Master of Science inNegotiation and Conflict Resolution

Andrzej Nowak is a permanent half-time member of the Psychology Department at Florida Atlantic University. He is also director of the Center for Complex Systems at University of Warsaw, Poland, and he holds faculty positions at University of Warsaw and the Professional School of Social Psychology in Warsaw. Nowak is one of the world's leading experts on the modeling and computer simulation of social processes. Using cellular automata, he has modeled the emergence of public opinion in society and linear versus nonlinear societal transitions. At FAU, he conducts both simulation and experimental research in the Dynamical Social Psychology Lab in collaboration with Robin Vallacher. Current research projects include the use of cellular automata to simulate the emergence and maintenance of self-concept and linear and nonlinear scenarios of societal change, the use of attractor neural networks to model interpersonal and group dynamics, and the use of coupled dynamical systems to simulate the emergence of personality through social coordination. Nowak is also developing software for identifying attractors (equilibrium states) in the temporal patterns of thought and emotion on the part of people diagnosed with various forms of mental illness. Nowak received his M.A. and his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Warsaw.