In thinking about this question  over the last few years, I started to notice that a number of subtle, non-intuitive concepts that I learned many years ago as a physics student seem to apply to the world of big data and information-based predictions in highly complex systems.  players, is an example of such a system. Let me explain.  . MORE >>

When I look back over my long, relatively eclectic career, complex systems have been a common theme in all the activities I’ve been involved in.  It started in the 1960s, when I was an undergraduate and graduate student at the University of Chicago majoring in physics, - the study of complex natural systems.  Let me explain. Amazing.  MORE >>

The pursuit of exascale-class systems was a hot topic at the recent SC09 supercomputing conference. Through the 1970s and 1980s, the fastest supercomputers were based on vector architectures and used highly sophisticated technologies and liquid cooling methods to remove the large amounts of heat they generated. Let me explain. MORE >>

As a consequence and according to Gallup Management Journal , this disengaged and disconnected culture (in US-based organisations) is costing $300b per year in lost revenues alone. He and his colleagues were devising a text-based communication system that would soon become ubiquitously known as texting. Henry Ford. Risks and Pitfalls. MORE >>

While we primarily associate checks and balances with the US system of government, I believe that it equally applies to any other complex organizational system.  There is a built-in contention system in such an organizational structure.  From time to time a company’s system of checks-and-balances breaks down.  MORE >>