Feb 27 - Mar 3, 2023

Brin Mathematics Research Center,

Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park

Organizers: Maria Cameron and Pratyush Tiwary

Synopsis of the in-person workshop:

Events occurring rarely on the timescale of the system affect the system the most dramatically. Often they are associated with transitions from one metastable state to another. The study of rare events is of great importance and of great challenge as their direct simulation is exceedingly difficult due to long waiting times. In recent years, significant progress in studying rare events has been made due to the development of novel numerical tools based on adapting ideas from the realm of data science and machine learning as well as harnessing classical mathematical theories and ideas from theoretical chemistry. This in-person workshop will bring together scientists from various disciplines working on various aspects of the study of rare events and facilitate the exchange of ideas regarding theory, numerics, and diverse applications to problems in biology, chemistry, and physics.

We will have poster sessions and flash talks for a very selected number of graduate students and postdocs, as well as financial support for travel/accommodation. We will be soliciting applications for this later this year - please check this website and add your contact information TO THE FORM HERE to stay up-to-date when we start accepting applications. For any further information, please contact Pratyush Tiwary (ptiwary@umd.edu) or Masha Cameron (mariakc@umd.edu).

Confirmed invited speakers:

Andrew Ballard, DeepMind

Greg Bowman, Wash U St. Louis

Cecilia Clementi, Free University Berlin

Pilar Cossio, Flatiron Institute, NY

Aaron Dinner, U Chicago

Ron Elber, UT Austin

Andrew Ferguson, U Chicago

Todd Gingrich, Northwestern University

Carsten Hartmann, BTU Cottbus

Xuhui Huang, University of Wisconsin

Bettina Keller, Free University Berlin

Yannis Kevrekidis, Johns Hopkins

Peter Koltai, Free University Berlin

Benedict Leimkuhler, University of Edinburgh

Tony Lelievre, Ecole des Ponts Paris

Katie Newhall, University of North Carolina

Weiqing Ren, National University of Singapore

Grant Rotskoff, Stanford

Benoit Roux, U Chicago

Sapna Sarupria, University of Minnesota

Konstantinos Spiliopoulos, Boston University

Gabriel Stoltz, Ecole des Ponts Paris

Hugo Touchette, Stellenbosch University

Omar Valsson, University of North Texas

Eric Vanden-Eijnden, New York University

David Wales, Cambridge University

Jonathan Weare, New York University