April 28, 2008 [printable version]
Curriculum Research and Development Group HonoredMorris Lai, Hugh Dunn and Susan York win first place in Outstanding Publications Competition. Read moreManoa Presents Student Employee AwardsMarc Marquez, Daniel Carbone, Ruby Ng and Monica Tan honored. Read more
KudosMaui’s Molli Fleming, Hilo’s Christopher Frueh, William Mautz, Cam Muir and Jennifer Richardson and Manoa’s Beverly Ann Deepe Keever. Read more
Dean Finalists for School of Hawaiian KnowledgeCampus meetings slated for three finalists. Read moreChallenging a Multicultural ModelManoa’s Jonathan Okamura publishes Ethnicity and Inequality in Hawai'i. Read more
UH EventsManoa and Hilo’s Ngugi wa Thiong‘o presentations, Windward’s Cooney lecture and other events. Read more
Dynamical Frustration
Hilo Associate Professor Philippe M. Binder explores the idea that the crucial common feature of complex systems is the simultaneous existence of opposing trends that cannot defeat each other. His findings were published in Science.
In his research, Binder introduces the concept of “dynamical frustration,” a division of three manifestations addressing geometrical, computational and multiple-scale processes.
That is a departure from commonly accepted theories that hold that complex systems—such as the brain, computers, ecosystems, the stock market, the immune system, weather, and other phenomena which display the ability to evolve or adapt—are driven by cooperating behavior among components.