Complexity, Disorder, and Functionality of Soft Matter Systems

Presentations

• Self-Assembly of Biomimetic Nanostructures with High Complexity

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  March 17, 2026, 8:00 AM – March 17, 2026, 8:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Nicholas Kotov

    • University of Michigan

  Authors

  • Nicholas Kotov

    • University of Michigan

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• From Frustrated Assemblies to Functional Complexity: A Statistical Mechanics of Structure and Property

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  March 17, 2026, 8:36 AM – March 17, 2026, 9:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Xiaoming Mao

    • University of Michigan

  Authors

  • Xiaoming Mao

    • University of Michigan

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• Surprises and Research Opportunities in Soft Matter

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  March 17, 2026, 9:12 AM – March 17, 2026, 9:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Steve Granick

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Authors

  • Steve Granick

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

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• Toughening Disordered Nanoparticle Assemblies through Anisotropy and Confinement

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  March 17, 2026, 9:48 AM – March 17, 2026, 10:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Daeyeon Lee

    • University of Pennsylvania

  Authors

  • Daeyeon Lee

    • University of Pennsylvania

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• Elucidating the Laws of Emergent Cognition and Biological Intelligence

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  March 17, 2026, 10:24 AM – March 17, 2026, 11:00 AM

  Publication: Ruochen Yang, Heng Ping, Xiongye Xiao, Roozbeh Kiani, and Paul Bogdan. "Spiking dynamics of individual neurons reflect changes in the structure and function of neuronal networks." Nature Communications 16, no. 1 (2025): 6994.
  Xiongye Xiao, Heng Ping, Chenyu Zhou, Defu Cao, Yaxing Li, Yi-Zhuo Zhou, Shixuan Li, Nikos Kanakaris, and Paul Bogdan. "Neuron-based multifractal analysis of neuron interaction dynamics in large models." Proceedings of the International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), April 2025.
  Xiao, Xiongye, Hanlong Chen, and Paul Bogdan. "Deciphering the generating rules and functionalities of complex networks." Scientific reports 11, no. 1 (2021): 22964.
  Yang, Ruochen, Frederic Sala, and Paul Bogdan. "Hidden network generating rules from partially observed complex networks." Communications Physics 4, no. 1 (2021): 199.

  Presenters

  • Paul Bogdan

    • University of Southern California

  Authors

  • Paul Bogdan

    • University of Southern California

  • Xiongye Xiao

  • Ruochen Yang

  • Roozbeh Kiani

  • Heng Ping

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