About
MatterMind is a workshop bringing together leading academics and industry professionals from science and engineering to explore the digital representation of complex materials across a wide range of scales, from the nanoscale to the macroscale. The forum highlights the pivotal role of a broad spectrum of numerical tools — including computational models, Reduced Order Models (ROMs), and Artificial Intelligence — in advancing the development of material digital twins, with a particular emphasis on engineering applications.
Keynote presentation: 30 minutes + 10 minutes Q&A
Regular presentation: 15 minutes + 10 minutes Q&A
MATTERMIND Schedule
| Time | MATTERMIND 2026 – Wednesday, May 20th |
|---|---|
| 12:00 – 13:20 | Lunch |
| 13:20 – 13:30 | Welcome & Opening Remarks (Antonia Larese & Angela Casini) |
| 13:30 – 15:00 |
Session 1 13:30 – 14:10: Keynote 1 – Isabell Welpe (Strategy and Organization, TUM)"How AI, Blockchain and Digital Transformation change Private Firms and Public Universities" 14:10 – 14:35: Jithender Timothy (Centre for Building Materials, TUM) 14:35 – 15:00: Dirk Lowke (Materials and Methods in Digital Construction, TUM) |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30 – 17:25 |
Session 2 15:30 – 16:10: Keynote 2 – Thomas Weinhart (University of Twente) "From Particles to Processes: Multiscale Modelling of Granular Materials" 16:10 – 16:35: Roland Wüchner (Structural Analysis, TUM) 16:35 – 17:00: Antonia Larese (Computational Mechanics for Multiphysics, University of Padova) 17:00 – 17:25: Felix Dietrich (Physics-enhanced Machine Learning, TUM) |
| 17:25 – 19:00 | Wrap-up Day 1 – Round Table: identification of interdisciplinary collaboration opportunities |
| Time | MATTERMIND 2026 – Thursday, May 21st |
| 09:00 – 09:15 | Welcome (Antonia Larese & Angela Casini & Roland Wüchner) |
| 09:15 – 11:00 |
Session 3 09:15 – 09:45: Keynote 3 – Wil Schilders (Eindhoven University of Technology) "Accelerating Scientific Simulation: Bridging Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence for Industrial Applications" 09:45 – 10:10: Torben Gädt (Chemistry of Construction Materials, TUM) 10:10 – 10:35: Arne Thomas (Macromolecular Chemistry, TUM) 10:35 – 11:00: Jan Torgersen (Materials Sciences, TUM) |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 – 13:00 |
Session 4 11:30 – 12:10: Keynote 4 – Anna Pandolfi (Politecnico di Milano) "A microstructured brittle damage model for poromechanical applications" 12:10 – 12:35: Julija Zavadlav (Multiscale Modeling of Fluid Materials, TUM) 12:35 – 13:00: Artem Korobenko (CFD, Univ. of Calgary) |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Lunch Break and open discussion |
| 14:30 – 15:45 |
Session 5 14:30 – 14:55: Christopher Stein (Theoretical Chemistry, TUM) 14:55 – 15:20: Alessio Gagliardi (Simulation of Nanosystems for Energy Conversion, TUM) 15:20 – 15:45: Angela Casini (Medicinal and Bioinorganic Chemistry, TUM) |
| 15:45 – 16:15 | Coffee Break |
| 16:15 – 17:20 |
Session 6 – Inter and trans-disciplinary opportunites: blending academic and industrial point of view 16:15 – 16:30: Introduction of industrial companies - the experience of EU project NEXTBIOMOL 16:30 – 17:20: Round table Panelists: NEXTMOL (Monica De Mier), W. Wall (Computational Mechani cs, TUM) |
| 17:20 – 17:30 | Closing Remarks and Networking |
Workshop Venue
Lichtenbergstraße 2 a, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany
Web page Institute of Advanced Studies, TUM-IAS
Workshop Organizers
For any question about the workshop organization, please contact antonia.larese@unipd.it.
List of Contributors
This workshop is funded by the REACT Hans Fischer Fellowship
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“Digital Twins Of Civil StRucturEs And Protection Systems In A ClimAte Change PerspecTive”
