Complex Systems is the study of large groups of entities operating in dynamic environments. The Center for Complexity in Business uses techniques from this field to study, among other things, how the adoption of new innovations spreads through networks, and how organizational performance depends on relationships that individuals in the organization maintain. Director’s welcome

CCB to Host 3rd Annual Complexity Conference
On Friday, October 14 thought leaders from academics and industry will gather at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC for the 3rd Annual Complexity in Business Conference. This conference strives to be the intersection for complex systems and business.  Registration and hotel reservation information is available on the conference web page.

Rand Appears on Smith Business Close-Up
On August 18, 2011 CCB Director Bill Rand appeared on Maryland Public Television on Smith Business Close-Up talking about diffusion in Social Media, which includes such popular platforms as Facebook, Twitter, Linked In and You Tube.  Smith Business Close-Up is co-produced by the Robert H. Smith School of Business and Maryland Public Television. The television segment focuses on the latest thinking in business management, and features in-depth interviews with Smith School faculty and other members of the school’s community of business leaders.

Center Director Bill Rand Featured as FT Expert in Summer 2011
Assistant Professor Bill Rand was featured twice during the summer of 2011 discussing Social Media.  In the July 28, 2011 edition of Financial Times, Professor Rand appeared as the expert of the week, offering definitions on five terms heard in today's business news.  His definitions were focused in the field of diffusion of information across social media platforms.  

CCB Awarded Federal Highway Administration Grant
The CCB and Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Lei Zhang (Principal Investigator) have been awarded a grant from the FHWA, to apply agent-based modeling and simulation to analyses of driver behavior and transportation systems management, and in providing insights for FHWA capital investments.

CCB Receives Research Experience for Undergraduates Supplement | Research Details
The National Science Foundation has awarded the CCB with funding to continue the Research Experience for Undergraduates component of its Diffusion and Ranking in Digital Social Media research project. This project explores the use of social tagging on Amazon.com, Twitter, and other social media, in order to understand how preferences are shared, and influence is spread, across networks.

Center Faculty Awarded NSF Grant | Research Details
CCB Researchers William Rand, Louiqa Raschid, and Yogesh Joshi have been award a three-year grant from the CISE division at NSF to study the diffusion of information and ranking of authority in social media.

Center for Complexity in Business awarded grant by Google and WPP Marketing to study the transition of newspapers to the online world