If you are working on soft-matter or a soft-matter enthusiast and if you have newly joined your institute (less than 4 years) we would like to hear from you. At SMYIM, started 3 years back we aim to bring under one umbrella serious soft-matter scientists to storm, norm on ideas and to create new collaborations. This meeting is thus an attempt to connect a rapidly growing interdisciplinary group working on colloidal/ polymer/granular matter- dynamics, self assembly of mesoscopic structures and the interface of soft matter, chemistry and biology, so that we can learn from each other; and build collaborations and friendships that will endure and enhance the quality of our science. Specifically, this focused meeting is aimed at building such networks among researchers who are in the early stages of their careers, and who might not ordinarily get a chance to meet each other at the discipline specific conferences that they usually attend. Since 2014 this meeting is held in Pondicherry in a laid back environment at a stone’s throw from café’s and rustling seashore where minds of soft-matter meet and ideas crystallize. The meeting has ample free time so that participants can get enough time to network with existing or emerging collaborators. Interested? Just register and drop us (organizers) a mail and we would love to hear from you.
In the Mumbai-Pune region, the soft matter community has been active in organizing informal day long meetings at six-month intervals. These meetings are well attended by theorists, experimentalists and modeling folks, from several academic departments, and have nucleated collaborations between researchers with complementary skill sets. The proposed SMYIM aims to extend the spirit of these meetings to specifically younger researchers at the national level, from the IITs, IISERs, research institutes and universities.
The first meeting of SMYIM happened in January 2014 and the second one in December 2014 at Pondicherry and they were a huge success. We expect more people to participate in the 3rd meeting with more diverse participants and make the meeting more stimulating.
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The first meeting of SMYIM happened in January 2014 and the second one in December 2014 at Pondicherry and they were a huge success. We expect more people to participate in the 3rd meeting with more diverse participants and make the meeting more stimulating.
Sponsors: