Center for Mathematical Sciences, Lecture room MR4


2022-04-26 13:00: Irreversibility and active matter: from microscopic models to field theories (Jeremy O'byrne, DAMTP)

2022-05-24 13:00: Absorbing phase transitions in systems with mediated interactions: a mean-field viewpoint (Cesare Nardini, CEA - Paris Saclay)

2022-05-31 13:00: From active liquids to active solids: a tale of criticality, phase transitions and phase separations (Thibault Bertrand, Imperial College London)

2022-10-04 13:00: Time-reversal symmetry breaking in fluctuating nonequilibrium systems (Sarah Loos, DAMTP)

2022-10-11 13:00: The dopamine circuit as a reward-taxis navigation system (Omer Karin, Imperial College London)

2022-10-18 13:00: The force-force correlator for disordered elastic systems (Cathelijne ter Burg, DAMTP)

2022-11-01 13:00: Wetting transition of active Brownian particles (Nigel Wilding, University of Bristol)

2022-11-15 13:00: Thermodynamics of Clocks (Patrick Pietzonka, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems)

2022-11-29 13:00: When active matter turns solid : from collective motion to collective actuation (Olivier Dauchot, ESPCI Paris)

2023-01-17 13:00: Precision-dissipation trade-off for driven stochastic systems (Karel Proesmans, University of Copenhagen)

2023-01-24 13:00: Accurate dynamics from self-consistent memory in stochastic chemical reactions with small copy numbers (Peter Sollich, University of Goettingen)

2023-01-31 13:00: Geometry of nonequilibrium interacting reaction networks (Vivien Lecomte, Université Grenoble–Alpes)

2023-02-14 13:00:  The anomalous transport of tracers in active baths (Omer Granek, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology)

2023-03-07 13:00: Using Critical Slowing Down to suggest statistical indicators of disease emergence and elimination (Louise Dyson, University of Warwick)

2023-03-14 13:00: Minimum Action Method for nonequilibrium phase transitions (Ruben Zakine, Ecole polytechnique and CFM Chair of Econophysics & Complex Systems)

2023-03-21 13:00: Field theories of active matter (Gunnar Pruessner, Imperial College London)

2023-05-02 13:00: The effect of cellular crowding on evolution: a bacteria tale and a phage tale (Diana Fusco (Cavendish Labratory, University of Cambridge))

2023-05-09 13:00:  Self-organisation of proteins: from collective phenomena to function (Erwin Frey (LMU Munich))

2023-05-16 13:00: Renormalisation group and machine learning: the Wavelet-Conditional RG  (Giulio Biroli (ENS Paris))

2023-05-30 13:00: Collective motion and its fragility (Alexandre Solon (U Sorbonne))

2023-06-06 13:00: Renormalisation and log-Sobolev inequalities  (Roland Bauerschmidt (CMS, University of Cambridge))

2023-06-13 13:00: Active colloids that mix and mingle (Daphne Klotsa (University of North Carolina))

2023-10-03 13:00: Pattern formation by turbulent cascades (Michel Fruchart (ESPCI Paris))

2023-10-31 13:00: How constraints and chirality guide self-organisation in living systems (Alexander Mietke (University of Oxford, Department of Physics))

2023-11-14 13:00: The interplay between dissipation and kinetics in nonequilibrium states (Marco Baiesi (University of Padova))

2023-11-21 13:00: Coarse-graining hot Brownian swimmers (Klaus Kroy (Leipzig University, ITP))

2024-01-16 13:00: Physicochemical hydrodynamics of droplets in inkjet printing (Detlef Lohse (Physics of Fluids Group, University of Twente))

2024-01-23 13:00: Quasicrystals with hexagonal symmetry and other patterns in soft-matter (Andy Archer (Loughborough University London))

2024-01-30 13:00: Emergent collective properties in inertial active matter (Lorenzo Caprini (Gran Sasso Science Institute))

2024-02-13 13:00: When Intuition About Brownian Motion Fails (Tanja Schilling (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg))

2024-02-20 13:00: Brownian particles in nonequilibrium baths  (Clemens Bechinger (Universitaet Konstanz))

2024-02-27 13:00: Bacterial transport in dilute and porous environments (Christina Kurzthaler (Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems))

2024-03-05 13:00: Natural swarms in 3.99 dimensions (Andrea Cavagna (Institute for Complex Systems, CNR, Rome))

