The Center for Complex Quantum Systems
[The research institute was formerly named The Ilya Prigogine Center for Studies in Statistical Mechanics and Complex Systems.] is a research institute within the Department of
Physics
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of
The University of Texas at Austin
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in the
United States
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.
The center, founded in 1967 by
Ilya Prigogine
Viscount Ilya Romanovich Prigogine (; ; 28 May 2003) was a Belgian physical chemist of Russian-Jewish origin, noted for his work on dissipative structures, complex systems, and irreversibility.
Prigogine's work most notably earned him the 19 ...
, is dedicated to the
theoretical
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and computational research of
complex system
A complex system is a system composed of many components that may interact with one another. Examples of complex systems are Earth's global climate, organisms, the human brain, infrastructure such as power grid, transportation or communication sy ...
s,
statistical mechanics
In physics, statistical mechanics is a mathematical framework that applies statistical methods and probability theory to large assemblies of microscopic entities. Sometimes called statistical physics or statistical thermodynamics, its applicati ...
and
chaos theory
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.
The current research staff includes
William C. Schieve and
Linda Reichl, the center's director.
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