge&quot; Anand, Cali, Evelien Van der Hurk, Randy, Taka, Stefani &lt;Br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;b&gt;Closing:&lt;/b&gt; <br /> &quot;Chaotic music generation, aka DJ Chaos(es)&quot; Anna Deluca, Martin Gould, Sean Roberts, Nini Zhang&lt;Br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> Special Presentation</div>

Victorqz https://wiki.santafe.edu/index.php?title=Complex_Systems_Summer_School_2011-After_Hours&diff=40120 2011-06-14T01:57:37Z

<p>Victorqz: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Complex Systems Summer School 2011}}<br /> <br /> Use this space to organize your own after hours activities.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Bandelier Field Trip==<br /> [[JP]] would like to set up a trip to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandelier_National_Monument Bandelier National Monument] on Sat. June 18. We might string a visit to the [http://www.vallescaldera.gov/ Valles Caldera] and [http://www.lanl.gov/museum/ Bradbury Science Museum/Los Alamos] in as well.<br /> <br /> From Stefani: I know the head archaeologist at Bandelier. I'll see if I can get him or his assistant to give us a brief talk.<br /> <br /> &lt;b&gt;Bandelier Trip Sign Up.&lt;/b&gt;<br /> <br /> Car 1: JP's Camry (&lt;strike&gt;4&lt;/strike&gt; 5 seats)&lt;br&gt;<br /> 1. John Paul Gonzales &lt;br&gt;<br /> 2. Nini Zhang&lt;br&gt;<br /> 3. Raghav Chawla&lt;br&gt;<br /> 4. Miles Townes&lt;br&gt;<br /> 5. (Overload)&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> Car 2: Stefani's Mazda:&lt;br&gt;<br /> 1. Stefani Crabtree &lt;br&gt;<br /> 2. Fran Moore&lt;br&gt;<br /> 3. Cristina Metgher&lt;br&gt;<br /> 4. Nicolas Paez&lt;br&gt;<br /> 5. Zoe Hamstead<br /> THIS CAR IS FULL<br /> <br /> &lt;b&gt; People who need rides &lt;/b&gt;<br /> <br /> 1. Shweta Singh &lt;br&gt;<br /> 2. Ed Reznik &lt;br&gt;<br /> 3. David Borenstein &lt;b&gt;Can rent a car&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br&gt;<br /> 4. Erik Edlund &lt;br&gt;<br /> 5. Antoine Allard&lt;br&gt;<br /> 6. Michael Sachs&lt;br&gt;<br /> 7. Evelien van der Hurk &lt;b&gt; Can rent a car &lt;/b&gt; &lt;br&gt;<br /> 8. Anna Deluca&lt;br&gt;<br /> 9. Eugenia Polizzi&lt;br&gt;<br /> 10. Cali Ellis &lt;b&gt;Can rent a car or van&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br&gt;<br /> 11. Martin Gould<br /> <br /> ==Present your own research==<br /> <br /> there are many others with very inspiring and ready to present research findings, so the idea would be to have a small session this Thursday after lectures: let's say 4.30 - 5.30 (or longer, depending on how many of us want to / are ready to present) ...let's say 15 min each (so cut it down to the essentials!) and leave some room for discussion... so if you're ready and want some constructive feedback, just put here the title of your potential presentation, and we'll see if we get a critical mass that's interested:<br /> <br /> 1) Martin: the world's technological capacity to process information<br /> <br /> 2) <br /> <br /> 3)<br /> <br /> 4)<br /> <br /> Victor wont present anything at this session, but he'll attend!<br /> <br /> ==Soccer, Monday 13 June at 7 PM?==<br /> (I saw this from Victor on the CSSS FB wall)<br /> <br /> &quot;Who's down for soccer this Monday evening, at 7?<br /> Rsvp w/a comment<br /> If you have a ball, bring it--and let us know in your rsvp<br /> I think it makes sense if those of us who want to play meet up at the drop-off circle and then walk down to the athletic field cheers V&quot;<br /> <br /> ==Yo La Tengo in Santa Fe, 17 June==<br /> <br /> For anyone interested, they're playing in town. <br /> <br /> ==Taos Earthships, Rio Grande Gorge, High Country==<br /> Taos is a small town about 60 miles North of Santa Fe. It's known for the Taos Indian Pueblo, an artist colony, skiing, and the Taos Earthships. Depending on who's interested, we could stop by some wineries on the way up/down. The drive up alone is worth it.<br /> <br /> &lt;i&gt;Please add your car and seats if you have one &lt;/i&gt;<br /> <br /> Car 1: JP's Camry (4 seats)&lt;br&gt;<br /> 1. JP&lt;br&gt;<br /> 2. Nini&lt;br&gt;<br /> 3. Raghav&lt;br&gt;<br /> 4. Stefani &lt;br&gt;<br /> 5. David B&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> Car 2: Chris's Versa&lt;br&gt;<br /> 1. Nicolas Paez&lt;br&gt;<br /> 2.Ed Reznik&lt;br&gt;<br /> 3. Evelien van der Hurk&lt;br&gt;<br /> 4.&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> People who need rides:<br /> <br /> ==Community Lecture, 1930, 29 June==<br /> &lt;b&gt;From Democratic Consensus to Cannibalistic Hordes: The Principles of Collective Animal Behavior&lt;/b&gt;[http://santafe.edu/gevent/detail/public/408/]&lt;br&gt;<br /> Presented by Iain Couzin (Assistant Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> Anyone interested? - Nini<br /> <br /> Yep, we have a shuttle already scheduled and seats reserved. No need to worry about transportation. -JP<br /> <br /> ==Los Alamos==<br /> <br /> Los Alamos National Labs <br /> <br /> From website: &quot;Los Alamos National Laboratory is a premier national security research institution, delivering scientific and engineering solutions for the nation's most crucial and complex problems. Our primary responsibility is ensuring the safety, security, and reliability of the nation's nuclear deterrent. The Los Alamos of today emphasizes worker safety, effective operational safeguards &amp; security, and environmental stewardship, while outstanding science remains the foundation of the Laboratory. In addition to supporting the Lab's core national security mission, our work advances bioscience, chemistry, computer science, earth and environmental sciences, materials science, and physics disciplines.&quot; <br /> <br /> Check it out at lanl.gov <br /> <br /> I'd like to go, and I can rent a car if there's an interested group. -Clio<br /> <br /> I'd like to go too! -Raghav<br /> <br /> count me in! -ryan j<br /> <br /> ==NRAO Very Large Array==<br /> <br /> National Radio Astronomy Observatory - Very Large Array<br /> <br /> Its a bit of a hike... about a 3 hour drive... but should be totally worth it. Perhaps we could do this and los alamos together on the same day. -Raghav<br /> <br /> Heres the description from the website(http://www.vla.nrao.edu/)-<br /> <br /> The Very Large Array, one of the world's premier astronomical radio observatories, consists of 27 radio antennas in a Y-shaped configuration on the Plains of San Agustin fifty miles west of Socorro, New Mexico. Each antenna is 25 meters (82 feet) in diameter. The data from the antennas is combined electronically to give the resolution of an antenna 36km (22 miles) across, with the sensitivity of a dish 130 meters (422 feet) in diameter.<br /> <br /> I'd love to go and would be willing to rent a car and drive. Unfortunately Los Alamos is in a different direction (NW) than VLA by quite a lot. I suggest looking above for other trips in planning for Los Alamos.<br /> <br /> Mind signing up to indicate interest?&lt;br&gt;<br /> 1. Nini - Can rent a car&lt;br&gt;<br /> 2. Chris G - Have a car, but all depends on when we go...&lt;br&gt;<br /> 3. Cali - I would go, looks cool (can rent a car, don't have one)&lt;br&gt;<br /> 4.&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Backpacking in the Pecos Wilderness==<br /> I've been planning a full-weekend backpacking trip with a local friend of mine. We'd probably camp Friday night at the trailhead (or his parents cabin) to get an early start, set up camp, then do a lighter hike to summit Las Truchas, the second highest peak in NM. We'd return on Sunday. At a minimum, you'd need a backpack and sleeping bag. We might be able to rustle up other gear. Cars shouldn't be an issue.<br /> <br /> Interest:&lt;br&gt;<br /> 1. Chris G. &lt;br&gt;<br /> 2. Kameron (interested)&lt;br&gt;<br /> 3. &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Stargazing==<br /> <br /> I'd like to spend an evening star-gazing - maybe try to get far enough out of town to avoid major light pollution. The next new moon is July 1st, so we might look to do it towards the end of the program. - Miles <br /> <br /> I'd be interested, might be able to get a telescope, and know a few locations. (JP) &lt;br&gt;<br /> Cristina M.: Count me in and keep me informed. Great idea, Miles!<br /> <br /> ==Swimming?==<br /> Anyone want to go swimming with me (Ed)? There's a pool about 2 miles away that's open till 8:30, was thinking of walking down after class.<br /> <br /> Count me in for the drowning. When? - Nini<br /> <br /> ==Ten Thousand Waves==<br /> <br /> They say it's a &quot;must-do&quot; while here. Just put your name down here if interested. (Cristina M.)<br /> <br /> How does Thursday after lectures sound? (JP)? &lt;br&gt;<br /> //Cristina M: Thursday after lectures is perfect! Thanks [[JP]]!<br /> <br /> Website: http://www.tenthousandwaves.com/<br /> Price list: http://www.tenthousandwaves.com/RATES/price_list_summary.php<br /> <br /> JP's Car! (hurray!)&lt;br&gt;<br /> 1.John Paul Gonzales&lt;br&gt;<br /> 2.Cristina M.&lt;br&gt;<br /> 3.Nini&lt;br&gt;<br /> 4.&lt;br&gt;<br /> 5.&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Rodeo de Santa Fe, June 22==<br /> <br /> Sign up for the Rodeo! Opening night<br /> <br /> JP's Camry&lt;br&gt;<br /> 1. [[JP]]&lt;Br&gt;<br /> 2. Cali&lt;br&gt;<br /> 3. Nini&lt;br&gt;<br /> 4. Cristina M.&lt;br&gt;<br /> 5.&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ==After summerschool ==<br /> I (Evelien van der Hurk) have got a couple of days after the summer school, and am (kind of) planning to drive around to Mesa Verde, Monument Valley, and if there is time: sky highway/Silverton. Is supposed to be pretty amazing. I will arrange to be 'back' on wednesday 6 july at 14:00h at Albuquerque airport, or before that - leaving at least 4 days for traveling, when leaving on Saturday. So, if anyone is interested to join me to drive around (I will need to rent a car), let me know (ehurk at rsm dot nl). Some links to pictures are below.<br /> <br /> [http://www.astronomynotes.com/nature/pic18f.htm Monument Valley 1]<br /> <br /> [http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/utah/monument-valley Monument Valley 2]<br /> <br /> [www.visitmesaverde.com Mesa Verde]<br /> <br /> And just google fot pictures at google : 'million dollar highway colorado'<br /> <br /> ==Frisbee==<br /> Ok, look. I (Ed) like frisbee. By virtue of being into science, you people must at some level also like frisbee. So, let's play frisbee. There are lots of ways to do this:<br /> 1) Throwing<br /> 2) Throwing with our arms tucked in like T-Rex's<br /> 3) Imbibing beverages and throwing<br /> 4) Spinning the disc on our fingers (ooo fancy) and then throwing it<br /> 5) Playing cower (ask me for details)<br /> <br /> Who has a disc? - Ed<br /> <br /> I would be up for throwing, and also for a game of Ultimate. Thursday evening (the 16th) is free on our schedule. We can buy a disc. -Miles<br /> <br /> ==Other Options==<br /> <br /> <br /> Rafting down the Rio Grande Box.<br /> <br /> [http://www.stjohnscollege.edu/events/SF/music.shtml Music on the Hill] Concert Series (at St. John's)<br /> <br /> Great Sand Dunes (in Colorado)<br /> <br /> Sandia Peak Tram (in Albuquerque)<br /> <br /> [http://www.rodeodesantafe.org/ Rodeo de Santa Fe]<br /> <br /> [http://ojospa.com/index.php Ojo Caliente hot springs Field Trip]<br /> <br /> Chaco Canyon<br /> <br /> [http://www.visitpagosasprings.com/things-to-do/activities/summer/hot-springs/ Soak in the Hot Springs at Pagosa Springs, CO]<br /> <br /> ==Completed Events==<br /> <br /> ===SF Complex===<br /> We're planning a trip to the [http://sfcomplex.org Santa Fe Complex] on Friday June 10 towards the evening.<br /> <br /> UPDATE: We'll be making it an official trip. Shuttles will arrive at SJC 10 June at 6:00(18:00), return 8:00 (20:00).</div>

