Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes - Modern Challenges in Statistical Mechanics; Patterns, Noise and the Interplay of Nonlinearity and Complexity; Spring 2002, Argentina

泛美高级研究院(PASI)奖由NSF和能源部(DOE)联合支持，将于2002年春季在阿根廷巴里洛什举行，主题是统计力学及其应用中的现代挑战。该研究所由新墨西哥大学的V.M.Kenkre博士组织，将把来自多个领域的科学家聚集在一起，为来自美国和拉丁美洲的学生举办一所密集的学校，重点关注两个主要领域：生物学中的非线性现象和模式形成，以及复杂流体统计力学方法的有效性。统计力学中现代计算方法的第三个重点领域将作为其他两个领域的一般支持。讨论的主题将围绕当前统计力学中非常活跃的领域，特别是：在模式的形成中，噪声在诱导有序和无序中的作用，以及统计力学在生物、化学、物理、工程和其他背景下对复杂系统的应用和影响。这一PASI的传播将通过以书籍的形式出版学校会议记录来完成。

0121888KenkreThis Pan American Advanced Studies Institutes (PASI) award, jointly supported by NSF and the Department of Energy (DOE), will take place in Bariloche, Argentina in the spring of 2002, on the topic of modern challenges in statistical mechanics and its applications. Organized by Dr. V.M. Kenkre of the University of New Mexico, the institute will bring scientists from several fields together to conduct an intensive school for students from the U.S and Latin America focused on two major areas: nonlinear phenomena and pattern formation in biology, and the validity of the methodology of statistical mechanics for complex fluids. A third focus area on modern computational methods in statistical mechanics will serve as general support for the other two.The subjects discussed will center around current areas of much activity in statistical mechanics, in particular: in the formation of patterns, the role of noise in inducing order as well as disorder, and applications and implications of statistical mechanics to complex systems in biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, and other contexts. Dissemination of this PASI will be accomplished by publishing the proceedings of the school in book form.