We invite all interested to attend the ESPResSo summer school "Studying dynamics in soft matter and porous materials" on October 5-9, 2026, University of Stuttgart, Germany.
The school will focus on coarse-grained and lattice-based simulations methods to model soft matter systems in confinement. We will explore polymer dynamics, rheology with Lees-Edwards boundary conditions, dynamics of active bacteria, chemical reactions with Monte Carlo methods, lattice-Boltzmann hydrodynamics, multiphase and reactive flows as well as evaporation in porous environments. Lectures will provide an introduction to the physics and simulation model building as well as an overview of the necessary simulation algorithms to resolve physical processes at different time scales. During the afternoon, students will practice running their own simulations in hands-on sessions using ESPResSo and waLBerla. Time will be dedicated to research talks and poster sessions.
Invited speakers:
* Jens Harting, FAU Erlangen (Germany)
* Andreas Heuer, University of Münster (Germany)
* Gerhard Gompper, Forschungszentrum Jülich (Germany)
* Zuowei Wang, University of Reading (United Kingdom)
* Julia Yeomans, University of Oxford (United Kingdom)
* Suzanne Fielding, Durham University (United Kingdom)
* Frederik Hennig, FAU Erlangen (Germany)
* Peter Košovan, Charles University (Czech Republic)
* Alexander Schlaich, TU Hamburg (Germany)
Attendance to the summer school is free of charge. To register, go to https://www.cecam.org/workshop-details/1510 and write a short motivation and CV.
Call for contributions: you can submit a poster abstract until September 25, 2026.
The program is now online and can be found here: https://www.cecam.org/workshop-details/studying-dynamics-in-soft-matter-and-porous-materials-1510