Name: Higgs School on Advances in Computational Active Matter
Start: 2025-06-29T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-07-04T17:30:00+01:00
Location: James Clerk Maxwell Building

Higgs School on Advances in Computational Active Matter

from Sunday, 29 June 2025 (09:00) to Friday, 4 July 2025 (17:30)

Monday, 23 June 2025
Tuesday, 24 June 2025
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Thursday, 26 June 2025
Friday, 27 June 2025
Saturday, 28 June 2025
Sunday, 29 June 2025
13:00 Bootcamp: Bootcamp
Bootcamp
13:00 - 16:30
Contributions

13:00 Bootcamp: Monte Carlo, thermostats, random numbers and general considerations - Joost de Graaf (Utrecht University)

14:45 Bootcamp: Active particles and analysing simulation data - Silke Henkes (Leiden University)
16:30 Walk up Authur's Seat

16:30 - 17:30

Monday, 30 June 2025
09:00 Morning Session: LAMMPS and Cellular Potts
LAMMPS and Cellular Potts
09:00 - 12:30
Contributions

09:00 Introduction - Joakim Stenhammar (Lund University)

09:15 Active Brownian Particles - Chantal Valeriani

11:00 Collective behavior of cells in animal development - Erika Tsingos
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Afternoon Session: LAMMPS and Cellular Potts
LAMMPS and Cellular Potts
14:00 - 17:30
Contributions

14:00 Run-and-tumble particles - Chantal Valeriani

16:00 Cell-based modelling approaches to animal development - Erika Tsingos
17:30 Reception and Poster Session: Reception and Poster Session
Reception and Poster Session
17:30 - 19:30
Tuesday, 1 July 2025
09:00 Morning Session: Vertex and Phase Field Models
Vertex and Phase Field Models
09:00 - 12:30
Contributions

09:00 Vertex model for tissue mechanics - Rastko Sknepnek

11:00 Continuum theories for active particles - Benno Liebchen
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Afternoon Session: Vertex and Phase Field Models
Vertex and Phase Field Models
14:00 - 17:30
Contributions

14:00 Modelling active elastic membranes and sheets using triangulated surfaces - Rastko Sknepnek

16:00 Pattern formation in phoretic active matter - Benno Liebchen
18:30 Theoretical Physics Tour of Edinburgh: Theoretical Physics Walking Tour
Theoretical Physics Walking Tour
18:30 - 20:00
Wednesday, 2 July 2025
09:00 Morning Session: Stokesian Dynamics and Lattice Boltzmann Methods
Stokesian Dynamics and Lattice Boltzmann Methods
09:00 - 12:30
Contributions

09:00 Hydrodynamic interactions in Stokes flow - Gwynn Elfring

11:00 Lattice Boltzmann method: principles - Timm Krueger
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Afternoon Session: Stokesian Dynamics and Lattice Boltzmann Methods
Stokesian Dynamics and Lattice Boltzmann Methods
14:00 - 17:30
Contributions

14:00 Active Stokesian Dynamics - Gwynn Elfring

16:00 Lattice Boltzmann method: suspensions and fluctuating hydrodynamics - Timm Krueger
19:30 School Dinner: School dinner
School dinner
19:30 - 22:00
Thursday, 3 July 2025
09:00 Morning Session: Immersed Boundary Methods and Multi-phase Cahn-Hilliard Dynamics
Immersed Boundary Methods and Multi-phase Cahn-Hilliard Dynamics
09:00 - 12:30
Contributions

09:00 Immersed boundary methods: theory and implementation - Enkeleida Lushi

11:00 Theory of phase field models with and without hydrodynamics - Davide Marenduzzo (School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh)
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Afternoon Session: Immersed Boundary Methods and Multi-phase Cahn-Hilliard Dynamics
Immersed Boundary Methods and Multi-phase Cahn-Hilliard Dynamics
14:00 - 17:30
Contributions

14:00 Immersed boundary methods: applications to active matter - Enkeleida Lushi

16:00 Tissue and cell monolayer modelling via phase fields - Davide Marenduzzo (School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh)
Friday, 4 July 2025
09:00 Morning Session: Hydrodynamic Studies of Microswimmers and Multi-Particle Collision Dynamics
Hydrodynamic Studies of Microswimmers and Multi-Particle Collision Dynamics
09:00 - 12:30
Contributions

09:00 Hydrodynamic Studies of Microswimmers I: Multi-particle collision dynamics and squirmers - Holger Stark

11:00 Multi-particle collision dynamics for active fluids - Tyler Shendruk (University of Edinburgh)
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Afternoon Session: Hydrodynamic Studies of Microswimmers and Conclusion
Hydrodynamic Studies of Microswimmers and Conclusion
14:00 - 17:30
Contributions

14:00 Hydrodynamic Studies of Microswimmers II: Squirmer rods, E. coli bacteria, African trypanosomes, ... - Holger Stark

16:00 What have we learned? - Ignacio Pagonabarraga

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