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Workshop

Hydrodynamic Approaches to Active Matter: Successes and Future Challenges

Scientific Coordinators: Leiming Chen, Frank Jülicher, Chiu Fan Lee

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Workshop

Atomic Physics 2026

Scientific Coordinator: Jan Michael Rost

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Our public outreach program aims to make scientific results accessible to the general public. Active scientists speak about their recent work and explain it to a lay public with an interest in natural sciences, or to school children of different ages.

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Talks

Dating and attributing literary texts with information distance

 Ernesto Estevez-Rams (Universidad de La Habana, Cuba, & PKS)

15 Oct 2026, 11:00 AM Seminarroom 4

Chaotic behavior of disordered nonlinear lattices - Part I

 Haris Skokos (University of Cape Town, South Africa)

15 Oct 2026, 03:00 PM Seminarroom 4

Quantum Dynamics Seminar: Controlling Continuum Dynamics with Counterdiabatic Driving

 David Abt (University of Heidelberg)

15 Oct 2026, 04:30 PM Room 1D1

Talks

Highlights

Publication Highlights

From Reaching Walls to Accumulating at Them: A Dual View of Active Particles

The motion of tiny self-propelled objects, from swimming microorganisms to…

Institute's News

The call for the 2027 Distinguished PKS Postdoctoral Fellowship is open!

The application deadline for this call is the 13 of November 2026. Distinguished…

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