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, June 29, 2025 (9:00 AM) to Friday, July 4, 2025 (5:30 PM)

Monday, June 23, 2025
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Friday, June 27, 2025
Saturday, June 28, 2025
Sunday, June 29, 2025
1:00 PM Bootcamp: Bootcamp
Bootcamp
1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Contributions

1:00 PM Bootcamp: Monte Carlo, thermostats, random numbers and general considerations - Joost de Graaf (Utrecht University)

2:45 PM Bootcamp: Active particles and analysing simulation data - Silke Henkes (Leiden University)
4:30 PM Walk up Authur's Seat

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Monday, June 30, 2025
9:00 AM Morning Session: LAMMPS and Cellular Potts
LAMMPS and Cellular Potts
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

9:00 AM Introduction - Joakim Stenhammar (Lund University)

9:15 AM Active Brownian Particles - Chantal Valeriani

11:00 AM Collective behavior of cells in animal development - Erika Tsingos
12:30 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Afternoon Session: LAMMPS and Cellular Potts
LAMMPS and Cellular Potts
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Run-and-tumble particles - Chantal Valeriani

4:00 PM Cell-based modelling approaches to animal development - Erika Tsingos
5:30 PM Reception and Poster Session: Reception and Poster Session
Reception and Poster Session
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
9:00 AM Morning Session: Vertex and Phase Field Models
Vertex and Phase Field Models
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

9:00 AM Vertex model for tissue mechanics - Rastko Sknepnek

11:00 AM Continuum theories for active particles - Benno Liebchen
12:30 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Afternoon Session: Vertex and Phase Field Models
Vertex and Phase Field Models
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Modelling active elastic membranes and sheets using triangulated surfaces - Rastko Sknepnek

4:00 PM Pattern formation in phoretic active matter - Benno Liebchen
6:30 PM Theoretical Physics Tour of Edinburgh: Theoretical Physics Walking Tour
Theoretical Physics Walking Tour
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
9:00 AM Morning Session: Stokesian Dynamics and Lattice Boltzmann Methods
Stokesian Dynamics and Lattice Boltzmann Methods
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

9:00 AM Hydrodynamic interactions in Stokes flow - Gwynn Elfring

11:00 AM Lattice Boltzmann method: principles - Timm Krueger
12:30 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Afternoon Session: Stokesian Dynamics and Lattice Boltzmann Methods
Stokesian Dynamics and Lattice Boltzmann Methods
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Active Stokesian Dynamics - Gwynn Elfring

4:00 PM Lattice Boltzmann method: suspensions and fluctuating hydrodynamics - Timm Krueger
7:30 PM School Dinner: School dinner
School dinner
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Thursday, July 3, 2025
9:00 AM Morning Session: Immersed Boundary Methods and Multi-phase Cahn-Hilliard Dynamics
Immersed Boundary Methods and Multi-phase Cahn-Hilliard Dynamics
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

9:00 AM Immersed boundary methods: theory and implementation - Enkeleida Lushi

11:00 AM Theory of phase field models with and without hydrodynamics - Davide Marenduzzo (School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh)
12:30 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Afternoon Session: Immersed Boundary Methods and Multi-phase Cahn-Hilliard Dynamics
Immersed Boundary Methods and Multi-phase Cahn-Hilliard Dynamics
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Immersed boundary methods: applications to active matter - Enkeleida Lushi

4:00 PM Tissue and cell monolayer modelling via phase fields - Davide Marenduzzo (School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh)
Friday, July 4, 2025
9:00 AM Morning Session: Hydrodynamic Studies of Microswimmers and Multi-Particle Collision Dynamics
Hydrodynamic Studies of Microswimmers and Multi-Particle Collision Dynamics
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

9:00 AM Hydrodynamic Studies of Microswimmers I: Multi-particle collision dynamics and squirmers - Holger Stark

11:00 AM Multi-particle collision dynamics for active fluids - Tyler Shendruk (University of Edinburgh)
12:30 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Afternoon Session: Hydrodynamic Studies of Microswimmers and Conclusion
Hydrodynamic Studies of Microswimmers and Conclusion
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Hydrodynamic Studies of Microswimmers II: Squirmer rods, E. coli bacteria, African trypanosomes, ... - Holger Stark

4:00 PM What have we learned? - Ignacio Pagonabarraga

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