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EXYSTENCE Thematic Institute 
     From Many-Particle Physics to Multi-Agent Systems
     19 July - 17 September 2004

Topical Workshop I: 
     Driven Many-Particle Systems - 
     Hopping Particles, Granular Media, and Colloidal Systems 
     26 - 30 July 2004

Topical Workshop II: 
     Multi-Agent Systems -
     Swarms, Ecology, and Society
     29 August - 3 September 2004

	      http://www.mpipks-dresden.mpg.de/~multi04/

The two months Thematic Institute (TI) "From Many-Particle Physics to
Multi-Agent Systems" aims at a transfer of methods developed primarily
in statistical physics to deal with many-particle systems in other
scientific areas, such as biology, artificial intelligence, or social
and economic sciences.  The TI is accompanied by two additional
Topical Workshops (TW) which concentrate on particular aspects of
many-particle and multi-agent systems in the non-animated and the
animated world. These workshops shall attract further participants
from other areas to interact with the participants of the TI.

The TI takes place at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of
Complex Systems (MPIPKS, http://www.mpipks-dresden.mpg.de/) in
Dresden, Germany, and is jointly financed by EXYSTENCE and the MPIPKS.
EXYSTENCE (http://www.complexityscience.org), the Complex Systems
Network of Excellence, is funded by the European Commission to foster
collaboration among European researchers interested in Complex
Systems, from fundamental concepts to applications, and involving
academia, business and industry.

Further information about the TI and the two TW's can be found at: 
 
	      http://www.mpipks-dresden.mpg.de/~multi04/

If you are interested in participating in the TI or the TW's, please
read the information about applications provided at the web page
above.  For your application, please ONLY use the application forms
provided there.

Further inquiries may be addressed to the scientific organizers of the
TI or the TW's, respectively.  More specific questions about the local
organization are handled by the MPIPKS.  All email addresses can be
found at the web page 
http://www.mpipks-dresden.mpg.de/~multi04/

Frank Schweitzer
schweitzer@physik.hu-berlin.de