2024-03-12 13:00: Limits to nonequilibrium response (Jordan Horowitz (U Michigan))

2024-03-26 13:00: Quantitative model inference for living matter (Jörn Dunkel (MIT) )

2024-04-23 13:00:  Modelling of equilibrium and non-equilibrium time-series data: from protein folding to weather forecasting (Roland R. Netz (Department of Physics, Free University Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany))

2024-04-30 13:00: Hyperuniformity: Why? How? What? (Michael A. Klatt (German Aerospace Center (DLR)))

2024-05-07 13:00: Two puzzles in the statistical physics of life (and a small step towards studying one of them) (Wilson Poon (School of Physics & Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh))

2024-05-14 13:00: Testing nonequilibrium currents (Hugo Touchette (Department of Mathematical Sciences Stellenbosch University, South Africa))

2024-05-21 13:00: Non-reciprocal pattern formation of conserved fields (Fridtjof Brauns (Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, UCSB))

2024-05-28 13:00:  Design rules for controlling active defects (Suraj Shankar (University of Michigan))

2024-06-04 13:00: The algorithmic infinite monkey theorem (Ard Louis (Department of Physics, University of Oxford))

2024-09-17 13:00: Thermodynamic nature of irreversibility in active matter (Ralf Eichhorn (Nordita, Sweden))

2024-09-30 13:00: Title to be confirmed (Benjamin Machta, Yale University)

2024-10-15 13:00: Understanding the energetic costs of biological computation (Benjamin Machta, Yale University)

2024-10-22 13:00: Ising spin model for active particles making directional decision-making (Prof. Nir Gov  Department of Chemical and Biological Physics Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot (Israel))

2024-10-29 13:00: Computational capabilities of transient sets in natural systems (Aneta Koseka, Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior — Caesar, Bonn)

2024-11-05 13:00: Beyond Linear Response: Equivalence between Thermodynamic Geometry and Optimal Transport (Adrianne Zhong, UC Berkeley)

2024-11-12 13:00: Where to dig for gold? Simple ‘tricks’ to help look for new universality classes (Chiu Fan Lee, Imperial College London)

2024-11-19 13:00: Generalized Schrodinger bridges in stochastic thermodynamics (Paolo Muratore-Ginanneschi, University of Helsinki)

2024-11-26 13:00: Some applications of machine learning in active matter (Eric Vanden-Eijnden, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University)

2024-12-03 13:00: Hydrodynamic Hamiltonians of active two-dimensional fluids (Naomi Oppenheimer, Tel Aviv University)

2025-01-21 13:00: Tracer-bath correlations in d-dimensional interacting particle systems (Davide Venturelli (Sorbonne Université))

2025-01-28 13:00: Field theories for nonequilibrium soft matter systems (Michael te Vrügt (U Mainz))

2025-02-04 13:00:  Giant density fluctuations in locally hyperuniform states (Sara Del Cengio (Massachusetts Institute of Technology))

2025-02-11 13:00: TALK CANCELLED: Robust signal amplification and information integration via self-tuned proximity to bifurcation points (Isabella Graf (EMBL Heidelberg))

2025-02-18 13:00: Topological flowscape for state transitions of nonreciprocal flocks (Hyunseok Lee (Massachusetts Institute of Technology))

2025-02-25 13:00: Active particles under soft and dynamic confinement (Thomas Speck (University of Stuttgart))

2025-03-04 13:00: Neural density functional theory of liquid-gas phase coexistence and related phenomena. (Robert Evans (H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol))

2025-03-11 13:00: Signal processing across biological scales (Steffen Rulands (LMU))

2025-03-18 13:00: Activity controlled morphologies in effective interactions in model active matter (Ignacio Pagonabarraga (University of Barcelona))

2025-05-06 13:00: Noether's theorem and hyperforces in statistical mechanics (Sophie Hermann (Sorbonne University))

2025-05-13 13:00: Dissipation and Optimal Transport in Discrete and Continuous Flow-based Models  (Grant M. Rotskoff (U Stanford))

2025-05-20 13:00: Robust signal amplification and information integration via self-tuned proximity to bifurcation points (Isabella Graf (EMBL Heidelberg))

2025-05-27 13:00: Stochastic dynamics of particles in correlated (fluctuating) fields. (Andrea Gambassi (SISSA))

2025-06-03 13:00: Large deviations in non-Markov stochastic feedback (Francesco Coghi (U Nottingham))