Does the system lie to itself? The Theory of Complex Systems
Guest speaker: Professor Simon Reay Atkinson
Simon Reay Atkinson works at the intersection of complex systems research and applied practice. He is an Adjunct Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Sydney’s Centre for International Security Studies, a Captain in the Royal Australian Navy Reserves where he serves as Principal Researcher, and a Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology.
His PhD from the University of Cambridge examined adaptation and fitness in complex adaptive systems across cyber, political, security, and economic domains. This work built on an earlier Master of Philosophy, also from University of Cambridge in International Relations, Law and Economics, and an earlier undergraduate degree in engineering. He has described his approach as bringing engineering and social science lenses together, with an emphasis on the practical re-use of research.
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