Preface. Organizing committee and participants. Physics of computation: From classical to quantum; H. Thomas. Irreversibility and dephasing from vacuum fluctuations; M. Büttiker. Of decoherent electrons and disordered conductors; P. Mohanty. Spintronics and quantum dots for quantum computing and quantum communication; G. Burkard, et al. Spin-polarizes electronics using dilute magnetic semiconductors; C. Gould, et al. The evolution of evolutionary engines; M.O. Magnasco. Computational complexity in physics; C. Moore. When topology meets dynamics: Braids of particle motion and chirality; A.T. Skjeltorp. Turbulence and financial market data analyzed with respect to their scale dependent complexity; J. Peinke, et al. Collective behaviour of people. An essay on the applications of statistical physics to humans; T. Vicsek. Where is Adam Smith's invisible hand? J.L. McCauley. Cellular model of superconducting vortex dynamics; K.E. Bassler, M. Paczuski. Index.
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