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Recently, the first two students have completed their Master’s profile in Complex Systems. During their graduation ceremony they were presented with the Complex Systems certificate. Peter Nooteboom, one of the graduates, looks back at his experiences in the study programme. “I was triggered by the interdisciplinary approach of the profile.“

Peter first heard about the profile during the introduction of his Master’s programme Climate Physics. “Since I have a broad interest, the interdisciplinary approach of Complex Systems immediately appealed to me”, says Peter. “The first course, Introduction to complex systems, did indeed bring together students from many different backgrounds, which was very interesting. If there was more time, I would also have liked to do the course Applying Mathematics in Finance.”

Complexity research in Majorca

“I wrote part of my thesis at the Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems. My thesis was focused on predicting El Niño by applying network theory and machine learning. Being at this complexity institute also gave me the opportunity to get an idea how the tools from the complexity research can be applied to disciplines like social sciences, biology or economics. I have a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and it’s interesting to see the point of view of these other disciplines. There are quite some differences in how complex systems are approached.”

PhD position

Immediately after completing his Master’s programme, Peter started as a PhD candidate at the Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht at Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ��. Peter: “My new research is not going to be on complex systems, but in the field of paleoclimate. However, the knowledge I gained in complex systems is still very useful. I will probably even directly apply some of the complexity methods I learned from my supervisor in Majorca.”

More information

For more information, visit the website on the Master’s profile Complex Systems.