Conference: Summer School on Active Complex Matter (Cargese, France, July 12-23, 2016)

PI: Marchetti， M. Cristina提案编号：1632054机构：Syracuse university标题：会议：Summer School on Active Complex Matter （Cargese, France, July 12-23, 2016）这是一个项目，用于支持来自美国的年轻科学家和学生参加将于2016年7月在Cargese（法国科西嘉岛）举行的“Active Complex Matter”暑期学校的注册和旅行相关费用。大约15名美国参与者（10名研究生和5名博士后）预计将通过这笔资金获得支持，否则他们将无法参加。活性流体是指那些能够自我组装的活性粒子，或者能够以不同的方式移动和包装，从而赋予流体不同的宏观特性的流体。暑期学校的重点将放在研究活跃的领域，包括微生物游泳、集体细胞行为和血液流动。本次研讨会的目的是i)解决活性（合成、仿生和活体）物质建模中的挑战，ii)讨论克服这些挑战的方法，iii)教育和告知年轻科学家（主要是研究生），他们不仅要参加技术和基础知识的讲座，还要参加由该领域的国际知名专家举办的关于当前研究课题的研讨会，来自美国和世界各地。会议具有很强的跨学科性质，涉及不同学科（物理、工程、应用数学、生物学）和不同世代（专家、资深科学家和学生）的研究人员。

PI: Marchetti, M. Cristina Proposal Number: 1632054 Institution: Syracuse UniversityTitle: Conference: Summer School on Active Complex Matter (Cargese, France, July 12-23, 2016)This is a project to support expenses related to the registration and travel of young scientists and students from the US to attend the summer school on "Active Complex Matter," to be held in Cargese (Corsica Island, France) in July, 2016. About 15 US participants (10 graduate students and 5 post-docs) are expected to be supported through this grant, who would not otherwise be able to attend. Active fluids are those where the presence of active particles that can self-assemble, or can move and pack in different ways, give different macroscopic properties to the fluid. The focus of the summer school will be on areas that are very research active, including microorganism swimming, collective cell behavior, and blood flow. The aims of the proposed workshop are to i) address challenges in the modeling of active (synthetic, biomimetic, and living) matter, ii) discuss approaches to overcome these challenges, and iii) to educate and inform young scientists (mainly graduate students), who will be attending not only lectures on techniques and fundamentals, but also seminars on current research topics given by internationally known experts in the field, from the US and from around the world. The conference has a strong interdisciplinary character involving researchers from different disciplines (physics, engineering, applied mathematics, biology) as well as different generations (expert senior scientists and students).