Victorqz https://wiki.santafe.edu/index.php?title=Victor_Quintanar-Zilinskas&diff=39287 2011-04-27T07:53:51Z

<p>Victorqz: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:V Quintanar Z.jpg|Victor]]<br /> <br /> '''Victor Quintanar-Zilinskas''' is a graduate student at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Irvine University of California, Irvine]. His current research focus, linked with the experimental results of his collaborators [http://jn.physiology.org/content/103/4/2301.abstract Xiangmin Xu], [http://frostiglab.bio.uci.edu/ Ron Frostig], and [http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=3220 Raju Metherate], is system-level dynamics and information processing in many-neuron (on the order of 1000s) networks. His advisors are [http://cbmspc.eng.uci.edu/ Zoran Nenadic] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI] faculty member [http://lander-office.bio.uci.edu/landerfacts.html Arthur Lander].<br /> <br /> Over the next five years, Victor intends to turn the focus of his network modeling to the study of 1) the information-processing consequences of the brain's frequent brief episodes of self-organized synchrony between groups of neurons 2) the potential for cognitive utilization of information generated by complex dynamics (Turing patterns are an illustration of such generation); what he will learn this summer at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI] (from both modules and peers) will be highly applicable to the pursuit of these topics. The latter topic is particularly difficult to study, but information-generative [http://www.ics.uci.edu/~welling/publications/papers/herding_icml09_final.pdf modeling] and [http://www.jneurosci.org/content/30/27/9017.abstract olfactory computation] results are likely starting points of reference.<br /> <br /> Victor was raised in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California Palo Alto, CA] and his interests and outlooks are heavily influenced by his upbringing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley Silicon Valley's] technoculture. He double-majored in math and biology at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University] (class of 2009), where he did his first computational neuroscience research, sparking his current interests. He also worked with [http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~gbowker/ Geoffrey Bowker] (who was, at the time, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University]) to characterize the work practices of scholar communities that study complex systems (e.g. networks of ecologists that study various facets of the same ecosystem); it was while on this project that he developed his appreciation for the study of black swan emergence events (e.g. shifts between stable states of the composition of an ocean bacteria population; large storms). Victor's current &quot;applied philosophy&quot; interest is the connections between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism Constructivism], creativity theory, and interdisciplinarity.</div>

Victorqz https://wiki.santafe.edu/index.php?title=Complex_Systems_Summer_School_2011-Faculty&diff=39201 2011-04-05T21:33:34Z

<p>Victorqz: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Complex Systems Summer School 2011}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Krakauer.jpg|left]]'''David Krakauer''' Evolution Module Leader and Program Director. My research is concerned with the evolutionary history of information processing mechanisms in biology and culture, with an emphasis on robust information transmission, signaling dynamics and their role in constructing novel, higher level features. The research spans several levels of organization finding analogous processes in genetics, cell biology, microbiology and in organismal behavior and society. At the cellular level I have been interested in molecular processes, which rely on volatile, error-prone, asynchronous, mechanisms, which can be used as a basis for decision making and patterning. I also investigate how signaling interactions at higher levels, including microbial and organismal, are used to coordinate complex life cycles and social systems, and under what conditions we observe the emergence of proto-grammars. Much of this work is motivated by the search for 'noisy-design' principles in biology and culture emerging through evolution that span hierarchical structures. In addition to general principles there is a need to provide an explicit theory of evolutionary history, a theory accounting for those incompressible regularities revealed once the regular components have been subtracted.<br /> <br /> Research projects includes work on the molecular logic of signaling pathways, the evolution of genome organization (redundancy, multiple encoding, quantization and compression), robust communication over networks, the evolution of distributed forms of biological information processing, dynamical memory systems, the logic of transmissible regulatory networks (such as virus life cycles) and the many ways in which organisms construct their environments (niche construction). Thinking about niche constructing niches provides us with a new perspective on the major evolutionary transitions.<br /> <br /> Many of these areas are characterized by the need to encode heritable information (genetic, epigenetic, auto-catalytic or linguistic) at distinct levels of biological organization, where selection pressures are often independent or in conflict. Furthermore, components are noisy and degrade and interactions are typically diffusively coupled. At each level I ask how information is acquired, stored, transmitted, replicated, transformed and robustly encoded. With collaborators I am engaged in projects applying insights from biological information processing to electronic, engineered systems.<br /> <br /> The big question that many of us are asking is what will evolutionary theory look like once it has become integrated with the sciences of information, and of course, what will these sciences then look like?<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> [[Image:moor.jpg|left]]'''Cris Moore''' Computation Module Leader. Cristopher Moore earned his Ph.D. at Cornell University in 1991 at the age of 23. After positions as a postdoc and Research Professor at the Santa Fe Institute, he become a faculty member at the University of New Mexico, where he is now a Professor jointly in the Computer Science and Physics and Astronomy departments. He has written over 80 papers at the boundary between computer science in physics. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> [[Image:Flack.jpg|left]] '''Jessica Flack''' Robustness Module Leader. Jessica Flack is Professor at the Santa Fe Institute and Co-Director (with David Krakauer) of the Collective Social Computation Group. Her research program combines dynamical systems and computational perspectives in order to build a theory of how aggregate structure and hierarchy arise in social evolution. Primary goals are to understand the conditions and mechanisms supporting the emergence of slowly changing collective features that feed-down to influence component behavior, the role that conflict plays in this process, and the implications of multiple timescales and overlapping networks for robustness and adaptability in social evolution. Research foci include design principles for robust systems, conflict dynamics and control, the role of uncertainty reduction in the evolution of signaling systems, the implications of higher-order structures for social complexity and innovation, behavioral grammars and adaptive circuit construction. Flack approaches these issues using data on social process collected from animal society model systems, and through comparison of social dynamics with neural, immune, and developmental dynamics. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> [[Image:dedeo.jpg|left]] <br /> <br /> '''Simon DeDeo''' Emergence Module Leader<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> [[Image:Odwyer.jpg|left]] <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> '''James O'Dwyer''' Emergence Module Leader. James O’Dwyer's research focus is in theoretical ecology, seeking to understand why seemingly universal patterns are found in many different ecological systems. From this research, he believes, light may be shed on practical issues such as the loss of biodiversity due to climate change. James holds a PhD in theoretical physics from Cambridge University, and his appointment as an Omidyar Fellow was preceded by postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Oregon and University of Leeds. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> [[Image:cruthfield.jpg|left]] <br /> '''Jim Crutchfield''' Complexity Module Leader. James P. Crutchfield received his B.A. summa cum laude in Physics and Mathematics from the University of California, Santa Cruz, in 1979 and his Ph.D. in Physics there in 1983. He is currently a Professor of Physics at the University of California, Davis, where is Director of the Complexity Sciences Center---a new research and graduate program in complex systems. Prior to this he was Research Professor at the Santa Fe Institute for many years, where he ran the Dynamics of Learning Group and SFI's Network Dynamics Program. Before coming to SFI in 1997, he was a Research Physicist in the Physics Department at the University of California, Berkeley, since 1985. He has been a Visiting Research Professor at the Sloan Center for Theoretical Neurobiology, University of California, San Francisco; a Post-doctoral Fellow of the Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science at UCB; a UCB Physics Department IBM Post-Doctoral Fellow in Condensed Matter Physics; a Distinguished Visiting Research Professor of the Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; and a Bernard Osher Fellow at the San Francisco Exploratorium. Over the last three decades Prof. Crutchfield has worked in the areas of nonlinear dynamics, solid-state physics, astrophysics, fluid mechanics, critical phenomena and phase transitions, chaos, and pattern formation. His current research interests center on computational mechanics, the physics of complexity, statistical inference for nonlinear processes, genetic algorithms, evolutionary theory, machine learning, quantum dynamics, and distributed intelligence. He has published over 100 papers in these areas. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> '''Elizabeth Bradley''' Concepts: Nonlinearity Module Leader<br /> <br /> '''Mark Newman''' Networks Module Leader<br /> <br /> '''Dan Rockmore''' Machine Learning Module Leader</div>

Victorqz https://wiki.santafe.edu/index.php?title=Victor_Quintanar-Zilinskas&diff=39129 2011-03-18T05:04:28Z

