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Full programme

The full conference programme is below:

Wednesday 10 July

12.00

Registration

Scarman House

12.30

Lunch

After lunch the group moves to main campus, sessions will take place in the PLT off the Science Concourse

Scarman House

14.00

Open and Introduction
James Kermode

PLT

14.05

Introduction from Julie Staunton - Keynote Presentation: Laura Lewis, Northeastern University College of Engineering
Magnetism.... more than magnets - A discussion of interdisciplinarity and opportunities

PLT

15.05

Comfort break

Concourse

15.20

Cohort 3 presentations: Session 1 [Chair - Peter Lewin-Jones, Cohort 2]

Oscar Holroyd

Control of falling liquid films with restricted observations

Ben Gosling Investigation of laser plasma instabilities driven by 1314 nm laser pulses at shock ignition conditions using multi-dimensional kinetic simulations
PLT
16.20 Break with refreshments Concourse
16.50

Cohort 4 presentations: Session 1 [Chair - Charlotte Rogerson, Cohort 2]

Chantal Baer

Simulating the microstructure and ionic conductivity of Li-metal/Li-argyrodite interfaces

Yu Lei

Towards Atomic Resolution of Cryogenic Ptychography Single-Particle Analysis (Cryo-EPty SPA)

Hubert Naguszewski

Investigating the efficacy of CNNs and GNNs at predicting the committor for the 2D Ising model

PLT
18.00 Poster Session and networking drinks Concourse
19.30 Close for day 1  

Thursday 11 July

09.30

Cohort 3 presentations: Session 2 [Chair - Lakshmi Shenoy, Cohort 2]

Dylan Morgan Using Core-Hole-Constrained DFT to Simulate Surface Spectroscopy with Relativistic Corrections
Jeremy Thorn Untangling disorder in amorphous pharmaceuticals using artificial intelligence
Anas Siddiqui Understanding Domain Reconstruction of Twisted Bilayer and Heterobilayer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides through Machine Learned Interatomic Potentials
PLT
11.00 Break with refreshments Concourse
11.30

Introduction from James Kermode - Keynote Lecture: Gianpietro Moras, Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM

Modelling the interplay of mechanics and chemistry at tribological interfaces

PLT
12.30 Lunch Concourse
13.30

Cohort 3 presentations: Session 3 [Chair - Joe Gilkes, Cohort 2]

Matyas Parrag MemPrO: Membrane Protein Orientation in Lipid Bilayers
Ziad Fakhoury

Contact Map Path Sampling for Protein Folding

PLT
14.30 Comfort break  
14.45

Flash presentations [Chair - Livia Bartok-Partay]

Valdas Vitartas Machine-learning quantum surrogate models to simulate energy transport across interfaces
Matthew Christensen Reliable quantum simulations of plasma and fusion physics
Nojus PlungÄ— Blending ultrasound data with physics-based models to predict damage in structural systems
Yuji Go Complex Electronic Structures for Thermoelectric Energy Materials
Minerva Schuler Alternative protein sources: growing the next generation computational modelling framework
Y C Wong Machine Learning Multiscale Simulation Of Photoconductivity In Correlated Oxides
Zahra Bhatti Charting a course towards new light-activated molecules
Roman Shantsila (Inter)facing the Bitter Truth: How to Design Better Interfaces in Next-Gen Batteries using Atomistic Simulations Assisted by Machine-Learning
Yihui Tong Developing the capability to forecast extreme Space Weather events
Philip Jones What's that made of? Modelling muonic X-ray radiation for quantitative elemental analysis
PLT
15.45 Break with refreshments Concourse
16.15

Cohort 4 presentations: Session 2 [Chair - Connor Allen, Cohort 2]

Mariia Radova Fine tuning of MACE foundations models with transfer and delta learning
Fraser Birks QM/MM Style Mixing of Machine-Learned Interatomic Potentials to Accelerate Simulations
Jacob Eller

Machine Learning Excited State Potential Energy Surfaces of Solvated Nile Red with ESTEEM

Arielle Fitkin Investigating the role of metal-organofluorine interactions in selective metal deposition
Vincent Fletcher Thermodynamically Informed Phase Space Exploration for Optimal Autonomous MLIP Dataset Building
PLT
17.50 Poster Session and networking drinks Concourse
19.00 Conference Dinner Scarman House

Friday 12 July

09.30

Cohort 3 presentations: Session 4 [Chair - Adam Fisher, Cohort 2]

Thomas Rocke How Semi-Conductor Lasers Fail - Modelling Defect Effects
Geraldine Anis Dislocation dynamics in Ni-based superalloys from atomistic simulations
Matt Nutter

Influence of Helium on Screw Dislocation Mobility in Tungsten

PLT
11.00 Break with refreshments Concourse
11.30 Cohort 4 presentations: Session 3 [Chair - Peter Brommer] PLT
 
Sebastian Dooley Data-driven equation discovery for liquid film flows thick and thin
Joseph Duque-Lopez

A Regularised Approach to Modelling Dislocation Loops in Tungsten

Anson Lee Tracking ions in a travelling-wave based ion mobility mass spectrometer
 
12.30 Lunch Concourse
13.30 Closing remarks and prizes
Emma Flynn, Provost
PLT
14.00 Close