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My name is Mason Porter. I am a Professor in Nordita (Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics) and am Professor in Complex Systems in the Department of Mathematics at Stockholm University. Previously, I was a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at UCLA. Before that, I was Professor of Nonlinear and Complex Systems in the Mathematical Institute at University of Oxford. I was also a Tutorial Fellow of Somerville College. I am still a Senior Research Fellow of Somerville College.

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Friday, March 01, 2019

Course Nomenclature in our Imminent Data Theory Major

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The UCLA mathematics department has a course called "Math 142: Mathematical Modeling", and my new lower-division mathematical-mode...

Friday, December 07, 2018

"'C' is for Cookie": Academic Evaluation Edition

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Comment: " 'C' is for cookie . That's good enough for me!" Comment 2: Apparently, some of my what we did in mathemat...

Thursday, January 12, 2017

New Course Proposal (University of Washington): "Calling Bullshit"

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Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin West from University of Washington have developed an important and interesting course called Calling Bullshit . ...

Thursday, August 11, 2016

"Everything is Fucked: The Syllabus"

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Sanjay Srivastava (University of Oregon) put together a summary of the field of psychology called "Everything is Fucked: The Syllabus...

Monday, January 06, 2014

My Undergraduate Lecture Course on Networks

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My lecture course on networks makes its debut as an undergraduate course in our new term (Hilary Term 2014). I have some more information...

Monday, June 11, 2012

Headline: Oxford's IT Learning Programme Seeks to "Create More Pleasurable 'User Experiences' "

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Let me quote directly from the beginning of an e-mail from Oxford's IT Learning Programme that advertises one of their upcoming courses:...

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Mason: I am a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at UCLA. Previously, I was Professor of Nonlinear and Complex Systems in the Mathematical Institute at University of Oxford. I was also a Tutorial Fellow in Somerville College. I am also a die-hard fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers. See my website for more information about me. You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter (@masonporter), though I'm much easier to stalk by other means. If you want power law or Zachary Karate Club swag, take a look at my Power Law Shop. I am also involved with the Legends of Caltech movie and co-edited Legends of Caltech III.

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