Morphogenesis as Bayesian inference: A variational approach to pattern formation and control in complex biological systems

F Kuchling, K Friston, G Georgiev, M Levin - Physics of life reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent advances in molecular biology such as gene editing [1], bioelectric recording and
manipulation [2] and live cell microscopy using fluorescent reporters [3],[4]–especially with …

Markov blankets, information geometry and stochastic thermodynamics

T Parr, L Da Costa, K Friston - … Transactions of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
This paper considers the relationship between thermodynamics, information and inference.
In particular, it explores the thermodynamic concomitants of belief updating, under a …

Aging and efficiency in living systems: Complexity, adaptation and self-organization

A Chatterjee, G Georgiev, G Iannacchione - Mechanisms of ageing and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Living systems are open, out-of-equilibrium thermodynamic entities, that maintain order by
locally reducing their entropy. Aging is a process by which these systems gradually lose …

The many faces of far-from-equilibrium thermodynamics: Deterministic chaos, randomness, or emergent order?

A Chatterjee, G Iannacchione - MRS Bulletin, 2019 - cambridge.org
Far-from-equilibrium systems are ubiquitous in nature. They are also rich in terms of diversity
and complexity. Therefore, it is an intellectual challenge to be able to understand the physics …

Spatio-temporal characterization of thermal fluctuations in a non-turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection at steady state

Y Yadati, N Mears, A Chatterjee - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper we present a detailed description of the statistical and computational
techniques that were employed to study a driven far-from-equilibrium steady-state Rayleigh …

An overview of emergent order in far-from-equilibrium driven systems: From kuramoto oscillators to rayleigh–bénard convection

A Chatterjee, N Mears, Y Yadati, GS Iannacchione - Entropy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Soft-matter systems when driven out of equilibrium often give rise to structures that usually
lie in between the macroscopic scale of the material and microscopic scale of its …

Evidence of local equilibrium in a non-turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection at steady-state

A Chatterjee, T Ban, G Iannacchione - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
An approach that extends equilibrium thermodynamics principles to out-of-equilibrium
systems is based on the local equilibrium hypothesis. However, the validity of the a priori …

Causality in Discrete Time Physics Derived from Maupertuis Reduced Action Principle

R Riek, A Chatterjee - Entropy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Causality describes the process and consequences from an action: a cause has an effect.
Causality is preserved in classical physics as well as in special and general theories of …

Coexisting ordered states, Local equilibrium-like Domains, and Broken ergodicity in a Non-turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard Convection at steady-state

A Chatterjee, Y Yadati, N Mears, G Iannacchione - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
A challenge in fundamental physics and especially in thermodynamics is to understand
emergent order in far-from-equilibrium systems. While at equilibrium, temperature plays the …

[HTML][HTML] Time and thermodynamics extended discussion on “Time & clocks: A thermodynamic approach”

A Chatterjee, G Iannacchione - Results in Physics, 2020 - Elsevier
In the paper,“Time & clocks: A thermodynamic approach” Lucia and Grisolia describe the
connections between the physical nature of time and macroscopic irreversibility in …