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SUMMARY:Physics of living matter in the age of AI
DTSTART:20270322T080000Z
DTEND:20270324T190000Z
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UID:indico-event-779@indico.physik.uni-muenchen.de
CONTACT:rulands@lmu.de\;carsten.marr@helmholtz-munich.de\;Antonio.Scialdon
 e@helmholtz-munich.de\;maria.colometatche@helmholtz-munich.de
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Steffen Rulands (LMU)\, Antonio Scialdone (Helmholtz
 )\, Carsten Marr (Helmholtz\, LMU)\, Maria Colome-Tatche (Helmholtz\, LMU)
 \n\nTheoretical physics has long provided powerful frameworks for understa
 nding living matter\, from stochastic models of molecular kinetics to cont
 inuum descriptions of tissues and collective dynamics. Today\, rapid advan
 ces in AI\, especially foundation models and multimodal learning\, are tra
 nsforming how biological systems are studied. Trained on vast\, heterogene
 ous datasets\, AI models reveal structure and make predictions across scal
 es with unprecedented scope. These developments challenge the traditional 
 division between theory and experiment and call for new research perspecti
 ves guiding and interpreting AI-driven discoveries.\nThis symposium will f
 ocus on the emerging interface between theoretical physics and AI. While p
 hysics emphasizes mechanistic and predictive models\, AI excels at extract
 ing high-dimensional patterns without explicit assumptions. Bridging these
  complementary approaches is an important and timely conceptual frontier. 
 Recent progress in physics-informed machine learning\, hybrid modeling\, a
 nd AI-driven theory discovery points to new ways of identifying relevant d
 egrees of freedom\, uncovering emergent behaviors\, and testing theoretica
 l principles in complex biological systems. By bringing together theoretic
 al physicists\, computer scientists\, and biomedical researchers\, this wo
 rkshop aims to define new roles of theory in the AI era and to promote col
 laborations that combine theoretical physics approaches with modern AI to 
 reveal the organizing principles of living matter.\nConfirmed speakers:Gui
 lio BiroliLaura CantiniErwin FreyDagmar IberDominik JüstelNacho MolinaMar
 io NicodemiFabian TheisAleksandra Walczak\nOrganisers:Maria Colome-Tatche 
 (Helmholtz)Carsten Marr (Helmholtz\, LMU)Steffen Rulands (LMU)Antonio Scia
 ldone (Helmholtz)\n\nhttps://indico.physik.uni-muenchen.de/event/779/
LOCATION:A348 (Arnold-Sommerfeld Center)
URL:https://indico.physik.uni-muenchen.de/event/779/
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