David,

Many thanks! Sounds like a good place to start...
Was looking up their pages- they seem to have 3 separate PhD tracks - Core,
Interdisciplinary, and Departmental (focusing on just one department)- which
make it sound quite interesting...Good to know of Melanie Mitchell's
involvement as well...

Thanks again!
Cheers,
Siddharth

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 10:35 AM, David Mirly <[email protected]> wrote:

> Siddharth,
>
> You might want to take a look at Portland State's Systems Science program.
>
> http://www.pdx.edu/sysc/
>
> It might have the multi-disciplinary angle you are wanting.
>
> There was mention of Melanie Mitchell's Complexity book on a previous
> post...She is a professor at PSU in the computer science department.  She is
> involved with the systems science program via this computer science link.
>  Though I believe she is going on sabbatical for a year.
>
>
> On Mar 22, 2010, at 4:22 PM, siddharth wrote:
>
> *Vladimir* -
> (lurking does perhaps help in today's date, atleast only for those not
> located in the proximity of such location-specific lists? and ofcourse, its
> also a default position when your interests cut across numerous domains- and
> hence lists!)
> you're right about the language issue - even a basic word in the complexity
> debate- eg. 'modeling'- is interpreted/understood slightly differently in
> architecture..its easier when they mean things totally different, like your
> example- its really tricky when they mean things almost the same, yet not -
> these micro-shifts in meaning make things, well, complex-er!
> thanks!
>
>
> *All* -
> still waiting for some advice, if there exists some magical place that
> allows non-traditional paths to learning/immersing into studies of
> complexity, and then feeding that back into other disciplines...via a
> Masters/PhD...(after all the claims of complexity being inherently
> trans/multi-disciplinary, its a bit disheartening to know the doors arent
> totally open to alternate backgrounds...!)
>
> (hm, Owen- perhaps that could be my first wish!
> a Friam resource page for courses/labs/schools, and a list of
> interdisciplinary global 'research projects' for those interested, from the
> list, to collaborate/participate - the many pathways to complexity...!)
> oh wait, that's 2 wishes.. :-)
>
>
> cheers,
> siddharth
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