Physics workshops

This workshop connects mathematical and theoretical neuroscience approaches to the dynamics of densely connected recurrent spiking networks. Mean-field methods link individual-neuron dynamics with population behaviour, while low-dimensional collective dynamics and low-rank connectivity provide complementary descriptions informed by experiments and simulations. Researchers with mathematical and physics backgrounds alternate presentations to compare these perspectives. Public research lectures run from Monday afternoon through Wednesday, followed by doctoral tutorials on Thursday and Friday at the Bernoulli Center, EPFL, Lausanne. Registration begins at 13:30 on 2 November, with the introduction at 13:45 and talks from 14:00. Tuesday and Wednesday lectures and Thursday and Friday tutorials start at 09:00. Times are Europe/Zurich, CET (UTC+01:00). Seats are limited; researchers from outside EPFL pay CHF90 and commit to attending the lecture sessions. Tutorials are restricted to PhD students. Separate registration forms for doctoral students and other researchers are linked on the official workshop page. Preparation assumes mathematics or physics at master’s level and familiarity with computational neuroscience.

This MRS workshop, developed with the Japan Society of Applied Physics, examines how AI can advance autonomous materials research beyond property prediction. Sessions connect physics-informed models, fundamental physical understanding, experimental validation and human–AI collaboration. Particular attention goes to data-efficient learning where experimental datasets are small or difficult to obtain. The online programme runs 4 November, 10:00–13:00, and 5 November, 19:00–22:00, US Eastern Time (EST). Registered participants receive session recordings. Registration is USD 100 regular, USD 75 for MRS members and USD 25 for students; qualifying developing-country professionals pay USD 25 and qualifying students attend free, subject to documentation and the published conditions. An MRS account is required.

A two-day scientific workshop from the Biophysics Laboratory at UNAM’s Instituto de Ciencias Físicas, supported by the Biophysical Society. Students, researchers and academics explore UV–visible spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy and microplate spectrophotometry through keynote lectures, theoretical sessions and hands-on laboratory work. The programme links conceptual foundations to practical measurement and encourages collaboration across biophysics and related disciplines. Registration starts at 09:00 on each day; the workshop closes at 17:30 on 13 November, Central Mexico Time.

A workshop for research technical professionals examines electron microscopy, sample preparation and the operation of research facilities. Presentations cover imaging, spectroscopy, cryo-SEM, data quality, industrial microscopy and post-irradiation examination; discussion addresses maintenance, standard operating procedures, data management and user training. Participants compare technical practices and develop collaborations across the UK microscopy community. The 17 November programme begins with arrival at 09:30, followed by a 10:00 welcome, two presentation sessions, a panel at 15:15 and closing remarks at 15:45–16:00 (UK local time, GMT). Attendance is free for research technical professionals, with lunch and refreshments. NTPMI can subsidize travel for attendees from outside Greater Manchester.

Connect numerical approaches to classical and quantum initial-boundary-value problems. The workshop examines deterministic wave propagation, fluid dynamics and general relativity alongside fluctuating quantum fields and hydrodynamics. Invited perspectives and contributed talks explore shared modelling challenges, including symmetry-preserving and mimetic discretisation, summation-by-parts methods, action-based formulations, lattice field theory, stochastic partial differential equations and quantum computing. Researchers in theoretical physics and applied mathematics will compare methods and identify opportunities for collaboration across these neighbouring fields. 19 November 2026 at 09:00 through 21 November at 17:00, Asia/Seoul (KST, UTC+9). Participant registration closes on 8 November 2026 and requires an Indico account. Capacity is 70. Contributed abstracts are due 25 October.

A five-day research workshop combines molecular simulations and AI-assisted drug discovery with practical hacking sessions and direct mentoring. Training covers enhanced sampling, QM/MM simulation and free-energy calculations, with discussion of current computational research workflows. The meeting brings together forty participants spanning master’s students, doctoral researchers, postdoctoral researchers and faculty, alongside invited experts from Europe, the United States and South America. Activities take place at Universidad de los Andes and Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Bogotá. Pre-registration is first come, first served through 20 October; the local organizer lists a COP 95,000 fee including four lunches and separate travel/accommodation scholarship support.

