2026 Research Seminars and Activities

Colloquium
Special
String Theory journal club
Particle Physics journal club
Cosmology journal club
Minicourse/Workshop
School
Física ao Entardecer
Integrability Journal Club
Complex Systems journal club
Quantum Physics Journal Club
Outreach

Speaker Institution Time Title Room Type Video 1 Video 2 File
Javier M. Buldú Universidad Rey Juan Carlos 2026-03-06 09:00:00 Complex networks & Sports Auditorium School
Jesús Gómez-Gardeñes Universidad de Zaragoza 2026-03-05 11:30:00 Social media analysis Auditorium School
Jesús Gómez-Gardeñes Universidad de Zaragoza 2026-03-05 09:00:00 Social dynamics & Networks Auditorium School
Jesús Gómez-Gardeñes Universidad de Zaragoza 2026-03-04 11:30:00 Network epidemiology Auditorium School
Silvio Ferreira Universidade Federal de Viçosa 2026-03-04 09:00:00 Spreading & Networks Auditorium School
Mario Chavez Centre national de la recherche scientifique 2026-03-03 15:00:00 Neuroscience & networks II Auditorium School
Mario Chavez Centre national de la recherche scientifique 2026-03-03 12:30:00 Neuroscience & networks I Auditorium School
Ana Amador Universidad de Buenos Aires 2026-03-03 11:30:00 Dynamical systems & experimental neural data Auditorium School
Ana Amador Universidad de Buenos Aires 2026-03-03 09:00:00 Nonlinear dynamics, excitability & biological function Auditorium School
Johann H. Martínez Universidad Rey Juan Carlos 2026-03-02 11:30:00 Network Structure Auditorium School
Johann H. Martínez Universidad Rey Juan Carlos 2026-03-02 09:00:00 Complex Systems Auditorium School
Kirsten Martens Univ. Grenoble 2026-02-27 11:00:00 Disorder-induced stress-flow misalignment in soft glassy materials revealed using multi-directional shear Instituto Princípia Minicourse/Workshop
André Vieira USP 2026-02-27 11:00:00 Results on phase transitions in nonequilibrium systems in contact with two thermal reservoirs Instituto Princípia Minicourse/Workshop
Giovani Vasconcelos UFPR 2026-02-27 09:00:00 Statistical Mechanics of Hierarchical Complex Systems (H Theory) Instituto Princípia Minicourse/Workshop
Alejandro Kolton Balseiro 2026-02-27 09:00:00 When Driven Interfaces Go Wild: Chaos and Roughening Without Disorder Instituto Princípia Minicourse/Workshop
Celia Anteneodo PUC-RIO 2026-02-26 14:00:00 Critical patch size in population dynamics Instituto Princípia Minicourse/Workshop
Bart Cleuren Hasselt University 2026-02-26 14:00:00 Resetting Beyond Position Instituto Princípia Minicourse/Workshop
Pablo de Castro ICTP-SAIFR 2026-02-26 11:00:00 Contributed talks - 4 Instituto Princípia Minicourse/Workshop
Udo Seifert Univ. Stuttgart 2026-02-26 09:00:00 Entropy production and its model-free inference Instituto Princípia Minicourse/Workshop
Andre Barato Univ. Houston 2026-02-26 09:00:00 Second law for active heat engines Instituto Princípia Minicourse/Workshop
Fernanda Matthias UFAL 2026-02-25 14:00:00 Characterizing brain signals across different cortical states using symbolic methodology, permutation entropy, and statistical complexity Instituto Princípia Minicourse/Workshop
Carlos Fiore IF-USP 2026-02-25 11:00:00 Contributed talks - 3 Instituto Princípia Minicourse/Workshop
Nara Guisoni CONICET 2026-02-25 09:00:00 Stochastic models and mean-field equations: the power of a synergistic approach in ecology Instituto Princípia Minicourse/Workshop
Sabrina Camargo CONICET 2026-02-25 09:00:00 Correlation-Based Control of Excitable Dynamics Near Bifurcation Points Instituto Princípia Minicourse/Workshop
Daniel Stariolo UFF 2026-02-24 14:00:00 Dynamics of disordered systems with non-reciprocal interactions Instituto Princípia Minicourse/Workshop
Danilo B. Liarte ICTP-SAIFR 2026-02-24 11:00:00 Contributed talks - 2 Instituto Princípia Minicourse/Workshop
Nuno Araújo Univ. Lisbon 2026-02-24 09:00:00 Conformal Invariance and Criticality in Active Flows: Geometry, Topology, and Non-Equilibrium Phase Transitions Instituto Princípia Minicourse/Workshop
