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Electronic rearrangement is also the means by which light energy is harnessed in photochemistry. The timescale for coherent electron dynamics is set by the energetic splitting of the electronic states, which in small molecular systems, is on the scale of an electron volt (eV). This sets the natural timescale for electronic motion to be few-to-sub femtosecond (fs).<br>\r\n<br>\r\nTo approach these extreme timescales, we can use short pulses of light to excite small quantum systems. For instance, the impulsive interactions between a light field and a quantum system can induce time-dependent oscillations in the charge density. Such electronic wavepacket motion (in the absence of nuclear motion) has come to be referred to as charge migration [1]. While the initial charge dynamics following impulsive excitation (or ionization) begins as purely electronic motion, this wavepacket will couple to other degrees of freedom in the system (i.e. nuclear motion or chemical dynamics) and lead to localization of the charge. The transfer of electronic charge across molecular bonds is fundamental to an understanding of charge transfer phenomena.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe study of these fundamental phenomena requires state-of-the-art light sources, such as the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), an X-ray free electron laser (XFEL) facility which produces high-brightness, ultrashort pulses, with wavelength continuously tunable across the x-ray regime. Schemes to provide isolated, sub-femtosecond pulses from an FEL are being explored at facilities world-wide, and recently we have demonstrated such pulses at the LCLS [2]; opening the door for time-resolved measurements of ultrafast electron dynamics on their natural timescale. In my talk, I will highlight our recent developments in probing electronic motion in small molecular systems. We have employed sub-femtosecond pulses from the XFEL to study ultrafast charge dynamics in both core-excited [3,4,5] and low-lying cationic systems [6]. We are also developing nonlinear x-ray spectroscopies [7,8] to initiate and control electron dynamics. The control of coherent electron motion represents a significant step towards achieving charge-directed reactivity [9], a grand challenge for the field of attosecond science.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n[1] Cederbaum and Zobeley 1999 Chemical Physics Letters 307 205–210<br>\r\n[2] Duris and Li et al. 2020 Nature Photonics 14 30-36<br>\r\n[3] Li and Driver et al. 2022 Science 375 285-290<br>\r\n[4] Driver et al. 2024 Nature 632 762-767 (2024)<br>\r\n[5] Wang and Driver et al. Phys. Rev. X 15 011008 (2005)<br>\r\n[6] Driver et al. ArXiv:2411.01700<br>\r\n[7] O’Neal et al. 2020 Phys. Rev. Lett. 125 073203<br>\r\n[8] Biggs et al. 2023 Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 110 15597-15601<br>\r\n[9] F. Remacle, R. D. Levine, and M. A. Ratner 1998 Chem. Phys. Lett. 285, 25<br>\r\n </p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-03-10T09:08:13", "last_modification_date": "2026-03-10T09:08:45", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "CH G1 495", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==CH%20G1%20495", "url_online_room": "https://epfl.zoom.us/j/67570484652?pwd=UpB6UFTCS3n1QpxlIaYM2UvuMD3tkr.1", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "James Cryan, Stanford Univ. / SLAC", "organizer": "Christoph Bostedt", "contact": "Christoph Bostedt", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 2, "fr_label": "Public averti", "en_label": "Informed public" }, "registration": { "id": 3, "fr_label": "Entrée libre", "en_label": "Free" }, "keywords": "pcseminar", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/120028/", "category": { "id": 1, "code": "CONF", "fr_label": "Conférences - Séminaires", "en_label": "Conferences - Seminars", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/1/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/5/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/204/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/14/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/191/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/6/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 71340, "title": "Schmidt Sciences | Science of Trustworthy AI", "slug": "schmidt-sciences-science-of-trustworthy-ai", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/schmidt-sciences-science-of-trustworthy-ai", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32694/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32694/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32694/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-05-17", "end_date": "2026-05-17", "start_time": null, "end_time": null, "description": "<strong>Aim:</strong> Schmidt Sciences invites proposals for the <strong>Science of Trustworthy AI program</strong>, which supports technical research that improves our ability to understand, predict, and control risks from frontier AI systems while enabling their trustworthy deployment.