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
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Tanniemola Liverpool
University of Bristol
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Fred MacKintosh
Rice University
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Fabio Marchesoni
University of Camerino
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Ralf Metzler
University of Potsdam
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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
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |