@InProceedings{randall:LIPIcs.DISC.2017.3, author = {Randall, Dana}, title = {{Phase Transitions and Emergent Phenomena in Random Structures and Algorithms}}, booktitle = {31st International Symposium on Distributed Computing (DISC 2017)}, pages = {3:1--3:2}, series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)}, ISBN = {978-3-95977-053-8}, ISSN = {1868-8969}, year = {2017}, volume = {91}, editor = {Richa, Andr\'{e}a}, publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik}, address = {Dagstuhl, Germany}, URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.DISC.2017.3}, URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-80212}, doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.DISC.2017.3}, annote = {Keywords: Markov chains, phase transitions, sampling, emergent phenomena, programmable matter} }