Hans Herrmann UFC 2026-02-24 09:00:00 Multiple Percolating Clusters Instituto Princípia Minicourse/Workshop
Hilda Cerdeira IFT-UNESP 2026-02-23 16:00:00 Topological transitions in a system of swarmalators Instituto Princípia Minicourse/Workshop
Sabrina Camargo CONICET 2026-02-23 14:00:00 Correlation-Based Control of Excitable Dynamics Near Bifurcation Points Instituto Princípia Minicourse/Workshop
Gustavo Düring PUC-Chile 2026-02-23 14:00:00 Active Solids: Orientation Selection in Collective Motion and Active Waves Instituto Princípia Minicourse/Workshop
Emanuel Teixeira, Artur Bakaev, Gabriel Alfonso Carranco-Sapiéns, William Gabriel Carreras Oropesa, Lucas De Souza Leiden University, Netherlands, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany, Instituto de Física – Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico, ICTP-SAIFR, Brazil, UFRN 2026-02-23 11:00:00 Contributed talks - 1 Instituto Princípia Minicourse/Workshop
Alexandre Morin Leiden University 2026-02-23 09:45:00 Control of collective activity to crystallize an oscillator gas Instituto Princípia Minicourse/Workshop
Hartmut Löwen HHU-Düsseldorf 2026-02-23 09:00:00 Complex clusters and networks in active matter Instituto Princípia Minicourse/Workshop
Gabriela Lemos UFRJ 2026-02-19 14:40:00 Neurofísica e a Iniciativa Ciência Pioneira Instituto Princípia Special
Walber Hugo de Brito IFUSP-USP 2026-02-19 14:00:00 Orbital Selective Electronic Correlations and Topological Superconductivity of Iron Chalcogenide: a DMFT perspective Instituto Princípia Special
Dario Rosa ICTP-SAIFR 2026-02-19 11:20:00 Krylov and Chords Somewhere Over the Rainbow Instituto Princípia Special
Willian Natori Unicamp 2026-02-19 10:40:00 Fractionalization in Fractal Dimensions: Chiral Kitaev Spin Liquids and Majorana Metals on a Sierpinski Gasket Instituto Princípia Special
Krissia Zawadzki IFSC-USP 2026-02-19 09:40:00 VQE approach to optimize a $N$-qubit heat engine fuelled by entanglement Instituto Princípia Special
Hermann Freire UFG 2026-02-19 09:00:00 Altermagnets, pair-density waves and the superconducting diode effect Instituto Princípia Special
Mariana Rossi Max Planck/Cambridge 2026-02-13 10:00:00 Predictive Simulations of Weakly Bound Systems Room 2 Special
Shaikh Saad UFABC 2026-02-09 15:00:00 Neutrino mass induced neutron-antineutron oscillation Room 2 Special
Paul Tackley ETH 2026-02-06 16:45:00 The importance of phase transitions in mantle convection on Earth and other terrestrial planets Auditorium Minicourse/Workshop
Carlos Alberto Moreno Chaves IAG-USP, Brazil 2026-02-06 16:00:00 Assessing Mantle Velocity Uncertainty in Receiver-Function Imaging of the Transition Zone Using the Spectral Element Method Auditorium Minicourse/Workshop
Ed Garnero Arizona State University 2026-02-06 15:00:00 lluminating Earth's Dynamic Deep Interior: Multi-Scale Structures and Their Significance Auditorium Minicourse/Workshop
Suzan van der Lee Northwest University 2026-02-06 14:15:00 Earth's Deep Water Cycle Illuminated by Seismic Tomography of the American Mantle Auditorium Minicourse/Workshop
Philippe Carrez U. de Lille 2026-02-06 11:30:00 Multi-scale modelling of plastic properties under extreme conditions Auditorium Minicourse/Workshop
Iurii Timrov Paul Scherrer Institute 2026-02-06 10:45:00 Advancing accurate first-principles modeling of complex transition-metal compounds using density-functional theory with Hubbard functionals Auditorium Minicourse/Workshop
Arwen Deuss Utrecht University 2026-02-06 09:45:00 Seismic structure of the Earth’s inner core Auditorium Minicourse/Workshop
Yang Sun Xiamen University, China 2026-02-06 09:00:00 Simulations of iron alloy under the Earth’s core conditions Auditorium Minicourse/Workshop
Guillaume Voisin LUTh, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University – CNRS 2026-02-05 15:00:00 Geometrical envelopes of Fast Radio Bursts indicating rapid twisted magnetars as FRB sources Room 3 Special
