Workshops at the Dutch Institute for Emergent Phenomena
Gathering scientists and philosophers across the Netherlands and beyond
Gathering scientists and researchers across the Netherlands and beyond is one of the main tasks of DIEP. In the period 2018-2020, DIEP will organize a series of 4 workshops connecting different aspects of the science of emergence. These workshops will establish connections between different fields of expertise, in particular, cross-disciplinary endeavours between high energy physics and condensed matter, soft-condensed matter, self-assembly, multi-scale modelling and living matter. The first workshop, to be held in Amsterdam during the period 9-11th of May 2019 will gather scientists and philosophers to discuss the conceptual and philosophical aspects of emergence. The second workshop deals with hydrodynamics at all length scales and will be held in Leiden in June 2019 while the third deals with topological connections between hard, soft and metamaterials.
Emergence: conceptual and philosophical aspects
9th - 11th of May 2019 @ Mediamatic | Amsterdam
The phenomenon of emergence seems to pervade a broad class of disciplines while simultaneously being notoriously difficult to define in precise terms. Philosophers and scientists have attempted to catalogue different aspects and distinguish between distinct types of emergent behaviour. Artists, inspired by some of these ideas, have attempted to portray it in a variety of forms. The result of this multiplicity of endeavours is far from a unified theory or common perspective on emergence.
Featuring names of scientists and philosophers such as Piers Coleman, Robert Battterman, Nigel Goldenfeld, James Ladyman, Alexandre Guay, Eleanor Knox, Elena Catellani, among many others, this workshop aims at bringing together conceptual analyses and examples of emergence in different sciences (including physics, astronomy, cosmology, chemistry, earth science, biology) in order to better understand its scientific importance.
from driven quantum matter to active metamaterials
Topology and broken symmetries:
1st - 3rd of July 2019 @ Utrecht University Library | Booth Hall
Over the last few years, there has been an explosion of activity in the fields of topological matter, active matter and designer matter. Concepts of symmetries and topology have been found as essential guiding principles to capture the emergence of new phases of matter such as frustration-free disorder, protected edge modes or non-reciprocal transport but remain elusive for far-from-equilibrium systems. This workshop aims at bringing together a broad group of scientists from the quantum and the classical worlds to identify the unifying concepts for the understanding of emergent electronic, mechanical, acoustic and electromagnetic properties of driven/active materials and metamaterials.
