SIAM MS21

Considering the exceptional situation in which we are, the conference will be entirely ONLINE


About the conference

Sponsored by the SIAM Activity Group on Mathematical Aspects of Materials Science.

About the Activity Group

Since 1994, every 2 to 4 years the SIAM Materials Activity Group organizes the SIAM Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Materials Science. This conference focuses on interdisciplinary approaches that bridge mathematical and computational methods to the science and engineering of materials. The conference provides a forum to highlight significant advances as well as critical or promising challenges in mathematics and materials science and engineering. In keeping with tradition, the conference seeks diversity in people, disciplines, methods, theory, and applications.

Focus themes

  • Calculus of variations and partial differential equations
  • Continuum mechanics
  • Homogenization theory
  • Inverse problems
  • Liquid crystals and active materials
  • Machine learning and data science in materials
  • Optical materials
  • Pattern formation in materials science
  • Phase transitions
  • Quantum chemistry and electronic structure
  • Soft condensed matter
  • Topological materials


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