Bring together amplitude-bootstrap approaches to string theory in flat and curved backgrounds. Researchers will discuss how bootstrap constraints reveal the structure of string amplitudes and how these methods extend to cosmological observables and anti-de Sitter or de Sitter settings. The workshop connects communities studying the S-matrix, cosmological correlators and quantum gravity through presentations and scientific discussion. 30 November 2026 at 09:00 through 4 December at 17:00, Asia/Taipei (UTC+8). Public participant registration closes on 20 November 2026.

Explore whether the physics of glass and jamming transitions can provide shared principles for complex matter, from amorphous solids and granular flows to living systems. The programme combines theoretical, experimental and computational approaches to nonequilibrium dynamics, structural disorder and collective behaviour. Discussions connect soft and active matter with biological processes and medical challenges, seeking research directions that cross the boundaries between physics, chemistry, materials and medicine. 14 December at 10:15 to 18 December at 12:40; Asia/Tokyo (JST, UTC+09:00). Attendance-only registration is due 30 November. Poster proposals are due 31 October, subject to capacity; oral submission and banquet booking have closed. An Indico account is required, with new accounts approved during Japanese weekday office hours.

This school and workshop joins physics, applied mathematics and ecology to understand ecological dynamics and biodiversity across scales. Students learn to connect empirical data with individual-based models, differential equations, stochastic dynamics and complex interaction networks. The curriculum addresses marine species fluctuations, metapopulations, microbial ecology, animal movement, spatial scaling of plant communities, habitat fragmentation and evolutionary rescue. The January 23–24 workshop includes invited and contributed talks, posters, and discussion of theoretical ecology's future in South America. Master's and doctoral students are the principal school audience; advanced undergraduates and postdoctoral researchers may also apply. There is no registration fee, and limited travel and local support is available. School applications closed on 25 October 2026; the workshop application deadline is 20 November 2026.

Mathematicians and physicists will investigate how topological structures constrain quantum fields and quantum gravity. Properties unchanged by local deformation can impose strong restrictions on microscopic physical theories. The programme brings together expertise in topology and quantum theory to study broader classes of these structures and their implications for physics at very short distance scales.

Small-scale ocean mixing must be understood and represented accurately in climate models. This workshop joins mathematicians, numerical modellers, laboratory researchers, observational oceanographers and machine-learning specialists to connect mixing mechanisms with predictive parameterizations. Participants will compare theory, experiments and increasingly detailed observations, assess computational and learning approaches, and identify ways to transfer advances between disciplines. Early-career researchers will gain a broad view of the methods and collaborations needed to link mathematical descriptions to ocean behaviour.

Marking a century of Richardson’s work on turbulent dispersion, this programme compares Lagrangian and Eulerian approaches, stochastic and deterministic models, particle dynamics and continuum descriptions. Topics include multiparticle dispersion, experimental particle tracking, geophysical transport, spontaneous stochasticity, mixing, and machine-learning methods for closure and inference. The programme connects theory, simulation and experiment with environmental and climate prediction. It targets doctoral students, postdocs and established researchers in turbulence and transport; exceptional master’s students may be considered. Accommodation is provided for outstation participants.

This capacity-building workshop trains graduate students and early-career researchers to analyse public JWST observations. Lectures and practical tutorials cover NIRCam, NIRSpec and MIRI, data reduction, calibration and archival access. Mentored projects investigate exoplanet atmospheres, brown dwarfs and galaxy evolution, culminating in research presentations. The programme particularly supports participants from Latin America. Selected attendees pay no registration fee; meals are covered, and accommodation is provided for selected non-local participants.

Hosted at Yale, the workshop asks where galaxy formation succeeds or fails and how extremely faint stellar systems can reveal that boundary. The first day considers reionization, minimum halo masses and theoretical signatures; the second examines detection limits and present and forthcoming surveys. The final day connects dynamical masses, chemical abundances, binary populations, density profiles and gas content with the distinction between tiny galaxies and star clusters. Invited talks and contributed research link theoretical predictions with observational tests. Abstract submission opened September 15, 2026, and registration is scheduled to open December 1, 2026.

A graduate school and research workshop examine water from molecular to planetary scales. The programme connects hydrogen bonding and quantum effects with collective dynamics, interfaces, biological function, extreme conditions and atmospheric water. Participants study first-principles simulations, machine-learned potentials and multiscale modelling. The first week provides foundational training; the second features current research, discussions and posters. Applicants should have grounding in statistical mechanics, quantum mechanics and molecular simulation or related computation. Graduate students, postdocs and early-career faculty are the main audience, with limited consideration of senior undergraduates. ICTS provides accommodation for outstation participants.

Explore path-integration techniques linking quantum mechanics, quantum field theory and gravity. Five themes connect worldline methods, strong external backgrounds, heat-kernel expansions and resurgence, on-shell quantities, and geometry in first quantisation. Discussion includes curved spaces, superspace and nontrivial topology, as well as representations of wavefunctions, scattering amplitudes and gravitational waveforms. Review lectures introduce challenges in each area, followed by invited and contributed talks, two poster sessions and extended collaborative discussions across research communities. 22 March 2027 at 17:00 through 2 April at 13:30, Europe/Paris. The local timezone changes from CET to CEST on 28 March. Expressions of interest close on 15 December 2026 and participation is confirmed by the end of the year. An Indico account is required. Capacity is 70. Estimated fees, including accommodation and meals, are EUR 1,330 for established or senior scientists and EUR 940 for early-career researchers, payable on arrival; limited travel support is being sought.

This twelve-day workshop develops AI and machine-learning methods for data-intensive astronomy and cosmology. It progresses from foundational instruction through applications in galaxy formation, dark energy, time-domain observations and cosmological simulations to collaborative research planning. Deep learning, generative modelling, uncertainty estimation and workflow automation are considered alongside interpretability and disciplinary training gaps. The programme targets PhD students, postdocs and junior faculty in astronomy or AI-related fields; exceptional undergraduate and master’s applicants may be considered. Python, statistics and machine-learning experience are helpful for the practical work. ICTS provides accommodation for outstation participants.

Study modern connections between gravitational theory and quantum information in an intensive doctoral school for young researchers. Lectures develop covariant phase space, boundary symmetries and edge modes in general relativity, then connect these tools to observable algebras, celestial holography and quantum reference frames. Leading researchers introduce the foundations and discuss current research directions at the interface of classical and quantum gravity. 11 April 2027 at 15:00 through 16 April at 17:00, Europe/Zurich (CEST, UTC+2). Participants must attend the full week. Preregistration closes on 15 December 2026; the advertised early fee is EUR 250 through that date. Accommodation and meals from Sunday to Friday are included, with no extra nights. Registration is validated only after payment through a subsequently supplied payment link. Travel assistance depends on available funding.

This workshop connects cellular mechanics and three-dimensional genome regulation with machine learning. It examines how mechanical environments activate transcription factors, move regulatory molecules into nuclei, couple the cytoskeleton to nuclear architecture, alter chromatin dynamics and influence genome maintenance and disease. High-resolution imaging, live-cell tracking, engineered microenvironments, ultrasensitive detection, single-cell and spatial omics, and computational models provide complementary approaches. Physicists, engineers, computer scientists, biologists and clinicians will discuss how these methods can reveal causal links between nuclear mechanics and gene regulation.

This workshop connects observations of young galaxies and large-scale structure with cosmological simulations. JWST, ALMA and wide-field surveys motivate discussion of early galaxy populations, gas and dust, reionization, protoclusters and their environments. Optical spectroscopy adds constraints on circumgalactic gas and chemical enrichment. Participants will compare theoretical predictions with observations to understand how the cosmic web and baryonic matter evolve together. Abstract and initial registration submissions close on 4 December 2026; final registration and fee payment close on 28 February 2027.