International Conference on Complex Systems 2004

第五届复杂系统国际会议（ICCS）将于2004年5月16日至21日举行。本次会议将以前四次会议的成功为基础：(a)国际复杂系统会议（1997年9月26日至30日），(b)第二届国际复杂系统会议（1998年10月25日至30日），(c)第三届国际复杂系统会议（2000年5月21日至26日）和(d)第四届国际复杂系统会议（2002年6月9日至14日）。该系列会议由新英格兰复杂系统研究所（NECSI）组织，是致力于复杂动力系统统一研究的主要国际会议。会议的中心目的是建立一个致力于这一新领域的国际社会。NECSI是一个教育和研究机构，由来自新英格兰、美国各地和国际主要学术机构的教师参与。它致力于复杂系统的跨学科交流和协作。有一种新的和不断增长的努力来理解复杂系统和复杂性，这在科学界引起了很大的兴趣。各种会议和讲习班讨论了这些日益增长的努力的各个方面。然而，这是唯一一个主要的国际会议系列，将广泛的研究人员聚集在一起，展示了这些努力的跨学科但连贯的性质。这一领域的研究及其多样化的应用一直在扩大，会议也在增加，我们预计会有一个比以前更大的会议。学生和博士后对复杂系统的兴趣持续增长，国际复杂系统会议为他们提供了回顾历史进展和新进展的必要机会。这次会议更广泛的影响包括物理学家、计算机科学家、工程师、数学家、生物学家、生态学家、心理学家、社会学家、人类学家、语言学家、管理学家和医生之间的跨学科交流。这种联系超越了学术界，包括专业人士和公众。理解复杂系统的新的科学努力吸引了不同领域的专业人士的注意——高科技、生物技术、卫生保健、金融服务和一般的公司管理。它还引起了公众的极大关注，因为它涉及个人心理、社会和经济变化的动态以及普遍关注的生态学等主题；并且能够解决新出现的问题，比如全球恐怖主义和国土安全。ICCS会议将包括适合专业人员和公众的教育会议。会议将在波士顿举行，公共交通便利。ICCS过去一直是公众意识到科学对社会重要性的工具，今后也将继续发挥作用。

The Fifth International Conference on Complex Systems (ICCS) is being organized for May 16-21, 2004. This event will build on the successes of four previous conferences: (a)International Conference on Complex Systems (September 26-30, 1997), (b) Second International Conference on Complex Systems (October 25-30, 1998) and (c) Third International Conference on Complex Systems (May 21-26, 2000) and (d) Fourth International Conference on Complex Systems (June 9-14, 2002). This conference series, which is organized by the New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI), is the main international conference dedicated to the unified study of complex dynamical systems. Central to the purpose of the conference is building an international community that is devoted to this new field. NECSI is an educational and research institution with the participation of faculty from major academic institutions from New England, around the United States, and internationally. It is dedicated to interdisciplinary communication and collaboration on complex systems. There is a new and growing effort to understand complex systems and complexity that has attracted a lot of interest in the scientific community. Various conferences and workshops have addressed aspects of these growing efforts. However, this is the only major international conference series to bring the wide diversity of researchers together, demonstrating the interdisciplinary but coherent nature of these efforts. The excitement of research in this field and its diverse applications has been expanding and the conferences have been growing and we anticipate a much larger conference than the previous ones. Interest among students and postdoctoral fellows continues to grow and the International Conference on Complex Systems provides essential exposure for them to reviews of historical progress and new advances. The broader impacts of the conference include interdisciplinary cross-fertilization among physicists, computer scientists, engineers, mathematicians, biologists, ecologists, psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, linguists, managers and physicians. The contact extends beyond the academic community to include professionals as well as the public. The new scientific effort to understand complex systems has attracted the attention of professionals in diverse areas -- high technology, biotechnology, health care, financial services, and corporate management generally. It has also attracted significant public attention because it addresses topics such as individual psychology, dynamics of social and economic change, and ecology, that are of general concern; and can address new problems as they arise, like global terrorism and homeland security. The ICCS conference will include educational sessions that are appropriate for professionals and the public. The conference will be located in Boston and will be accessible to public transportation. The ICCS has in past and is expected to continue to serve as a vehicle for public awareness of the importance of science to society.