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2025 Complexity Science Symposium

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  • Program
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Co-Organizers

David KrakauerDavid KrakauerPresident + William H. Miller Professor of Complex Systems, Santa Fe Institute
Melanie MitchellMelanie MitchellProfessor + Science Steering Committee Member at SFI, and Author of "Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans"

Speakers

Blaise Agüera y ArcasBlaise Agüera y ArcasVP and Fellow at Google, and CTO of Technology & Society
Rosemary BraunRosemary BraunAssociate Professor Molecular Biosciences, Applied Math, & Physics at Northwestern University; External Faculty, SFI
David GraciasDavid GraciasProfessor, Johns Hopkins School of Engineering + Johns Hopkins Medicine and School of Arts and Sciences
Kyle HarperKyle HarperProfessor of Classics and Letters at the University of Oklahoma; Fractal Faculty, SFI
David KrakauerDavid KrakauerPresident + William H. Miller Professor of Complex Systems, Santa Fe Institute
John KrakauerJohn KrakauerProfessor, Neurology + Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; External Professor, SFI
Agnieszka KurantAgnieszka KurantConceptual Artist
Andrea LiuAndrea LiuProfessor of Physics, University of Pennsylvania; Science Board Member, SFI
Tom McCarthyTom McCarthyWriter + SFI Miller Scholar
David WallaceDavid WallaceProfessor + Chair, Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh

Coordinator

Renée TursiRenée TursiManager, Office of the President, Santa Fe Institute




Contact

Email: rtursi@santafe.edu


  • Suggested Readings
  • More is Different (Anderson, 1972)
  • What Emergence Can Possibly Mean (Carroll + Parola, 2024)
  • Real Patterns (Dennett, 1991)
  • The Information Theory of Individuality (Krakauer et al, 2020)
  • What Is a Macrostate? Subjective Observations and Objective Dynamics (Shalizi + Moore, 2023)