Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter

复杂适应物质研究所(ICAM)是一个开放的以实验为基础的分布式研究所，来自不同学科和许多机构的科学家通过确定复杂适应物质的主要新研究主题，并从这些主题的化学、物理和生物观点出发，形成协作研究和科学培训，为创造新类型科学的明确目的而合作。ICAM在美国和世界各地的学术机构设有31个分支机构。ICAM支持探索性研讨会、科学前沿研讨会、初级研究员计划和一个网站。此外，ICAM还与国际复杂和适应性物质研究所(IICAM)合作开展活动，IICAM是美国国家科学基金会资助的六个国际材料研究所之一。

The Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter (ICAM) is an open experiment-based distributed Institute in which scientists in disparate disciplines and from many institutions collaborate for the express purpose of creating new kinds of science by identifying major new research themes in complex adaptive matter and nucleating collaborative research and scientific training that draws from the chemical, physical, and biological viewpoints of these themes. ICAM has 31 branches at academic institutions distributed in the US and internationally. ICAM supports exploratory workshops, Symposia at the Frontiers of Science, a Junior Fellows program, and a web site. In addition, ICAM collaborates activities with the International Institute for Complex and Adaptive Matter (IICAM), one of six NSF supported International Materials Institutes.