Demonstrating what a fast-moving field we work in, I’m once again having to change the schedule for our LEC talks. Sorry! Next Tuesday, Sean will tell us about his trip to Santa Fe:

“What can complex systems science tell us about language evolution?”

Sean Roberts

Abstract: I’ve spent a month at the Santa Fe Institute learning about complex systems. I’ll talk a bit about some of the things I learned about including: Cultural transmission and the singularity, how robustness relates to complexity in language, a non-linear model of cultural evolution and a chaotic cultural transmission model. Basically, this will be showing slides from my holiday at math camp. Bonus round: Why linguistic diversity correlates with number of traffic accidents.

Tuesday 11-12.30, DSB 1.17

For those of you who are doing your MSc at the moment or are just starting your PhD, this trip to Santa Fe is part of an initiative that runs regularly where PhD students get a fully funded trip to the Santa Fe Institute to learn about complexity science for a month. Sean is now the 5th LEC PhD student to attend.

Cheers,
Simon

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