08.128.724 Stochastic Models for Complex Systems: The Physics behind the Nobel Prize

Course offering details

Instructors: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Spichtinger

Event type: Lecture/practice class

Displayed in timetable as: 08.128.724

Hours per week: 4

Credits: 6,0

Language of instruction: Englisch

Min. | Max. participants: - | -

Requirements / organisational issues:
Requirements:

Classical mechanics
Statistical physics (very helpful, but we will cover the basics in the course)
Fluid dynamics and thermodynamics (we will cover the basics in the course)

 

Contents:
The most recent Nobel price in physics has been awarded to acknowledge theoretical work towards the understanding and accurate modeling of complex systems. Complex systems occur in many different research areas in the natural sciences; important examples are Earth’s climate system and microscopic systems in disorder, as e.g. spin glasses. Although the scales of these systems are very different, the systems behave quite similar and can be investigated with the same methodological approaches.

Complex multiscale systems are characterized by large degrees of freedom, which makes it very difficult to investigate them with usual deterministic approaches. However, the dynamics of such systems seems to be noisy, which is a manifestation of the interaction of a huge number of processes (i.e., the noise subsumes the vast number of unobserved degrees of freedom). This appearance of multiscale complexity and stochasticity points to the use of stochastic models.

In this lecture we will investigate the physics behind the appreciated contributions, i.e. stochastic climate models and order from disorder in non-equilibrium systems. For this purpose we will start with an introduction to the methods, i.e. stochastic dynamics and stochastic differential equations (ordinary and partial differential equations). In the following, the two different parts of the Nobel prize physics will be explored, i.e. the topics “order from disorder” and “stochastic climate models”.
Each of these four blocks is concluded with a practical tutorial.

Appointments
Date From To Room Instructors
1 Tue, 19. Apr. 2022 10:15 11:45 05 119 Minkowski-Raum Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Spichtinger
2 Th, 21. Apr. 2022 10:15 11:45 05 119 Minkowski-Raum Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Spichtinger
3 Tue, 26. Apr. 2022 10:15 11:45 05 119 Minkowski-Raum Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Spichtinger
4 Th, 28. Apr. 2022 10:15 11:45 05 119 Minkowski-Raum Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Spichtinger
5 Tue, 3. May 2022 10:15 11:45 05 119 Minkowski-Raum Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Spichtinger
6 Th, 5. May 2022 10:15 11:45 05 119 Minkowski-Raum Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Spichtinger
7 Tue, 10. May 2022 10:15 11:45 05 119 Minkowski-Raum Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Spichtinger
8 Th, 12. May 2022 10:15 11:45 05 119 Minkowski-Raum Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Spichtinger
9 Tue, 17. May 2022 10:15 11:45 05 119 Minkowski-Raum Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Spichtinger
10 Th, 19. May 2022 10:15 11:45 05 119 Minkowski-Raum Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Spichtinger
11 Tue, 24. May 2022 10:15 11:45 05 119 Minkowski-Raum Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Spichtinger
12 Tue, 31. May 2022 10:15 11:45 05 119 Minkowski-Raum Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Spichtinger
13 Th, 2. Jun. 2022 10:15 11:45 05 119 Minkowski-Raum Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Spichtinger
14 Tue, 7. Jun. 2022 10:15 11:45 05 119 Minkowski-Raum Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Spichtinger
15 Th, 9. Jun. 2022 10:15 11:45 05 119 Minkowski-Raum Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Spichtinger
16 Tue, 14. Jun. 2022 10:15 11:45 05 119 Minkowski-Raum Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Spichtinger
17 Tue, 21. Jun. 2022 10:15 11:45 05 119 Minkowski-Raum Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Spichtinger
18 Th, 23. Jun. 2022 10:15 11:45 05 119 Minkowski-Raum Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Spichtinger
19 Tue, 28. Jun. 2022 10:15 11:45 05 119 Minkowski-Raum Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Spichtinger
20 Th, 30. Jun. 2022 10:15 11:45 05 119 Minkowski-Raum Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Spichtinger
21 Tue, 5. Jul. 2022 10:15 11:45 05 119 Minkowski-Raum Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Spichtinger
22 Th, 7. Jul. 2022 10:15 11:45 05 119 Minkowski-Raum Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Spichtinger
23 Tue, 12. Jul. 2022 10:15 11:45 05 119 Minkowski-Raum Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Spichtinger
24 Th, 14. Jul. 2022 10:15 11:45 05 119 Minkowski-Raum Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Spichtinger
25 Tue, 19. Jul. 2022 10:15 11:45 05 119 Minkowski-Raum Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Spichtinger
26 Th, 21. Jul. 2022 10:15 11:45 05 119 Minkowski-Raum Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Spichtinger
Course specific exams
Description Date Instructors Mandatory
1. Oral Examination Time tbd Yes
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Instructors
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Spichtinger
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck