PICS Colloquium: “The Virtual Pregnancy: Using Computational Models to Probe Human Reproduction”

PICS Large Conference Room – 534 3401 Walnut Street, 5A, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Abstract Preterm birth affects approximately ten percent of pregnancies and rates of maternal mortality in the US are rising. Computational investigations of pregnancy have great potential to explore fundamental aspects of reproductive physiology that are otherwise difficult or even impossible to investigate in humans. There are few-to-no good animal models of human pregnancy, and the […]

PICS Colloquium: “Modeling Assembly of Colloids with Charges and with Mobile Binders”

PICS Large Conference Room – 534 3401 Walnut Street, 5A, Philadelphia, PA, United States

  Speaker: Assistant Professor of Chemistry at New York University   Abstract: In this talk, I will present our recent efforts in probing the physical processes underlying self-assembly of colloidal gels and crystals. Nano-meter to micron sized particles in suspension can be a powerful platform for assembly novel functional materials, but the challenge is to […]

PICS Colloquium: “Wall-models of turbulent flows via scientific multi-agent reinforcement learning” with Jane Bae

PICS Large Conference Room – 534 3401 Walnut Street, 5A, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Speaker: Jane Bae, Assistant Professor of Aerospace at Caltech Abstract: The predictive capabilities of turbulent flow simulations, critical for aerodynamic design and weather prediction, hinge on the choice of turbulence models. The abundance of data from experiments and simulations and the advent of machine learning have provided a boost to turbulence modeling efforts. However, simulations […]