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe research agenda has three connected aims:\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><strong>Aim 1: </strong>Characterize and forecast misalignment in frontier AI systems</li>\r\n\t<li><strong>Aim 2: </strong>Develop generalizable measurements and interventions</li>\r\n\t<li><strong>Aim 3: </strong>Oversee AI systems with superhuman capabilities and address multi-agent risks</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nPreference will be given to proposals from collaborations among multiple PIs and labs. Applicants are invited to apply to either or both funding tiers (see below). Applicants may submit more than one proposal to each tier.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Funding </strong>Tier 1: Up to $1M<br>\r\n Tier 2: $1-5M<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Duration</strong>: 1-3 years<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Eligibility:</strong> Schmidt sciences invites individual researchers, research teams, research institutions, and multi-institution collaborations across universities, national laboratories, institutes, and non-profit research organizations. They are open globally and encourage collaborations across geographic boundaries. However, the recipient of funding must hold a 501(c)(3) designation or equivalent.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>How to Apply</strong>: Requests for proposals can be submitted via the <a href=\"https://schmidtsciences.smapply.io/prog/science_of_trustworthy_ai_rfp_2026/\">Application Portal</a>. You will be asked to provide Background information, a Project overview, Milestones and outcomes, Team CVs, as well as a Budget and optional computation request. Budgets should include overhead of 11.1% of total direct costs (or 10% of the total budget).<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Deadline:</strong> <strong>17 May 2026</strong> (11:59 AoE)<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Further information</strong>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>More information about the program is available <a href=\"https://www.schmidtsciences.org/trustworthy-ai/\">here</a></li>\r\n\t<li>An FAQ document is provided <a href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nuqku7P9yQaxLPkeIhs10-21SEX77LwxexRwVmqSxkI/edit?tab=t.0\">here</a></li>\r\n\t<li>The application portal can be found <a href=\"https://schmidtsciences.smapply.io/prog/science_of_trustworthy_ai_rfp_2026/\">here</a></li>\r\n\t<li>For any other questions, please contact the <a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\">Research Office</a></li>\r\n</ul>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-03-10T13:31:43", "last_modification_date": "2026-03-10T13:33:40", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "", "url_place_and_room": "", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [], "speaker": "", "organizer": "", "contact": "<a href=\"mailto:[email protected]?subject=Schmidt%20Sciences%20Trustworthy%20AI\">Research Office</a>", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Tout public", "en_label": "General public" }, "registration": { "id": 3, "fr_label": "Entrée libre", "en_label": "Free" }, "keywords": "", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/120030/", "category": { "id": 16, "code": "PROP", "fr_label": "Appel à proposition", "en_label": "Call for proposal", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/140/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 71345, "title": "MechE Colloquium : Instability and breakdown phenomena in vortical flows", "slug": "meche-colloquium-instability-and-breakdown-pheno-2", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/meche-colloquium-instability-and-breakdown-pheno-2", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32805/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32805/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32805/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-04-28", "end_date": "2026-04-28", "start_time": "12:00:00", "end_time": "13:00:00", "description": "<strong>Summary</strong><br>\r\nVortical structures generated by fixed or rotating lifting surfaces play a central role in many aerodynamic and hydrodynamic flows. Their stability and eventual breakdown influence wake dynamics, mixing processes, and overall flow performance. This seminar presents two recent studies exploring vortex stability and vortex breakdown.<br>\r\nPart I – Short-wave instability of a helical vortex<br>\r\nThe first part of the seminar discusses the short-wave instability of a helical vortex generated by a rotating blade. Combining experimental dye visualisations, numerical simulations, and theoretical analysis, the study identifies displacement perturbations whose wavelengths are small relative to the helix radius and pitch but may remain large compared with the vortex core size. Stability analysis based on experimentally measured vortex profiles reveals broad bands of unstable wavenumbers for several vortex bending modes. These results differ from predictions of existing theories for short-wave vortex instability. Similar instability modes are also observed in arrays of straight vortices, indicating that the phenomenon is not related to vortex curvature. A theoretical examination of the dispersion relation of Kelvin modes for the measured vortex profiles uncovers a previously unidentified family of modes associated with the specific vorticity distribution. Their non-resonant interaction through the strain field provides a plausible explanation for the experimentally observed instability features.