[Slaam] SLAAM Seminar Monday Feb 27 by Raphael Sarfati (CU Boulder)

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Dear attendees,

This is a reminder that the today's seminar is starting soon, in ~ 30 minutes!

 Dr. Raphael Sarfati (University of Colorado Boulder) this Monday (February 27), at 9am Pacific/11am Central/12 noon Eastern time, will talk about: “Physics of thinking matter: birds, bugs, sheep, andplenty of fireflies<https://physics.ucmerced.edu/sites/physics.ucmerced.edu/files/page/documents/raphael_sarfati_slaam.pdf>.”

 Here's the zoom info:

https://ucmerced.zoom.us/j/92693607475?pwd=TnI5dDhRRnYvejNZK2xNN0s4M0R5UT09

Zoom Meeting ID: 926 9360 7475   |   Passcode: 223642


Hope to see you soon!

Regards

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Dear enthusiasts of the SLAAM seminars,



The upcoming Soft Living Active and Adaptive Matter (SLAAM)<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fphysics.ucmerced.edu%2Fslaam&data=05%7C01%7Cd.a.beller%40jhu.edu%7C5afa44fcce434f0efed608db0463b5d6%7C9fa4f438b1e6473b803f86f8aedf0dec%7C0%7C0%7C638108599445499851%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=PBY52JD%2BmGUUGF48zMYVIP3w5wYFE3TwNtJxP6flmgY%3D&reserved=0> seminar will be given by Dr. Raphael Sarfati (University of Colorado Boulder) this Monday (February 27), at 9am Pacific/11am Central/12 noon Eastern time, with the title “Physics of thinking matter: birds, bugs, sheep, andplenty of fireflies<https://physics.ucmerced.edu/sites/physics.ucmerced.edu/files/page/documents/raphael_sarfati_slaam.pdf>.”



https://ucmerced.zoom.us/j/92693607475?pwd=TnI5dDhRRnYvejNZK2xNN0s4M0R5UT09

Zoom Meeting ID: 926 9360 7475   |   Passcode: 223642



As usual, there will be a 15 min informal Q&A at the end of the hour. Graduate students will have an opportunity to interact with the speaker in an informal setting during the "Meet the speaker" timeslot just after the talk. Please join if the time works for you.



Abstract:

How is it a physicist's business to study bird flocks and mosquito swarms? As it turns out, large groups of animals often display strong analogies with traditional physical systems, and notably emergent behavior when many individuals become strongly interconnected. They self-organize into specific patterns, reach equilibrium statistics, propagate waves, and display collective transitions reminiscent of phase transitions. We will explore some of the recent advances in the field of animal collective behavior and ask how far traditional physics frameworks can extend to systems of active and cognitive entities, which I like to call "thinking matter". We will then focus on a spectacular and poetic manifestation of collective behavior: the spontaneous synchronization of thousands of firefly flashes.

About the speaker:

Raphael is a physicist, naturalist, and explorer with a broad curiosity for natural and cultural phenomena. Most of his research revolves around collecting and analyzing stochastic trajectories. From molecules crawling on a surface to migrating birds crossing continents, deciphering trajectories can reveal substantial information about an object (or subject) and its environment. His most recent pursuits investigate animal collective behavior, using spatiotemporal correlations in an ensemble of trajectories to understand how social interactions shape a group's collective dynamics.

https://raphaelsarfatixyz.wordpress.com/

 Raphael's trajectory originated in Paris, France. He attended the Ecole Polytechnique and obtained his PhD at Yale University with Eric Dufresne. He then continued the westward course to Colorado, where he is now a postdoctoral associate at CU Boulder in Orit Peleg's lab.





See you there!



Best regards,

Kinjal Dasbiswas

on behalf of the SLAAM organizing team



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