<p>Victorqz: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:V Quintanar Z.jpg|Victor]]<br /> <br /> '''Victor Quintanar-Zilinskas''' is a graduate student at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Irvine University of California, Irvine]. With [http://www.ucidevcell.org/faculty/edwin-monuki/ Ed Monuki], he studies the systems biology of transcription factor gradient maintenance over long distances and the developmental effects of mechanical forces. His research focus, advised by [http://cbmspc.eng.uci.edu/ Zoran Nenadic] and linked with the interesting experimental results of his collaborators [http://jn.physiology.org/content/103/4/2301.abstract Xiangmin Xu], [http://frostiglab.bio.uci.edu/ Ron Frostig], and [http://cahill.bio.uci.edu/ Larry Cahill], is the emergence of system-level information processing properties of many-neuron (on the order of 1000s) networks. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI] faculty member [http://lander-office.bio.uci.edu/landerfacts.html Arthur Lander] is, in one way or another, involved with all of Victor's projects.<br /> <br /> Victor intends for his research focus to, in the near future, evolve into the study of the following two phenomena (the second requiring understanding of the first). One, the working brain frequently witnesses brief episodes of self-organized synchrony between groups of neurons. Two, complex dynamics generate information (Turing patterns are an illustration of this idea); this is difficult to study in the brain, but there are [http://www.ics.uci.edu/~welling/publications/papers/herding_icml09_final.pdf modeling] (and [http://www.jneurosci.org/content/30/27/9017.abstract EEG analysis]) results to suggest that probability inferences (and and information that is fundamentally an interpretation of, rather than intrinsic to, sensory input, e.g. instinctive evaluation of odorant toxicity) are among the types of cognitively useful information that the brain's dynamics can produce.<br /> <br /> Victor was raised in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California Palo Alto, CA] and his interests and outlooks are heavily influenced by his upbringing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley Silicon Valley's] technoculture. He double-majored in math and biology at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University] (class of 2009), where he did his first computational neuroscience research, sparking his current interests. He also worked with [http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~gbowker/ Geoffrey Bowker] (who was, at the time, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University]) to characterize the work practices of scholar communities that study complex systems (e.g. networks of ecologists that study various facets of the same ecosystem) and explain them in the context of the historical trajectory of scientific understanding of the systems under study. The study's conclusion, which will be appreciated by but unsurprising to this page's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI]-affiliated readers, was that the increasing temporal resolution of data is encouraging a shift from the study of system processes to the study of salient events (e.g. shifts between stable states of the composition of an ocean bacteria population; large storms). Victor's current &quot;applied philosophy&quot; interest is the connections between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism Constructivism], creativity theory, and interdisciplinarity--and in these ideas informing educational practice.</div>

Victorqz https://wiki.santafe.edu/index.php?title=Victor_Quintanar-Zilinskas&diff=39128 2011-03-18T05:01:33Z

<p>Victorqz: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:V Quintanar Z.jpg|Victor]]<br /> <br /> '''Victor Quintanar-Zilinskas''' is a graduate student at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Irvine University of California, Irvine]. He includes among his research pursuits the systems biology of transcription factor gradient maintenance over long distances and the developmental effects of mechanical forces; these lines of work are pursued with [http://www.ucidevcell.org/faculty/edwin-monuki/ Ed Monuki]. His research focus, advised by [http://cbmspc.eng.uci.edu/ Zoran Nenadic] and linked with the interesting experimental results of his collaborators [http://jn.physiology.org/content/103/4/2301.abstract Xiangmin Xu], [http://frostiglab.bio.uci.edu/ Ron Frostig], and [http://cahill.bio.uci.edu/ Larry Cahill], is the emergence of system-level information processing properties of many-neuron (on the order of 1000s) networks. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI] faculty member [http://lander-office.bio.uci.edu/landerfacts.html Arthur Lander] is, in one way or another, involved with all of Victor's projects.<br /> <br /> Victor intends for his research focus to, in the near future, evolve into the study of the following two phenomena (the second requiring understanding of the first). One, the working brain frequently witnesses brief episodes of self-organized synchrony between groups of neurons. Two, complex dynamics generate information (Turing patterns are an illustration of this idea); this is difficult to study in the brain, but there are [http://www.ics.uci.edu/~welling/publications/papers/herding_icml09_final.pdf modeling] (and [http://www.jneurosci.org/content/30/27/9017.abstract EEG analysis]) results to suggest that probability inferences (and and information that is fundamentally an interpretation of, rather than intrinsic to, sensory input, e.g. instinctive evaluation of odorant toxicity) are among the types of cognitively useful information that the brain's dynamics can produce.<br /> <br /> Victor was raised in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California Palo Alto, CA] and his interests and outlooks are heavily influenced by his upbringing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley Silicon Valley's] technoculture. He double-majored in math and biology at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University] (class of 2009), where he did his first computational neuroscience research, sparking his current interests. He also worked with [http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~gbowker/ Geoffrey Bowker] (who was, at the time, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University]) to characterize the work practices of scholar communities that study complex systems (e.g. networks of ecologists that study various facets of the same ecosystem) and explain them in the context of the historical trajectory of scientific understanding of the systems under study. The study's conclusion, which will be appreciated by but unsurprising to this page's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI]-affiliated readers, was that the increasing temporal resolution of data is encouraging a shift from the study of system processes to the study of salient events (e.g. shifts between stable states of the composition of an ocean bacteria population; large storms). Victor's current &quot;applied philosophy&quot; interest is the connections between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism Constructivism], creativity theory, and interdisciplinarity--and in these ideas informing educational practice.</div>

Victorqz https://wiki.santafe.edu/index.php?title=Victor_Quintanar-Zilinskas&diff=39127 2011-03-18T04:59:52Z

<p>Victorqz: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:V Quintanar Z.jpg|Victor]]<br /> <br /> '''Victor Quintanar-Zilinskas''' is a graduate student at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Irvine University of California, Irvine]. He includes among his research pursuits the systems biology of transcription factor gradient maintenance over long distances and the developmental effects of mechanical forces; these lines of work are pursued with [http://www.ucidevcell.org/faculty/edwin-monuki/ Ed Monuki]. His research focus, advised by [http://cbmspc.eng.uci.edu/ Zoran Nenadic] and linked with the interesting experimental results of his collaborators [http://jn.physiology.org/content/103/4/2301.abstract Xiangmin Xu], [http://frostiglab.bio.uci.edu/ Ron Frostig], and [http://cahill.bio.uci.edu/ Larry Cahill], is the emergence of system-level information processing properties of many-neuron (on the order of 1000s) networks. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI] faculty member [http://lander-office.bio.uci.edu/landerfacts.html Arthur Lander] is, in one way or another, involved with all of Victor's projects.<br /> <br /> Victor intends for his research focus to, in the near future, evolve into the study of the following two (related) phenomena. First, the working brain frequently witnesses brief episodes of self-organized synchrony between groups of neurons. Second, complex dynamics generate information (Turing patterns are an illustration of this idea). This is difficult to study in the brain, but there are [http://www.ics.uci.edu/~welling/publications/papers/herding_icml09_final.pdf modeling] (and [http://www.jneurosci.org/content/30/27/9017.abstract EEG analysis]) results to suggest that probability inferences (and and information that is fundamentally an interpretation of, rather than intrinsic to, sensory input, e.g. instinctive evaluation of odorant toxicity) are among the types of cognitively useful information that the brain's dynamics can produce.<br /> <br /> Victor was raised in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California Palo Alto, CA] and his interests and outlooks are heavily influenced by his upbringing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley Silicon Valley's] technoculture. He double-majored in math and biology at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University] (class of 2009), where he did his first computational neuroscience research, sparking his current interests. He also worked with [http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~gbowker/ Geoffrey Bowker] (who was, at the time, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University]) to characterize the work practices of scholar communities that study complex systems (e.g. networks of ecologists that study various facets of the same ecosystem) and explain them in the context of the historical trajectory of scientific understanding of the systems under study. The study's conclusion, which will be appreciated by but unsurprising to this page's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI]-affiliated readers, was that the increasing temporal resolution of data is encouraging a shift from the study of system processes to the study of salient events (e.g. shifts between stable states of the composition of an ocean bacteria population; large storms). Victor's current &quot;applied philosophy&quot; interest is the connections between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism Constructivism], creativity theory, and interdisciplinarity--and in these ideas informing educational practice.</div>

Victorqz https://wiki.santafe.edu/index.php?title=Victor_Quintanar-Zilinskas&diff=39126 2011-03-18T04:59:19Z

<p>Victorqz: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:V Quintanar Z.jpg|Victor]]<br /> <br /> '''Victor Quintanar-Zilinskas''' is a graduate student at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Irvine University of California, Irvine]. He includes among his research pursuits the systems biology of transcription factor gradient maintenance over long distances and the developmental effects of mechanical forces; these lines of work are pursued with [http://www.ucidevcell.org/faculty/edwin-monuki/ Ed Monuki]. His research focus, advised by [http://cbmspc.eng.uci.edu/ Zoran Nenadic] and linked with the interesting experimental results of his collaborators [http://jn.physiology.org/content/103/4/2301.abstract Xiangmin Xu], [http://frostiglab.bio.uci.edu/ Ron Frostig], and [http://cahill.bio.uci.edu/ Larry Cahill], is the emergence of system-level information processing properties of many-neuron (on the order of 1000s) networks. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI] faculty member [http://lander-office.bio.uci.edu/landerfacts.html Arthur Lander] is, in one way or another, involved with all of Victor's projects.<br /> <br /> Victor intends for his research focus to, in the near future, evolve into the study of the following two (related) phenomena. First, the working brain frequently witnesses brief episodes of self-organized synchrony between groups of neurons. Second, complex dynamics generate information (Turing patterns are an illustration of this idea). This is difficult to study in the brain, but there are [http://www.ics.uci.edu/~welling/publications/papers/herding_icml09_final.pdf Modeling] (and [http://www.jneurosci.org/content/30/27/9017.abstract EEG analysis]) results to suggest that probability inferences (and and information that is fundamentally an interpretation of, rather than intrinsic to, sensory input, e.g. instinctive evaluation of odorant toxicity) are among the types of cognitively useful information that the brain's dynamics can produce.<br /> <br /> Victor was raised in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California Palo Alto, CA] and his interests and outlooks are heavily influenced by his upbringing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley Silicon Valley's] technoculture. He double-majored in math and biology at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University] (class of 2009), where he did his first computational neuroscience research, sparking his current interests. He also worked with [http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~gbowker/ Geoffrey Bowker] (who was, at the time, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University]) to characterize the work practices of scholar communities that study complex systems (e.g. networks of ecologists that study various facets of the same ecosystem) and explain them in the context of the historical trajectory of scientific understanding of the systems under study. The study's conclusion, which will be appreciated by but unsurprising to this page's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI]-affiliated readers, was that the increasing temporal resolution of data is encouraging a shift from the study of system processes to the study of salient events (e.g. shifts between stable states of the composition of an ocean bacteria population; large storms). Victor's current &quot;applied philosophy&quot; interest is the connections between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism Constructivism], creativity theory, and interdisciplinarity--and in these ideas informing educational practice.</div>

Victorqz https://wiki.santafe.edu/index.php?title=Victor_Quintanar-Zilinskas&diff=39125 2011-03-18T02:21:53Z

