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Joseph Lizier

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Postdoctoral Researcher

I am currently a Postdoctoral Researcher in complex systems science at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig, Germany.
I am studying the information dynamics of computation in complex networks.
I work in the Complex Structures in Biology and Cognition research group of Prof. Juergen Jost

Contact Details

Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences
Inselstrasse 22
04103 Leipzig
Sachsen
Germany

E-mail: lizier at mis dot mpg dot de
Mobile: +49 176 991 04523

Professional Interests

Computation in complex systems
Information dynamics of computation
Information storage
Information transfer
Cellular automata
Random Boolean networks
Dynamics on networks
Complex networks
Guided self-organisation
Comptuational neuroscience
Network and service management
ICT and mobile applications development

Employment/Research History

CSIRO ICT Centre and School of Information Technologies at The University of Sydney

Ph.D. student / Researcher, 2006-2010
I developed a framework for quantifying the information dynamics of distributed computation in complex systems.

Seeker Wireless

Research Engineer, 2006-2010.
I worked part-time in the applet development team at Seeker, assisting in development of our client-side SIM toolkit applet and investigating handset compatibility issues.

Telstra Research Laboratories

Senior Research Technologist, 2001-2006.
At Telstra, I worked on a variety of projects and technologies, including anomaly detection in network and service metrics, online identity management, mobile applications development, web service development, and online trading technologies.

Professional Memberships

Member, International Society for Artificial Life
Member, IEEE and IEEE Information Theory Society.
Member, Organization for Computational Neurosciences (OCNS)

Professional Qualifications

Ph.D. in Information Technologies, The University of Sydney, 2010.
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Information Systems) (Honours), The University of Sydney, 2000.
Bachelor of Science (Computer Science, Physics), The University of Sydney, 1998.

Achievements

Best Paper prize at IEEE ALife 2011 (with Rommel Ceguerra and Albert Zomaya).
Honourable mention in CORE Doctoral Dissertation Award 2010.
Siemens Prize for Solving an Industry Problem in Research Project Work (at School of Information Technologies Research Conversazione 2006).
A.E. and F.A.Q. Stephens Scholarship for Ph.D. studies, for highest ranked APA applicant to the University of Sydney (2006-2009).
CSIRO Postgraduate Scholarship (ICT Centre) for Ph.D. studies (2006-2009).
University Medal for Bachelor of Engineering Degree (2000).
Chancellor's Industry Scholarship in Engineering (a co-op style scholarship) for undergraduate engineering studies (1996-2000).

Résumé/ CV

Full curriculum vitae available here.