Summary
The Recent Trends in Ergodic Theory, Symbolic Dynamics, and Connections to Combinatorics is a conference to be held at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, from August 31- September 4, 2026. Understanding how complex systems evolve over time is central to many challenges in science and technology, from identifying patterns in large data sets to modeling phenomena in the natural and social sciences. This conference will showcase recent advances in the mathematical frameworks that help make sense of such complexity, emphasizing ideas that clarify how order and randomness coexist in evolving sy
