Biocomplexity/Advanced Biocomplexity

Instructor(s): Peterson
Institution: University of Alaska (Anchorage)
Category: Biology
Description: An exploration of the applications of complexity theory to topics in biology. Topics to be considered include scaling laws in biology, self-organization, agent-based models of biological patterns and evolutionary processes, bioinformatics and information dynamics in biological systems, and algorithms as a theoretical basis for interpreting biology. Includes a student-directed agent-based modeling project.

Santa Fe Institute