Blended Intensive Program

Blended Intensive Program UZ „Hidden order in various complex systems” organized in 2024

Partners: 1 Decembrie 1918 University of Alba Iulia (Romania), University of Presov (Slovakia)

20-24.05.2024 Zielona Góra Poland

  The concept of complex systems is used in many, seemingly distant, scientific disciplines. If someone wants to predict the behavior of a molecule in a box of gas, a bird in a large flock, or a specific person in a crowd, in practice it is hopeless. In such a large system, no one can determine the state of individual elements precisely enough or take into account all their mutual interactions/relations. At this level, the system appears to be governed mainly by randomness and disorder and is difficult to understand. However, the key point is that in such a system, new collective behaviors may merge, the properties of which cannot be reduced to a simple sum of the components. In other words, the entire system is determined by its component parts, but the parts are also determined by the whole due to the nature of their interactions. Generally, this means that we are dealing with a transition from quantity to quality.

  The main intention of the course is to identify analogies between physical and biological phenomena of complex systems and the complexity of social, diverse and multi-component structures & relationships. As a result of the course implementation, a bridge will be developed between these three fields, helping participants to deep their understanding the complexity of the world experienced by the human being.

  The program will not only provide theoretical knowledge about complex systems, but will also focus on practical applications of these concepts in real situations. Participants will be encouraged to analyze everyday interactions from the perspective of the acquired knowledge. Proposal of BIP organized by UZ is a combination of VIRTUAL & PHYSICAL MOBILITY with short, interactive lectures conducted by international experienced experts and researchers, supplemented by practical case-studies, class discussions, group case studies, study-visit, workshops and group presentations and projects.