Conference: Dynamics Days 2015, January 9-11, 2015, Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, Houston, Texas

2015年1月9日(星期五)至1月11日(星期日)，“动力学日”会议将由理论生物物理中心(CTBP)主办，该中心是美国国家科学基金会的一个物理前沿中心。CTBP位于休斯顿，由莱斯大学、贝勒医学院和休斯顿大学参与，其使命是促进物理学和生物学的融合，以理解复杂的生命系统。同时，这项研究的结果将反馈到整个物理学中，并有助于发展对所有复杂系统现象的新思维方式。这次会议将有100-200人参加，观众的核心是物理学家和数学家，但也有相当数量的其他领域的人，如工程、生物和化学。会议形式由一次全体会议组成。会议的主题将包括复杂网络上的动力学、生物系统的非线性动力学、非线性系统的同步和自组织、地球物理流体动力学和模式形成。这次会议对于维持所有参与使用物理和数学来理解复杂系统的不同研究人员之间的一致性是至关重要的。因此，专注于生命系统物理学(POLS)的研究人员将能够在其他情况下与可能开创新方法的研究人员直接互动。相反，那些从未接触过在生物领域遇到的巨大挑战的科学家将有机会听到POLS领先研究人员的演讲，他们可能会有很多贡献。即使POLS领域接触到了生物界，保持与物理学的联系仍然是一个高度优先的问题。动力学日将有助于确保这一点的发生。这次会议将把积极从事动力学研究的科学家聚集在一起。Dynamic Days的大多数参与者将是来自社区广泛领域的学生和博士后。他们都将展示关于自己研究工作的海报。最直接的广泛影响将是扩大初级参与者的教育经验。此外，将邀请来自莱斯和CTBP现有合作少数族裔和拉美裔服务机构网络的当地本科生。

From Friday, January 9, 2015 Sunday to January 11, 2015 the Conference: "Dynamics Days" will be hosted by the Center for Theoretical Biological Physics (CTBP), an NSF Physics Frontier Center. Located in Houston with participation from Rice University, the Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Houston, the CTBP mission is to foster the convergence of physics and biology to make sense of complex living systems. At the same time, results from this research will feed back into physics in general, and help develop new ways of thinking about all complex system phenomena. The conference will be attended by 100-200 people, with the core of the audience consisting from physicists and mathematicians, but including a substantial number of people from other fields such as engineering, biology, and chemistry. The conference format consists of a single plenary session. Topics covered in the conference will include dynamics on and of complex networks, nonlinear dynamics of biological systems, synchronization and self-organization of nonlinear systems, geophysical fluid dynamics, and pattern formation. This conference is essential for maintaining coherence among all the disparate researchers involved in using physics and mathematics to make sense of complex systems. Thus, researchers focusing on the Physics of Living Systems (PoLS) will be able to interact directly with researchers who may be pioneering new methods, in other contexts. Conversely, scientists who have never been exposed to the enormous challenges encountered in the biological realm will get to hear talks by leading PoLS researchers and may have much to offer. Even as the PoLS field reaches out to the biology community, maintaining ties with physics remain a high priority. Dynamics Days will help make sure that this occurs. This meeting will bring together scientists actively engaged in Dynamics research. Most of the participants in Dynamics Days will be students and postdocs coming from a broad spectrum of the community. They will all be expected to present posters on their own research work. The most immediate broad impact will be on broadening the educational experience for the junior participants. In addition, local undergraduates, both from Rice and from the CTBP's existing network of collaborating minority- and Hispanic- serving institutions will be invited.