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SUMMARY:A Life-Time of Stochastic Self-Organisation - 1977 - 2007 - David 
 Probert (VAZA International)
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DESCRIPTION:It is now 30 Years since I completed my PhD Dissertation on th
 e "Evolution of Stochastic Automata" at the Cambridge Statistical Laborato
 ry under the creative and inspirational leadership of Professor Peter Whit
 tle. The seminar reviews the ways in which the conceptually rich theme of 
 Stochastic Self-Organisation took me from working on strategic modelling p
 rojects for British Telecom in Cambridge to environmental networking in th
 e Russian Arctic Kola Peninsula\, as well as the World.s 1st Supersonic Ca
 r! \nI'll give overviews of projects that I worked on including KolaNet (Q
 uick Response to possible Nuclear Accidents)\, ThrustSSC (1st Supersonic C
 ar)\, EIGER (Computer Telephony Integration & Multimedia Networking)\, and
  the British Telecom LRPM (Long Range Planning Model). The topic of self-o
 rganising systems is still being actively researched in the context of neu
 ral\, genetic and biological research programmes. The seminar briefly expl
 ores the ways in which a fuller understanding of stochastic self-organisat
 ion may further contribute to the development of business\, government\, e
 ducation and society during the coming 20 to 30 years! \n\n
LOCATION:MR12\, CMS\, Wilberforce Road\, Cambridge\, CB3 0WB
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