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RESEARCH

Four areas.
One structure.

Programs are organized around questions rather than rigid departments; projects routinely cross research-area boundaries.

01

Fundamental Physics & Cosmology

Structure, measurement, gravity, vacuum states, and models connecting quantum behavior to cosmological scale.

ACTIVE PROJECTS

WFO-417Distributed Reference IntegrityACTIVEWFO-332North Atlantic Observation ArrayACTIVEWCS-258Reference Reconciliation ModelsACTIVEWFC-118Reference Stability ProgramACTIVEWFC-226Sparse Topology SurveyACTIVEWFC-019Vacuum Coherence InitiativeACTIVE
02

Complex Systems & Computation

Emergent behavior, adaptive networks, information geometry, simulation, and inference across high-dimensional systems.

ACTIVE PROJECTS

WCS-231Adaptive Network DynamicsACTIVEWCH-342Continuity Variance StudyACTIVEWFO-417Distributed Reference IntegrityACTIVEWCS-258Reference Reconciliation ModelsACTIVEWFC-118Reference Stability ProgramACTIVE
03

Observation & Field Systems

Distributed sensing, atmospheric dynamics, instrumentation, calibration, and field acquisition across difficult environments.

ACTIVE PROJECTS

ARK-04ARK Weather Research NetworkACTIVEWFO-417Distributed Reference IntegrityACTIVEWFO-332North Atlantic Observation ArrayACTIVEWFC-118Reference Stability ProgramACTIVE
04

Human Systems & Culture

Memory, language, cultural transmission, cognition, archives, and how people interpret observations that resist existing models.

ACTIVE PROJECTS

WCH-18BArchive 18BRESTRICTEDWCH-327Comparative Script SystemsACTIVEWCH-342Continuity Variance StudyACTIVEWCH-301Narrative Coherence StudyACTIVEWCH-351Pituffik Inscription CorpusACTIVE

TEACHING & SEMINARS / FALL 2026

Methods in the classroom and in public discussion.

Wyman researchers contribute to selected Wheelock courses and maintain a methods colloquium for current research, field practice, and archival work.

AFFILIATED COURSES

PHYS / ENGS 347

Precision Measurement & Reference Systems

Reference standards, uncertainty budgets, precision timing, clock transfer, and field-to-laboratory comparison methods.

Tue / Thu · 10:00–11:20 · Wyman Hall 214
WFO 295

Long-Baseline Observation Methods Practicum

Calibration, GNSS, magnetometry, atmospheric-electric sensing, field deployment, and preservation of raw observations.

Wed · 13:30–16:20 · Field Systems Laboratory
HUMS 372

Evidence, Memory & Conflicting Records

How archives, testimony, copying systems, and institutional records are evaluated when credible sources disagree.

Mon / Wed · 11:30–12:50 · Wyman Hall 236

WYMAN METHODS COLLOQUIUM

Seasonal Calibration in Coastal Sensor Networks

Greta Madsen with Kiran Vale

Wyman Hall 108

When Independent References Disagree

Amina Patel

Wyman Hall 108

Preserving Secondary Solutions

Leila Hart and Nolan Pierce

Wyman Hall 108

Archival Imaging and Material Provenance

Lena Moravec with Claire Osei

Archive 18B Seminar Room

Recurrent Structure in Unclassified Scripts

Maya Ellison and Yara Ben-Ami

Wyman Hall 108