Organizing Committee
- Robert Pelcovits
Brown University - Tom Powers
Brown University - Derek Stein
Brown University - Jay Tang
Brown University - SeeChen Ying
Brown University
Abstract
This event is sponsored and organized by the Brown University Physics Department.
The conference will promote a broad discussion of current topics in Non-Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics. Talks will focus on theoretical frameworks (or the desire for such) and on specific systems from wide-ranging fields such as astrophysics, atomic physics, biology, chemistry, climate physics, condensed matter, fluid mechanics, geophysics, and high-energy physics. There will be a mix of experimental, computational, and theoretical perspectives.
This is the third in a series of Conferences made possible by a generous bequest from the estate of Tony and Pat Houghton. Tony, who was a theoretical condensed matter physicist, chaired the Brown University Department of Physics from 1992 to 1998.
Confirmed Speakers & Participants
Talks will be presented virtually or in-person as indicated in the schedule below.
- Speaker
- Poster Presenter
- Attendee
- Virtual Attendee
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Denis Bartolo
Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon
-
Juan Fernandez de la Mora
Yale University
-
Margaret Gardel
University of Chicago
-
Sandip Ghosal
Northwestern University
-
Tanniemola Liverpool
University of Bristol
-
Fred MacKintosh
Rice University
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Fabio Marchesoni
University of Camerino
-
Ralf Metzler
University of Potsdam
-
Sidney Nagel
University of Chicago
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Robert Pelcovits
Brown University
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Tom Powers
Brown University
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Dennis Prieve
Carnegie Mellon University
-
Michael Shelley
New York University
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Derek Stein
Brown University
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Jay Tang
Brown University
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Yuhai Tu
IBM
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SeeChen Ying
Brown University
Workshop Schedule
Monday, May 8, 2017
| Time | Event | Location | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30 - 8:55am EDT | Houghton Conference Registration | ICERM, 121 South Main Street, Floor 11 | |
| 8:55 - 9:00am EDT | Welcome - Brendan Hassett, ICERM Director | 11th Floor Lecture Hall | |
| 9:00 - 9:05am EDT | Introduction - Bob Pelcovits, Chair, Organizing Committee | 11th Floor Lecture Hall | |
| 9:05 - 9:50am EDT | Phase Transitions and the Principle of Detailed Balance in Living Systems - Fred MacKintosh, Rice University | ||
| 9:05 - 11:30am EDT | Cellular Systems - Jay Tang, chair | ||
| 9:50 - 10:15am EDT | Coffee/Tea Break | 11th Floor Collaborative Space | |
| 10:15 - 11:00am EDT | Active Matter Models of Synthetic Biological Systems - Tanniemola Liverpool, University of Bristol | ||
| 11:00 - 11:45am EDT | Mechanics of Active Matter Constructed from Actomyosin - Margaret Gardel, University of Chicago | ||
| 11:30 - 1:30pm EDT | Lunch | ||
| 1:30 - 4:15pm EDT | Active Matter - Bob Pelcovits, Chair | ||
| 1:30 - 2:15pm EDT | Emergent Global Features of the Viscous-Fingering Instability - Sid Nagel, University of Chicago | ||
| 2:15 - 3:00pm EDT | Modeling Biosynthetic Active Matter - Mike Shelley, New York University | ||
| 3:00 - 3:30pm EDT | Coffee/Tea Break | 11th Floor Collaborative Space | |
| 3:30 - 4:15pm EDT | Flocking through disorder - Denis Bartolo, ENS de Lyon | ||
| 4:15 - 5:30pm EDT | Poster Session | ||
| 6:15 - 8:15pm EDT | Dinner | Faculty Club |
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
| Time | Event | Location | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 - 11:30am EDT | Brownian Systems - Tom Powers, Chair | ||
| 9:00 - 9:45am EDT | Anomalous Diffusion in Membranes and Cytoplasm of Biological Cells - Ralf Metzler, University of Potsdam | ||
| 9:45 - 10:30am EDT | Physics of Information Processing in Living Systems: from Sensory Adaptation to Biochemical Oscillations - Yuhai Tu, IBM | ||
| 10:30 - 10:45am EDT | Coffee/Tea Break | 11th Floor Collaborative Space | |
| 10:45 - 11:30am EDT | Giant Acceleration of DNA Diffusion in Entropic Barrier Arrays - Derek Stein, Brown University | ||
| 11:30 - 1:30pm EDT | Lunch | ||
| 1:30 - 2:15pm EDT | Static Versus Dynamic Equilibrium: Insights on the Structure of Conical Tips in Electrified and Magnetized Menisci - Juan de la Mora, Yale University | ||
| 1:30 - 4:15pm EDT | Electrokinetic Phenomena - Derek Stein, Chair | ||
| 2:15 - 3:00pm EDT | Diffusiophoresis of Charged Colloidal Particles in the Limit of Very High Salinity - Dennis Prieve, Carnegie Mellon University | ||
| 3:00 - 3:30pm EDT | Coffee/Tea Break | 11th Floor Collaborative Space | |
| 3:30 - 4:15pm EDT | Electro-osmotic Flow through Nanopores in Thin Membranes — when the tail wags the dog - Sandip Ghosal, Northwestern University | ||
| 4:15 - 4:30pm EDT | Concluding Remarks |
Lecture Videos
Electro-osmotic Flow through Nanopores in Thin Membranes - when the tail wags the dog
Sandip Ghosal
Northwestern University
May 9, 2017
Diffusiophoresis of Charged Colloidal Particles in the Limit of Very High Salinity
Dennis Prieve
Carnegie Mellon University
May 9, 2017
Giant Acceleration of DNA Diffusion in Entropic Barrier Arrays
Derek Stein
Brown University
May 9, 2017
Anomalous Diffusion in Membranes and Cytoplasm of Biological Cells
Ralf Metzler
University of Potsdam
May 9, 2017
Emergent Global Features of the Viscous-Fingering Instability
Sidney Nagel
University of Chicago
May 8, 2017
Mechanics of Active Matter Constructed from Actomyosin
Andrea Arnold
North Carolina State University
May 8, 2017
Phase Transitions and the Principle of Detailed Balance in Living Systems
Fred MacKintosh
Rice University
May 8, 2017