Division/Committee: [PHYS: Division of Physical Chemistry]

This symposium focuses on advancements in rare event sampling techniques applied to complex material science and soft matter phenomena. These methods are crucial for simulating low-probability but high-impact events such as phase transitions, chemical reactions, and conformational changes, which are key to understanding diverse materials and soft matter systems. The symposium will cover state-of-the-art methodologies and applications, including enhanced sampling techniques like metadynamics, umbrella sampling, and transition path sampling; multiscale modeling; and Markov state models. Discussions will also address theoretical frameworks and algorithmic innovations for efficiently exploring high-dimensional phase spaces and capturing rare events with greater accuracy. The symposium fosters interdisciplinary collaboration among experimentalists and theorists/simulators, with topics spanning solvation dynamics, chemical reactions in solution, biomolecular interactions, environmentally relevant processes, and polymer physics. It provides a platform for sharing insights and advancing rare event sampling methods across condensed matter systems.

Omar Valsson

University of North Texas

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