Complexity Science Hub Vienna

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Complexity Science Hub Vienna
(CSH)
purpose Complexity research
Chair: Stefan Thurner (President),
Sabine Seidler (Vice President)
Establishment date: 2015
Number of members: 7 institutions
Seat : Palais Strozzi Josefstadt , Vienna
Website: www.csh.ac.at
Strozzi Palace

The Complexity Science Hub Vienna (CSH for short) is an association for scientific research into complex systems based in Vienna. The hub was founded in 2015 by the Technical University of Vienna , the Technical University of Graz , the Medical University of Vienna and the Austrian Institute of Technology . In 2016, the Vienna University of Economics and Business and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg were accepted as additional members, and in October 2018 the University of Krems became the seventh member.

The CSH is embedded in an international network of complexity research centers, including the Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico, the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore , the Arizona State University and the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Amsterdam . Since April 2017 there has also been a partnership with the Central European University in Budapest . The Palais Strozzi has been its seat since May 2016 .

aims

The aim of the Complexity Science Hub Vienna is to bundle, coordinate and advance research into complex systems , systems analysis and big data science in Austrian institutions in order to increase the international visibility of Austrian complexity research. The findings from the analysis of big data should serve the benefit of the general public.

The main focus of research at the CSH is among others

  • Theoretical foundations of complexity research (properties of complex systems; entropy of complex systems; statistical mechanics ; the origin of power laws ; the mathematics of collapse, evolution and co-evolution; path dependency , agent-based models ...)
  • Health and medicine (based on health data calculation of the efficiency and resilience of the health system; personalized medicine; disease prediction and disease prevention )
  • Systemic risk (Why do complex systems such as banking networks collapse? What is the probability of collapse? Can collapse be predicted? How must a complex system be built to remain stable? What characterizes a robust, complex system?)
  • Cities ("Science of Cities") (How can data be used to the advantage of cities, the population, the administration (" Smart City ")? How are cities more sustainable? How is citizen participation increased? Is there a direct connection between city size and city life? )
  • The " Internet of Things " (Does more efficiency in production automatically lead to more vulnerability? How secure is fully digitized production, for example with regard to attacks? How can sensor data be used to answer systemic questions?)
  • "Computational Social Science" (opinion formation in social networks / heterogeneous societies / of women and men. How does conflict arise, how can it be solved? Do men and women network differently?)
  • "Big Data Analytics" ([How much] do we lose our privacy? Are social media a threat to democracy? How can fake news be identified? What do social media say about the sexes? Big data models of society)

Funding and composition

The four founding universities agreed to participate in the amount of 200,000 euros each per year, 40,000 euros each in cash and 160,000 euros each in the form of two career positions for a senior and a junior scientist. The scientists are employed by the respective partner and assigned to the CSH. The BMVIT and the National Foundation for Research and Technology Development contribute further funding . The plan was to expand to 30 positions from the start. This approach was increased to a maximum of 50 scientists in 2016. At the end of 2018, around 20 researchers were working directly at the Complexity Science Hub Vienna.

The CSH is supported by the Association for Scientific Research into Complex Systems .

The president and scientific director of the CSH has been the complexity researcher and scientist of the year Stefan Thurner . The chairman of the international scientific advisory board is Helga Nowotny .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b "Complexity Science Hub Vienna" starts work. , derStandard.at , July 28, 2015.
  2. ↑ Complexity Science Hub Vienna IIASA.
  3. ^ Danube University Krems is a new member of the Complexity Science Hub Vienna. wirtschaftszeit.at, October 25, 2018.
  4. ↑ Complexity Science Hub Vienna Supports CEU. CEU, April 25, 2017.
  5. ↑ a b Networked World: Complexity Science Hub opens in May. BMVIT Infothek, March 19, 2016.
  6. ↑ a b HOME - CSH. Retrieved November 13, 2018 (American English).
  7. ↑ Stefan Thurner, Bernat Corominas-Murtra, Rudolf Hanel: Three faces of entropy for complex systems: Information, thermodynamics, and the maximum entropy principle . In: Physical Review E . tape 96 , no. 3 , September 15, 2017, p. 032124 , doi : 10.1103 / PhysRevE.96.032124 .
  8. ↑ Thurner, Stefan; Hanel, Rudolf; Klimek, Peter: Introduction to the theory of complex systems . 1st ed. Oxford University Press, New York 2018, ISBN 978-0-19-186106-2 .
  9. ^ Sebastian Poledna, Stefan Thurner: Elimination of systemic risk in financial networks by means of a systemic risk transaction tax . In: Quantitative Finance . tape 16 , no. 10 , April 11, 2016, ISSN  1469-7688 , p. 1599–1613 , doi : 10.1080 / 14697688.2016.1156146 .
  10. ↑ David Garcia: Leaking privacy and shadow profiles in online social networks . In: Science Advances . tape 3 , no. 8 , August 1, 2017, ISSN  2375-2548 , p. e1701172 , doi : 10.1126 / sciadv.1701172 , PMID 28798961 , PMC 5544396 (free full text).
  11. ↑ Sebastian Poledna, Abraham Hinteregger, Stefan Thurner: Identifying Systemically Important Companies by Using the Credit Network of an Entire Nation . In: Entropy . tape 20 , no. 10 , October 16, 2018, ISSN  1099-4300 , p. 792 , doi : 10.3390 / e20100792 .
  12. ↑ a b New research center for big data analysis opened. Futurezone , July 28, 2015.
  13. ↑ Ulrike Keller: The Center for Complexity Research “Complexity Science Hub Vienna” (CSH) was officially opened on May 23rd in Vienna. Press release, CHS, May 31, 2015.