Maureen Long Yale University 2026-02-05 14:15:00 New insights into deep mantle dynamics from seismic observations and other constraints Auditorium Minicourse/Workshop
Gabriel Schleder LN-Nano, CNPEN, Campinas 2026-02-05 11:30:00 The era of Universal Machine Learning Interatomic Potentials for Atomistic Simulations of Materials Auditorium Minicourse/Workshop
Eugenio Megias University of Granada - Spain 2026-02-05 11:00:00 Linear dilaton spacetimes: dark matter, stability, entanglement and thermal transitions Room 1 Special
Maurice de Koning IFGW-U. of Campinas 2026-02-05 10:45:00 Atomistic Simulations of Water under Extreme Conditions Auditorium Minicourse/Workshop
Thorsten Becker UT-Austin 2026-02-05 09:45:00 Deep Mantle Dynamics and Tectonics Auditorium Minicourse/Workshop
Patrick Cordier U. de Lille 2026-02-05 09:00:00 Nanomechanical Testing of Earth Materials: Linking Atomic-Scale Deformation Mechanisms to Planetary Interior Dynamics Auditorium Minicourse/Workshop
Alex Antonelli Unicamp, Brazil 2026-02-04 16:45:00 Non-equilibrium free-energy calculation of phase-boundaries using LAMMPS Auditorium Minicourse/Workshop
Edison Zacarias da Silva IFGW-Unicamp 2026-02-04 16:00:00 Kagome electride superconductors under extreme conditions Auditorium Minicourse/Workshop
Bill McDonough WPI-AIMEC – Tohoku University, Japan 2026-02-04 14:00:00 Earth’s composition and power Auditorium Colloquium
Jung-Fu Lin UT-Austin 2026-02-04 11:30:00 Thermal Transport and Geodynamics of the Earth’s Interior Auditorium Minicourse/Workshop
Alexandre Reily IFT - UNESP 2026-02-04 10:45:00 Deep potentials and applications to materials: from water and ice to hematite Auditorium Minicourse/Workshop
John Hernlund ELSI, Science Tokyo 2026-02-04 09:45:00 Using Seismic Tomography and a Solid-Solid Phase Change at ~1 Mbar to Image Convection Currents Above the Earth's Core Auditorium Minicourse/Workshop
Stephane Labrosse U. of Lyon 2026-02-04 09:00:00 Solid-state mantle convection coupled with a crystallising basal magma ocean Auditorium Minicourse/Workshop
Caio Ciardelli Northwestern University 2026-02-03 14:15:00 Cross-compatibility of 3D models of South-American mantle structure Auditorium Minicourse/Workshop
Fernanda Gervasoni Visiting LNLS-EMA beamline 2026-02-03 11:30:00 Probing the deep earth: mineral inclusions in super-deep diamonds revealed by synchrotron techniques Auditorium Minicourse/Workshop
Eugenio Megias University of Granada - Spain 2026-02-03 11:00:00 Physics of warped dimensions: continuum spectra and holographic phase transition Room 1 Special
Kate Kiseeva American Museum of Natural History, USA 2026-02-03 10:45:00 Probing the deep earth: insights from mineral inclusions in diamonds Auditorium Minicourse/Workshop
Jeroen Ritsema University of Michigan 2026-02-03 09:45:00 How well can we measure the S/P velocity ratio in the LLVPs of the lower mantle? Auditorium Minicourse/Workshop
Narcizo Marques de Souza LNLS-EMA beamline 2026-02-03 09:00:00 Opportunities for mineralogy and materials science with in situ high pressure synchrotron techniques at SIRIUS. Auditorium Minicourse/Workshop
Rommulo Conceicao UFRGS 2026-02-02 16:45:00 The Effect of Volatiles (CO2 and H2O) in Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Boundary at 2.5, 4.5 and 10 GPa: from degassing to storage Auditorium Minicourse/Workshop
Caetano Miranda IFUSP, Brazil 2026-02-02 16:00:00 Computational Petrophysics: Integrating Multiscale Modeling and Synchrotron techniques for CO2 Storage and planetary sciences Auditorium Minicourse/Workshop
Boris Kaus University of Mainz 2026-02-02 15:00:00 Recent Advances in Computational Geodynamics Auditorium Minicourse/Workshop
Aurelio Carnero Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias 2026-02-02 15:00:00 Cosmic-Brain: bridging cosmology with neuroscience Room 1 Special