<p>Victorqz: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:V Quintanar Z.jpg|Victor]]<br /> <br /> '''Victor Quintanar-Zilinskas''' is a graduate student at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Irvine University of California, Irvine]. He includes among his research pursuits the systems biology of transcription factor gradient maintenance over long distances and the developmental effects of mechanical forces; these lines of work are pursued with [http://www.ucidevcell.org/faculty/edwin-monuki/ Ed Monuki]. His research focus, advised by [http://cbmspc.eng.uci.edu/ Zoran Nenadic] and linked with the interesting experimental results of his collaborators [http://jn.physiology.org/content/103/4/2301.abstract Xiangmin Xu], [http://frostiglab.bio.uci.edu/ Ron Frostig], and [http://cahill.bio.uci.edu/ Larry Cahill], is the emergence of system-level information processing properties of many-neuron (on the order of 1000s) networks. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI] faculty member [http://lander-office.bio.uci.edu/landerfacts.html Arthur Lander] is, in one way or another, involved with all of Victor's projects.<br /> <br /> Victor intends for his research focus to, in the near future, evolve into the study of the following two phenomena. First, the working brain frequently witnesses the self-organization of brief episodes of synchronization between groups of neurons. Second, complex dynamics generate information (Turing patterns are an illustration of this idea); [http://www.ics.uci.edu/~welling/publications/papers/herding_icml09_final.pdf Modeling] and [http://www.jneurosci.org/content/30/27/9017.abstract EEG analysis] results suggest the possibility that probability inferences and information that is fundamentally an interpretation of (rather than intrinsic to) sensory input (e.g. odorant toxicity), respectively, are among the types of cognitively useful information that the brain's dynamics can produce.<br /> <br /> Victor was raised in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California Palo Alto, CA] and his interests and outlooks are heavily influenced by his upbringing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley Silicon Valley's] technoculture. He double-majored in math and biology at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University] (class of 2009), where he did his first computational neuroscience research, sparking his current interests. He also worked with [http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~gbowker/ Geoffrey Bowker] (who was, at the time, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University]) to characterize the work practices of scholar communities that study complex systems (e.g. networks of ecologists that study various facets of the same ecosystem) and explain them in the context of the historical trajectory of scientific understanding of the systems under study. The study's conclusion, which will be appreciated by but unsurprising to this page's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI]-affiliated readers, was that the increasing temporal resolution of data is encouraging a shift from the study of system processes to the study of salient events (e.g. shifts between stable states of the composition of an ocean bacteria population; large storms). Victor's current &quot;applied philosophy&quot; interest is the connections between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism Constructivism], creativity theory, and interdisciplinarity--and in these ideas informing educational practice.</div>

Victorqz https://wiki.santafe.edu/index.php?title=Victor_Quintanar-Zilinskas&diff=39124 2011-03-18T02:16:22Z

<p>Victorqz: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:V Quintanar Z.jpg|Victor]]<br /> <br /> '''Victor Quintanar-Zilinskas''' is a graduate student at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Irvine University of California, Irvine]. He includes among his research pursuits the systems biology of transcription factor gradient maintenance over long distances and the developmental effects of mechanical forces; these lines of work are pursued with [http://www.ucidevcell.org/faculty/edwin-monuki/ Ed Monuki]. His research focus, advised by [http://cbmspc.eng.uci.edu/ Zoran Nenadic] and linked with the interesting experimental results of his collaborators [http://jn.physiology.org/content/103/4/2301.abstract Xiangmin Xu], [http://frostiglab.bio.uci.edu/ Ron Frostig], and [http://cahill.bio.uci.edu/ Larry Cahill], is the emergence of system-level information processing properties of many-neuron (on the order of 1000s) networks. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI] faculty member [http://lander-office.bio.uci.edu/landerfacts.html Arthur Lander] is, in one way or another, involved with all of Victor's projects.<br /> <br /> Victor intends for his research focus to, in the near future, evolve into the study of the following two phenomena. First, the working brain frequently witnesses the self-organization of brief episodes of synchronization between groups of neurons. Second, complex dynamics generate information (Turing patterns are an illustration of this idea); [http://www.ics.uci.edu/~welling/publications/papers/herding_icml09_final.pdf Modeling] and [http://www.jneurosci.org/content/30/27/9017.abstract EEG analysis] results suggest the possibility that probability inferences and information that is fundamentally an interpretation of (rather than intrinsic to) sensory input (e.g. odorant toxicity), respectively, are among the types of cognitively useful information that the brain's dynamics can produce.<br /> <br /> Victor was raised in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California Palo Alto, CA] and his interests and outlooks are heavily influenced by his upbringing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley Silicon Valley's] technoculture. He double-majored in math and biology at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University] (class of 2009), where he did his first computational neuroscience research, sparking his current interests. He also worked with [http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~gbowker/ Geoffrey Bowker] (who was, at the time, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University]) to characterize the work practices of scholar communities that study complex systems (e.g. networks of ecologists that study various facets of the same ecosystem) and explain them in the context of the historical trajectory of scientific understanding of the systems under study. The study's conclusion, which will be appreciated by but unsurprising to this page's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI]-affiliated readers, was that the increasing temporal resolution of data is encouraging a shift from the study of system processes to the study of salient events (e.g. shifts between stable states of the composition of an ocean bacteria population; large storms). Victor's current &quot;applied philosophy&quot; interest is the connections between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism Constructivism], creativity theory, and interdisciplinarity--and in these ideas informing educational practice (Victor is a huge fan of curricular individualization).</div>

Victorqz https://wiki.santafe.edu/index.php?title=Victor_Quintanar-Zilinskas&diff=39123 2011-03-18T01:48:36Z

<p>Victorqz: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:V Quintanar Z.jpg|Victor]]<br /> <br /> '''Victor Quintanar-Zilinskas''' is a graduate student at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Irvine University of California, Irvine]. He includes among his interests the systems biology of transcription factor gradient maintenance over long distances and the developmental effects of mechanical forces; these lines of work are pursued with [http://www.ucidevcell.org/faculty/edwin-monuki/ Ed Monuki]. His research focus, advised by [http://cbmspc.eng.uci.edu/ Zoran Nenadic] and linked with the interesting experimental results of his collaborators [http://jn.physiology.org/content/103/4/2301.abstract Xiangmin Xu], [http://frostiglab.bio.uci.edu/ Ron Frostig], and [http://cahill.bio.uci.edu/ Larry Cahill], is the emergence of system-level information processing properties of many-neuron (on the order of 1000s) networks. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI] faculty member [http://lander-office.bio.uci.edu/landerfacts.html Arthur Lander] is, in one way or another, involved with all of Victor's projects.<br /> <br /> Victor intends for his research focus to, in the near future, evolve into the study of the following two phenomena. First, the working brain frequently witnesses the self-organization of brief episodes of synchronization between groups of neurons. Second, complex dynamics generate information (Turing patterns are an illustration of this idea); [http://www.ics.uci.edu/~welling/publications/papers/herding_icml09_final.pdf Modeling] and [http://www.jneurosci.org/content/30/27/9017.abstract EEG analysis] results suggest the possibility that probability inferences and information that is fundamentally an interpretation of (rather than intrinsic to) sensory input (e.g. odorant toxicity), respectively, are among the types of cognitively useful information that the brain's dynamics can produce.<br /> <br /> Victor was raised in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California Palo Alto, CA] and his interests and outlooks are heavily influenced by his upbringing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley Silicon Valley's] technoculture. He double-majored in math and biology at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University] (class of 2009), where he did his first computational neuroscience research, sparking his current interests. He also worked with [http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~gbowker/ Geoffrey Bowker] (who was, at the time, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University]) to characterize the work practices of scholar communities that study complex systems (e.g. networks of ecologists that study various facets of the same ecosystem) and explain them in the context of the historical trajectory of scientific understanding of the systems under study. The study's conclusion, which will be appreciated by but unsurprising to this page's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI]-affiliated readers, was that the increasing temporal resolution of data is encouraging a shift from the study of system processes to the study of salient events (e.g. shifts between stable states of the composition of an ocean bacteria population; large storms). Victor's current &quot;applied philosophy&quot; interest is the connections between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism Constructivism], creativity theory, and interdisciplinarity--and in these ideas informing educational practice (Victor is a huge fan of curricular individualization).</div>

Victorqz https://wiki.santafe.edu/index.php?title=Victor_Quintanar-Zilinskas&diff=39122 2011-03-17T02:11:38Z

<p>Victorqz: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:V Quintanar Z.jpg|Victor]]<br /> <br /> '''Victor Quintanar-Zilinskas''' is a graduate student at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Irvine University of California, Irvine]. His current research focus is the emergence of system-level information processing properties of many-neuron (on the order of 1000s) networks; he also studies the systems biology of transcription factor gradient maintenance over long distances.<br /> <br /> Victor intends for his research focus to, in the near future, shift to the study of the following two phenomena. First, the working brain frequently witnesses the self-organization of brief episodes of synchronization between groups of neurons; this has an impact on information processing (e.g. in the context of decision-making). Second, complex dynamics generate information (Turing patterns are an illustration of this idea); information emergent from the dynamics of a brain-like system is of great potential cognitive utility. [http://www.ics.uci.edu/~welling/publications/papers/herding_icml09_final.pdf Modeling] and [http://www.jneurosci.org/content/30/27/9017.abstract EEG analysis] results suggest the possibility that probability inferences and information that is fundamentally an interpretation of (rather than intrinsic to) sensory input (e.g. odorant toxicity), respectively, can be emergence products of the brain's dynamics.<br /> <br /> Victor was raised in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California Palo Alto, CA] and his interests and outlooks are heavily influenced by his upbringing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley Silicon Valley's] technoculture. He double-majored in math and biology at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University] (class of 2009), where he did his first computational neuroscience research, engendering his current interests. He also worked with [http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~gbowker/ Geoffrey Bowker] (who was, at the time, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University]) to characterize the work practices of scholar communities that study complex systems (e.g. networks of ecologists that study various facets of the same ecosystem) and explain them in the context of the historical trajectory of scientific understanding of the systems under study. The study's conclusion, which will be appreciated by but unsurprising to this page's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI]-affiliated readers, was that the increasing temporal resolution of data is encouraging a shift from the study of system processes to the study of salient events (e.g. shifts between stable states of the composition of an ocean bacteria population; large storms). Victor's current &quot;applied philosophy&quot; interest is the connections between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism Constructivism], creativity theory, and interdisciplinarity--especially when the interdisciplinarity is a consequence of the study of a complex/systems phenomenon. Currently, few dispute the intuition that arriving at an understanding of a complex phenomenon can involve some conceptual creativity that crosses traditional disciplinary bounds--but, this idea currently lacks the kind of philosophical crystallization that 1) would reveal various corollaries 2) enable its explicit application in scientific and educational practice.</div>

Victorqz https://wiki.santafe.edu/index.php?title=Victor_Quintanar-Zilinskas&diff=39121 2011-03-11T10:34:42Z

