Organizers of this minisymposium are
Many partial differential equations arising in non-equilibrium statistical mechanics possess underlying variational structures, such as gradient flows or the GENERIC framework. These structures provide powerful tools for analysis, including the study of well-posedness, the trend to equilibrium, and the structure-preserving numerical schemes.
This mini-symposium will highlight recent advances in variational approaches to non-equilibrium PDEs with the focus on kinetic models from classical kinetic theory and wave turbulence theory. Topics include entropy methods, stability of solutions, singular and hydrodynamic limits.