Victor Sacek IAG-USP 2026-02-02 14:15:00 The Implications of Mantle Convection for the Landscape Evolution of South America Auditorium Minicourse/Workshop
Laura Cobden U of Utrecht 2026-02-02 11:30:00 Global 3D models of mantle attenuation and density using seismic normal modes, and their mineralogical interpretation Auditorium Minicourse/Workshop
Renata Wentzcovitch Columbia U. 2026-02-02 09:45:00 Modeling Earth from Atomic to Global Scale Auditorium Minicourse/Workshop
Bob Myhill Bristol, UK 2026-02-02 09:00:00 BurnMan and Beyond: Past and Future Challenges in Computational Geothermodynamics Auditorium Minicourse/Workshop
Caio Nascimento Perimeter Institute 2026-01-30 11:00:00 Taming nuisances: Predicting the impact of short-scale physics on large-scale structures Room 1 Special
Guillaume Voisin LUTh, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University – CNRS 2026-01-29 15:00:00 One pulsar, two white dwarfs, and a planet confirming the strong equivalence principle Room 3 Special
William Bialek Princeton University, USA 2026-01-23 11:00:00 Scaling, criticality, and the statistical physics of biological networks - Class 5 Auditorium School
Mauro Copelli Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil 2026-01-23 09:00:00 Brain criticality - Class 5 Auditorium School
William Bialek Princeton University, USA 2026-01-22 11:00:00 Scaling, criticality, and the statistical physics of biological networks - Class 4 Auditorium School
Mauro Copelli Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil 2026-01-22 09:00:00 Brain criticality - Class 4 Auditorium School
Andres Arango Restrepo The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics 2026-01-21 16:00:00 Mesoscopic Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics of Active Systems: From Particles to Tissues Auditorium Special
William Bialek Princeton University, USA 2026-01-21 14:00:00 Optimization principles in the physics of life Auditorium Colloquium
William Bialek Princeton University, USA 2026-01-21 11:00:00 Scaling, criticality, and the statistical physics of biological networks - Class 3 Auditorium School
Rafael Aoude University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom 2026-01-21 10:30:00 Amplitudes for Hawking Radiation Room 2 Special
Mauro Copelli Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil 2026-01-21 09:00:00 Brain criticality - Class 3 Auditorium School
Debora Princepe University of Barcelona 2026-01-20 16:00:00 Mito-Nuclear Conflicts and the Evolution of Species Auditorium Special
Andres Arango Restrepo The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics 2026-01-20 14:00:00 Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics of Active Matter Auditorium Special
Mauro Copelli Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil 2026-01-20 11:00:00 Brain criticality - Class 2 Auditorium School
William Bialek Princeton University, USA 2026-01-20 09:00:00 Scaling, criticality, and the statistical physics of biological networks - Class 2 Auditorium School
Debora Princepe University of Barcelona 2026-01-19 16:00:00 Speciation with Migration in the Derrida–Higgs Model Auditorium Special
William Bialek Princeton University, USA 2026-01-19 14:00:00 Scaling, criticality, and the statistical physics of biological networks - Class 1 Auditorium School
Mauro Copelli Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil 2026-01-19 11:00:00 Brain criticality - Class 1 Auditorium School
Christoph Weber Institute of Physics, University of Augsburg, Germany 2026-01-19 09:00:00 Active droplets in cell biology and their role in the molecular origin of life - Class 5 Auditorium School
Pedro Moreira Pessoa Center for Biological Physics 2026-01-16 14:00:00 Obtaining maximum information from Petri dishes Videoconference Special
Christoph Weber Institute of Physics, University of Augsburg, Germany 2026-01-16 14:00:00 Active droplets in cell biology and their role in the molecular origin of life - Class 4 Auditorium School
