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I'm John Paul Gonzales, SFI Education and Outreach. | I'm John Paul Gonzales, SFI Education and Outreach. | ||
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==Life== | ==Life== | ||
Born and raised in Santa Fe. | Born and raised in Santa Fe, I've been around SFI for the better part of a decade in various capacities. I've primarily worked in education and outreach (now affectionately dubbed the "education unit") in several roles including administrative assistant, programs coordinator, facilitator, curriculum design and development, education program faculty, and coordinator of the Complex Systems Summer School. | ||
Complex Systems Science has been a passion of mine since I first stumbled across the CSSS in 2008. I've been amazed at it's ability to embrace the inherent messiness in so many parts of the world and reduce it down to rather intuitive concepts. I'd like to count myself under adherents of an algorithm-based expression of science rather than a reductionist view. | |||
The research side of my work at the Institute has been with Bela Nagy and Doyne Farmer on the Evolution of Technology project, specifically work on the [http://pcdb.santafe.edu/ Performance Curve DataBase]. I'm also involved with [http://www.projectguts.org Project GUTS], where I disseminate whatever complex systems science and computational research I learn at CSSS here to mid- and high-school school students throughout the state. I'm also a mentor for the [http://www.challenge.nm.org Supercomputing Challenge], a state-wide scientific computational research program that teaches the basics of programing and computer modeling through project-based learning -- with a little bit of competition thrown in for good measure. | |||
Other work/groups I'm involved with include the [http://www.sfcomplex.org Santa Fe Complex], a community arts and sciences outreach organization. | Other work/groups I'm involved with include the [http://www.sfcomplex.org Santa Fe Complex], a community arts and sciences outreach organization. | ||
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In my free time, I work the land on my family's farm (10 generations!) on the outskirts of Santa Fe in the small village of La Cienega. I'm interested and active in land use and water use issues within my community, where we seek to preserve the rural integrity and viability of our historic water systems and traditional way of life. I've been a board member of the La Cienega Valley Association. | In my free time, I work the land on my family's farm (10 generations!) on the outskirts of Santa Fe in the small village of La Cienega. I'm interested and active in land use and water use issues within my community, where we seek to preserve the rural integrity and viability of our historic water systems and traditional way of life. I've been a board member of the La Cienega Valley Association. | ||
Other hobbies include automobiles, good food, travel, synchronized human motion, and interesting patterns of lights. | |||
I can be reached at my first two initials (JP) at-- santafe -dot- edu | I can be reached at my first two initials (JP) at-- santafe -dot- edu | ||
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I'm John Paul Gonzales, SFI Education and Outreach.
Life
Born and raised in Santa Fe, I've been around SFI for the better part of a decade in various capacities. I've primarily worked in education and outreach (now affectionately dubbed the "education unit") in several roles including administrative assistant, programs coordinator, facilitator, curriculum design and development, education program faculty, and coordinator of the Complex Systems Summer School.
Complex Systems Science has been a passion of mine since I first stumbled across the CSSS in 2008. I've been amazed at it's ability to embrace the inherent messiness in so many parts of the world and reduce it down to rather intuitive concepts. I'd like to count myself under adherents of an algorithm-based expression of science rather than a reductionist view.
The research side of my work at the Institute has been with Bela Nagy and Doyne Farmer on the Evolution of Technology project, specifically work on the Performance Curve DataBase. I'm also involved with Project GUTS, where I disseminate whatever complex systems science and computational research I learn at CSSS here to mid- and high-school school students throughout the state. I'm also a mentor for the Supercomputing Challenge, a state-wide scientific computational research program that teaches the basics of programing and computer modeling through project-based learning -- with a little bit of competition thrown in for good measure.
Other work/groups I'm involved with include the Santa Fe Complex, a community arts and sciences outreach organization.
In my free time, I work the land on my family's farm (10 generations!) on the outskirts of Santa Fe in the small village of La Cienega. I'm interested and active in land use and water use issues within my community, where we seek to preserve the rural integrity and viability of our historic water systems and traditional way of life. I've been a board member of the La Cienega Valley Association.
Other hobbies include automobiles, good food, travel, synchronized human motion, and interesting patterns of lights.
I can be reached at my first two initials (JP) at-- santafe -dot- edu
Tour Guide
Feel free to ask me if you have questions about food and dining, after-hours events or other things to do in the Santa Fe and greater New Mexico region. I love playing tour guide and introducing visitors to Santa Fe and parts surrounding.
Answers to Questions
1. My interests are pretty broad, and include everything studied at SFI.
2. My primary competency is agent based modeling, especially in NetLogo and the related languages. I'm experienced in using the integrated GIS functionality of NetLogo to construct agent-based models on real world data, and I know the ins and outs of USGS Seamless dataservers for pulling in most everything relating to geography, demographics and physical infrastructure that is available through U.S. government surveys. I'm also fairly competent in GlobalMapper and ArcGIS for manipulating GIS information.
I've also been around SFI for a while, so I'm pretty well up to speed on current (~5 years) work that is going on here.
3. My main goal is to sit in the back of the classroom during lecture (when I have the time) and learn as much about every subject I possibly can.
4. I'm very interested in exploring economic network models, specifically dynamic Foodweb-type models for economic activity. Also, I've got a great interest in local and traditional agriculture and economies, and have several datasets (as well as some work from previous years) to explore.
If anyone wants to look into a "Complexity of Law" project with me I think it would be interesting.