<p>Victorqz: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:V Quintanar Z.jpg|Victor]]<br /> <br /> '''Victor Quintanar-Zilinskas''' is a graduate student at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Irvine University of California, Irvine]. His current research focus is the emergence of system-level information processing properties of many-neuron (on the order of 1000s) networks; he also studies the systems biology of transcription factor gradient maintenance over long distances.<br /> <br /> Victor intends for his research focus to, in the near future, shift to the study of the following two phenomena. First, the working brain frequently witnesses the self-organization of brief episodes of synchronization between groups of neurons; this has an impact on information processing (e.g. in the context of decision-making). Second, complex dynamics generate information (Turing patterns are an illustration of this idea); information emergent from the dynamics of a brain-like system is of great potential cognitive utility. [http://www.ics.uci.edu/~welling/publications/papers/herding_icml09_final.pdf Modeling] and [http://www.jneurosci.org/content/30/27/9017.abstract EEG analysis] results suggest the possibility that probability inferences and information that is fundamentally an interpretation of (rather than intrinsic to) sensory input (e.g. odorant toxicity), respectively, can be emergence products of the brain's dynamics.<br /> <br /> Victor was raised in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California Palo Alto, CA] and his interests and outlooks are heavily influenced by his upbringing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley Silicon Valley's] technoculture. He double-majored in math and biology at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University] (class of 2009), where he did his first computational neuroscience research, engendering his current interests. He also worked with [http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~gbowker/ Geoffrey Bowker] (who was, at the time, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University]) to characterize the work practices of scholar communities that study complex systems (e.g. networks of ecologists that study various facets of the same ecosystem) and explain them in the context of the historical trajectory of scientific understanding of the systems under study. The study's conclusion, which will be appreciated by but unsurprising to this page's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI]-affiliated readers, was that the increasing temporal resolution of data is encouraging a shift from the study of system processes to the study of salient events (e.g. shifts between stable states of the composition of an ocean bacteria population; large storms). Victor's current &quot;applied philosophy&quot; interest is the connections between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism Constructivism], creativity theory, and interdisciplinarity--especially when the interdisciplinarity is a consequence of the study of a complex/systems phenomenon. In short, few dispute the intuition that arriving at an understanding of a complex phenomenon can involve some conceptual creativity that crosses traditional disciplinary bounds, but the lack of this idea's philosophical crystallization suggests strongly that we do not yet deeply understand this intuition's meaning and corollaries.</div>

Victorqz https://wiki.santafe.edu/index.php?title=Victor_Quintanar-Zilinskas&diff=39120 2011-03-11T10:26:44Z

<p>Victorqz: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:V Quintanar Z.jpg|Victor]]<br /> <br /> '''Victor Quintanar-Zilinskas''' is a graduate student at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Irvine University of California, Irvine]. His current research focus is the emergence of system-level information processing properties of many-neuron (on the order of 1000s) networks; he also studies the systems biology of transcription factor gradient maintenance over long distances.<br /> <br /> Victor intends for his research focus to, in the near future, shift to the study of the following two phenomena. First, the working brain frequently witnesses the self-organization of brief episodes of synchronization between groups of neurons; this has an impact on information processing (e.g. in the context of decision-making). Second, complex dynamics generate information (Turing patterns are an illustration of this idea); information emergent from the dynamics of a brain-like system is of great potential cognitive utility. [http://www.ics.uci.edu/~welling/publications/papers/herding_icml09_final.pdf Modeling] and [http://www.jneurosci.org/content/30/27/9017.abstract EEG analysis] results suggest the possibility that probability inferences and information that is fundamentally an interpretation of (rather than intrinsic to) sensory input (e.g. odorant toxicity), respectively, can be emergence products of the brain's dynamics.<br /> <br /> Victor was raised in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California Palo Alto, CA] and his interests and outlooks are heavily influenced by his upbringing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley Silicon Valley's] technoculture. He double-majored in math and biology at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University] (class of 2009), where he did his first computational neuroscience research, engendering his current interests. He also worked with [http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~gbowker/ Geoffrey Bowker] (who was, at the time, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University]) to characterize the work practices of scholar communities that study complex systems (e.g. networks of ecologists that study various facets of the same ecosystem) and explain them in the context of the historical trajectory of scientific understanding of the systems under study. The study's conclusion, which will be appreciated by but unsurprising to this page's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI]-affiliated readers, was that the increasing temporal resolution of data is encouraging a shift from the study of system processes to the study of salient events (e.g. shifts between stable states of the composition of an ocean bacteria population; large storms). Victor's current &quot;applied philosophy&quot; interest is the connections between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism Constructivism], creativity theory, and interdisciplinarity--especially when the interdisciplinarity is a consequence of the study of a complex phenomenon.</div>

Victorqz https://wiki.santafe.edu/index.php?title=Victor_Quintanar-Zilinskas&diff=39119 2011-03-11T10:15:30Z

<p>Victorqz: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:V Quintanar Z.jpg|Victor]]<br /> <br /> '''Victor Quintanar-Zilinskas''' is a graduate student at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Irvine University of California, Irvine]. His current research focus is the emergence of system-level information processing properties of many-neuron (on the order of 1000s) networks; he also studies the systems biology of transcription factor gradient maintenance over long distances.<br /> <br /> Victor intends for his research focus to, in the near future, shift to the study of the following two phenomena. First, the working brain frequently witnesses the self-organization of brief episodes of synchronization between groups of neurons; this has an impact on information processing (e.g. in the context of decision-making). Second, complex dynamics generate information (Turing patterns are an illustration of this idea); information emergent from the dynamics of a brain-like system is of great potential cognitive utility. [http://www.ics.uci.edu/~welling/publications/papers/herding_icml09_final.pdf Modeling] and [http://www.jneurosci.org/content/30/27/9017.abstract EEG analysis] results suggest the possibility that probability inferences and information that is fundamentally an interpretation of (rather than intrinsic to) sensory input (e.g. odorant toxicity), respectively, can be emergence products of the brain's dynamics.<br /> <br /> Victor was raised in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California Palo Alto, CA] and his interests and outlooks are heavily influenced by his upbringing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley Silicon Valley's] technoculture. He double-majored in math and biology at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University] (class of 2009), where he did his first computational neuroscience research, engendering his current interests. He also worked with [http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~gbowker/ Geoffrey Bowker] (who was, at the time, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University]) to characterize the work practices of scholar communities that study complex systems (e.g. networks of ecologists that study various facets of the same ecosystem) and explain them in the context of the historical trajectory of scientific understanding of the systems under study. This work led to the development of the following framework (which will be appreciated by but unsurprising to this page's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI]-affiliated readers) for understanding the work practices in complex-system-centered scholarly communities: the increasing temporal resolution of data is encouraging a shift in the science of these systems from the (well-plowed) study of system processes to the explanation of salient events (e.g. shifts in the stable states of the composition of a local ocean bacteria population; large storms). Victor's current &quot;applied philosophy&quot; interest is the connections between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism Constructivism] epistemology and creativity theory, and the philosophies of complexity and interdisciplinarity.</div>

Victorqz https://wiki.santafe.edu/index.php?title=Victor_Quintanar-Zilinskas&diff=39118 2011-03-11T10:14:01Z

<p>Victorqz: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:V Quintanar Z.jpg|Victor]]<br /> <br /> '''Victor Quintanar-Zilinskas''' is a graduate student at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Irvine University of California, Irvine]. His current research focus is the emergence of system-level information processing properties of many-neuron (on the order of 1000s) networks; he also studies the systems biology of transcription factor gradient maintenance over long distances.<br /> <br /> Victor intends for his research focus to, in the near future, shift to the study of the following two phenomena. First, the working brain frequently witnesses the self-organization of brief episodes of synchronization between groups of neurons; this has an impact on information processing (e.g. in the context of decision-making). Second, complex dynamics generate information (Turing patterns are an illustration of this idea); information emergent from the dynamics of a brain-like system is of great potential cognitive utility. [http://www.ics.uci.edu/~welling/publications/papers/herding_icml09_final.pdf Modeling] and [http://www.jneurosci.org/content/30/27/9017.abstract EEG analysis] results suggest the possibility that probability inferences and information that is fundamentally an interpretation of (rather than intrinsic to) sensory input (e.g. odorant toxicity), respectively, can be emergence products of the brain's dynamics.<br /> <br /> He was raised in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California Palo Alto, CA] and his interests and outlooks are heavily influenced by his upbringing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley Silicon Valley's] technoculture. He double-majored in math and biology at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University] (class of 2009). His undergraduate research in computational neuroscience engendered interest in the area that is now his current research program. He also worked with [http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~gbowker/ Geoffrey Bowker] (who was, at the time, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University]) to characterize the work practices of scholar communities that study complex systems (e.g. networks of ecologists that study various facets of the same ecosystem) and explain them in the context of the historical trajectory of scientific understanding of the systems under study. This work led to the development of the following framework (which will be appreciated by but unsurprising to this page's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI]-affiliated readers) for understanding the work practices in complex-system-centered scholarly communities: the increasing temporal resolution of data is encouraging a shift in the science of these systems from the (well-plowed) study of system processes to the explanation of salient events (e.g. shifts in the stable states of the composition of a local ocean bacteria population; large storms). Victor's current &quot;applied philosophy&quot; interest is the connections between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism Constructivism] epistemology and creativity theory, and the philosophies of complexity and interdisciplinarity.</div>

Victorqz https://wiki.santafe.edu/index.php?title=Victor_Quintanar-Zilinskas&diff=39117 2011-03-11T10:10:20Z

<p>Victorqz: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:V Quintanar Z.jpg|Victor]]<br /> <br /> '''Victor Quintanar-Zilinskas''' is a graduate student at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Irvine University of California, Irvine]. His current research focus is the emergence of system-level information processing properties of many-neuron (on the order of 1000s) networks; he also studies the systems biology of transcription factor gradient maintenance over long distances.<br /> <br /> Victor intends for his research focus to, in the near future, shift to the study of the following two phenomena. First, the working brain frequently witnesses the self-organization of brief episodes of synchronization between groups of neurons; this has an impact on information processing (e.g. in the context of decision-making). Second, complex dynamics generate information (Turing patterns are an illustration of this idea); information emergent from the dynamics of a brain-like system is of great potential cognitive utility. [http://www.ics.uci.edu/~welling/publications/papers/herding_icml09_final.pdf Modeling] and [http://www.jneurosci.org/content/30/27/9017.abstract EEG analysis] results suggest the possibility that probability inferences and information that is fundamentally an interpretation of (rather than intrinsic to) sensory input (e.g. odorant toxicity), respectively, can be produced as emergence products of complex dynamics.<br /> <br /> He was raised in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California Palo Alto, CA] and his interests and outlooks are heavily influenced by his upbringing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley Silicon Valley's] technoculture. He double-majored in math and biology at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University] (class of 2009). His undergraduate research in computational neuroscience engendered interest in the area that is now his current research program. He also worked with [http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~gbowker/ Geoffrey Bowker] (who was, at the time, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University]) to characterize the work practices of scholar communities that study complex systems (e.g. networks of ecologists that study various facets of the same ecosystem) and explain them in the context of the historical trajectory of scientific understanding of the systems under study. This work led to the development of the following framework (which will be appreciated by but unsurprising to this page's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI]-affiliated readers) for understanding the work practices in complex-system-centered scholarly communities: the increasing temporal resolution of data is encouraging a shift in the science of these systems from the (well-plowed) study of system processes to the explanation of salient events (e.g. shifts in the stable states of the composition of a local ocean bacteria population; large storms). Victor's current &quot;applied philosophy&quot; interest is the connections between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism Constructivism] epistemology and creativity theory, and the philosophies of complexity and interdisciplinarity.</div>

