Most systems in nature are inherently noisy. Sometimes noise is the driving force and the familiar deterministic laws emerge only after it is averaged out: Brownian motion becomes the diffusion equation, molecular collisions become the Boltzmann distribution, and random capture of proteins by cell-surface receptors becomes the Berg-Purcell law. In other settings noise adds complexity on top of deterministic dynamics, inducing slow drift and tipping points - as in ocean circulation under noise and warming - that mean-field approximations miss entirely. This workshop brings together mathematicians, statisticians and applied scientists to present new problems, phenomena and techniques in settings where randomness drives system behaviour. It will connect the main practitioners in Atlantic Canada with international experts and with graduate students and postdocs, in roughly equal thirds. A full day will be devoted to open problems suitable for junior researchers, to inspire the next generation to advance this field.

Event Location: Huntsman Marine Science Centre, St. Andrews, New Brunswick

Contact organizer: Theodore Kolokonikov (tkolokol@gmail.com)