LSD + CDL

The Joint Lab

Collaborative explorations across sciences with models and data

Hosted at the Vermont Complex System Center

LSD

The Laboratory for Structure and Dynamics

Our research focuses on the coevolution of structure and dynamics in complex systems.

CDL

The Complex Data Laboratory

We make sense of complex data by bridging the gap between statistics, computer science and complex systems.

News from the lab

September 1, 2024

Dr. John Meluso's next chapter

We are excited to announce that John Meluso , who has been the Sloan VERSO Postdoctoral Fellow for Systems, Organizations, and Inclusion, is moving to a new position at Cornell Systems Engineering. During his time at UVM, John made significant cont…

August 1, 2024

Nicholas Landry moves to UVA

It is with great excitement that we announce the graduation of Nicholas Landry , who has completed his tenure as a TGI…

July 30, 2024

New NSF Grant Awarded for Research on Cooperation in Organizations

We (Jean-Gabriel Young and Laurent Hébert-Dufresne) have been awarded a new NSF grant (Award ID: 2419733 ) to study co…

July 24, 2024

Dr. Mariah Boudreau

We are thrilled to announce that Mariah Boudreau has successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis in Mathematical Sciences on July 24th. Mariah's work at the University of Vermont, within the Vermont Complex Systems Center, has focused on network scienc…

July 18, 2024

Dr. Sam Rosenblatt graduates!

We are thrilled to announce that Sam Rosenblatt has successfully defended his Ph.D. in Computer Science on July 18th. Sam’s dissertation, “Pragmatic interventions against epidemics on networks” , addressed crucial issues related to controlling co…

July 18, 2024

Dr. Milo Trujillo graduates!

We are delighted to announce that Milo Trujillo has successfully defended his Ph.D. in Complex Systems and Data Science on July 18th. Milo’s dissertation, “Building a kinder superhighway: Online group behavior driven by platform design and social…

July 1, 2024

Welcome to our new lab members!

We are excited to welcome two new members to the lab! Will Thompson , a Ph.D. student in Complex Systems & Data Science, joins us as a research assistant. Will’s research focuses on the role of randomness in statistical inference for copmlex systems…

October 3, 2023

Erik Weis graduates

Erik Weis has successfully defended his thesis entitled “Robust interventions in network epidemiology” (final version to appear online shortly.) Erik is leaving us (...too soon !) for Northeastern University' Network Science Institute, where he wil…

August 18, 2023

Dr. Bren Case

It is with great pride that we announce that Bren Case has successfully defended their thesis entitled “ Bayesian experimental design for control and surveillance in epidemiology ” and has therefore been awarded the Ph.D. title. Dr. Case is now co…

August 16, 2023

CCSS 2023

The Joint Lab and, more broadly, the Vermont Center for Complex Systems, hosted the Contagion on Complex Social Systems Workshop (CCSS) at the University of Vermont from August 14-16, 2023. CCSS was an interdisciplinary space for 50 world leaders …

August 15, 2023

Announcing CNWW 2023

After four years away from the Monastère des Augustines in Québec City, we are happy to announce the return of the CNWW to the Monastery on Dec 17-22, 2023! To celebrate, CNWW 2023 is a free event with complimentary breakfasts, lunches, and coffee b…

October 7, 2022

Andrea Allen graduates!

Andrea Allen recently graduates from our Master’s in Complex Systems & Data Science after successfully defending her thesis entitled Modeling the heterogeneous temporal dynamics of epidemics on networks . She has now joined the Children’s Hospita…

June 2, 2022

The lab is growing

We are excited to welcome a new member to the lab this year. Dr. Nicholas W. Landry will be joining us from CU Boulder, Nicholas has a background in applied mathematics and plans to work on complex systems, epidemiology and inference at UVM. He is…

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