Victorqz https://wiki.santafe.edu/index.php?title=Victor_Quintanar-Zilinskas&diff=39116 2011-03-11T10:09:18Z

<p>Victorqz: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:V Quintanar Z.jpg|Victor]]<br /> <br /> '''Victor Quintanar-Zilinskas''' is a graduate student at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Irvine University of California, Irvine]. His current research focus is the emergence of system-level information processing properties of many-neuron (on the order of 1000s) networks; he also studies the systems biology of transcription factor gradient maintenance over long distances.<br /> <br /> Victor intends for his research focus to, in the near future, shift to the study of the following two phenomena. First, the working brain frequently witnesses the self-organization of brief episodes of synchronization between groups of neurons; this has an impact on information processing (e.g. in the context of decision-making). Second, complex dynamics generate information (Turing patterns are an illustration of this idea); information emergent from the dynamics of a brain-like system is 1) of great potential cognitive utility 2) largely unstudied. [http://www.ics.uci.edu/~welling/publications/papers/herding_icml09_final.pdf Modeling] and [http://www.jneurosci.org/content/30/27/9017.abstract EEG analysis] results suggest the possibility that probability inferences and information that is fundamentally an interpretation of (rather than intrinsic to) sensory input (e.g. odorant toxicity), respectively, can be produced as emergence products of complex dynamics.<br /> <br /> He was raised in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California Palo Alto, CA] and his interests and outlooks are heavily influenced by his upbringing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley Silicon Valley's] technoculture. He double-majored in math and biology at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University] (class of 2009). His undergraduate research in computational neuroscience engendered interest in the area that is now his current research program. He also worked with [http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~gbowker/ Geoffrey Bowker] (who was, at the time, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University]) to characterize the work practices of scholar communities that study complex systems (e.g. networks of ecologists that study various facets of the same ecosystem) and explain them in the context of the historical trajectory of scientific understanding of the systems under study. This work led to the development of the following framework (which will be appreciated by but unsurprising to this page's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI]-affiliated readers) for understanding the work practices in complex-system-centered scholarly communities: the increasing temporal resolution of data is encouraging a shift in the science of these systems from the (well-plowed) study of system processes to the explanation of salient events (e.g. shifts in the stable states of the composition of a local ocean bacteria population; large storms). Victor's current &quot;applied philosophy&quot; interest is the connections between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism Constructivism] epistemology and creativity theory, and the philosophies of complexity and interdisciplinarity.</div>

Victorqz https://wiki.santafe.edu/index.php?title=Victor_Quintanar-Zilinskas&diff=39115 2011-03-11T10:08:47Z

<p>Victorqz: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:V Quintanar Z.jpg|Victor]]<br /> <br /> '''Victor Quintanar-Zilinskas''' is a graduate student at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Irvine University of California, Irvine]. His current research focus is the emergence of system-level information processing properties of many-neuron (on the order of 1000s) networks; he also studies the systems biology of transcription factor gradient maintenance over long distances.<br /> <br /> Victor intends for his research focus to, in the near future, shift to the study of the following two phenomena. First, the working brain frequently witnesses the self-organization of brief episodes of synchronization between groups of neurons; this has information-processing consequences (e.g. in the context of decision-making). Second, complex dynamics generate information (Turing patterns are an illustration of this idea); information emergent from the dynamics of a brain-like system is 1) of great potential cognitive utility 2) largely unstudied. [http://www.ics.uci.edu/~welling/publications/papers/herding_icml09_final.pdf Modeling] and [http://www.jneurosci.org/content/30/27/9017.abstract EEG analysis] results suggest the possibility that probability inferences and information that is fundamentally an interpretation of (rather than intrinsic to) sensory input (e.g. odorant toxicity), respectively, can be produced as emergence products of complex dynamics.<br /> <br /> He was raised in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California Palo Alto, CA] and his interests and outlooks are heavily influenced by his upbringing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley Silicon Valley's] technoculture. He double-majored in math and biology at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University] (class of 2009). His undergraduate research in computational neuroscience engendered interest in the area that is now his current research program. He also worked with [http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~gbowker/ Geoffrey Bowker] (who was, at the time, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University]) to characterize the work practices of scholar communities that study complex systems (e.g. networks of ecologists that study various facets of the same ecosystem) and explain them in the context of the historical trajectory of scientific understanding of the systems under study. This work led to the development of the following framework (which will be appreciated by but unsurprising to this page's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI]-affiliated readers) for understanding the work practices in complex-system-centered scholarly communities: the increasing temporal resolution of data is encouraging a shift in the science of these systems from the (well-plowed) study of system processes to the explanation of salient events (e.g. shifts in the stable states of the composition of a local ocean bacteria population; large storms). Victor's current &quot;applied philosophy&quot; interest is the connections between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism Constructivism] epistemology and creativity theory, and the philosophies of complexity and interdisciplinarity.</div>

Victorqz https://wiki.santafe.edu/index.php?title=Victor_Quintanar-Zilinskas&diff=39114 2011-03-11T10:04:30Z

<p>Victorqz: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:V Quintanar Z.jpg|Victor]]<br /> <br /> '''Victor Quintanar-Zilinskas''' is a graduate student at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Irvine University of California, Irvine]. His current research focus is the emergence of system-level information processing properties of many-neuron (on the order of 1000s) networks; he also studies the systems biology of transcription factor gradient maintenance over long distances.<br /> <br /> Victor intends for his research focus to, in the near future, shift to the study of the following two phenomena. First, the working brain frequently witnesses the self-organized occurrence of groups of neurons briefly synchronizing with each other; this has information-processing consequences (e.g. in the context of decision-making). Second, complex dynamics generate information (Turing patterns are an illustration of this idea); information emergent from the dynamics of a brain-like system is 1) of great potential cognitive utility 2) largely unstudied. [http://www.ics.uci.edu/~welling/publications/papers/herding_icml09_final.pdf Modeling] and [http://www.jneurosci.org/content/30/27/9017.abstract EEG analysis] results suggest the possibility that probability inferences and information that is fundamentally an interpretation of (rather than intrinsic to) sensory input (e.g. odorant toxicity), respectively, can be produced as emergence products of complex dynamics.<br /> <br /> He was raised in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California Palo Alto, CA] and his interests and outlooks are heavily influenced by his upbringing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley Silicon Valley's] technoculture. He double-majored in math and biology at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University] (class of 2009). His undergraduate research in computational neuroscience engendered interest in the area that is now his current research program. He also worked with [http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~gbowker/ Geoffrey Bowker] (who was, at the time, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University]) to characterize the work practices of scholar communities that study complex systems (e.g. networks of ecologists that study various facets of the same ecosystem) and explain them in the context of the historical trajectory of scientific understanding of the systems under study. This work led to the development of the following framework (which will be appreciated by but unsurprising to this page's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI]-affiliated readers) for understanding the work practices in complex-system-centered scholarly communities: the increasing temporal resolution of data is encouraging a shift in the science of these systems from the (well-plowed) study of system processes to the explanation of salient events (e.g. shifts in the stable states of the composition of a local ocean bacteria population; large storms). Victor's current &quot;applied philosophy&quot; interest is the connections between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism Constructivism] epistemology and creativity theory, and the philosophies of complexity and interdisciplinarity.</div>

Victorqz https://wiki.santafe.edu/index.php?title=Victor_Quintanar-Zilinskas&diff=39113 2011-03-11T10:00:43Z

<p>Victorqz: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:V Quintanar Z.jpg|Victor]]<br /> <br /> '''Victor Quintanar-Zilinskas''' is a graduate student at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Irvine University of California, Irvine]. His current research focus is the emergence of system-level information processing properties of many-neuron (on the order of 1000s) networks; he also studies the systems biology of transcription factor gradient maintenance over long distances.<br /> <br /> Victor intends for his research focus to, in the near future, shift to the study of the following two phenomena. First, in the working brain, groups of neurons are frequently self-organizing into brief synchrony relationships; this has information-processing consequences (e.g. in the context of decision-making). Second, complex dynamics generate information (Turing patterns are an illustration of this idea); information emergent from the dynamics of a brain-like system is 1) of great potential cognitive utility 2) largely unstudied. [http://www.ics.uci.edu/~welling/publications/papers/herding_icml09_final.pdf Modeling] and [http://www.jneurosci.org/content/30/27/9017.abstract EEG analysis] results suggest the possibility that probability inferences and information that is fundamentally an interpretation of (rather than intrinsic to) sensory input (e.g. odorant toxicity), respectively, can be produced as emergence products of complex dynamics.<br /> <br /> He was raised in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California Palo Alto, CA] and his interests and outlooks are heavily influenced by his upbringing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley Silicon Valley's] technoculture. He double-majored in math and biology at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University] (class of 2009). His undergraduate research in computational neuroscience engendered interest in the area that is now his current research program. He also worked with [http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~gbowker/ Geoffrey Bowker] (who was, at the time, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University]) to characterize the work practices of scholar communities that study complex systems (e.g. networks of ecologists that study various facets of the same ecosystem) and explain them in the context of the historical trajectory of scientific understanding of the systems under study. This work led to the development of the following framework (which will be appreciated by but unsurprising to this page's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI]-affiliated readers) for understanding the work practices in complex-system-centered scholarly communities: the increasing temporal resolution of data is encouraging a shift in the science of these systems from the (well-plowed) study of system processes to the explanation of salient events (e.g. shifts in the stable states of the composition of a local ocean bacteria population; large storms). Victor's current &quot;applied philosophy&quot; interest is the connections between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism Constructivism] epistemology and creativity theory, and the philosophies of complexity and interdisciplinarity.</div>

Victorqz https://wiki.santafe.edu/index.php?title=Victor_Quintanar-Zilinskas&diff=39112 2011-03-11T09:59:47Z

