Programme > Breakfast discussions

The aim of the breakfast discussions is to provide an informal platform for a structured exchange of views and opinions on a topic of current interest while enjoying coffee with sweet treats.  Thereby, they are intended to promote research pathfinding, kick-start collaborations, and build consortia able to target most ambitious research and technological challenges.

Tuesday, 4 June

Magnonics, spintronics, and ultrafast magnetism for edge computing (discussion leader – TBC)

A growing fraction of publications on magnonics, spintronics, and ultrafast magnetism claim relevance of the results therein to future computing, with edge computing often cited as a feasible niche application.  The aim of this discussion is to attempt to distil such claims to what could be feasible in short- to medium-term. 

As a point of reference, we will use the upcoming Horizon Europe’s EIC Pathfinder Challenges call for “Nanoelectronics for energy-efficient smart edge devices”, with the overall goal “to explore novel materials and beyond CMOS devices, non-von Neumann architectures and alternative information processing paradigms to drastically reduce energy consumption in order to meet application-specific needs of smart edge devices and circuits.” 

Wednesday, 5 June

MaxLLG: Introduction (discussion leader – Feodor Ogrin)

Electromagnetic phenomena (governed by Maxwell equations) and magnetisation dynamics (governed by the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation) can be coupled via a time-varying macroscopic magnetisation in realistic scenarios that involve magnetic materials.   This breakfast discussion will feature an introduction (given by Feodor Ogrin) to MaxLLG – a finite-difference software tool that solves Maxwell equations coupled to the LLG equation- with a focus on its benefits and limitations in relation to typical problems of magnonics, high-frequency spintronics, and ultrafast magnetism.

Thursday, 6 June

TRTM’s format: First lessons and next steps (discussion leader – Volodymyr Kruglyak)

TRTM 2024 is an experiment.  That is, it is meant to evolve and be developed, so as to achieve its overarching aim of creating a novel inclusive format for scientific dissemination, a format that will complement those of more traditional academic meetings.  The aim of this discussion will be to debate both the various features of TRTM 2024 and those proposed for TRTM 2025. 

Friday, 7 June

THz magnonics: Ways forward (discussion leader – Rostislav Mikhaylovskiy)

Merging magnonics and high-frequency spintronics with ultrafast magnetism (with a likely focus on antiferromagnets) to extend the research to THz domain is an intriguing opportunity in theory and a formidable challenge in practice.  The discussion will aim to debate where we are, where to move next, and what are the reasonable research goals in short- to medium-term.