Statistical Mechanics workshops

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.

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.

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.

The school introduces non-equilibrium statistical physics and stochastic processes as tools for noisy, dynamic systems. Lectures cover transport, carbon nanostructures and carbon nanotubes, theoretical and experimental biophysics, and connections between non-equilibrium physics and problems spanning cosmology to living systems. It is designed for master's and doctoral students and early-career postdoctoral researchers, requiring little prior experience of these advanced topics. Participants submit poster abstracts. There is no registration fee; limited attendance grants prioritize participants from developing countries. The programme supports research training and collaboration across Africa.