Information Processing and Biology

The Santa Fe Institute, in New Mexico, is a place for studying complex systems. I’ve never been there! Next week I’ll go there to give a colloquium on network theory, and also to participate in this workshop:

• Statistical Mechanics, Information Processing and Biology, November 16–18, Santa Fe Institute. Organized by David Krakauer, Michael Lachmann, Manfred Laubichler, Peter Stadler, and David Wolpert.

Abstract. This workshop will address a fundamental question in theoretical biology: Does...