College of Science STARS seminar

Joe Crowley Student Union, UNR

Featured speaker for the College of Science’s STARS (Science and Research Seminar) event is Dr. Geoffrey West, president and distinguished professor of the Santa Fe Institute and leader and founder of the high-density physics group at Los Alamos National Laboratory. In 2006, West was named one of TIME magazine’s “100 Most Influential People In The World” due to his work in theoretical physics.

For his part, West says his work is intended to provide society with a “coarse-grained” map of the many variables that can impact the planet’s harmony.

“There are so many variables with any system,” he said. “There are so many actors. But often, it’s not even the human beings. It can be everything we interface with, from the environment to the economy. This sort of approach translates into everything. I passionately believe that in order to solve the big societal problems that we have, you have to understand the dynamic in a quantitative and predictive fashion. Part of what we are trying to do is provide a coarse-grained, low-resolution, map of what are the crucial features that we have to address.

Sponsoring Organization: College of Science
Contact: Melissa Bell
E-Mail: bell@unr.edu
Phone: (775) 682-8796
Website: College of Science