A cell is fundamentally a container—a vessel that encapsulates life at the most basic level. Many biologists believe ...

A recent special issue of Philosophical Transactions B takes on one of the biggest mysteries in science: how life first began ...

Sahana Subramanyam was a participant in SFI's 2018 summer Research Experience for Undergraduates — now called the Undergraduate Complexity Research program. In this essay, she reflects on how the ...

Max Jerdee, a Complexity Postdoctoral Fellow at SFI, builds statistical tools to study the structure of networks — not just who connects to whom, but how patterns of hierarchy and community vary ...

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It has become increasingly vital for students across the sciences to gain computational and mathematical skills: the ability to translate real-world systems into quantitative models, carry out ...

The program is held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) campus is located in a beautiful Southwest high desert setting with mountain views. The housing and ...

The program is held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. During the work week UCR studetns conduct their research at the Santa Fe Institute's (SFI) Cowan Campus. Students live at the Institute of American ...

Processual archaeologists began employing some of the vocabulary now current in complexity studies in the 1960s and 1970s, inspired by cybernetics, general systems theory, and contemporary ...

We ask all applicants to read this page carefully before applying or emailing us with questions. Thank you. SFI’s CSS program is designed for curious, motivated people who desire an intensive, ...