New England Complex Systems Institute

Can balance exist without conflict?

Carlos Gershenson will discuss key ideas from his forthcoming book, examining how complex systems navigate competing demands and remain viable over time.
This talk is for anyone interested in complexity, adaptation, and systems thinking, and invites a conversation about balance as something continuously shaped through interaction and change.

February 10 | 11:30 AM ET
Free and open to all
Register here: https://necsi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/0U9OegOmQnGLYg0jQqSZNA

Balance isn’t a fixed state — it’s something complex systems are constantly negotiating.

Join Carlos Gershenson as he shares ideas from his forthcoming book, Balance: A Narrative for Complexity, and explores how systems adapt, coordinate, and evolve when tradeoffs are unavoidable.

February 10 | 11:30 AM ET
Free and open to all.
Register here: https://necsi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/0U9OegOmQnGLYg0jQqSZNA

Join us tomorrow (Tuesday) at 11:00am ET for a live NECSI Complexity Conversation with
Irv Epstein.

Irv’s research is grounded in chemical systems, but the ideas it surfaces — emergence, nonlinear behavior, and pattern formation — offer lessons that travel well across disciplines.

Register to join:
https://necsi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/XNC5zO95T_2y8yAhmtZ4xg #/registration

New paper from NECSI:
A different way to think about wave–particle duality and the structure of quantum mechanics.

Overview + paper:

Quantum Mechanics Overview: Limits, Foundations, and New Directions — New England Complex Systems Institute An overview of conceptual challenges in quantum mechanics and emerging physical frameworks that aim to explain spin, measurement, and wavefunctions.

Scientific discoveries in complex systems rarely follow a straightforward path.

In this Complexity Conversation, Irving Epstein discusses examples from complex chemical research that illustrate how exploration, experimentation, and unexpected results contribute to scientific breakthroughs.

January 20 | 11:00 AM Eastern
Online | Free and open to all
Register here:
https://necsi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/XNC5zO95T_2y8yAhmtZ4xg #/registration

Complex systems thinking is essential in science, policy, and organizational decision-making.

NECSI’s Introduction to Concepts & Applications of Complexity Science is a rigorous, self-paced certificate program designed for learners from diverse fields. Now offering year-round continuous enrollment, the course integrates foundational theory with real-world applications across social, biological, physical, and organizational systems.

Learn how complex systems shape the world, on your schedule:
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Check the comments for a special discount code.

What role do chance and intention play in scientific discovery?

In our next Complexity Conversation, Irving Epstein shares two compelling stories from complex chemical research that reveal how breakthroughs often emerge—not through linear plans, but through exploration, experimentation, and creative problem-solving.
This conversation offers a thoughtful look at how discovery actually happens in complex systems, where serendipity and intentional design intersect.

January 20 | 11:00 AM Eastern
Free and open to all — register here:
https://necsi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/XNC5zO95T_2y8yAhmtZ4xg #/registration

We’re looking forward to hosting Dr. Jeremy Kepner for our next session of Complexity Conversations on Monday, December 9th at 11:00 AM ET.

Dr. Kepner will explore how the Internet behaves as a complex, ever-evolving system — and how advances in AI and large-scale network analysis are helping us see its structure and patterns in new ways.

If you haven’t registered yet, there’s still time. And even if you can’t join us live, be sure to register to receive the recording afterward.

🔗 Register: https://necsi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/oLkMPna5QRSrv14S_PXwnQ

Hope to see you there!

We’re looking forward to hosting Dr. Jeremy Kepner next week for our next session of Complexity Conversations.

He’ll be sharing an AI observation science perspective on how the Internet behaves and evolves at massive scale — a topic with important implications for research, governance, and the systems we rely on every day.

We’ve updated the start time to 11:00 AM ET and apologize for any earlier confusion.

📅 Tuesday, December 9
🕙 11:00 AM ET
📍 Live on Zoom
💻 Free to attend

Register here:
https://necsi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/oLkMPna5QRSrv14S_PXwnQ

All are welcome.

In complex systems, connection creates both complexity and capability.
Thanks to our colleagues, collaborators, students, and supporters, NECSI continues to advance science while addressing societal challenges.

That same theme of connection and scale is at the heart of our latest publication:
📄 A Formal Definition of Scale-Dependent Complexity and the Multi-Scale Law of Requisite Variety
by Alexander F. Siegenfeld & Yaneer Bar-Yam (Entropy, 2025).

https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/27/8/835

Tomorrow our most exciting conversation starts !

Everyone’s talking about how AI is changing the future of work. Few are preparing leaders to navigate the emotional, strategic, and human challenges that come with it.

Join our conversation to get the preparation you need and get an exclusive preview of our new course : EQ-AI 2401: Empowering Resilient Leadership in the Age of AI

https://necsi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/0IFJpWGATSuODVbR5s6t-g #/registration

Join us for our next conversation!

No technical or mathematical background required — just a willingness to explore how emotional intelligence and AI can work together to support more grounded leadership.

Included in this conversation is a a real-time glimpse into the themes, tools, and teaching behind our new course : EQ-AI 2401.

Lets talk: https://necsi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/0IFJpWGATSuODVbR5s6t-g #/registration