Artificial-intelligence systems have made remarkable progress in recent years, but they still struggle with the kind of ...

This event is closed to the public. Justice is often treated as a problem of design – to be solved by writing better laws, improving court procedures, or fine-tuning economic rules. Insights from ...

In the 1980s and ’90s, SFI played laboratory to a promising new method known as agent-based modeling. In ensuing decades, ...

Abstract: Quantum physics and modern cosmology emerged almost simultaneously a century ago, yet they largely evolved along separate paths. Today, these frameworks are converging: the Universe’s ...

Complexity Postdoctoral Fellow Maike Morrison builds mathematical tools to quantify and compare biological variation. Her ...

SFI Resident Professor Melanie Mitchell has received a 2025 Eric and Wendy Schmidt Award for Excellence in Science Communications from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Why do people make short-term decisions that may not be in their long-term interest? An October 22-25 working group takes ...

Clinical data (on patients from elephant seals to people) make clear the extraordinary and contradictory powers of the mammalian immune system: a vital line of defense, yet a source of grave danger.

Abstract: Learning about the causal structure of the world is a fundamental problem for human cognition, and causal knowledge is central to both intuitive and scientific world models. However, causal ...

ACtioN Academy is a yearlong program designed to help members of SFI’s applied community dive into the foundations of complexity science and its application to contemporary issues. Deepening your ...

The 2025 Postdocs in Complexity Global Conference, held September 16-19, drew 53 accomplished scholars for a four-day meeting ...