An informal workshop in to discuss the new frontiers of glass physics and its applications. We focus on two main topics, expected to be central research subjects in the next 1/2 years. Saturday will be devoted to two-level systems, and Sunday on rheology and dynamics of glasses. Talks will be concentrated in the mornings, in order to allow for discussion and collaboration in the afternoons.
Besides the contributed talks, there will be two special seminars:
On Saturday, there will be a Tutorial on two-level systems by Prof. D.R. Reichman.
On Sunday, we will have an Interdisciplinary guest lecture by Prof. S. Newman.
8:30 AM: Coffee is offered
9:00 AM: Theory of Tunnelling Two-Level Systems, David R. Reichman (Columbia) [TUTORIAL]
10:20 AM: Break
10:40 AM: Statistics of classical double-wells in amorphous solids, Camille Scalliet (U. Montpellier)
11:10 AM: Quantum analysis of two-level systems in amorphous solids, Dmytro Khomenko (ENS Paris)
11:40 AM: Role of inertia in friction and depinning, Marko Popovic (EPFL)
12:00 AM: The density of interacting quasi-localised modes in amorphous solids, Wencheng Ji (EPFL)
12:20 PM: Lunch is offered in Hamilton 303 (the room is available until 1PM)
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM: Three discussion rooms will be available in the 5th floor of Havemeyer Hall (Chemistry department)
8:30 AM: Coffee is offered
9:00 AM: Simulating relaxation dynamics up to experimental timescales?, Ludovic Berthier (U. Montpellier) [DISCUSSION]
9:20 AM: Memories from the ergodic phase: the awkward dynamics of spherical mixed p-spin models, Giampaolo Folena (Sapienza)
9:40 AM: Equilibrium dynamics of infinite-dimensional particle systems: a numerical solution, Alessandro Manacorda (ENS Paris)
10:00 AM: Percolation and caging transition: dynamics on hypercubic lattices and random Lorentz gas, Yi Hu (Duke)
10:30 AM: Break
10:50 AM: Relationship between shear and random forcing, Peter Morse (Syracuse University)
11:10 AM: SWAP with varying degrees of freedom, Carolina Brito (Universidade Federal Rio Grande do Sul)
11:30 AM: From chemical physics to developmental biology in an era of ideological upheaval, Stuart Newman (New York Medical College) [SCIENCE AND SOCIETY]
12:30 PM: Lunch is offered in Havemeyer 209
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM: Free time for discussions in Havemeyer 209
Both venues are in the main campus of Columbia University, which can be reached by taking subway line #1, and getting down at the 116th Street stop.
Hamilton Hall | Room 303
This building inside the main campus, on 116th Street, towards the side of Amsterdam Avenue (opposite side of campus with respect to the line 1 subway stop).
Havemeyer Hall | Room 209
This is the Chemistry Department. To reach the room you need to go down one floor.
Participation to the event at Columbia University is reserved to the members of the Simons Collaboration Cracking the Glass Problem.