Category Archives: Mathematics

Artificial? Intelligence?

Posted on January 2, 2023 by Bernard Markowicz

Welcome to 2023! AI (Artificial Intelligence) is in the news these days in part because of GPT-3. GPT-3 is a natural language processing (NLP) engine coupled with a deep learning model built by the San-Francisco-based OPEN-AI startup company. The GPT-3 … Continue reading →

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How Network Complexity Killed Water Cooler Collaboration

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Bernard Markowicz

Thanks to the ever-increasing complexity levels and scale of today’s networks, casual conversations can no longer be classified as an effective method of information sharing. Continue reading →

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Insight into Brain’s Complexity Revealed Thanks to New Applications of Mathematics

Posted on August 24, 2017 by Bernard Markowicz

The lack of a formal link between neural network structure and its emergent function has hampered our understanding of how the brain processes information. The discovery of a mathematical framework to describe the emergent behaviour of the network in terms of its underlying structure comes one step closer. Continue reading →

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Are we living in a simulated world?

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Bernard Markowicz

That’s right!, there is a debate going on in some scientific and not so scientific circles whether we are living in a simulation, just like Super Mario.  Warning: this post may introduce a bunch of ideas you may have never … Continue reading →

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Systems Engineering Standards to Help Manage Complexity

Posted on August 18, 2015 by Bernard Markowicz

Back in 2009, an IEEE Spectrum article noted that the avionics system of the U.S. F-22 Raptor jet fighter launched in 1995 consists of about 1.7 million lines of software code. Today, premium cars like the Mercedes-Benz S-class depend on … Continue reading →

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Santa Fe Institute Complexity Classes Online Starting Sept 29 2014

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Bernard Markowicz

The Santa Fe Institute is offering three free courses starting on September 29, 2014: Introduction to Complexity is a re-offering of the popular introductory course, taught by Melanie Mitchell, with no prerequisites.   It’s appropriate for anyone with an interest in the field. … Continue reading →

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Visualizing Complexity

Posted on December 25, 2013 by Bernard Markowicz

While commenting on a blog, I came upon the 2CO (COmmunicating COmplexity) Conference held in Alghero – Italy earlier this year.  The conference covers three main topics:  Informative-Animation, Interactive Data Visualization and Info-Graphics.  While I have not yet read the papers that are graciously … Continue reading →

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