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On the derivation of mean-curvature flow and its fluctuations from microscopic interactions

On the derivation of mean-curvature flow and its fluctuations from microscopic interactions

Jeudi, 11 septembre 2025 - 11:30 - 12:30

The emergence of mean-curvature flow of an interface between different phases or populations is a phenomenon of long standing interest in statistical physics.  
In this talk, we review recent progress with respect to a class of reaction-diffusion stochastic particle systems on an $n$-dimensional lattice.
In such a process, particles can move across sites as well as be created/annihilated according to diffusion and reaction rates.  
These rates will be chosen so that there are two preferred particle mass density levels $a_1$, $a_2$ in `balance'.

Endogenizing loss prevention and risk sharing in P2P insurance: a unified mean–variance framework

Endogenizing loss prevention and risk sharing in P2P insurance

Jeudi, 12 juin 2025 - 10:15 - 11:15

Peer-to-peer (P2P) insurance promises lower costs and better alignment of interests by having small groups of policyholders directly share risk. Yet full pooling can destroy prevention incentives under moral hazard, while self-insurance sacrifices diversification. In this talk, we develop a unified mean–variance framework that endogenizes both the pooling matrix and the effort levels in one joint optimization.

Singular limits arising in mechanical models of tissue growth

Singular limits arising in mechanical models of tissue growth

Jeudi, 22 mai 2025 - 11:30 - 12:30

Based on the mechanical viewpoint that living tissues present a fluid-like behaviour, Partial Differential Equations models inspired by fluid dynamics are nowadays well established as one of the main mathematical tools for the macroscopic description of tissue growth. Depending on the type of tissue, these models link the pressure to the velocity field using either Brinkman’s law (visco-elastic models) or Darcy’s law (porous-medium equations (PME)).

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