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The latest news and events at the Santa Fe Institute
Tracking animal migrations has become easier... now what?
During a working group this week at SFI, roughly a dozen ecologists and computer scientists will explore ways emerging technologies might help researchers better understand why and how individuals in migrating groups make the choices they do.
Migrate or cooperate? SFI working group tackles evolutionary fork-in-the-road
Researchers meet at SFI this week to understand how two evolutionary strategies — migration and cooperation — might have co-evolved, and in what situations one strategy prevails.
Jim Hartle elected to the American Philosophical Society
SFI External Professor Jim Hartle has been named a member of the American Philosophical Society.
Does nature favor cool computations?
Imprecise, noisy computations can actually cool a biological system, according to a new analysis by SFI Professor David Wolpert.
Where, when, and which energy storage systems make sense for utilities offering wind and solar
In a study published in Nature Climate Change, SFI External Professor Jessika Trancik and colleagues assess the market value of storage technology such as batteries, pumped hydroelectric, and compressed air energy storage.
Jerry Sabloff to receive the American Anthropological Association's 2016 Kidder Award
Jerry Sabloff has been selected by the American Anthropological Association to receive its 2016 Alfred Vincent Kidder Award for Eminence in the Field of American Archaeology.
What drives biological synchrony?
Researchers are gathered at SFI this week to understand what drives biological "synchrony": rapid, widespread rises and falls in populations.
Paper: Human niche construction has re-shaped the biosphere
Human niche construction has dramatically re-shaped the global biosphere over time, according to newly published research by SFI External Professor Melinda Zeder.
Aaron Clauset receives Erdos-Renyi Prize for Young Scientists
This week, SFI External Professor Aaron Clauset received the 2016 Erdős–Rényi Prize for Young Scientists from the Network Science Society.
Crop prevalence adds to evidence of human migration patterns
Crop prevalence adds to the evidence that Madagascar and the Comoros Islands were colonized by people from South Asian Islands rather than from Africa, a new paper suggests.
SFI maintains 4-star charity rating
SFI has maintained the highest possible rating under the independent charity evaluator Charity Navigator's new rating system.
Science Board member Simon Levin wins National Medal of Science for his research in ecological complexity
This week the president awarded SFI's Simon Levin the U.S. National Medal of Science—the nation’s highest honor for achievement and leadership in science.
Working group seeks new algorithms for an old problem
Deciding whether two symmetries are alike is a longstanding problem in group theory, the mathematical study of symmetry. This week at SFI, a working group meets to tackle the mathematical curiosity with implications across diverse scientific fields.
Applying complexity in The City Different
SFI and the City of Santa Fe join a federally funded initiative to find innovative solutions to local urban issues.
Video: Carlos Castillo-Chavez on deadly lessons from emerging diseases
On April 12, Carlos Castillo-Chavez unraveled the complex factors that fuel the spread of deadly diseases, and how we can use our knowledge of them to prevent future outbreaks. Watch the video here.
In the loop: How feedback drives the evolution of networks
“Assembly of scaffolding” is a phenomenon that spans disciplines and refers to a feedback process in which production networks lead to higher-order regulatory networks, which in turn affect the evolution of the production networks.
How word meanings evolve
Participants in a March SFI working group called for coordinated computational approaches to address the outstanding question of how word-meaning associations change through human history.
Chimpanzee fig selection sheds light on primate motor skills evolution
In a new study published in the Royal Society's Interface Focus, Justin Yeakel and colleagues explore the role fruit selection may have had on the evolution of primate motor skills.
Accounting for politics in green energy transitions
A new computational model by SFI Omidyar Fellow Marion Dumas and colleagues forecasts 50-year carbon emissions under differing political scenarios.