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Christopher Watts Member since: Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 11:23 AM Full Member

PhD Warwick Business School, MSc Operational Research, University of Southampton, Post-graduate Diploma in Theology, University of Cambridge, MA / BA (Hons.) Philosophy, University of Cambridge

I am an agent-based simulation modeler and social scientist living near Cambridge, UK.

In recent years, I have developed supply chain models for Durham University (Department of Anthropology), epidemiological models for the Covid-19 pandemic, and agent-based land-use models with Geography PhD students at Cambridge University.

Previously, I spent three years at Ludwig-Maximillians University, Munich, working on Human-Environment Relations and Sustainability, and over two and a half years at Surrey University, working on Innovation with Nigel Gilbert in the Centre for Research in Social Simulation (CRESS). The project at Surrey resulted in a book in 2014, “Simulating Innovation: Computer-based Tools for Rethinking Innovation”. My PhD topic, modeling human agents who energise or de-energise each other in social interactions, drew upon the work of sociologist Randall Collins. My multi-disciplinary background includes degrees in Operational Research (MSc) and Philosophy (BA/MA).

I got hooked on agent-based modeling and complexity science some time around 2000, via the work of Brian Arthur, Stuart Kauffman, Robert Axelrod and Duncan Watts (no relation!).

As an agent-based modeler, I specialize in NetLogo. For data analysis, I use Excel/VBA, and R, and occasionally Python 3, and Octave / MatLab.

My recent interests include:
* conflict and the emergence of dominant groups (in collaboration with S. M. Amadae, University of Helsinki);
* simulating innovation / novelty, context-dependency, and the Frame Problem.

When not working on simulations, I’m probably talking Philosophy with one of the research seminars based in Cambridge. I have a particular interests when these meet my agent-based modeling interests, including:
* Social Epistemology / Collective Intelligence;
* Phenomenology / Frame Problem / Context / Post-Heideggerian A.I.;
* History of Cybernetics & Society.

If you’re based near Cambridge and have an idea for a modeling project, then, for the cost of a coffee / beer, I’m always willing to offer advice.

Astrid Bos Member since: Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 02:39 PM

BSc International Development Studies, MSc Sustainable Development

christofknoeri Member since: Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 11:43 PM

MSc environmental science

andrejd Member since: Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 08:00 AM

MSc

Rohan Fisher Member since: Sun, Feb 01, 2015 at 12:26 PM

BAppSc,MSc

Engi Amin Member since: Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 06:47 AM

MSc. in Computational Social Science, BSc. in Statistics

Romain Mejean Member since: Fri, Sep 09, 2016 at 04:08 PM

MSc

Egil Fischer Member since: Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 08:24 AM

PhD, MSc

Shaheen Abdulkareem Member since: Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 10:44 AM

MSc

Pascal Fust Member since: Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 05:30 AM

MSc Wildlife biology and conservation, BSc Applied engineering

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