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The objective of this Workshop is to bring together scientists and engineers from industry, government, and academia to describe the state-of-the-art in the titular areas and to identify their current roles and potential in the chemical, manufacturing, energy, pharmaceutical, and related sectors.
The Workshop will consist of a number of lectures by leaders in the field, followed by breakout sessions in several major areas. These latter will include the role of emergence, information theory, etc. in chemical manufacturing; the challenges inherent to adopting a systems chemistry approach in areas such as the manufacturing sector; non-linear processes in manufacturing and how to “standardize” these; needs (reference data, materials, models, etc.) in this regard; and what roles NIST can/should play in this area. Ample time will be provided for presentation and discussion of the results from each session.
Speakers include:
- Irving Epstein, Brandeis University
- Sabre Kais, Purdue University
- Yannis Kevrekidis, Johns Hopkins University
- István Kiss, St. Louis University
- Edward Ott, University of Maryland
- Vipul Periwal, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Douglas Philp, Northwestern University
- John Pojman, Louisiana State University
- Antonio Politi, University of Aberdeen
- Ayusman Sen, Pennsylvania State University
- Kenneth Showalter, West Virginia University
- Oliver Steinbock, Florida State University
- Hai Wang, Stanford University
- Stephen Wolfram, Wolfram Research
NIST Workshop on
Complex Systems Chemistry at the Nexus of Chaos, Emergence, and Information Theory
October 22-24, 2018
NIST Gaithersburg, MD Campus
Organizers: Carlos Gonzalez and André Striegel, NIST
Monday, October 22, 2018
7:30 – 8:15 Arrive/Check-in//Etc.
8:15 – 8:30 NIST welcome: Eric Lin, Director, Material Measurement Laboratory, NIST
8:30 – 9:00 Carlos Gonzalez/André Striegel
9:00 – 9:45 Keynote 1: "Machine learning for analysis and prediction of chaotic dynamics."
Edward Ott, University of Maryland
9:45 – 10:30 Keynote 2: "Quantum information and quantum computing for complex chemical systems." Sabre Kais, Purdue University
10:30 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 12:00 Plenary 1: "Chemistry and the computational universe." Stephen Wolfram, Wolfram Research.
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch (on own)
1:00 – 1:45 Keynote 3: “Towards predicting the combustion chemistry of real, multicomponent fuels: Simplicity amid complexity.” Hai Wang, Stanford University
1:45 – 2:30 Keynote 4: “Emergent space, emergent time, emergent descriptions: Data and the computer-assisted modeling of complex systems.” Yannis Kevrekidis, Johns Hopkins University
2:30 – 3:00 Break
3:00 – 3:45 Keynote 5: “Quantifying pancreatic islet network pattern emergence during development.” Deborah Striegel, Henry Jackson Foundation
3:45 – 4:30 Keynote 6: “Synchronization measurements for decrypting the complex response of chemical reaction networks." Istvan Kiss, St. Louis University
4:30 – 5:00 NIST talk 1: “Uncertainty quantification in complex chemical systems.”
David Sheen, NIST
5:15 Adjourn
October 23, 2018
8:15 – 8:30 Welcome Day 2: Carlos Gonzalez/André Striegel
8:30 – 9:30 Plenary 2: “Complexity as a self-generated property of multidimensional systems.” Antonio Politi, University of Aberdeen
9:30 – 10:15 Keynote 7: “System inference with small sample size in stochastic systems.”
Vipul Periwal, National Institute of Health (NIH)
10:15 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:30 Keynote 8: “Chemical selforganization: Macroscopic order from microscopic processes.” Oliver Steinbock, Florida State University
11:30 – 12:15 Keynote 9: "Complex behavior in complex reaction-diffusion systems.”
Irving Epstein, Brandeis University
12:15 – 1:30 Lunch (on own)
1:30 – 2:15 Keynote 10: “Emergent collective behavior of self-powered single molecules and nanoparticles.” Ayusman Sen, Pennsylvania State University
2:15 – 3:00 Keynote 11: “Chimera states in populations of coupled chemical oscillators.”
Kenneth Showalter, West Virginia University
3:00 – 3:30 Break
3:30 – 4:15 Keynote 12: “Time-lapse and cure-on-demand polymerizations for adhesives, wood repair and art.” John Pojman, Louisiana State University
4:15 – 4:45 NIST talk 2: “Bayes Markov Monte Carlo applied to NIST chemical measurements.” Blaza Tolman, NIST
5:00 PM Adjourn
October 24, 2018
8:30 – 9:00 Statement of purpose: Carlos Gonzalez/André Striegel
9:00 – 10:00 Breakout group discussions
10:00 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:30 Breakout group discussions/Assembling notes for presentations
11:30 – 12:30 Lunch (on own)
12:30 – 1:30 Presentations by groups
1:30 – 3:00 Discussion
3:00 – 3:15 Farewell/Adjourn
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