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SUMMARY:Nature Inspired Physics: Why Do We Flock Together?
DESCRIPTION:Flocks of birds flying every morning and evening or of ants cra
 wling in one direction are a common sight. Flocking, a self-organized motio
 n of vast numbers of individuals of same species in a common direction is a
  common behavior in many animals like ants, locusts, birds, fishes etc. Thi
 s talk will bring out how nature inspires us to explore such fascinating ph
 enomena in laboratory. As physicists, Prof Dr Ajay Kumar Sood and his team 
 have tried to understand flocking behavior by working with inanimate asymme
 tric brass rods made active by placing them on rapidly vibrating surface am
 ongst spherical beads. They have discovered that a small number of active p
 articles can coherently transport a large passive cargo, which they believe
  is potentially relevant in biological systems. Professor Dr Ajay Kumar Soo
 d will present his recent studies on how to separate active particles with 
 same size but with different activities. His experiments will bring out nov
 el emerging issues in systems out of equilibrium. He will discuss how the e
 xperiments may be able to shed light, for example on the unfortunate phenom
 ena of stampede, which has been earlier ascribed as a fluid dynamics proble
 m.\n\nProfessor Dr Ajay Kumar Sood is President of the Indian National Scie
 nce Academy (INSA) and Professor for Physics at the Indian Institute of Sci
 ence, Bangalore, India. Leopoldina and INSA have cooperated closely over ma
 ny years, e.g. by jointly organizing scientific conferences in India and Ge
 rmany. Prof Sood’s talk is part of the Leopoldina-INSA lecture series, in w
 hich high-ranking members of both academies present their work to the gener
 al public in order to promote the visibility of Indian and German science. 
  The 2018 lecture is organized in cooperation with the Indian Embassy in Be
 rlin in their ongoing effort to promote Indo-German science and research co
 llaboration.\n\nProgramme\n\n16:00 – 17:00    Meet & Greet (Registration & 
 Refreshments) 17:00 – 17:05    Welcome (H.E. Ms Mukta Dutta Tomar, Ambassad
 or of India to the Federal Republic of Germany) 17:05 – 17:15    Opening Ad
 dress (Professor Dr Jörg Hacker, Leopoldina President) 17:15 – 18:15    Lec
 ture & Discussion (Prof Dr Ajay Kumar Sood, INSA President) 18:15 – 18:30  
   Words of Thanks 18:30 – 20:30    Reception\n\nPicture: freshidea - stock.
 adobe.com\n\nFurther Information and Registration\n\nThe lecture will be he
 ld in English. Participation is open to the public and is free of charge. P
 rior registration is required until 13 September 2018. \n\nRegistrationBy r
 egistering for the lecture, participants agree that their personal data wil
 l be used for the organization of the event only. Photos will be taken duri
 ng the event. Participants agree that this material can be used for interna
 l and external communication in the interest of the Leopoldina and its coop
 eration partners INSA and the Indian Embassy.\n\nContact\n\nDr. Ruth Narman
 nDeputy Head of International Relations DepartmentTel.: 030 / 203 8997 - 43
 2Email: ruth.narmann@leopoldina.org 
LOCATION:Berlin
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