Conference

Mathematical Challenges in Brain Mechanics Final Conference

Project illustration of a sleeping man and a brain map.

Please note that day 1, 3 June will be at Simula Research Laboratory. Day 2 and day 3, 4-5 June will be at The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. 

Provisional Programme (subject to change)

Day 1, Wednesday June 3 at Simula Research Laboratory

12:30-13:00      
Lunch

13:00-15:00
Ludmil Zikatanov (The Pennsylvania State University, US): Stabilized $P_1$–$P_0$ elements for Stokes: FFT solvers and thin domains
Jeff Tithof (University of Minnesota, US): A framework for probing glymphatic and blood-brain barrier interactions
Alexandra Vallet (École des Mines de Saint-Étienne, FR): Vascular pulsations as a driver of CSF transport across scales

15:00-15:30
Coffee break

15:30-17:10
Caterina Dalmaso (University of Trento, IT): An integrated 1D-0D model of the cardiorespiratory system with short-term cardiopulmonary control mechanisms
Rune Enger (University of Oslo, NO): TBA
Olga Therese Ousdal (University of Bergen, NO): Unravelling the Neurobiological Underpinnings of Major Depressive Disorder and Its Treatment Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging

 

Day 2, Thursday June 4 at The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

09:00-11:00
Kaibo Hu (University of Oxford, UK): Modelling generalized continua via homological algebra
André Massing (NTNU – Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO): A finite element framework for solving coupled multiphysics problems with moving boundaries in cell biophysics
Florin Radu (University of Bergen, NO): A parareal algorithm for poromechanics

11:00-11:30
Coffee break

11:30-12:30
Marius Causemann (Simula Research Laboratory, NO): TBA
Ingvild Devold (Simula Research Laboratory, NO): Mixed-dimensional Biot-Stokes modelling of brain pulsatility 
Peter von Schultzendorff (University of Bergen, NO): Enhanced curve tracing for nonlinear continuation solvers in multiphase porous media flow

12:30-13:00
Lunch

13:00-15:00
Umberto Villa (The University of Texas at Austin, US): A predictive brain cancer digital twin for precision medicine
Steven Proulx (University of Bern, SUI): Rethinking CSF circulation: new insights into lymphatic clearance pathways
Alberto Girelli (Simula Research Laboratory, NO): Exploring the brain dura: Estimating meningeal lymphatic clearance through mathematical models

15:00-15:30
Coffee break

15:30-17:30
Trond Kvamsdal (NTNU – Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO): Reduced order models for porous media flow
Adam Sky (Université du Luxembourg, LU): Mixed-dimensional couplings in finite Cosserat elasticity via TDC
Jan Tønnesen (Instituto Biofisika (CSIC-UPV), ES): Modelling extracellular diffusion of neurotransmitters in super-resolved images of live brain tissue

17:30-18:00
Mingling 

18:00
Dinner

 

Day 3, Friday June 5 at The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

09:00-11:00
Erik Kroesbergen (University of Copenhagen, DK): TBA
Ivan Yotov (University of Pittsburgh, US): A coupled fluid flow - multicompartment poroelasticity model for brain mechanics
Geir Ringstad (Oslo University Hospital/University of Oslo, NO): Glymphatic MRI

11:00-11:30
Coffee break

11:30-13:30
Jakub Both (University of Bergen, NO): A Gradient Flow Perspective on Coupled Poromechanics
Andreas Solheim (Simula Research Laboratory, NO): The importance of barriers and interfaces in brain fluid modeling
Jan Martin Nordbotten (University of Bergen, NO): Mathematical modeling of complex and composite poromechanical materials

13:30
Lunch