Multiscale modeling has become an indispensable tool in condensed matter physics, physical chemistry, engineering and materials science. One prominent class of materials, whose properties can rarely be understood on one length scale and one time scale alone, is soft matter. Instead, by definition, the properties of soft materials are typically governed by structures and processes on a multitude of time scales, ranging from electronic/atomic to millimeters and beyond, and from sub-picoseconds to seconds and beyond. 

The central element of multiscale modeling is coarse-graining, i.e., the art to describe complex systems with many degrees of freedom by a reduced set of representative degrees of freedom. Even though this idea has a long history, many fundamental aspects of coarse-graining and scale bridging are still poorly understood. This concerns for instance the representability and transferability of a coarse-graining approach and the challenge to develop coarse-grained models that are dynamically and kinetically consistent.  

The central aim of this conference is to bring together researchers from different disciplines to discuss recent trends in multiscale simulations, with an emphasis on nonequilibrium systems, of dynamically and kinetically consistent coarse graining, and the usage of recent advances in machine learning for multiscale simulations. Invited lecturers

Jörg Behler, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Tristan Bereau, Universität Heidelberg
Nicholas Boffi, New York University
Christoph Dellago, Universität Wien
Giulio Giusteri, Università degli Studi di Padova
Frauke Gräter, Universität Heidelberg
Tomáš Kubař, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
Tony Lelievre, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech
Josef Malek, Charles University
Abhinav Sharma, Universität Augsburg
Julija Zavadlav, Technische Universität München
Peter Bolhuis, Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences 

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A conference fee of 200,00 EUR is requested for participation for non-invited speakers. After acceptance, please transfer the conference fee to the following bank account:

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TRR146 conference 2024 / Name of participant / KST 070111