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The Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO) incubates innovative collaborations that leverage complexity, networks, and data science.
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"Symbiogenesis, Computational Parallelism, and Complexity in Evolution". This Wed, NICO is honored to host @blaiseaguera.bsky.social from Google for our final talk of the fall quarter! Join us in Chambers Hall or online via Zoom. #AI #ComplexSystems

🗓️ Wed 11/12 at 12pm US Central
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An event flyer for Wednesdays@NICO on 11/12/25 featuring Blaise Agüera y Arcas of Google. "Symbiogenesis, Computational Parallelism, and Complexity in Evolution"
November 11, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Scientific revolutions have revealed a world of uncertainty, emergence, and interconnection. This Wed, NICO is honored to host Julio M. Ottino to discuss: "The Complexity Revolution: How Scientific Breakthroughs Reshaped Reality and Our Place Within It".

🗓️ Wed 11/05 at 12pm CST
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An event flyer for Wednesdays@NICO on 11/5/26 featuring Julio M. Ottino of Northwestern University.
November 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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#AI is often framed as a story of replacement, but AI can help make our work more relational, effective, and deeply human. This Wed, NICO is thrilled to host Elizabeth Gerber to discuss "Human–AI Systems That Amplify Human Connection at Work".

🗓️ Wed 10/29 at 12pm US Central
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A flyer for Wednesdays@NICO on 10/29/25 featuring Elizabeth Gerber of Northwestern University.
October 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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It’s notoriously difficulty to evaluate interfaces intended to support creative work. This Wednesday, NICO is thrilled to host @maxkreminski.bsky.social from Midjourney to discuss: "Tracing and Shaping Paths in Design Space". #WedatNICO #AI

🗓️ Wed 10/22 at 12pm US Central
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A speaker flyer for Wednesdays@NICO on 10/22/25 featuring Max Kreminski of Midjourney.
October 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Unconventional uses of data can stimulate creativity and innovation. This Wednesday, NICO is excited to host @patpark.bsky.social from Carnegie Mellon University to discuss: "Back to ‘Data' Science in the Age of AI". #datascience #ai

🗓️ Wed 10/15 at 12pm US Central
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A speaker flyer for Wednesdays@NICO on 10/15/25 featuring Patrick Park of Carnegie Mellon University.
October 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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People handle the everyday physical world with remarkable ease, but how do we do it? This Wednesday, NICO is thrilled to host @tomerullman.bsky.social, to discuss: "Good Enough: Approximations in Mental Simulation and Intuitive Physics".

🗓️ Wed 10/8 at 12pm US Central
🔗 bit.ly/WedatNICO
An event flyer for the Wednesdays@NICO Seminar Series, on October 8, 2025, featuring Tomer Ullman of Harvard University.
October 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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TONIGHT: We are kicking off our fall #DataScience Nights schedule with a meet and greet for all interested. Students and researchers of all levels are welcome!

📅 9/25 at 5:30pm, Chambers Hall, Evanston
🔗 bit.ly/nico-dsn
A flyer for Data Science Nights, Fall Kick Off Meeting, on Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 5:30pm.
September 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Announcing our fall seminar speakers! Starting September 24th, with talks by leading researchers from Northwestern, Harvard, Carnegie Mellon University, Midjourney, and Google.

Join us each Wednesday at 12pm US Central: bit.ly/WedatNICO

#WedatNICO #ComplexSystems #DataScience #AI
An event flyer for Wednesday @ NICO Fall 2025 seminars, September 24 to November 12, featuring talks by by Emma Alexander, Sébastien Martin, Tomer Ullman, Patrick Park, Max Kreminski, Elizabeth Gerber, Julio Ottino, and Blaise Agüera y Arcas.
September 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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This Thursday! Join us at NICO for the final Data Science Night of the spring term. This month, we are hosting Reese Richardson of the Amaral Lab to discuss how #DataScience can help us understand the academic black market. bit.ly/nico-dsn
A flyer for Data Science Nights on Thursday, May 29, 2025 featuring Reese Richardson of the Amaral Lab.
May 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Living systems exhibit surprising and beautiful self-organization at all scales. This Wed, @rosemarybraun.bsky.social discusses research that bridges the cellular and tissue/organism scales, presenting challenges and opportunities for the future.

🗓️ Wed 5/21 at 12pm US Central
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An event flyer for a Wednesdays@NICO talk on 5/21/25 featuring Rosemary Braun of Northwestern University.
May 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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This Wednesday, NICO is thrilled to once again host Lightning Talks! This term we are lucky to have three amazing researchers from NICO, Kellogg, and McCormick Engineering. Join us at noon in Chambers Hall or online via Zoom.

🗓️ Wed 5/14 at 12pm US Central
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Wednesdays@NICO flyer for 5/14/25 featuring three Lightning Talk speakers: Yessica Herrera, Aakriti Kumar, and Tingyu "Mark" Zhao.
May 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Today! NICO is thrilled to host @dgomezara.bsky.social from the University of Notre Dame (and a @sonic-nu.bsky.social alumnus), to discuss how female-Led teams drive breakthrough ideas in science. Join us in the Kellogg Global Hub or online via Zoom.

🗓️ Wed 5/7 at 12pm US Central
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Wednesdays@NICO flyer for 5/7/25 featuring Diego Gómez-Zará of the University of Notre Dame.
May 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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This Wednesday! NICO is excited to host @nikiwoitowich.bsky.social from @nucatsinstitute.bsky.social to explore the biomedical research enterprise from a science of science perspective. Join us in person in Chambers Hall or online via Zoom.

🗓️ Wed 4/30 at 12pm US Central
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Wednesdays at NICO flyer for 4/30/25 with Nicole Woitowich of the Feinberg School of Medicine.
April 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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This Wednesday, NICO is thrilled to host David Lazer (@davidlazer.bsky.social) from Northeastern University to discuss the emergent and sometimes paradoxical logic of the internet news ecosystem. Join us in person in Chambers Hall or online via Zoom.

🗓️ Wed 4/23 at 12pm US Central
🔗 bit.ly/WedatNICO
An event flyer for a Wednesdays@NICO talk on 4/23/25 featuring David Lazer of Northeastern University.
April 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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First research talk of the spring quarter! This Wednesday, NICO is excited to host Sourav Medya from UIC, to explore how #AI can be harnessed to enhance the patent process. Join us in person in Chambers Hall or online via Zoom.

🗓️ Wed 4/9 at 12pm US Central
🔗 Full speaker schedule: bit.ly/WedatNICO
An event flyer for Wednesdays@NICO on 4/9/25 with Sourav Medya of UIC "AI For Patents: Progress, Pitfalls, and Potential"
April 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Today! Computational models are essential tools to explain and guide biological intuition. This week, we are excited to host Neda Bagheri to discuss emergent spatiotemporal cell population dynamics. Join us in person in Chambers Hall or via Zoom.

🗓️ Wed 3/5 at 12pm US Central
🔗 bit.ly/WedatNICO
An event flyer for Wednesdays@NICO on 3/5/25 with Neda Bagheri.
March 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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#AI has evolved and now challenges our understanding of skills and careers. This Wednesday, we are thrilled to host @mrfrank.bsky.social to explore "AI, Complexity, and the Future of Work". Join us in person in Chambers Hall or via Zoom. #WedatNICO

🗓️ Wed 2/26 at 12pm US Central
🔗 bit.ly/WedatNICO
An event flyer for a Wednesdays @ NICO talk on 2/26/25 with Morgan Frank of the University of Pittsburgh.
February 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Today! We are excited to host Marianne Green, MD, from the Feinberg School of Medicine and @iaim-nu.bsky.social to discuss "Precision Education in Medicine". Join us in person in Chambers Hall or via Zoom. #WedatNICO

🗓️ Wed 2/5 at 12pm US Central
🔗 bit.ly/WedatNICO
A flyer for a seminar at the Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems on 2/5/25 with Marianne Green, MD.
February 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Announcing our winter seminar speakers! Running January 22 through March 12, 2025, take a break from the wintry weather and join us in Chambers Hall each Wednesday at 12pm U.S. Central, or hop on via Zoom: bit.ly/WedatNICO

#WedatNICO #ComplexSystems #networkscience #datascience
A flyer for the Wednesdays@NICO Winter Seminar series, January 22 through March 12, 2025.
January 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM