Complexity & Creativity


      Kawandeep Virdee
If we study the way
things interact,
we can design a
better world
Oxford CABDyN
                        Complexity Centre           PSU Systems Science
                                                    Department
    UMD Institute for
    Systems Research
                                            NE Center for
           MIT Center for                   Complex Network
           Collective Intelligence          Research


  Many people believe this
University of Michigan Center                 Santa Fe Institute
for the Study of Complex
Systems
                                                    Center for Complex
                 New England Complex                Systems Research. Univ.
                                                    Illinois at Urbana-
                 Systems Institute                  Champaign
Ideas

Projects

Things we can do
together
complexity

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complexity
adaptation
interaction
emergence
On a day to day basis, many of
our actions are the same
On a day to day basis, many of
our actions are the same
Word Preference
Where we go
We function in cycles and routine
On a day to day basis, many of
our actions are the same
Word Preference
Where we go
We function in cycles and routine

We are beings of pattern
how can we design
interaction
to have beneficial
emergence
Nature's Design Tips

abundant and
explorative (playful)

bottom-up (evolution)
Ideas

Projects

Things we can do
together
PDX I Love You



cover this city in hearts
We could put the hearts up
around the city ourselves
Or we could inspire people
and provide the materials
HEXAGON




Non-hierarchal collaborative
   music performance
playing with emergence
 Scripts: loose rules on what
 or how to play

 Emergence: resulting
 performance following the
 scripts and playing off each
 other
Ideas

Projects

Things we can do
together
Share Ideas & Projects
Creation from “growing”
Designing for collaboration
Making and playing games

Creative Social Projects
Collaborate over the web
Play with these concepts
What I can offer
I will be researching at NECSI in
Boston – intellectual hub

Agent Modeling of Social Systems

Artistic, Musical, and Mathematical
expertise
Thanks
Looking forward to
connect
@kawantum

www.whichlight.com
whichlight@gmail.com

Complexity and Creativity