软凝聚态物理作为物理、化学、生物、材料等多学科交叉的物理学前沿学科，近几年来发展迅速。理论与模拟是软凝聚态物理研究中的重要部分。由于学科交叉性的特点，软凝聚态物理的研究人员普遍缺乏相关理论物理知识的系统学习。因此，期望通过举办理论物理暑期班，来加强软凝聚态物理研究领域的年轻学者的理论基础，并促进彼此之间的交流。本次暑期班将选择玻璃化与凝胶化转变、大分子自组装、活力物质与非平衡自组织为主题来展开。

Soft condensed matter physics develops rapidly in recent years. As an interdisciplinary research area, it concerns the knowledge of physics, chemistry, biology, materials science and etc. Theory and modeling take an important role in the study of soft matter. However, many researchers in this area are lack of knowledge of the related fundamental physical theories, due to varieties of backgrounds. By holding the 4th summer workshop on the frontiers of theoretical physics, we hope the young researchers in the area of soft matter physics could take advantage of it to systematically study the basic theories and enhance their communications in research. The themes of this workshop are glass and gel transition, self-assembly of macromolecular systems, active matter and nonequilibrium self-organization.