<br>\r\nPart II – Two-phase wing-tip vortex breakdown<br>\r\nThe second part presents the discovery of a new flow feature observed in the wake of a rectangular wing in water: the breakdown of the wing-tip vortex triggered by the injection of air into the vortex core downstream of the wing. Experiments show that, for certain combinations of Reynolds number and angle of attack, a stationary air bubble becomes trapped within the vortex core at a finite distance behind the wing and can persist for several minutes even after the air injection is stopped. Under different conditions, the bubble may drift upstream or downstream, or it may disintegrate immediately. Measurements of bubble properties and vortex characteristics reveal that the breakdown behaviour depends primarily on the vortex circulation and on the axial flow component within the core. The formation of a stable breakdown bubble occurs only when a velocity excess relative to the free stream is present.<br>\r\nThe two studies highlight new mechanisms governing the stability and transformation of vortical flows, offering insight into the dynamics of vortex instabilities and vortex-core modifications in fluid systems.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Biography</strong><br>\r\nThomas Leweke graduated from RWTH Aachen University in Germany in 1990 with a “Diplom” (Master) in Physics. He completed his PhD in 1994 at the Université de Provence in Marseille, on the experimental study and modelling of bluff-body wakes. After a post-doctoral stay at Cornell University on vortex instabilities, he joined the IRPHE institute in Marseille in 1996 as a CNRS Researcher and became a Senior Researcher in 2007. His research focusses on the experimental study of fundamental aspects of fluid mechanics, especially in vortex dynamics and fluid-structure interactions, with relevance to applications. 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This request is open to universities and non-profits globally.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThis RFP is for you if:\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>You are building or designing compute hardware that is NOT based on conventional CPUs or GPUs.</li>\r\n\t<li>You have a real-world task in mind where your hardware could eventually outperform GPUs.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Funding & Duration: </strong>Track 1 - Up to $150K for 6-12 months<br>\r\n Track 2 - Up to $750K for 12-18 months<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Eligibility:</strong> Schmidt sciences invites individual researchers, research teams, research institutions, and multi-institution collaborations across universities, national laboratories, institutes, and non-profit research organizations. They are open globally and encourage collaborations across geographic boundaries. However, the recipient of funding must hold a 501(c)(3) designation or equivalent.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>How to Apply</strong>: Requests for proposals can be submitted via the <a href=\"https://schmidtsciences.smapply.io/prog/2026_unconventional_compute_rfp/\">Application Portal</a>. You will be asked to provide Background information, Team CVs, a Project abstract, a statement on Bigger ambition, as well as a Project narrative and Budget. 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I then introduce a regularised fracture model, akin to the phase-field regularisation used for softening plasticity, that we recently proposed in [1]. Unlike standard gradient damage or phase-field fracture models, in this approach damage affects the material strength rather than its stiffness.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThrough analytical and numerical examples, I show how this model, within a consistent variational framework, provides a path toward reconciling several key concepts developed over the centuries, including Griffith and cohesive crack models, damage mechanics, plasticity, strength criteria, and limit analysis.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n[1] B. Bourdin, J.-J. Marigo, C. Maurini, C. Zolesi, <em>A variational approach to fracture incorporating any convex strength criterion</em>, arXiv:2506.22558. <a href=\"https://www.arxiv.org/pdf/2506.22558?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">arXiv PDF</a><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Biography: </strong>Corrado Maurini is Professor of Solid Mechanics at the d'Alembert Institute, Sorbonne Université, Paris. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanics in 2005 through a joint programme between the University of Rome La Sapienza and Paris 6. 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