carlo laing iftacosmasseyacnz next college sciences seminar dimension reduction complex models carlo laing time 4pm date thursday 6 march place staff lounge study centre many complex systems show relatively simple effectively lowdimensional behaviour discuss method bypassing analytical derivation equations describing lowdimensional behaviour using appropriately initialised processed short bursts simulation original complex system two examples used heterogeneous network coupled oscillators nonlocal patternforming pde joint work thomas frewen yannis kevrekidis princeton wed 06 aug 2008 173019 1300 cos seminar