RAINER KLAGES, lecturer in applied mathematics at the Queen Mary University of London, studied physics and philosophy at the Technical University of Berlin. His research stations were Maryland/USA, Budapest, Brussels, and Dresden and his main research interests are nonlinear dynamics, complex systems, and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics.

G܎TER RADONS holds the Chair for theoretical physics, complex systems and nonlinear dynamics at the Institute of Physics, Chemnitz University of Technology. His main research interests are theoretical foundations of complex systems, data analysis and modelling, applications in natural sciences and engineering.

IGOR M. SOKOLOV holds the Chair for statistical physics and nonlinear dynamics at the Institute of Physics, Humboldt-University at Berlin. His main research interests cover statistical physics as well as physical chemistry of condensed and soft matter, especially problems regarding disordered systems and polymers.