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Hierarchy in networks could have emerged at random
PNASIn PNAS, SFI External Professor Ricard Solé and colleagues at Pompeu Fabra University argue that much of the hierarchy in the world could have emerged at random. ... More
SFI lecture November 6: The geniuses who invented the digital universe
In an SFI Community Lecture on Wednesday evening, November 6, in Santa Fe, historian George Dyson tells the story of how a small band of young geniuses not only built the computer but foresaw the new world it would create. ... More
SFI's Libby Wood on why civilian abuse such as rape is so common in wartime
KSFR's Santa Fe Radio CafeSFI External Professor Elisabeth Wood describes the phenomena of rape, torture, and other civilian abuse during wartime. Hear her interview on the Santa Fe Radio Cafe. ... More
Tracing the history of languages, worship, even marriage systems
New ScientistLaura Fortunato is among researchers studying the evolution of language and words -- and cultural practices -- much as biologists study how living organisms evolve, according to a New Scientist cover story. ... More
How similar are corporate and human life cycles?
In a September 30 Business Network topical meeting in London, participants explored the evolution of the modern corporation, the corporate life cycle, the impact of globalization, and the relationship between corporations and other major social institutions. ... More
SFI's Dunne leads project on why Polynesian islanders lived sustainably on some islands but not on others
Research led by SFI Chair of Faculty Jennifer Dunne is among 21 new projects being funded by the NSF to develop a better understanding of how humans and the environment interact. ... More
2013 Complex Systems Summer School papers address topics from banking to better health
Graduate students and postdocs participating in SFI's 2013 Complex Systems Summer School collaborated to develop some 15 original research papers. See their research. ... More
The agony and ecstasy of cross-disciplinary collaboration
ScienceAn article in the Science Careers section of the journal Science describes the challenges of cross-disciplinary collaboration, mentioning SFI as a research center that has successfully formalized the practice of working across disciplines. ... More
Video: Is the human conscience led by the head or the heart?
Newsweek/The Daily BeastIn an SFI Community Lecture in Santa Fe, Steven Pinker and Rebecca Newberger Goldstein asked whether human moral progress is a gift of empathy and emotion or of reason and logic. ... More
Science symphony November 2: The Majesty of Music and Mathematics
On Saturday, November 2, the Santa Fe Institute and the Santa Fe Symphony present a unique immersion in sound and science featuring a multimedia presentation by SFI 's Cris Moore interspersed with musical selections. ... More
Audio: Murray Gell-Mann on what it means to think like a scientist
Santa Fe Radio CafeSFI's Murray Gell-Mann discusses what it means to think like a scientist, the value of rejecting orthodoxy, complex systems science and theory, and intelligent life on other planets, among other topics. ... More
Former SFI Trustee Joy Covey dies in bike accident
Joy Covey, a member of SFI's Board of Trustees from 2000 to 2009, died yesterday in a bike accident. She was 50. ... More
Video: SFI's Stephanie Forrest on complexity and the biology of computation
In a series of three lectures September 10-12 in Santa Fe, SFI’s Stephanie Forrest revealed surprising commonalities between computers and organisms, then described research that blurs the distinction further. Watch her talks. ... More
Audio: W. Brian Arthur on how evolution in technology & biology compare, and differ
Santa Fe Radio CafeSFI External Professor W. Brian Arthur explores how new technology is created, and how closely evolutionary processes in technology mirror those from biology. ... More
Hundreds of girls to expand their scientific horizons Oct. 5 in Santa Fe
Hundreds of 5th-8th grade girls will spend Saturday, October 5, with New Mexico women who have chosen careers in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and computing. ... More
SFI Business Network member Tim Hodgson on complex systems thinking in investment finance
top100funds.com"Equilibrium is dead," says SFI Business Network member Tim Hodgson of Towers Watson, in an article about the role of complex systems thinking in investment. ... More
SFI's online course in complexity begins September 30
SFI is re-offering its popular massive open online course (MOOC) in complex systems science, "Introduction to Complexity," beginning September 30, 2013. ... More
Cities must be allowed to evolve
The Guardian (U.K.)An article in The Guardian about ways to build sustainable cities offers advice from several experts, beginning with SFI Professor Luis Bettencourt. ... More
SFI seeks applicants for the Cowan Chair in Human Social Dynamics
SFI is seeking nominations and applications for the Cowan Chair in Human Social Dynamics. Apply by November 1, 2013. ... More
Can complex systems science inform entrepreneurship?
ForbesIn a column in Forbes, SFI Trustee John Chisholm asks whether the theoretical, scientific study of complex systems can inform the hardscrabble world of start-up firms. ... More
David Wolpert joins SFI’s resident faculty
External Professor David Wolpert joined SFI's resident faculty on a half-time basis on Monday, September 9, 2013. He also is a member of Los Alamos National Laboratory's Information Sciences Group. ... More
Probing Wikipedia editors' hive mind
Science NewsWikipedia acts a bit like one big brain, its editors working independently, yet somehow together performing an enormous cooperative computation, according to an article about Simon DeDeo's research. ... More
Paper: Early Clovis knew their land and stone
American AntiquityIn a recent paper, SFI's Marcus Hamilton and colleagues examined 296 projectile points from two New Mexico clusters of Clovis artifacts, linking the two encampments by the workmanship and materials. ... More
Big city, big data: Cities are 'fields of information to be harvested'
New StatesmanThe city is no longer just a place but a living field of information to be harvested, according to an article that cites early work at SFI to see if Kleiber's Law helped describe cities. ... More
Harvard, UMass Amherst, and the origins of 'alternative economics'
Harper's MagazineHarper's Jeff Madrick pans 40 years of "dubious" economic policies originating at Harvard and reviews the history of "alternative economics," starting with SFI Professor Sam Bowles's move from Harvard to UMass Amherst in 1972. ... More
How the brain handles big data
An August SFI working group, “Big Data In the Brain,” focused on the brain and how it manages large amounts of data – as well as the mapping of the brain itself, another kind of big data challenge. ... More
Biologist Michael Lachmann to join SFI in 2014
SFI announced today that biologist Michael Lachmann will join the Institute’s resident faculty next summer. Lachmann currently is an assistant professor at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany. ... More
Moore's Law-like cost and performance curves apply well beyond semiconductors
IEEE SpectrumIEEE Spectrum notes recent research by scientists at SFI and MIT that examined price and performance data for 62 technologies across a broad range of industries. ... More
Redesigning cities - Could urban planning be a catalyst for development?
The Guardian (U.K.)SFI Professor Luis Bettencourt is among the experts who participated in a live online chat August 29 about the role of urban planning in development. ... More
Paper: Experimental progress begins to fill gaps in hypotheses for life's emergence
PNASIn PNAS, SFI's Rogier Braakman reviews two scientists' recent progress in simulating prebiotic chemistry at deep-sea hydrothermal vents and puts the research in the context of what we still don't know about life's beginnings. ... More
Sidney Redner to join SFI's resident faculty in 2014
SFI announced today that Sidney Redner will join the Institute's resident faculty in July 2014. Redner now chairs the physics department at Boston University. ... More
Business Network meeting explores innovation in natural and technological systems
Silicon Hills (Austin)A June SFI Business Network topical meeting in Austin on innovation drew 100 artists, musicians, business executives, entrepreneurs, academics, investors, and reporters, according to an article in Silicon Hills (Austin/San Antonio). ... More
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