Author: Julia Esposito
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Patel’s Group Publishes “On the Engulfment of Antifreeze Proteins by Ice”
Aniket U. Thosar, Yusheng Cai, Sean M. Marks, Zachariah Vicars, Jeongmoon Choi, Akash Pallath, and Amish J. Patel have recently published “On the Engulfment of Antifreeze Proteins by Ice” in the Biophysical Journal and on arXiv. Read more about this paper below. Link to Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.01271 Abstract: “Antifreeze proteins (AFPs) are remarkable biomolecules that suppress…
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PICS Colloquium: “Genetic testing and adverse selection” with Eduardo Azevedo
On Friday, February 23rd at 2 PM EST, PICS will host a colloquium with Eduardo Azevedo, Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at Wharton, John M. Bendheim Professor, Thomas L. Bendheim Professor. This colloquium will be held in-person in PICS 534 with refreshments provided. Title Genetic testing and adverse selection Abstract Technology is dramatically…
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PICS Colloquium: “Wall-models of turbulent flows via scientific multi-agent reinforcement learning” with Jane Bae
On Friday, February 9th at 2 PM EST, PICS will host a colloquium with Jane Bae, Assistant Professor of Aerospace at Caltech. This colloquium will be held in-person in PICS 534 with refreshments provided. Title Wall-models of turbulent flows via scientific multi-agent reinforcement learning Abstract The predictive capabilities of turbulent flow simulations, critical for aerodynamic…
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PICS Colloquium: “Exploring the landscape of model representations” with William Noid
On Friday, February 2nd at 2 PM EST, PICS will host a colloquium with William Noid, Professor of Chemistry at Penn State University. This colloquium will be held in-person in PICS 534 with refreshments provided. Title Exploring the landscape of model representations Abstract Many studies adopt low-resolution, coarse-grained (CG) models to investigate polymers, proteins, and…
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PICS Colloquium: “An introduction to neural ODEs in scientific machine learning” with Patrick Kidger
On Friday, January 26th at 2:15 PM EST PICS will host a colloquium with Patrick Kidger, a Mathematician at Google X. It will be completely virtual, found at the Zoom link listed below. There will also be an in-person component in PICS 534 with refreshments provided. Zoom link: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/96060692429 Title An introduction to neural ODEs…
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PICS/MSE Colloquium: “Quantum Simulations for Quantum Technologies” with Giulia Galli
On Thursday, December 7th at 10:30 AM PICS and MSE will host a joint colloquium and Grace Hopper Lecture with Giulia Galli, Liew Family Professor from the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory. It will be in the Wu and Chen auditorium. Breakfast will be provided. Title “Quantum Simulations for Quantum Technologies” Abstract In…
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PICS Colloquium: “MFEM: Accelerating Efficient Solution of PDEs at Exascale” with Tzanio Kolev
On Friday, November 10th at 2:00 PM EST, PICS will host a virtual colloquium with Tzanio Kolev, Computational Mathematician at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. There will be an in-person component in the PICS 534 large conference room for those interested in attending. Zoom link: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/92219338672 Title MFEM: Accelerating Efficient Solution of PDEs at Exascale…
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PICS Colloquium: “Micro-organism Locomotion in Viscoelastic Fluids” with Becca Thomases
On Friday, November 3rd at 2:00 PM EST, PICS will host a colloquium in the PICS large conference room (PICS 534) with Becca Thomases, Professor of Mathematical Sciences at Smith College. Title Micro-organism Locomotion in Viscoelastic Fluids Abstract Many microorganisms and cells function in complex (non-Newtonian) fluids, which are mixtures of different materials that exhibit…
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PICS Colloquium: “Modeling Assembly of Colloids with Charges and with Mobile Binders” with Glen Hocky
On Friday, October 27th at 2:00 PM EST, PICS will host a colloquium in the PICS large conference room (PICS 534) with Glen Hocky, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at New York University. Title Modeling Assembly of Colloids with Charges and with Mobile Binders Abstract In this talk, I will present our recent efforts in probing…
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PICS Colloquium: “Wind, Waves, and Wakes: Large Eddy Simulation of Full-Scale Offshore Wind Farms under Realistic Atmospheric and Oceanic Conditions” with Michael Mueller
On Friday, October 6th at 2:00 PM EST, PICS will host a colloquium in the PICS large conference room (PICS 534) with Michael Mueller, Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University. Title Wind, Waves, and Wakes: Large Eddy Simulation of Full-Scale Offshore Wind Farms under Realistic Atmospheric…
