Greater Boston Area Statistical Mechanics Meeting
24th Annual Greater Boston Area Statistical Mechanics Meeting
This year's meeting will be at MIT
In-Person
Friday, October 27, 2023 3-7PM
Registration deadline (for submitting a table talk abstract and free food), October 22
Detailed program is shown below
The Greater Boston Area Statistical Mechanics meeting (GBASM) is a workshop that brings together researchers from the greater Boston area and beyond interested in statistical mechanics, nonlinear dynamics, condensed matter physics, biophysics, and related topics for a day of presentations and discussions. The meeting consists of four invited talks, each of length 30 minutes and contributed "table talks". During table talks, each contributor gives a brief announcement (about 30 seconds, no slides) of his/her work in the lecture hall; we then move to an adjacent room where each contributor sits at a table with a laptop or tablet and discusses his/her research with interested participants. We have found that this format eliminates the expense (and time) associated with preparing a poster but provides greater feedback than a short talk. For preparation of a table talk, we recommend preparing slides for a ten minute talk with additional supplementary slides to answer questions. The deadline for submitting a table talk abstract is October 22.
Coffee, tea, and bagels will be served from 2:30 to 3:00 and snacks will be served during coffee breaks. If you register by October 22 coffee, snacks and lunch are free. The first of three sessions begins at 3:00. Coffee and tea will be available at all times.
To register for free, click here. Register by October 22 to submit a table talk abstract and receive free food.
Invited Speakers
The tug-of-war at cell junctions: synchrony of symmetry breaking
Flocking matter driven by actin polymerization
Microswimmers under the spotlight: Orchestrating assembly and motion in active matter
The many phases of a cell
Program
GBASM_Program_2023.pdfDirections
The meeting will be held at MIT, in room 4-270, which is on the 2nd floor of building 4. A map and directions from the Kendall Square T Station are below.
Financial Support
The cost of this year's GBASM meeting is generously subsidized by:
The Department of Physics, Boston University
The Department of Physics, Northeastern University
The College of Science, Northeastern University
The Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Brandeis University
The Department of Physics, UMass, Amherst
The Department of Chemistry, MIT.