The initial training on numerical methods for active matter will take place online, from 18 January to 4 February 2021.
Organizers
- Nuno Araújo, University of Lisbon
- Giovanni Volpe, University of Gothenburg
- Agnese Callegari, University of Gothenburg
Lecturers
- Giorgio Volpe, UCL
- Margarida Telo da Gama, University of Lisbon
- Benno Liebchen, TU Darmstadt
- Agnese Callegari, University of Gothenburg
- Aykut Argun, University of Gothenburg
- Joost de Graaf, University of Utrecht
- Cristóvão Dias, University of Lisbon
- Luca Biancofiore, Bilkent University
- Marisol Ripoll, Forschungszentrum Jülich
- Daniel Sussman, Emory University
- Ignacio Pagonabarraga, EPFL
- Miha Ravnik, University of Ljubljana
- Žiga Kos, University of Ljubljana, and MIT
- Amin Doostmohammadi, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
Links to the available lectures
- Introduction to Active Matter – Giorgio Volpe [Lecture]
- Introduction to Soft Matter – Margarida Telo da Gama [Lecture (Part 1)] [Lecture (Part 2)] [Lecture (Part 3)]
- Introduction to Modelling Approaches of Active Matter – Benno Liebchen
- Basics of Classical Molecular Dynamics – Agnese Callegari [Lecture (Part 1)] [Lecture (Part 2)]
- Numerical Techniques on Random Walk, Brownian Motion, and Active Brownian Motion – Aykut Argun [Lecture]
- Advanced Molecular Simulations – Joost de Graaf
- Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Active Matter using LAMMPS – Cristóvão Dias [Lecture (Part 1)] [Lecture (Part 2)] [Lecture (Part 3)]
- Computational Fluid Dynamics for Active Fluids – Luca Biancofiore
- Multi-particle Collision Dynamics – Marisol Ripoll [Lecture]
- Non-metric Interaction Rules in Models of Active Matter – Daniel Sussman [Lecture (Part 1)] [Lecture (Part 2)] [Lecture (Part 3)] [Lecture (Part 4)]
- Lattice Boltzmann for Simple Fluids – Ignacio Pagonabarraga [Lecture (Part 1)] [Lecture (Part 2)] [Lecture (Part 3)] [Lecture (Part 4)]
- Lattice Boltzmann Modelling of Active Matter – Miha Ravnik, Žiga Kos [Lecture]
- Phase Field Modeling of Active Matter – Amin Doostmohammadi [Lecture]
Program
Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri |
18 Jan | 19 Jan | 20 Jan | 21 Jan | 22 Jan |
25 Jan | 26 Jan | 27 Jan | 28 Jan | 29 Jan |
1 Feb | 2 Feb | 3 Feb | 4 Feb | 5 Feb |
In the timetable below, times are in CET.
Names in gray with (*) are to be confirmed.
Quick links: [Program PDF] [Week 1] [Week 2] [Week 3]
First week
18 January
2:30-4:00 PM – Discussion: Introduction to soft matter, active matter, modeling of active matter – Giorgio Volpe, Margarida Telo da Gama, Benno Liebchen
19 January
10:30-11:30 AM – Discussion: Molecular dynamics, basic concepts – Agnese Callegari
4:00-5:00 PM – Round Table: Active Matter – Giorgio Volpe, Margarida Telo da Gama, Benno Liebchen
20 January
10:00-11:30 AM – Discussion: Stochastic equations, Langevin equation, Brownian Dynamics, Active Brownian Dynamics – Aykut Argun
21 January
4:30-5:30 PM – Round Table: Numerical simulations: importance and applications – Joost de Graaf, Hartmut Löwen, Benno Liebchen, Aykut Argun, Agnese Callegari, Cristóvão Dias
22 January
10:00-11:30 AM – Discussion: Advanced MD simulations: Hydrodynamics at large scales – Joost de Graaf
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Second week
25 January
10:00-11:30 AM – Discussion: LAMMPS – Cristóvão Dias
5:00-6:00 PM – Round table: Machine learning for Soft and Active Matter – Giovanni Volpe, Frank Cichos, Carlo Manzo, Daniel Sussman, Aykut Argun, Saga Helgadottir.
26 January
10:00-11:30 AM – Discussion: Computational Fluid dynamics for Active Fluids – Luca Biancofiore
28 January
10:00-11:30 AM – Discussion: Multi-particle collision Dynamics – Marisol Ripoll
4:00-5:00 PM – Round Table: Advanced simulations – Marisol Ripoll, Daniel Sussman, Joost de Graaf, Luca Biancofiore, Nuno Araújo, Cristovao Dias
29 January
10:00-11:30 AM – Discussion: Non-metric interactions in models of active matter – Daniel Sussman
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Third Week
1 February
10:00-11:30 AM – Discussion: Lattice Boltzmann for simple fluids – Ignacio Pagonabarraga
4:00-5:00 PM – Round Table: Phase transitions – Anna Maciolek, Andrea Gambassi, Margarida Telo da Gama, Ignacio Pagonabarraga, Nuno Araújo
2 February
10:00-11:30 AM – Discussion: Lattice Boltzmann for active matter – Miha Ravnik, Žiga Kos
3 February
10:00-11:30 AM – Discussion: Phase-field models for active systems – Amin Doostmohammadi
4:00-5:00 PM – Round Table: Future of Active Matter Simulation – Ignacio Pagonabarraga, Amin Doostmohammadi, Miha Ravnik
4 February
4:00-5:00 PM – Conclusion
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