Seminar Organizer: Kumar Abhinav
Previous Series Lists [Series 1, Series 2, Series 3, Series 4, Series 5, Series 6]
Series 7
Upcoming:
On 18th of June, 2025 at 14:30 hrs ICT
Title: Quantifying Complex Systems: An Overview of the First Step to Decode a Complex System
Abstract: Natural systems around us, including humans, healthcare, environment, weather patterns, social networks, finances, materials and even cities, are called complex systems because their behaviour cannot be modelled by studying their individual components. It is due to the emergent properties arising from their many interacting components, which show patterns that change over time. To decode and understand these complexities, we need to model these systems, for which measurement and quantification are the first steps. In this talk, I will discuss how we can study and measure such systems using sensors. Sensors help us collect data from the real world, like signals from the body, pollution levels in the air, or activity in a network, and give us tools to make sense of complex behaviours. We will discuss how sensors enable real-time data acquisition, reveal hidden patterns, and help translate raw phenomena into quantifiable metrics such as entropy, network topology, and dynamic correlations. Drawing on examples from my own research, I will demonstrate how sensor-based measurements offer new insights into the structure and evolution of complexity in physical, biological, and environmental contexts. Finally, we will reflect on the interplay between theoretical models and empirical sensing, and how this synergy can advance our understanding of complexity in natural and engineered systems, to solve real-life problems and contribute to society.
Speaker: Vishal Choudhary, NAS-MUNA
| Sl. No | Date & Time | Title | Speaker & Afiliation |
| 1 | 25th Feb 2025, ICT 14:30 hrs | Basics of Random Matrices | Thiti Sirithanakorn, NAS-MUNA |
| 2 | 27th Feb 2025, ICT 14:30 hrs | Physics of Quantum Toroidal Algebra | Panupong Cheewaphutthisakun, Chulalongkorn University |
| 3 |
11th Mar 2025, ICT 14:30 hrs |
Quantum Gravity: Ideas, Notions, Not Philosophy | Manabendra Sharma, NAS-MUNA |
| 4 |
21st Mar 2025 | Dynamics of a bacterial cell: Some surprising quantitative patterns in growth and division | Sanjay Jain, University of Delhi, India |
| 5 |
(Special Seminar Day) |
Random Matrix Theory and its application to Protein Folding | Nivedita Deo, University of Delhi, India |
| 6 | 27th May 2025, ICT 14:30 hrs |
Finding Initial Condition of Cosmological Variables | Nandan Roy, NAS-MUNA |
| 7 |
18th Jun 2025, ICT 14:30 hrs | Quantifying Complex Systems: An Overview of the First Step to Decode a Complex System | Vishal Choudhary, NAS-MUNA |
| 8 | 8th Jul 2025, ICT 14:00 hrs |
TBA | Kumar Abhinav, NAS-MUNA |
| 9 | 22nd Jul 20225, ICT 14:00 hrs | Exploring infrared symmetries of radiation | Arpita Mitra, POSTECH, South Korea |