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Principles of Complexity
- Evolution of complexity on earth
- Emergence of complex societies
- Complexity Explorer
Geoffrey West (SFI)
Luis Bettencourt (SFI)
Andres Gomez-Llevano (ASU)
José Lobo (ASU)
Nathaniel Rodriguez (Indiana University)
Horacio Samaniego (LANL, Valdivia)
Deborah Strumsky (UNC Charlotte)
Marcus Hamilton (SFI)
HyeJin Youn (SFI)
Clio Andris (SFI)
Global and Urban Energy Challenges
Metabolic Ecology of Humans
A feature in the May issue of Smithsonian reviews the birth at SFI of the growing field of "quantitative urbanism" and its progress toward an improved theoretical, mathematical understanding of cities.
SFI External Professor Aaron Clauset is among a small group of scientists beginning to use statistical tools from seismology and physics to forecast future patterns of war and terrorism.
SFI Research Fellow Simon DeDeo comments on a recent paper in Physical Review Letters that proffers a mathematical explanation for intelligent behavior based on entropy.