Patricia Bassereau Institut Curie, France 2026-01-16 11:00:00 Domains and biomembranes - Class 5 Auditorium School
Luisa Ramirez Johannes Guttenberg University, Germany 2026-01-16 09:30:00 Astrofísica relativística: estrelas de nêutrons e ondas gravitacionais Computer Room Outreach
Juan Carlos Rocha Stockholm Resilience Centre, Sweden 2026-01-16 09:00:00 Critical transitions in ecosystems: detection and management challenges - Class 5 Auditorium School
Pedro Moreira Pessoa Center for Biological Physics 2026-01-15 18:00:00 Inference on biological dynamics with memory Videoconference Special
Juan Carlos Rocha Stockholm Resilience Centre, Sweden 2026-01-15 14:00:00 Critical transitions in ecosystems: detection and management challenges - Class 4 Auditorium School
Ricardo Martinez García ICTP-SAIFR/IFT-UNESP 2026-01-15 11:30:00 Introdução à física estatística e suas aplicações além da física - Aula 3 Computer Room Outreach
Christoph Weber Institute of Physics, University of Augsburg, Germany 2026-01-15 11:00:00 Active droplets in cell biology and their role in the molecular origin of life - Class 3 Auditorium School
Marcelo Terra Cunha Unicamp 2026-01-15 09:30:00 Surpresas da teoria quântica Computer Room Outreach
Patricia Bassereau Institut Curie, France 2026-01-15 09:00:00 Domains and biomembranes - Class 4 Auditorium School
Christoph Weber Institute of Physics, University of Augsburg, Germany 2026-01-14 14:00:00 Liquid shells: A peculiar state Auditorium Colloquium
Juan Carlos Rocha Stockholm Resilience Centre, Sweden 2026-01-14 11:00:00 Critical transitions in ecosystems: detection and management challenges - Class 3 Auditorium School
Patricia Bassereau Institut Curie, France 2026-01-14 09:00:00 Domains and biomembranes - Class 3 Auditorium School
Juan Carlos Rocha Stockholm Resilience Centre, Sweden 2026-01-13 14:00:00 Critical transitions in ecosystems: detection and management challenges - Class 2 Auditorium School
Ricardo Martinez García ICTP-SAIFR/IFT-UNESP 2026-01-13 11:30:00 Introdução à física estatística e suas aplicações além da física - Aula 2 Computer Room Outreach
Patricia Bassereau Institut Curie, France 2026-01-13 11:00:00 Domains and biomembranes - Class 2 Auditorium School
Cecília Chirenti Universidade de Maryland, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center & UFABC 2026-01-13 09:30:00 Astrofísica relativística: estrelas de nêutrons e ondas gravitacionais Computer Room Outreach
Christoph Weber Institute of Physics, University of Augsburg, Germany 2026-01-13 09:00:00 Active droplets in cell biology and their role in the molecular origin of life - Class 2 Auditorium School
Juan Carlos Rocha Stockholm Resilience Centre, Sweden 2026-01-12 14:00:00 Critical transitions in ecosystems: detection and management challenges - Class 1 Auditorium School
Ricardo Martinez-Garcia CASUS / HZDR, Germany & ICTP-SAIFR/IFT-UNESP, Brazil 2026-01-12 11:30:00 Introdução à física estatística e suas aplicações além da física - Aula 1 Computer Room Outreach
Patricia Bassereau Institut Curie, France 2026-01-12 11:00:00 Domains and biomembranes - Class 1 Auditorium School
Christoph Weber Institute of Physics, University of Augsburg, Germany 2026-01-12 09:00:00 Active droplets in cell biology and their role in the molecular origin of life - Class 1 Auditorium School
Henrique Rubira LMU/Cambridge 2026-01-08 14:00:00 The renormalization group for large-scale structure Auditorium Special
Maira Dutra NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-01-08 10:30:00 Dark matter production during reheating Auditorium Special
Maira Dutra NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 2026-01-07 14:00:00 Dark matter phenomenology beyond the WIMP paradigm Auditorium Special
Henrique Rubira LMU/Cambridge 2026-01-07 10:30:00 Bridging the gap between particle physics and cosmology Auditorium Special