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This session will focus on recent advances in statistics, machine learning and mathematical optimization, with a special emphasis on their synergies with physical sciences, on both theoretical aspects and computational aspects in large-scale settings in the new context of deep learning.

This workshop focuses on the study of the relationships between manufacturing processes, microstructure and properties of ceramic materials used for the production or storage of energy (thermoelectrics, piezoelectrics, fuel cells, capacitors, batteries, photovoltaics, nuclear fuels, etc.). The theoretical approaches and simulation will have their place. This workshop is national in scope. It aims to bring together academic researchers and from public establishments, as well as industrial researchers and students for a week of scientific exchanges. The program will be structured around invited lectures lasting one hour, followed by 10-15 minutes of questions. Following these lectures, there will be sessions based on shorter communications of 15 minutes, followed by 5 minutes of questions. There will also be two 2-hours slots, distributed throughout the week, for poster sessions.

The workshop will cover typical-case algorithmic hardness, with a special focus on creating bridges between the complementary approaches of theoretical computer science and statistical physics, identifying the crucial open question in the field and linking rigorous and non-rigorous methods. We will have a set of in-depth lectures, many seminars covering state-of-the-art advances, a poster session and plenty of discussion time.

The thematic school "New Challenges in Turbulence Research VII" will offer its participants a detailed view on major topics of the current research on fluid turbulence. It is part of a series of international schools held, since its first edition in 2010, at the École de Physique des Houches in the French Alps. It will take place from the 9th to 14th of February, 2025.

Soft matter physics has historically contributed significantly to the emergence of the field of biological physics. But today, the two fields do not often have the opportunity to meet. This workshop therefore aims to bring the two communities together to discuss their latest advances and promote increased porosity in their respective methods and interests. The workshop will focus in particular on the hot topics of synthetic biology engineering and functional active materials.

The workshop, partially supported by the Simons Foundation, aims to bring together researchers studying fluid mechanics problems relevant to small-scale and fast processes, which are currently parameterized in global geophysical and astrophysical models. Many challenges are common across atmospheric science, oceanography, planetology, and astrophysics. Our goal is to foster interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation by breaking down the boundaries that often separate these scientific communities.

This workshop brings together scientists and artists to explore the complex dynamics of climate change and the energy transition. Through artistic and scientific collaborations, we aim to create interactive performances and installations, engaging the public in a profound reflection on the ecological challenges and the urgent need for action.

This workshop aims at bringing together world experts in the field of relativistic plasma astrophysics to discuss recent progress in the understanding of magnetized plasmas surrounding neutron stars and black holes and related astrophysical phenomena from an observational, theoretical and computational perspectives.

The aim of the workshop is to put together experimentalists, theorists and engineers workingin both academia and the private sector to discuss the various aspects of the theory of fault-tolerantquantum computing and to provide a complete view of the current state of the art inbuilding a large-scale quantum computer. More specifically, the objective is to compare thelatest theoretical advances in the field of quantum error correction with the current state ofthe art in hardware in order to better identify the roadblocks that will need to be overcome inthe coming years.

Immune recognition and effector mechanisms are largely mediated through direct cell-cell contacts, which elicit biochemical and mechanical signals that coordinate immune cell activation. While much progress has been made in understanding the biochemical reactions triggered by cellular communication, a role for mechanical force in shaping immune cell behaviour has only recently emerged. This meeting will explore immune cell regulation from a distinctly physical and mechanical perspective, with the aim of advancing opportunities for translational impact in human health and disease.

The workshop is dedicated to bring leaders in integrated photonics platform of Lithium Niobate On Insulator (LNOI) together with the aim of providing an overview on the advances that have been achieved over the last years, use this overview to speculate about future opportunities of LNOI and provide recommendations on how these opportunties can be realized by coordinated research efforts. The workshop will cover all aspects, including simulation and fabrication, devices that use electro-optic and nonlinear optical properties of LNOI, and applications spanning from quantum optical to classical. This workshop is motivated as shortly after its emergence, the LNOI platform has taken the performance of electro-optical and nonlinear optical devices to a higher level, taking the lead over the bulk lithium niobate-based compounds developed over the last decades, making this unique workshop very timely as it will provide a forcast of the future of this platfrom and boost coordinated research collaborations.

The workshop aims at bringing together researchers working on finite andalgorithmic model theory (FAMT). FAMT has found applications in areas asdiverse as database theory, computational complexity, graph theory,verification, automata theory, proof complexity, or algorithmic gametheory.

The 2025 summer school focuses on the present and future of cosmology. The program includes lectures on the physics of the late acceleration of the universe's expansion, exploring links with high-energy physics and the relevance of current theoretical models for understanding upcoming data.

Strong electron correlations and topology lie at the heart of quantum materials and their exotic states of matter. These are best understood by studying their electronic structure. This school, addressed to PhD students and young researchers, will introduce the recent experimental and theoretical developments in UV and X-ray spectroscopies, from their basic principles to their applications in the study of correlated materials.

New phases, superconductivity and emerging electronic properties in quantum materials will deal with systems in which strong electronic interactions with degrees of freedom of charge, spin and orbit induce new quantum states. This one-week European School will provide the common theoretical and experimental basis needed to study these quantum materials, but also the new trends in the field. This school is primarily aimed at PhD students and early career researchers.

This school will address various contemporary topics within cold atoms and quantum metrology, such as optical clocks, metrology tools, optomechanics and squeezing, both in theory and experiment, facilitating a deep understanding of precision measurements.Descriptions of fundamental physics measurements, such as studies of molecular hydrogen and the variation of fundamental constants, will provide students with a broader perspective on the applications of metrology.

A meeting of the fellows and staff members of CERN's TH department, to review its scientific activities and recent results, to learn more about each other's research, and to familiarize the new members with CERN's scientific environment and with the rest of the group.