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'''Proposed Format'''
'''Proposed Format'''
* This is proposed as a mix of discussion, tutorials and demonstrations.
* This is proposed as a mix of discussion, tutorials and demonstrations.
* Maybe this will grow into a project.  
* Maybe this will grow into a project.


'''Candiate Topics for Discusion'''
'''Candiate Topics for Discusion'''

Revision as of 17:17, 6 June 2007

Proposed Format

  • This is proposed as a mix of discussion, tutorials and demonstrations.
  • Maybe this will grow into a project.


Candiate Topics for Discusion

  • How to express complexity to people who are not adept at some of the tools we are using in the CSSS program - differential equations, MatLab, the vocabulary of complexity and chaos, etc.
  • How to express complexity in the tools of everyday business and government workers - PowerPoint, Excel, etc.
  • How to engage effectively with skilled professionals (engineers, economists, accounting/finance, ...) in their vocabulary
  • Are their extensions to existing, relatively widely used, modeling tools such as flow charts, data flow diagrams, UML models, etc. that can properly express complex systems?
  • How to we convey the key research topics worthy of pursuit to the research sponsors and similar stakeholders?


Participants

  • Brian Lawler - Proposed this topic. Lots of experience engaging multi-disciplinary (tech and non-tech) stakeholders, adept at UML/DFDs/etc.