From owner-bionews@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Wed Nov 15 22:26:16 2000 Return-Path: Received: by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 110) id 330CB17AB7; Wed, 15 Nov 2000 22:26:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 6022) id D980317ADE; Wed, 15 Nov 2000 22:26:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 6024) id 02F5B17ADE; Wed, 15 Nov 2000 22:18:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from chi6-1.relay.mail.uu.net (chi6-1.relay.mail.uu.net [199.171.54.98]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5361B415D5 for ; Wed, 15 Nov 2000 22:18:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pele.santafe.edu by chi6sosrv11.alter.net with ESMTP (peer crosschecked as: pele.santafe.edu [192.12.12.119]) id QQjplx08698 for ; Wed, 15 Nov 2000 22:18:19 GMT Received: from santaclara.santafe.edu (santaclara [192.12.12.12]) by pele.santafe.edu (8.9.3/8.9.1) with ESMTP id PAA16024 for ; Wed, 15 Nov 2000 15:18:18 -0700 (MST) Received: (from news@localhost) by santaclara.santafe.edu (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.1) id PAA23067 for bionet-announce@moderators.isc.org; Wed, 15 Nov 2000 15:18:17 -0700 (MST) To: bionet-announce@moderators.isc.org From: Melanie Mitchell Newsgroups: bionet.announce Subject: Complex Systems Summer Schools, 2001 Organization: Santa Fe Institute Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: santaclara.santafe.edu 974326697 22868 192.12.12.49 (15 Nov 2000 22:18:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@santafe.edu NNTP-Posting-Date: 15 Nov 2000 22:18:17 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.0803 (Gnus v5.8.3) Emacs/20.6 Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 22:26:08 +0000 (GMT) Sender: owner-bionews@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Precedence: bulk SANTA FE INSTITUTE Complex Systems Summer Schools Summer, 2001 SANTA FE SCHOOL: June 10 to July 7, 2001 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. Held on the campus of St. John's College in Santa Fe. Administered by the Santa Fe Institute. BUDAPEST SCHOOL: July 16 to August 10, 2001 in Budapest, Hungary. Held on the campus of Central European University in Budapest. Administered by Central European University and the Santa Fe Institute. GENERAL DESCRIPTION: An intensive introduction to complex behavior in mathematical, physical, living, and social systems for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the sciences and social sciences. Open to students in all countries. Students are expected to choose one school and attend the full four weeks. Week 1 will consist of an intensive series of lectures and laboratories introducing foundational ideas and tools of complex systems research. The topics will include nonlinear dynamics and pattern formation, statistical mechanics and stochastic processes, information theory and computation theory, adaptive computation, computer modeling tools, and specific applications of these core topics to various disciplines. Weeks 2 and 3 will consist of lectures and panel discussions on current research in complex systems. The topics this year are: -- Origin and Early Evolution of Life (Santa Fe and Budapest) -- Nonstandard Approaches to Computation (Santa Fe and Budapest) -- Geophysics and Climate Modeling (Santa Fe) -- Self-Organization and Collective Behavior (Budapest) Week 4 will be devoted to completion and presentation of student projects. WHO SHOULD APPLY: Applications are solicited from graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in any discipline, but with some background in science and mathematics at least at the undergraduate level (including calculus and linear algebra). An optional review of relevant mathematics will be given at the beginning of each school. Students may apply to either the Santa Fe School or the Budapest School, regardless of home country. COSTS: -- Santa Fe School: No tuition is charged. 100% of housing costs are provided for graduate students and 50% for postdoctoral fellows. (The remaining 50% is $700 for the four week school). Most students will provide their own travel funding. Some travel scholarships may be available, depending on need. -- Budapest School: No tuition is charged. 100% of housing costs are provided for all students. Some travel scholarships will be available, depending on need. HOUSING: Housing at both schools will be in single dormitory rooms, some with shared bathrooms. Telephone and computer network connectors will be available. For students with accompanying families, some family housing will be available. Travel support for families is not available. APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Provide a current resume with publications list (if any), statement of current research interests, comments about why you want to attend the school, and two letters of recommendation from scientists who know your work. Include your e-mail address and fax number. Specify which school you want to attend (or which is your first choice if you are willing to attend either). Specify in your cover letter whether you wish to apply for a travel scholarship. (This will not affect our decision on your application.) Send only complete application packages by postal mail to: Summer Schools Santa Fe Institute 1399 Hyde Park Road Santa Fe, NM 87501 USA APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 5, 2001 Women, minorities, and students from developing countries are especially encouraged to apply. Further information at http://www.santafe.edu/sfi/education/indexCSSS.html or summerschool@santafe.edu. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 2001 SUMMER SCHOOL FACULTY Directors: SANTA FE BUDAPEST Ray Goldstein, U. Arizona Imre Kondor, Eotvos Univ. Melanie Mitchell, SFI Melanie Mitchell, SFI Partial List of Lecturers: SANTA FE BUDAPEST Elizabeth Bradley, U. Colorado Imre Kondor, Eotvos Univ. Thomas Carter, Cal. State U. Andras Kroo, Renyi Inst. Math. Sean Elicker, U. New Mexico Melanie Mitchell, SFI Ray Goldstein, U. Arizona Cristopher Moore, U. New Mexico Thomas Halsey, Exxon Research Mark Newman, SFI Laura Landweber, Princeton Zoltan Racz, Eotvos Univ. Seth Lloyd, MIT Grzegorz Rozenberg, Leiden U. Melanie Mitchell, SFI Hava Siegleman, Technion Harold Morowitz, George Mason U. Erik Schultes, MIT Cosma Shalizi, SFI Peter Schuster, Univ. Vienna Ken Steiglitz, Princeton Eors Szathmary, Eotvos Univ. Eors Szathmary, Eotvos Univ. Gabor Vattay, Eotvos Univ. Koen Visscher, U. Arizona Tamas Vicsek, Eotvos Univ. Lance Williams, U. New Mexico Erik Winfree, MIT .