<p>Victorqz: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:V Quintanar Z.jpg|Victor]]<br /> <br /> '''Victor Quintanar-Zilinskas''' is a graduate student at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Irvine University of California, Irvine]. His current research focus is the emergence of system-level information processing properties of many-neuron (on the order of 1000s) networks; he also studies the systems biology of transcription factor gradient maintenance over long distances.<br /> <br /> Victor intends for his research focus to, in the near future, shift to the study of the following two phenomena. First, in the working brain, groups of neurons are frequently self-organizing into brief episodes of being synchronized with each other; this has information-processing consequences (e.g. in the context of decision-making). Second, complex dynamics generate information (Turing patterns are an illustration of this idea); information emergent from the dynamics of a brain-like system is 1) of great potential cognitive utility 2) largely unstudied. [http://www.ics.uci.edu/~welling/publications/papers/herding_icml09_final.pdf Modeling] and [http://www.jneurosci.org/content/30/27/9017.abstract EEG analysis] results suggest the possibility that probability inferences and information that is fundamentally an interpretation of (rather than intrinsic to) sensory input (e.g. odorant toxicity), respectively, can be produced as emergence products of complex dynamics.<br /> <br /> He was raised in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California Palo Alto, CA] and his interests and outlooks are heavily influenced by his upbringing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley Silicon Valley's] technoculture. He double-majored in math and biology at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University] (class of 2009). His undergraduate research in computational neuroscience engendered interest in the area that is now his current research program. He also worked with [http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~gbowker/ Geoffrey Bowker] (who was, at the time, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University]) to characterize the work practices of scholar communities that study complex systems (e.g. networks of ecologists that study various facets of the same ecosystem) and explain them in the context of the historical trajectory of scientific understanding of the systems under study. This work led to the development of the following framework (which will be appreciated by but unsurprising to this page's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI]-affiliated readers) for understanding the work practices in complex-system-centered scholarly communities: the increasing temporal resolution of data is encouraging a shift in the science of these systems from the (well-plowed) study of system processes to the explanation of salient events (e.g. shifts in the stable states of the composition of a local ocean bacteria population; large storms). Victor's current &quot;applied philosophy&quot; interest is the connections between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism Constructivism] epistemology and creativity theory, and the philosophies of complexity and interdisciplinarity.</div>

Victorqz https://wiki.santafe.edu/index.php?title=Victor_Quintanar-Zilinskas&diff=39111 2011-03-11T09:58:33Z

<p>Victorqz: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:V Quintanar Z.jpg|Victor]]<br /> <br /> '''Victor Quintanar-Zilinskas''' is a graduate student at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Irvine University of California, Irvine]. His current research focus is the emergence of system-level information processing properties of many-neuron (on the order of 1000s) networks; he also studies the systems biology of transcription factor gradient maintenance over long distances.<br /> <br /> His near-future plan is to shift his focus to the study of two phenomena. First, in the working brain, groups of neurons are frequently self-organizing into brief episodes of being synchronized with each other; this has information-processing consequences (e.g. in the context of decision-making). Second, complex dynamics generate information (Turing patterns are an illustration of this idea); information emergent from the dynamics of a brain-like system is 1) of great potential cognitive utility 2) largely unstudied. [http://www.ics.uci.edu/~welling/publications/papers/herding_icml09_final.pdf Modeling] and [http://www.jneurosci.org/content/30/27/9017.abstract EEG analysis] results suggest the possibility that probability inferences and information that is fundamentally an interpretation of (rather than intrinsic to) sensory input (e.g. odorant toxicity), respectively, can be produced as emergence products of complex dynamics.<br /> <br /> He was raised in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California Palo Alto, CA] and his interests and outlooks are heavily influenced by his upbringing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley Silicon Valley's] technoculture. He double-majored in math and biology at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University] (class of 2009). His undergraduate research in computational neuroscience engendered interest in the area that is now his current research program. He also worked with [http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~gbowker/ Geoffrey Bowker] (who was, at the time, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University]) to characterize the work practices of scholar communities that study complex systems (e.g. networks of ecologists that study various facets of the same ecosystem) and explain them in the context of the historical trajectory of scientific understanding of the systems under study. This work led to the development of the following framework (which will be appreciated by but unsurprising to this page's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI]-affiliated readers) for understanding the work practices in complex-system-centered scholarly communities: the increasing temporal resolution of data is encouraging a shift in the science of these systems from the (well-plowed) study of system processes to the explanation of salient events (e.g. shifts in the stable states of the composition of a local ocean bacteria population; large storms). Victor's current &quot;applied philosophy&quot; interest is the connections between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism Constructivism] epistemology and creativity theory, and the philosophies of complexity and interdisciplinarity.</div>

Victorqz https://wiki.santafe.edu/index.php?title=Victor_Quintanar-Zilinskas&diff=39110 2011-03-11T09:56:14Z

<p>Victorqz: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:V Quintanar Z.jpg|Victor]]<br /> <br /> '''Victor Quintanar-Zilinskas''' is a graduate student at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Irvine University of California, Irvine]. His current research focus is the emergence of system-level information processing properties of many-neuron (on the order of 1000's) networks, but he also studies the systems biology of transcription factor gradient maintenance over long distances.<br /> <br /> His near-future plan is to shift his focus to the study of two phenomena. First, in the working brain, groups of neurons are frequently self-organizing into brief episodes of being synchronized with each other; this has information-processing consequences (e.g. in the context of decision-making). Second, complex dynamics generate information (Turing patterns are an illustration of this idea); information emergent from the dynamics of a brain-like system is 1) of great potential cognitive utility 2) largely unstudied. [http://www.ics.uci.edu/~welling/publications/papers/herding_icml09_final.pdf Modeling] and [http://www.jneurosci.org/content/30/27/9017.abstract EEG analysis] results suggest the possibility that probability inferences and information that is fundamentally an interpretation of (rather than intrinsic to) sensory input (e.g. odorant toxicity), respectively, can be produced as emergence products of complex dynamics.<br /> <br /> He was raised in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California Palo Alto, CA] and his interests and outlooks are heavily influenced by his upbringing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley Silicon Valley's] technoculture. He double-majored in math and biology at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University] (class of 2009). His undergraduate research in computational neuroscience engendered interest in the area that is now his current research program. He also worked with [http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~gbowker/ Geoffrey Bowker] (who was, at the time, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University]) to characterize the work practices of scholar communities that study complex systems (e.g. networks of ecologists that study various facets of the same ecosystem) and explain them in the context of the historical trajectory of scientific understanding of the systems under study. This work led to the development of the following framework (which will be appreciated by but unsurprising to this page's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI]-affiliated readers) for understanding the work practices in complex-system-centered scholarly communities: the increasing temporal resolution of data is encouraging a shift in the science of these systems from the (well-plowed) study of system processes to the explanation of salient events (e.g. shifts in the stable states of the composition of a local ocean bacteria population; large storms). Victor's current &quot;applied philosophy&quot; interest is the connections between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism Constructivism] epistemology and creativity theory, and the philosophies of complexity and interdisciplinarity.</div>

Victorqz https://wiki.santafe.edu/index.php?title=Victor_Quintanar-Zilinskas&diff=39109 2011-03-11T09:34:09Z

<p>Victorqz: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:V Quintanar Z.jpg|Victor]]<br /> <br /> '''Victor Quintanar-Zilinskas''' is a graduate student at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Irvine University of California, Irvine]. His current research focus is the emergence of system-level information processing properties of many-neuron (on the order of 1000's) networks. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> He was raised in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California Palo Alto, CA] and his interests and outlooks are heavily influenced by his upbringing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley Silicon Valley's] technoculture. He double-majored in math and biology at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University] (class of 2009). His undergraduate research in computational neuroscience engendered interest in the area that is now his current research program. He also worked with [http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~gbowker/ Geoffrey Bowker] (who was, at the time, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University]) to characterize the work practices of scholar communities that study complex systems (e.g. networks of ecologists that study various facets of the same ecosystem) and explain them in the context of the historical trajectory of scientific understanding of the systems under study. This work led to the development of the following framework (which will be appreciated by but unsurprising to this page's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI]-affiliated readers) for understanding the work practices in complex-system-centered scholarly communities: the increasing temporal resolution of data is encouraging a shift in the science of these systems from the (well-plowed) study of system processes to the explanation of salient events (e.g. shifts in the stable states of the composition of a local ocean bacteria population; large storms). Victor's current &quot;applied philosophy&quot; interest is the connections between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism Constructivism] epistemology and creativity theory, and the philosophies of complexity and interdisciplinarity.</div>

Victorqz https://wiki.santafe.edu/index.php?title=Victor_Quintanar-Zilinskas&diff=39108 2011-03-11T09:32:43Z

<p>Victorqz: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:V Quintanar Z.jpg|Right|Victor]]<br /> <br /> '''Victor Quintanar-Zilinskas''' is a graduate student at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Irvine University of California, Irvine]. His current research focus is the emergence of interesting information processing outcomes from many-neuron (on the order of 1000's) networks. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> He was raised in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California Palo Alto, CA] and his interests and outlooks are heavily influenced by his upbringing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley Silicon Valley's] technoculture. He double-majored in math and biology at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University] (class of 2009). His undergraduate research in computational neuroscience engendered interest in the area that is now his current research program. He also worked with [http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~gbowker/ Geoffrey Bowker] (who was, at the time, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University]) to characterize the work practices of scholar communities that study complex systems (e.g. networks of ecologists that study various facets of the same ecosystem) and explain them in the context of the historical trajectory of scientific understanding of the systems under study. This work led to the development of the following framework (which will be appreciated by but unsurprising to this page's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI]-affiliated readers) for understanding the work practices in complex-system-centered scholarly communities: the increasing temporal resolution of data is encouraging a shift in the science of these systems from the (well-plowed) study of system processes to the explanation of salient events (e.g. shifts in the stable states of the composition of a local ocean bacteria population; large storms). Victor's current &quot;applied philosophy&quot; interest is the connections between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism Constructivism] epistemology and creativity theory, and the philosophies of complexity and interdisciplinarity.</div>

Victorqz https://wiki.santafe.edu/index.php?title=Victor_Quintanar-Zilinskas&diff=39107 2011-03-11T09:32:20Z

<p>Victorqz: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:V Quintanar Z.jpg|Right|Victor]]<br /> '''Victor Quintanar-Zilinskas''' is a graduate student at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Irvine University of California, Irvine]. His current research focus is the emergence of interesting information processing outcomes from many-neuron (on the order of 1000's) networks. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> He was raised in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California Palo Alto, CA] and his interests and outlooks are heavily influenced by his upbringing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley Silicon Valley's] technoculture. He double-majored in math and biology at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University] (class of 2009). His undergraduate research in computational neuroscience engendered interest in the area that is now his current research program. He also worked with [http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~gbowker/ Geoffrey Bowker] (who was, at the time, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University]) to characterize the work practices of scholar communities that study complex systems (e.g. networks of ecologists that study various facets of the same ecosystem) and explain them in the context of the historical trajectory of scientific understanding of the systems under study. This work led to the development of the following framework (which will be appreciated by but unsurprising to this page's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI]-affiliated readers) for understanding the work practices in complex-system-centered scholarly communities: the increasing temporal resolution of data is encouraging a shift in the science of these systems from the (well-plowed) study of system processes to the explanation of salient events (e.g. shifts in the stable states of the composition of a local ocean bacteria population; large storms). Victor's current &quot;applied philosophy&quot; interest is the connections between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism Constructivism] epistemology and creativity theory, and the philosophies of complexity and interdisciplinarity.</div>

