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Anna Pachol is an associate professor at the University of South-Eastern Norway. Her research focuses on noncommutative geometry approach to quantum gravity, including intersection of topics from theoretical and mathematical physics such as quantum groups (Hopf algebras), quantum Riemannian geometry, deformation theory in applications to quantization of spacetime and deformations of relativistic symmetries. Currently she works on investigating the consequences of spacetime noncommutativity and Planck scale effects in quantum mechanical systems by introducing modifications to the canonical Heisenberg commutation relations and to the uncertainty principles. Her recent work also includes studying new models of noncommutative quantum phase spaces which include both noncommutative spacetime coordinates as well as noncommutative momenta with additional deformation terms included in both of these sectors.

Previously she was a senior lecturer at Queen Mary University of London and postdoctoral researcher at Universities of Turin and Iceland. She obtained her PhD in 2011 at the University of Wroclaw.

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Ana Belen Sainz is currently a Group leader at the International Centre for Theory of Quantum Technologies, University of Gdańsk, Poland. Her research interests lie in the intersection of quantum foundations and quantum information theory. She strives to assess the landscape of nonclassical physical theories – some of which may supersede quantum theory – and how they may enable new forms of communication or information processing. Ana Belen is also active in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion initiatives, committed to building a safe and diverse scientific community. She received her PhD from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain, in 2014, carrying out her PhD thesis at ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Spain. Prior to that she completed her MSci in Physics at Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina.

John Selby is a team leader at the International Centre for Theory of Quantum Technologies at the University of Gdańsk, Poland. He and his team work on a range of topics in the foundations of quantum theory and quantum information, with a particular focus on the use of compositional, diagrammatic approaches in these fields. Previously he was a postdoctoral researcher at Perimeter Institute, Canada, primarily working on formalizing foundational notions of nonclassicality and understanding their role in quantum information processing.  He received his PhD from Imperial College London in 2018.

Jim is the Director of Scientific Operations for the Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics. He joined the Allen Institute for Brain Science in 2012, where he led a team to use the Patch-seq technique to catalogue the electrophysiological, morphological, and transcriptomic profile of thousands of neurons from mouse and human brain sections, publicly released as part of the Allen Cell Types Database. Previously, he studied the role of the TMEM16A ion channel in pain processing and engineered a genetically encoded fluorescent sensor for ATP. Jim joined the Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics in 2020 as the Director of Scientific Operations (also employee #1), where he and his team work to support and accelerate the work of the scientific groups. Jim has two kids (Orion (10yo) and Maylin (7yo)) who keep him very busy.

Susumu Ariki is currently a Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Osaka University and a visiting senior scientist at Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe. He has been studying representations of algebras arising in Lie theory. In order to study those algebras, he has successfully applied (i) categorification of integrable highest weight modules over affine Kac-Moody Lie algebras and their quantum groups, (ii) the Auslander-Reiten theory and Adachi-Iyama-Reiten's tau-tilting theory, (iii) recent advances in the theory of Brauer graph algebras, etc. He is currently working on the comparison of his categorification with other categorification.

Miguel B. Araújo is a biogeographer dedicated to understanding how Life distributes in space and time, and why. He employs a wide range of modelling approaches to explore how climate influences the distributions of species and controls complex properties and dynamics of communities. He is a Research Professor of the Spanish Research Council (CSIC) and Chair of Biodiversity at the University of Évora. In the past, he also held faculty or research positions at the Imperial college London, Oxford University, University of Copenhagen, French National Research Council (CNRS), and the Natural History Museum in London. Personal Website

Cintia Pacchiano has a PIMS Post-doctoral Fellowship at the University of Calgary. Her research area is mathematical analysis, more precisely, theoretical aspects of nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs). Her primary focus is on regularity theory of elliptic and parabolic PDEs, in connection with the calculus of variation and potential theory. Most recently, analysis on metric measure spaces forms a central aspect of her work, as it provides an integrating structure for ideas and questions from many different areas of mathematics.

Keiko Aoki is an independent researcher based in Tokyo. Her main research field is condensed matter physics, and her main tool for research is molecular/particle dynamics simulation.
Since anisotropically fluctuating systems, such as liquid crystals and soft matter could not be properly treated by conventional molecular dynamics (MD) methods, we have developed a set of simulation methods which are called stress control methods. Stress control MD methods guarantee the system to be under hydrostatic pressure (or other condition) even in non-equilibrium processes. Time evolution under constant surface tension can be investigated by one of the stress control methods as well. This is in contrast to conventional MD methods, where only ensemble average can be controlled. The method is effective to investigate self-organization of soft matter, as well as glassy metastable states. ORCID ID

[Tutorial] Stress control molecular dynamics simulation methods designed for simulating soft matter by Keiko Aoki