University of Southern California
USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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William G WagnerProfessor of Physics and Electrical EngineeringContact Information E-mail: wwagner@usc.edu Phone: (213) 740-7839 Office: HNB 07B LINKS Curriculum Vitae |
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 Ph.D. Physics, California Institute of Technology, 6/1962
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B.S. Physics, California Institute of Technology, 6/1958
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Postdoctoral Training |
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Richard Chase Tolman Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology, 09/01/1962-08/31/1965
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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History |
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Tenure Track Appointments |
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Professor, University of Southern California, 09/01/1966-08/15/2008
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Dean of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Southern California, 01/03/1987-08/31/1989
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Dean of Natural Sciences & Mathematics, University of Southern California, 07/01/1973-01/02/1987
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Special Assistant to the President, University of Southern California, 12/24/1974-06/30/1981
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Senior Staff Physicist, Hughes Research Laboratories, 06/01/1960-08/31/1973
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Assistant and Associate Professor, University of California, Irvine, 09/01/1965-05/31/1966
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Richard Chase Tolman Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology, 09/01/1962-08/31/1965
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Lecturer, California Institute of Technology, 09/01/1963-05/31/1965
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PostDoctoral Appointments |
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Richard Chase Tolman Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology, 07/01/1962-06/30/1965
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Description of Research |
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Summary Statement of Research Interests |
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Publications |
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Book |
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Wagner, W. G., Feynman, R. P., Morinigo, F. B.
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Feynman Lectures on Gravitation. Addison Wesley.
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New Courses Developed |
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Methods for Complex Systems, PHYS 520, Probabilities, random walks, generalized central limit theorems, probabilities in thermodynamics, critical phenomena, self organized criticality, phenomenology of catastrophies, dynamical systems and examples from outside physics.
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the study of complex systems by discussing some examples of these systems and methods of analysis that have proved most useful in the field. The level will be modestly advanced from a technical point of view (and mostly non rigorous), and require an open mind from the student, as examples drawn from many different fields of science or economy will be considered. Complex systems considered in some details will include the stock market, and critical as well as chaotic systems of physics and biology.,
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2007
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Honors and Awards |
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University Award for Extraordinary Service, 1975-1976
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Service to the Profession |
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Professional Memberships |
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USC Council of Academic Advisors, 1996-2006
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