Interacting particle dynamics play an important role in many applied sciences, both as a modelling framework for social and biological phenomena and as a tool for statistical algorithms used in data science and uncertainty quantification. These two aspects are often intertwined as, for example, certain algorithms are inspired by dynamics observed in nature. This workshop highlighted recent contributions to the field, facilitated discussions and stimulated new research across disciplines.

The key research themes of the workshop were:

  • inverse optimal transport
  • interacting particle systems and data assimilation/filtering
  • neural networks (and multiscale methods)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There were two  mini-courses as part of the workshop: 
Optimal transport in a nutshell   Marie-Therese Wolfram  University of Warwick 
Ensemble Kalman methods for inference, optimisation and sampling  Sebastian Reich  University of Potsdam

A poster session was held on the first evening. . Titles and abstracts of all the posters can be found here

Arrangements

This workshop took place at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig on the Isle of Skye, 22-27 May.