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Videos
Did you miss our live stream? Now you can watch it all. Below are videos of the talks from our inaugural TEDxUVM.
Congratulations to Neil Johnson! His talk “Beyond Black Swans” was a TEDxTalks Editor's Pick for the week of January 2.
Behind the Scenes
Here are a few photos of what was happening "behind the scenes" on the day of the event.
Event Schedule
Peter Dodds: Big Data and the Science of Complexity
Chris Danforth: Taming Atmospheric Chaos with Big Data
Austin Troy: Seeing the Pattern for the Pixels: Extracting Meaning from Massive Spatial Data Sets
Mike Schmidt: The Robotic Scientist: Mining Experimental Data for Laws of Nature and Accelerating Discovery with Eureqa
Gary Johnson: Modelling Ecosystem Services under Uncertainty with ARIES
Hugh Garavan: Addiction, the Frontal Lobes, and the Science of Willpower
Break
Rob Axtell: Modeling the Economy with 150 Million Agents
Joshua Bongard: The Robot Revolution
Marta González: Mobile Data for Urban Transformation
Isabel Kloumann: Measuring Happiness the Big Data Way: In Language and Online
Neil Johnson: Beyond Black Swans: From Irregular Warfare to Subsecond Financial Crises
*Hilary Mason was unable to attend, but will speak at UVM on a future date.
Registration
Registration is full. We will be live-streaming the event here and on the Complex System Center website. In addition, all talks will be archived for later viewing.
What is TEDx?
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxUVM, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxUVM event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized.
This independent TEDx event is operated under license from TED.

















