People
Leads
Yu Liu
yu.ernest.liu AT bnu.edu.cn
Associate Professor, Department of Systems Science, Faculty of Arts and Sciences & International Academic Center of Complex Systems
Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, China
Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, China
APPOINTMENTS
Research Associate, Chemistry, University of Glasgow, UK
Junior Fellow, Mathematics, Institut Mittag-Leffler, Sweden
Researcher, Systems Biology, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
EDUCATION
PhD, Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Uppsala University, Sweden
MSc, Plasma Physics, Sichuan University, China
Second Bachelor’s, Economics, Sichuan University, China
BSc, Physics, Sichuan University, China
SD Wu
sandao.wu AT hotmail.com
If something looks interesting, he goes and does it; he also likes talking about interesting, mind-stretching things. Hardcore slash-career making: popular-science blogging, science fiction, drawing by hand, murder-mystery and board games, plus whatever new and unorthodox thing comes next.
BOOKS & FILMS
The Emperor’s New Mind · Complexity · One Two Three…Infinity · The Naked Ape · Guns, Germs and Steel · Sapiens · Black Mirror · The Three-Body Problem · A.I. · The Man from Earth · Life of Pi · The Piano in a Factory · A Cool Fish — and the games Tian Di Jie, Don’t Starve, Braid
Members
Shuang Tong
Postdoc
Physics · PhD, Jilin University
Hu Zhu
PhD student, 2025
Physics / Systems Theory
Fengyao Zhai
MSc 2025 · Group lead
Physics / Systems Theory
Jing Wang
MSc student, 2024
Applied Mathematics / Systems Theory
Yiping Wang
MSc student, 2024
Statistics / Big Data · joint with Xiamen University
Xinting Yuan
MSc student, 2025
Big Data · joint with Xiamen University
Selected Alumni & Visiting Students
one year or more in the group
GRADUATE
Daniel Hjerpe
MSc / Uppsala / Mathematics
2017–18
Zecheng Zhang
MSc / BGI / Biology
2022–23
Lu Peng
PhD / BNU / Systems Theory
2022–26
Zhuoying Xu
MSc / XMU / Statistics
2022–24
Yingjun Zhu
MSc / XMU / Statistics
2022–24
Chunxiuzi Liu
PhD / BNU / Systems Integration
2022–25
Xiaojun Hu
MSc / BNU / Systems Theory
2024–26
UNDERGRADUATE
Linjie Que
BSc / BNU / Mathematics
2022–24
Yunru Peng
BSc / BNU / Big Data & Physics
2022–24
Jingwen Zhang
BSc / BNU / Mathematics
2022–25
Xianyi Wang
BSc / BNU / Systems Science
2022–24
Yaqi Cai
BSc / Xidian / Intelligence Science
2023–24
Xiao Xie
BSc / SYSU / Physics
2024–25
Mufeng Cai
BSc / BNU / Systems Science
2024–26
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