The study of natural and engineered active systems is rapidly evolving. Recent experimental results challenge early ideas; novel theoretical concepts describe different types of collective active dynamics. We aim to bring together experimentalists and theoreticians with innovative perspectives on active systems, focusing on new experiments, models, and emerging states.
The following International workshop will cover the following topics:
- New experimental and engineered active systems
- Natural and artificial active systems at all scales
- Novel collective states: beyond alignment and phase separation
- Nonstandard interactions: nonreciprocal, quorum-based, visual, hierarchical, etc.
- New types of activity: beyond self-propulsion
- Physics of self-propelled components
- Novel theoretical concepts and self-organizing principles
- Interaction network effects
- Anticipation and trajectory dependence
- Non-aligning dynamics
- Active-elastic systems
- Dense and jammed active systems
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 952091.