Victorqz https://wiki.santafe.edu/index.php?title=Victor_Quintanar-Zilinskas&diff=39106 2011-03-11T09:31:57Z

<p>Victorqz: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:V Quintanar Z.jpg|Victor]]<br /> '''Victor Quintanar-Zilinskas''' is a graduate student at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Irvine University of California, Irvine]. His current research focus is the emergence of interesting information processing outcomes from many-neuron (on the order of 1000's) networks. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> He was raised in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California Palo Alto, CA] and his interests and outlooks are heavily influenced by his upbringing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley Silicon Valley's] technoculture. He double-majored in math and biology at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University] (class of 2009). His undergraduate research in computational neuroscience engendered interest in the area that is now his current research program. He also worked with [http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~gbowker/ Geoffrey Bowker] (who was, at the time, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University]) to characterize the work practices of scholar communities that study complex systems (e.g. networks of ecologists that study various facets of the same ecosystem) and explain them in the context of the historical trajectory of scientific understanding of the systems under study. This work led to the development of the following framework (which will be appreciated by but unsurprising to this page's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI]-affiliated readers) for understanding the work practices in complex-system-centered scholarly communities: the increasing temporal resolution of data is encouraging a shift in the science of these systems from the (well-plowed) study of system processes to the explanation of salient events (e.g. shifts in the stable states of the composition of a local ocean bacteria population; large storms). Victor's current &quot;applied philosophy&quot; interest is the connections between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism Constructivism] epistemology and creativity theory, and the philosophies of complexity and interdisciplinarity.</div>

Victorqz https://wiki.santafe.edu/index.php?title=Victor_Quintanar-Zilinskas&diff=39105 2011-03-11T09:31:40Z

<p>Victorqz: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:V Quintanar Z.jpg|thumb|Victor]]<br /> '''Victor Quintanar-Zilinskas''' is a graduate student at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Irvine University of California, Irvine]. His current research focus is the emergence of interesting information processing outcomes from many-neuron (on the order of 1000's) networks. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> He was raised in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California Palo Alto, CA] and his interests and outlooks are heavily influenced by his upbringing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley Silicon Valley's] technoculture. He double-majored in math and biology at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University] (class of 2009). His undergraduate research in computational neuroscience engendered interest in the area that is now his current research program. He also worked with [http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~gbowker/ Geoffrey Bowker] (who was, at the time, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University]) to characterize the work practices of scholar communities that study complex systems (e.g. networks of ecologists that study various facets of the same ecosystem) and explain them in the context of the historical trajectory of scientific understanding of the systems under study. This work led to the development of the following framework (which will be appreciated by but unsurprising to this page's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI]-affiliated readers) for understanding the work practices in complex-system-centered scholarly communities: the increasing temporal resolution of data is encouraging a shift in the science of these systems from the (well-plowed) study of system processes to the explanation of salient events (e.g. shifts in the stable states of the composition of a local ocean bacteria population; large storms). Victor's current &quot;applied philosophy&quot; interest is the connections between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism Constructivism] epistemology and creativity theory, and the philosophies of complexity and interdisciplinarity.</div>

Victorqz https://wiki.santafe.edu/index.php?title=Victor_Quintanar-Zilinskas&diff=39104 2011-03-11T09:31:31Z

<p>Victorqz: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:V Quintanar Z.jpg/thumb|Victor]]<br /> '''Victor Quintanar-Zilinskas''' is a graduate student at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Irvine University of California, Irvine]. His current research focus is the emergence of interesting information processing outcomes from many-neuron (on the order of 1000's) networks. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> He was raised in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California Palo Alto, CA] and his interests and outlooks are heavily influenced by his upbringing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley Silicon Valley's] technoculture. He double-majored in math and biology at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University] (class of 2009). His undergraduate research in computational neuroscience engendered interest in the area that is now his current research program. He also worked with [http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~gbowker/ Geoffrey Bowker] (who was, at the time, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University]) to characterize the work practices of scholar communities that study complex systems (e.g. networks of ecologists that study various facets of the same ecosystem) and explain them in the context of the historical trajectory of scientific understanding of the systems under study. This work led to the development of the following framework (which will be appreciated by but unsurprising to this page's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI]-affiliated readers) for understanding the work practices in complex-system-centered scholarly communities: the increasing temporal resolution of data is encouraging a shift in the science of these systems from the (well-plowed) study of system processes to the explanation of salient events (e.g. shifts in the stable states of the composition of a local ocean bacteria population; large storms). Victor's current &quot;applied philosophy&quot; interest is the connections between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism Constructivism] epistemology and creativity theory, and the philosophies of complexity and interdisciplinarity.</div>

Victorqz https://wiki.santafe.edu/index.php?title=Victor_Quintanar-Zilinskas&diff=39103 2011-03-11T09:31:13Z

<p>Victorqz: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:V Quintanar Z.jpg|Victor]]<br /> '''Victor Quintanar-Zilinskas''' is a graduate student at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Irvine University of California, Irvine]. His current research focus is the emergence of interesting information processing outcomes from many-neuron (on the order of 1000's) networks. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> He was raised in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California Palo Alto, CA] and his interests and outlooks are heavily influenced by his upbringing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley Silicon Valley's] technoculture. He double-majored in math and biology at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University] (class of 2009). His undergraduate research in computational neuroscience engendered interest in the area that is now his current research program. He also worked with [http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~gbowker/ Geoffrey Bowker] (who was, at the time, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University]) to characterize the work practices of scholar communities that study complex systems (e.g. networks of ecologists that study various facets of the same ecosystem) and explain them in the context of the historical trajectory of scientific understanding of the systems under study. This work led to the development of the following framework (which will be appreciated by but unsurprising to this page's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI]-affiliated readers) for understanding the work practices in complex-system-centered scholarly communities: the increasing temporal resolution of data is encouraging a shift in the science of these systems from the (well-plowed) study of system processes to the explanation of salient events (e.g. shifts in the stable states of the composition of a local ocean bacteria population; large storms). Victor's current &quot;applied philosophy&quot; interest is the connections between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism Constructivism] epistemology and creativity theory, and the philosophies of complexity and interdisciplinarity.</div>

Victorqz https://wiki.santafe.edu/index.php?title=Victor_Quintanar-Zilinskas&diff=39102 2011-03-11T09:29:24Z

<p>Victorqz: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:V Quintanar Z.jpg|thumb|V]]<br /> '''Victor Quintanar-Zilinskas''' is a graduate student at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Irvine University of California, Irvine]. His current research focus is the emergence of interesting information processing outcomes from many-neuron (on the order of 1000's) networks. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> He was raised in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California Palo Alto, CA] and his interests and outlooks are heavily influenced by his upbringing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley Silicon Valley's] technoculture. He double-majored in math and biology at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University] (class of 2009). His undergraduate research in computational neuroscience engendered interest in the area that is now his current research program. He also worked with [http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~gbowker/ Geoffrey Bowker] (who was, at the time, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University]) to characterize the work practices of scholar communities that study complex systems (e.g. networks of ecologists that study various facets of the same ecosystem) and explain them in the context of the historical trajectory of scientific understanding of the systems under study. This work led to the development of the following framework (which will be appreciated by but unsurprising to this page's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI]-affiliated readers) for understanding the work practices in complex-system-centered scholarly communities: the increasing temporal resolution of data is encouraging a shift in the science of these systems from the (well-plowed) study of system processes to the explanation of salient events (e.g. shifts in the stable states of the composition of a local ocean bacteria population; large storms). Victor's current &quot;applied philosophy&quot; interest is the connections between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism Constructivism] epistemology and creativity theory, and the philosophies of complexity and interdisciplinarity.</div>

Victorqz https://wiki.santafe.edu/index.php?title=File:V_Quintanar_Z.jpg&diff=39101 2011-03-11T09:27:56Z

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Victorqz https://wiki.santafe.edu/index.php?title=Victor_Quintanar-Zilinskas&diff=39100 2011-03-11T08:52:32Z

<p>Victorqz: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Victor Quintanar-Zilinskas''' is a graduate student at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Irvine University of California, Irvine]. His current research focus is the emergence of interesting information processing outcomes from many-neuron (on the order of 1000's) networks. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> He was raised in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California Palo Alto, CA] and his interests and outlooks are heavily influenced by his upbringing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley Silicon Valley's] technoculture. He double-majored in math and biology at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University] (class of 2009). His undergraduate research in computational neuroscience engendered interest in the area that is now his current research program. He also worked with [http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~gbowker/ Geoffrey Bowker] (who was, at the time, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University]) to characterize the work practices of scholar communities that study complex systems (e.g. networks of ecologists that study various facets of the same ecosystem) and explain them in the context of the historical trajectory of scientific understanding of the systems under study. This work led to the development of the following framework (which will be appreciated by but unsurprising to this page's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute SFI]-affiliated readers) for understanding the work practices in complex-system-centered scholarly communities: the increasing temporal resolution of data is encouraging a shift in the science of these systems from the (well-plowed) study of system processes to the explanation of salient events (e.g. shifts in the stable states of the composition of a local ocean bacteria population; large storms). Victor's current &quot;applied philosophy&quot; interest is the connections between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism Constructivism] epistemology and creativity theory, and the philosophies of complexity and interdisciplinarity.</div>

Victorqz https://wiki.santafe.edu/index.php?title=Victor_Quintanar-Zilinskas&diff=39099 2011-03-11T08:16:06Z

<p>Victorqz: Created page with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;Victor Quintanar-Zilinskas&#039;&#039;&#039; is a graduate student at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Irvine University of California, Irvine]. He was raised in …&#039;</p> <hr /> <div>'''Victor Quintanar-Zilinskas''' is a graduate student at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Irvine University of California, Irvine].<br /> <br /> He was raised in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California Palo Alto, CA] and his interests and outlooks are heavily influenced by his upbringing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley Silicon Valley's] technoculture. He double-majored in math and biology at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University] (class of 2009). His undergraduate research in computational neuroscience engendered interest in the area that is now his current research program. He also worked with [http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~gbowker/ Geoffrey Bowker](who was, at the time, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University Santa Clara University]), the product of their work being a characterization of the work practices of scholar communities that study complex systems (e.g. networks of ecologists that study various facets of the same ecosystem)</div>

Victorqz https://wiki.santafe.edu/index.php?title=Complex_Systems_Summer_School_2011-Participants&diff=39098 2011-03-11T08:00:23Z

<p>Victorqz: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Complex Systems Summer School 2011}}<br /> <br /> [http://tuvalu.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php?title=Victor_Quintanar-Zilinskas&amp;action=submit Victor Quintanar-Zilinskas]<br /> <br /> &lt;Continue list of students here&gt;</div>

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