Henry D. I. Abarbanel Papers, 1961-2016 (MSS 858)

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Papers of Henry D. I. Abarbanel (1943-2023), professor of physics, research physicist, and founding director of the Institute for Nonlinear Science at UC San Diego. The collection includes writings, correspondence, notebooks, research files, and lecture notes.

Henry Abarbanel's biography and curriculum vitae can be found at the links below:

Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI)

Henry Abarbanel research page, UC San Diego

Papers of Henry D. I. Abarbanel (1943-2023), professor of physics, research physicist, and founding director of the Institute for Nonlinear Science at UC San Diego. This small collection includes a selection of his writings, correspondence, notebooks, research files, and lecture notes.

Arranged in five series: 1) BIOGRAPHICAL AND CORRESPONDENCE, 2) UC SAN DIEGO, 3) TALKS AND LECTURES, 4) WRITINGS, and 5) RESEARCH PROJECTS.

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BIOGRAPHICAL AND CORRESPONDENCE

Scope and Content of Series

Series 1) BIOGRAPHICAL AND CORRESPONDENCE: Henry Abarbanel's curricula vitae, bibliographies, and UC San Diego employment and sabbatical information. Includes a small amount of chronological correspondence between Abarbanel and scientists, administrators, and publishers at UCSD and other research institutions.

Box 1 Folder 1-2
Biographical information, 1992-2007
Box 1 Folder 3-7
Chronological correspondence, 1971-2016

UC SAN DIEGO

Scope and Content of Series

Series 2) UC SAN DIEGO: Correspondence, reports, notes, and ephemera regarding Abarbanel's involvement with the Institute for Nonlinear Science, the Physics Department, and the University Committee on Research Policy. Includes a proposal to establish a Max Planck Center in Quantitative Biosciences at UCSD.

Box 1 Folder 8-13
Institute for Nonlinear Science (INLS), 1984-2006
Box 1 Folder 14-15
Max Planck Center, 2011-2012
Box 1 Folder 16
Physics Department, 1990-1993
Box 1 Folder 17
University Committee on Research Policy, 2000-2003

TALKS AND LECTURES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 3) TALKS AND LECTURES: Lecture notes, drafts, transparencies, correspondence, and ephemera for courses Abarbanel taught at UC San Diego and for his presentations at conferences and symposia. Topics include classical physics, nonlinear dynamics, chaos, synchronization, neural networks, physical oceanography, and a Department of Defense basic science workshop.

Box 1 Folder 18-29
Physics, math, and oceanography lectures, 1969-2015
Box 1 Folder 30
Scripps Advanced Study Program in Physical Oceanography, 1983

This lecture series was published as The General Circulation of the Ocean.

Box 2 Folder 1-19
Talks and lectures, 1970-2011

WRITINGS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 4) WRITINGS: Abarbanel's notebooks containing research notes, calculations, lecture notes, and community planning notes. Drafts, notes, and correspondence for his research articles and for his book, Predicting the Future: Completing Models of Observed Complex Systems (2013).

Box 2 Folder 20
Notes - Miscellaneous
Box 2 Folder 21-27
Notebooks, 1961-1978
Box 3 Folder 1-18
Notebooks, 1971-2010, undated
Box 3 Folder 19
Report to the Committee on Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China by the U.S. Physicists Delegation to the PRC (various authors), 1973 July
Box 3 Folder 20-28
Articles and papers, 1967-1997
Box 4 Folder 1-6
Articles and papers, 1999-2012
Box 4 Folder 7
Predicting the Future: Completing Models of Observed Complex Systems (2013), 2013

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 5) RESEARCH PROJECTS: Notes, data, proposals, patent information, and correspondence regarding Abarbanel's research projects at UC San Diego.

Box 4 Folder 8-20
Proposals - Department of Energy, Army Research Office, Office of Naval Research, and National Science Foundation, 1988-2008
Box 4 Folder 21-23
Patents - Communication carriers and multilevel signal equalization, 1991-2002
Box 4 Folder 24
Geostrophy, 1990
Box 4 Folder 25
Hysteretic Circuit, 1991
Box 4 Folder 26
Exploring Chaotic Dynamics for Signal Processing and Communications, 1999
Box 4 Folder 27
Low Dimensional Analog Electronic Neurons, 2000
Box 4 Folder 28
Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience (CRCNS), 2012
Box 4 Folder 29
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