Workshop: Statistical Mechanics Foundations of Complexity - Where Do We Stand?; Santa Fe, NM; May 8-10, 2014

在过去十年中，统计物理领域在概念和分析框架及其应用方面都取得了重大进展。为期三天的研讨会“统计力学的复杂性基础--我们的立场是什么？”由圣达菲研究所(SFI)主办的2014年5月8日至10日将汇集来自物理、计算科学、生物学和网络理论的研究人员，讨论统计物理领域的基础、最新方法发展和应用。其目的是将在各种新的数学方法方面有经验的人与对特定复杂系统有洞察力的人聚集在一起。研讨会的中心问题将是批判性地评估所取得的理论进展，并讨论新技术在非平衡物理、生物等过程的现实世界应用中的有效性。新统计方法的发展对集体经济行为的数学理解、羊群行为、意见形成、金融市场、进化和创新动力等问题产生了影响。研讨会也是一个机会，鼓励物理学以外的人熟悉新的理论发展和潜在的应用。这将是学生和博士后同伴体验跨学科合作的绝佳教育机会。参与者的混合构成将激发新的研究思路。

During the past decade substantial advances have occurred in the area of statistical physics, both in the conceptual and analytical framework and its applications. The three-day workshop "Statistical Mechanics Foundations of Complexity - Where Do We Stand?" hosted by the Santa Fe Institute (SFI) on May 8-10, 2014 will bring together researchers from physics, computational science, biology, and network theory to discuss foundations, recent methodological developments and applications in the field of statistical physics. The aim is to bring together people with experience in a variety of novel mathematical methods with people with insights in specific complex systems. The central question of the workshop will be to critically assess the achieved theoretical progress, and to discuss the validity of the new technology in real-world applications of non-equilibrium physical, biological, etc. processes. The development of new statistical methods has an impact on problems including mathematical understanding of collective economic behavior, herding, opinion formation, financial markets, evolution, and the dynamics of innovation. The workshop is also an opportunity to encourage people outside physics to familiarize themselves with the new theoretical developments and potential applications. It will be an excellent educational opportunity for student and postdoctoral fellow participants to experience cross-disciplinary collaborations. The mixed composition of the participants will stimulate new research ideas.