Memory in Soft and Living Matter

Presentations

• In-memory learning and forgetting in networks with self-adjusting edge conductances

  ORAL · Invited

  March 19, 2026, 8:00 AM – March 19, 2026, 8:36 AM

  Publication: arXiv:2505.22887

  Presenters

  • Douglas J Durian

    • University of Pennsylvania

  Authors

  • Douglas J Durian

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Sam J Dillavou

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Marcelo Guzmán

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Andrea Jo-Wei Liu

    • University of Pennsylvania

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• Plant Tropisms as a Window on Computation & Actuation in Distributed Systems

  ORAL · Invited

  March 19, 2026, 8:36 AM – March 19, 2026, 9:12 AM

  Publication: [1] M. Rivière, & Y. Meroz, Plants sum and subtract stimuli over different timescales, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 120 (42) e2306655120, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2306655120 (2023).
  [2] R. Kempinski & Y. Meroz, Non-linear vectorial representation of light patterns underpins optical illusions in plants (in preparation)

  Presenters

  • Yasmine Meroz

    • Tel Aviv University

  Authors

  • Yasmine Meroz

    • Tel Aviv University

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• Memory in Fault Zones and Earth Analog Depositional Systems

  ORAL · Invited

  March 19, 2026, 9:12 AM – March 19, 2026, 9:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Vashan Wright

    • Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego

  Authors

  • Vashan Wright

    • Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego

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• Kovacs-like memory effect in collagen networks and collagen-PNIPAM biocomposites

  ORAL · Invited

  March 19, 2026, 9:48 AM – March 19, 2026, 10:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Sayantan Majumdar

    • Raman Research Institute

  Authors

  • Sayantan Majumdar

    • Raman Research Institute

  • Abhishek Ghadai

    • Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru

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• Abstract Withdrawn

  ORAL · Invited · Withdrawn

  March 19, 2026, 10:24 AM – March 19, 2026, 11:00 AM

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