This course aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of theoretical and computation modeling approaches applicable to soft and biological matter.
Lattice models consist of (typically random) objects living on a periodic graph. We will study some models that are mathematically interesting and representative of physical phenomena seen in the real world. ...
This course shows students how the physical principles of conservation, symmetry, and locality influence the dynamics of living organisms at the molecular and cellular level. Computer simulations are used to explore examples of cellular dynamics and phase ...
This course provides an overview of relevant interactions in liquids, combining thermodynamics, statistical physics and pair potetnials. Water and aqueos systm,es will be considered in detail. Optical techniques to investigate liquid and liquid interfacial ...
We will give an overview of the field of Artificial Life (Alife). We study questions such as emergence of complexity, self-reproduction, evolution, both through concrete models and through mathematical results. We will describe some of the most influential ...
Introduction to the physics of random processes and disordered systems, providing an overview over phenomena, concepts and theoretical approachesTopics include:
Random walks; Roughening/pinning; Localization; Random matrix theory; Spin glasses; Disorder ...