Colloquium Series

The Penn Institute for Computational Science’s colloquium series has been going on for nine years. PICS has invited many esteemed guests from a variety of universities across the globe. The colloquia are held at 2 PM on Fridays in the PICS conference room. Some of the colloquia offer hybrid options; if you are interested, please email dkparks@seas.upenn.edu for the Zoom link.

Upcoming Colloquia

Friday, September 19: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

PICS Colloquium: Enabling computationally efficient first-principles kinetic simulations in nanoporous catalysts using machine learning and data science with Brandon Bukowski

Friday, October 3: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

PICS Colloquium: Flow and heat transfer over rough walls: fundamental physics, numerical simulations, and bulk parametrizations with Elie Bou-Zeid

October 17: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

PICS Colloquium: Complex Polymer Design in the Age of AI: Why, What, and How? with Michael A. Webb

October 24: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

PICS Colloquium: Powering decarbonization with modeling and optimization of renewables in the multi-scale atmosphere with Michael F. Howland

November 7: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

PICS Colloquium: Influence of particle size distribution on random close packing with Eric Weeks

November 21: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

PICS Colloquium: Macroscopic stochastic thermodynamics with Massimiliano Esposito [VIRTUAL]

Past Colloquia

Please see below for former colloquia from our PICS colloquium series.