Mathematical Methods for the Study of Self-organization in the Biological Sciences

Erwin Schrödinger Institute, Vienna
November 14 - December 9, 2022

DESCRIPTION

Self-organization is pervasive in biology as living organisms are by essence systems that have self-assembled and self-organized in the course of their development. Self-organization refers to the ability of systems made of a large number of independent agents interacting through rather simple and local rules to generate large scale spatio-temporal coherent structures with typical dimensions orders of magnitude larger than those associated with each individual agent. Examples of self-organisation are natural network formation (like capillaries and leaf venation), collective dynamics (like flocking, herding and pedestrian dynamics), opinion dynamics, landscape formation, tissue and organ formation... This programme brings together mathematicians and biologists to provide a broad overview of the various self-organization mechanisms that prevail at the various scales and the mathematical models by which they can be described or even explained.
  • A school will take place 14-18 November 2022.
  • A workshop will take place 21-25 November 2022.
  • The Kyoto-Vienna biomath workshop will take place 1-2 December 2022.
  • Other scientific activities like seminars will also be organised during the other weeks.

The event is free but registration is compulsory. There is the possibility to apply for funding (80 euros per diem) at the registration here. Please, indicate also if you want to present a poster at the school, the workshop or both.


For queries please email Dr. Sara Merino at sara.merino[at]univie.ac.at.