[seminar] SEMINAR ZIMO

[Sonja Nikolić]

Poštovani,

šaljem Poziv na vrlo interesantno predavanje Profesora William Seitz-a
koje ce se održati u petak, 9. rujna u 14 sati na Institutu Rugjer
Bošković u Dvorani I krila.


                         Institut Ruđer Bošković
                    ZAVOD ZA ISTRAŽIVANJE MORA I OKOLIŠA

                    poziva Vas na znanstveni kolokvij
                    petak, 9. rujna 2016. u 14h sati
           Dvorana IRB u Ivan Supek krilo, Bijenička 54, Zagreb


                              Die Mischung Macht’s!

                            Prof. Dr. William Seitz
                         Department of Marine Sciences
                       Texas A&M University at Galveston

Abstract

We begin with a formal definition of mixing in statistics.  While
known since 1974, this concept has been largely ignored in science.
Our new study of mixing has revealed a beautiful relationship between
incomparability and entropy.  In a manner similar to the relationship
between entropy and disorder, we believe that incomparability is
related to complexity. Seitz and Kirwan have plotted incomparability
vs. entropy as shown below.

We will discuss how these results led to the association of complexity
with incomparability.  I will briefly discuss some ongoing work at
Ruđer Bošković Institute with Drs. Krunoslav Brčić-Kostić and Petar
Mitrikeski. Then I will review some qualitative examples.  The talk is
intended for a general audience of scientists (and maybe artists).

                                      * * *
Prof.Dr. William Seitz, CV

Dr. William Seitz was born in 1948 in Waltham, Massachusetts.  He
attended Rice University in Houston, Texas where he graduated Magna
Cum Laude with a BA in Chemical-Physics.  While at Rice he was elected
to Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Lambda Upsilon, and Sigma Pi Sigma academic
honor societies.  He was also awarded a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship.

Dr. Seitz returned to Rice as a postdoctoral fellow working with Dr.
Huey Huang and Dr. Fred Wall in biophysics and polymer science
respectively and then served for a year on the Rice faculty as a
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry.  In 1977, Dr. Seitz moved
to Texas A&M University at Galveston (TAMUG) where he has remained
ever since.  In 1988 Dr. Seitz was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship and
spent a summer at the Rudger-Boskovic Institute in Zagrab, Croatia
(then Yugoslavia).  He attended and helped organize an important
international school and conference in Dubrovnik that continues today.
In 1988, Dr. Seitz was named Dean of the Moody College of Marine
Technology where he oversaw a major expansion of research faculty at
the campus.  He also (at the same time) began the formal continuing
education program at TAMUG. He used the Center for Marine Training and
Safety as a mechanism to develop maritime training programs for
industry taught by TAMUG faculty and others.  He was also Interim
Associate Campus Dean for Research from 1993-1995.
In 1996, Dr. Seitz took a faculty development leave and joined the
Heinz Center for Science, Economics and the Environment in Washington,
DC as a Senior Fellow.  At the center he developed the computational
support center and was significantly involved with a major federally
supported study of the effects of erosion on FEMA’s flood insurance
program.
After returning from Washington in 1998, Dr. Seitz continued his
research program which has resulted in over 90 publications in
refereed journals.  In 2000, he was asked to serve as Interim Head of
the General Academics Department.  In 2002, he again became Head of
the Marine Sciences Department.
In 2006, he was named a Regents Professor of Texas A&M University
System.  He also began a new administrative appointment as the
Associate Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies.
He next served as Executive Vice President and Associate Provost
before returning to the faculty in 2012.  His current interests are in
complexity theory and entropy.

                                * * *

Predavanje je namijenjeno svim znanstvenicima, jer će obraditi top
područje o komplesknim sustavima u interdisciplinarnim i
multidisciplinarnim znanostima. Danas se više ne može istraživati samo
u jednom prodručju, a pojavom kompjutorskog modeliranja javljaju se i
mogućnosti za rješavanje problema u kompleksnim sustavima ili barem
imamo takav osjećaj.

Komentar Sonje Nikolić da potakne i one neodlučne da dodju na
predavanje i kreativno diskutiraju
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