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Advice needed on CAS

Posted by Carlos Gershenson on May 12, 2006; 10:11am
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Dear Habib,

I know some people who have done the Masters on Complex Systems at  
Chalmers, and they were quite happy with it. The advantage of  
studying complex systems, being interdisciplinary, is that you can  
apply the learned knowledge in a wide variety of areas. So if you  
finish a MSc in complex systems, you could apply the knowledge  
acquired there to Economics, Engineering, Sociology, etc, but not  
vice versa...

Actually there aren't many other MSc in Complex Systems (at least  
with that title) I know about... Southampton just made one http://
www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/admissions/pg/complexity_science.php
and I remember another one in Italy...

About continuing for a PhD, I believe it depends more on the student  
that on the programme s/he takes. For a PhD you need lots of  
perseverance and self-motivation, and sometimes that can be  
difficult. After a Master's, those who would like to continue for a  
PhD usually find their way, in the same subject, or changing fields.  
You shouldn't worry about that now...

I'm afraid I don't have knowledge about the current state of affairs  
of the financial market...

Hope this helps,

     Carlos Gershenson...
     Centrum Leo Apostel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
     Krijgskundestraat 33. B-1160 Brussels, Belgium
     http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~cgershen/

   ?Tendencies tend to change...?


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