Dr. Martin Zwick

Dr. Martin Zwick

Professor of Systems Science (Complex Systems)
Portland State University

Martin Zwick was awarded his Ph.D. in Biophysics at MIT in 1968, and joined the Biophysics Department faculty of the University of Chicago in 1969. Initially working in crystallography and macromolecular structure, his interests shifted to systems theory and methodology, the field now known as the study of chaos, complexity, and complex adaptive systems. Since 1976 he has been teaching and doing research in the Systems Science PhD Program at Portland State University; during the years 1984-1989 he was director of the program.

His main research areas are information theoretic modeling, machine learning, theoretical biology, game theory, and systems theory and philosophy. Scientifically, his focus is on applying systems theory and methodology to the natural and social sciences, most recently to biomedical data analysis, the evolution of cooperation, and sustainability. Philosophically, his focus is on how systems ideas relate to classical and contemporary philosophy, how they offer a bridge between science and religion, and how they can help us understand and address societal problems.

Dr. Zwick's Publication page on Bepress includes most of the contents of his old web pages titled Discrete Multivariate Modeling, Systems Theory and Philosophy, and Artificial Life and Theoretical Biology.

The OCCAM reconstructability analysis software can accessed online on the OCCAM server, or by installing your own copy via the OCCAM open-source project.