Santa Fe Institute

This two-and-a-half day course is an intensive, immersive tour of the sciences of complexity, a broad set of efforts that seek to explain how large-scale complex, organized, and adaptive behavior can emerge from simple interactions among myriad individuals. The course will be led by Melanie Mitchell, Professor at SFI and at Portland State University, and author of Complexity:  A Guided Tour (Oxford University Press, 2009).

Held June 6-26 at St. John's College and Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM.

To attend the school Business Network members can apply to the Business Network office. 

Research Collaboration

Held July 11-24 at St. John's College and Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM

To attend the school Business Network members can apply to the Business Network office.

The Complex Systems Summer School offers an intensive four week introduction to complex behavior in mathematical, physical, living, and social systems for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the sciences and social sciences. The school is for participants who seek background and hands-on experience to help them prepare to conduct interdisciplinary research in areas related to complex systems.

The program consists of an intensive series of lectures, laboratories, and discussion sessions focusing on foundational ideas, tools, and current topics in complex systems research. These include nonlinear dynamics and pattern formation, scaling theory, information theory and computation theory, adaptation and evolution, network structure and dynamics, adaptive computation techniques, computer modeling tools and specific applications of these core topics to various disciplines. In addition, participants will formulate and carry out team projects related to topics covered in the program.

Groton, Massachusetts