Sentence examples for complexity scientists from inspiring English sources

Like a villain traveling incognito, the elusive germ that causes Lyme disease can disguise itself and evade vaccines by changing the chemistry of its outer coat with surprising complexity, scientists have found.

Which is a problem, Dr. Pollack explained, because without a quantitative definition of complexity, scientists have no objective way to evaluate the intelligence of a new robot or a computer program or of the process that created them.

So they brought in some complexity scientists, who said, "Well, you know, an ant colony is a good model for this, because they have to deal with complexity in their environment and they've evolved some behaviours that we have been able to translate into algorithms" – in other words mathematical instructions.

Such teams must involve (at least) Building Physicists, Engineers, Economists, Epidemiologists, Statisticians, Behavioural Scientists, Complexity Scientists and Policy Makers.

Founded by complexity scientist Eric Bonabeau, Icosystem is a Boston-based consulting firm with about 25 people, about $4 million in revenues, and is nicely profitable.

If we do that, the ball falls into our hands," says complexity scientist and study co-author Dirk Helbing of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.

"Showing how simple local rules and mechanisms on an individual level can lead to patterns on a crowd level greatly helps disentangle cause and effect," says complexity scientist Anders Johansson of University College London, who has previously collaborated with the team but wasn't involved with the work.

Since reality is complex, scientists often engage in a quest for models that increase in complexity at an astonishing rate, sometimes at the expense of clarity.

Unlike the Santa Fe Institute and other centers that study complexity, ICAM scientists tend to shun computer models and the jargon of complex systems.

The current scientific data deluge, in which datasets grow faster in size and complexity than scientists can keep up with, defines several new challenges for information systems.

The finding, presented here this week at the 10th International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, highlights the complexities facing scientists involved in biological control, which aims to fight weeds and pests by unleashing their natural enemies.