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Douglas J. Durian

0000-0003-3240-2381

cond-mat.softcond-mat.dis-nncond-mat.stat-mechcond-mat.mtrl-scics.LGmachine learningphysics.flu-dyncs.ETModels, ChemicalModels, Molecular

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Identifying structural flow defects in disordered solids using machine learning methods

with Ekin D. Cubuk, Samuel S. Schoenholz, Jennifer M. Rieser, Brad D. Malone +3

1 version

W_y25n99c2v1 · current

The shape and erosion of pebbles

W_6y25agn9v1

Preprints & journals

144 papers in the corpus · 1987–2026

Double descent without digital computation.

Dillavou, Sam, Rocks, Jason W, Wycoff, Jacob F et al.

1 citation

427845142026Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2026;123(39):e2604421123

Structural aging of a cohesive and amorphous granular solid under cyclic loading.

Hobson-Rhoades, William, Durian, Douglas J, Fan, Yue et al.

0 citations

420527252026Soft matter. 2026;22(20):3610-3619

Collective behavior and memory states in flow networks with tunable bistability.

Altman, Lauren E, Aguilar, Nadia, Durian, Douglas J et al.

2 citations

419275842026Nature communications. 2026;17(1)

Analog Physical Systems Can Exhibit Double Descent

Sam Dillavou, Jason W Rocks, Jacob F Wycoff et al.

0 citations

2511.17825v12025arXiv

Editorial: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Crosses a Threshold.

Deffner, Sebastian, Durian, Douglas J, Losert, Wolfgang et al.

0 citations

409547002026Physical review. E. 2025;112(2-1):020001

Cornerstones are the key stones: using interpretable machine learning to probe the clogging process in 2D granular hoppers.

Hanlan, Jesse M, Dillavou, Sam, Liu, Andrea J et al.

6 citations

406657672025Soft matter. 2025;21(30):6107-6113

Solving the compute crisis with physics-based ASICs

Maxwell Aifer, Zach Belateche, Suraj Bramhavar et al.

2 citations

2507.10463v12025arXiv

Understanding and Embracing Imperfection in Physical Learning Networks

Sam Dillavou, Marcelo Guzman, Andrea J. Liu et al.

0 citations

2505.22887v22025arXiv

Stochastic dynamics of granular hopper flows: A configurational mode controls the stability of clogs.

Hathcock, David, Dillavou, Sam, Hanlan, Jesse M et al.

4 citations

401031272025Physical review. E. 2025;111(2):L023404

Disorder enhances the fracture toughness of 2D mechanical metamaterials.

Fulco, Sage, Budzik, Michal K, Xiao, Hongyi et al.

34 citations

399258552025PNAS nexus. 2025;4(2):pgaf023

Disorder Enhances the Fracture Toughness of Mechanical Metamaterials

Sage Fulco, Michal K. Budzik, Hongyi Xiao et al.

1 citation

2407.07223v12024arXiv

Machine learning without a processor: Emergent learning in a nonlinear analog network.

Dillavou, Sam, Beyer, Benjamin D, Stern, Menachem et al.

39 citations

389545452025Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2024;121(28):e2319718121

Bellybutton: accessible and customizable deep-learning image segmentation.

Dillavou, Sam, Hanlan, Jesse M, Chieco, Anthony T et al.

5 citations

389023152024Scientific reports. 2024;14(1):14281

The Equation of Motion for Taut-Line Buzzers

Alexander J. Gerra, Courtney C. Jones, Sam Dillavou et al.

1 citation

2402.19285v22024Physical Review Applied 22, 014011 (2024)

Taut-Line Buzzers with Periodic Forcing

Jesse M. Hanlan, Douglas J. Durian

2 citations

2402.19316v22024Physical Review Applied 22, 014012 (2024)

Experimental Demonstration of Coupled Learning in Elastic Networks

Lauren E. Altman, Menachem Stern, Andrea J. Liu et al.

22 citations

2311.00170v22023arXiv

Physical learning of power-efficient solutions

Menachem Stern, Sam Dillavou, Dinesh Jayaraman et al.

1 citation

2310.10437v12023arXiv

Identifying microscopic factors that influence ductility in disordered solids.

Xiao, Hongyi, Zhang, Ge, Yang, Entao et al.

13 citations

378127092024Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2023;120(42):e2307552120

Hierarchical bubble size distributions in coarsening wet liquid foams.

Galvani, Nicolò, Pasquet, Marina, Mukherjee, Arnab et al.

34 citations

377082012024Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2023;120(38):e2306551120

Simply solvable model capturing the approach to statistical self-similarity for the diffusive coarsening of bubbles, droplets, and grains.

Chieco, Anthony T, Durian, Douglas J

5 citations

378491072023Physical review. E. 2023;108(3-1):034606

Twist and measure: characterizing the effective radius of strings and bundles under twisting contraction.

Hanlan, Jesse M, Davis, Gabrielle E, Durian, Douglas J

7 citations

372548342023Soft matter. 2023;19(23):4315-4322

Effective exponents for the diffusive coarsening of wet foams and analogous materials

Douglas J. Durian

1 citation

2304.00415v32023arXiv

Machine learning-informed structuro-elastoplasticity predicts ductility of disordered solids

Hongyi Xiao, Ge Zhang, Entao Yang et al.

1 citation

2303.12486v12023arXiv

Average outpouring velocity and flow rate of grains discharged from a tilted quasi-2D silo

Ryan Kozlowski, J. Carter Luketich, Elijah Oshatz et al.

2 citations

2210.05732v22022arXiv

Aqueous foams in microgravity, measuring bubble sizes

Marina Pasquet, Nicolo Galvani, Olivier Pitois et al.

16 citations

2209.03464v22022arXiv

Probing Gardner Physics in an Active Quasithermal Pressure-Controlled Granular System of Noncircular Particles.

Xiao, Hongyi, Liu, Andrea J, Durian, Douglas J

13 citations

357764742022Physical review letters. 2022;128(24):248001

Average Evolution and Size-Topology Relations for Coarsening 2d Dry Foams

Anthony T. Chieco, James P. Sethna, Douglas J. Durian

3 citations

2205.11429v22022Frontiers in Soft Matter - Foams 2, 941811 (2022)

Structuro-elasto-plasticity (StEP) model for plasticity in disordered solids

Ge Zhang, Hongyi Xiao, Entao Yang et al.

1 citation

2205.08678v12022arXiv

Desynchronous learning in a physics-driven learning network.

Wycoff, J F, Dillavou, S, Stern, M et al.

26 citations

354283882022The Journal of chemical physics. 2022;156(14):144903

Physical learning beyond the quasistatic limit

Menachem Stern, Sam Dillavou, Marc Z. Miskin et al.

25 citations

2112.11399v12021arXiv

Probing the Gardner transition in an active quasi-thermal pressure-controlled granular system

Hongyi Xiao, Andrea J. Liu, Douglas J. Durian

0 citations

2111.03921v12021arXiv

Spatters and Spills: Spreading Dynamics for Partially Wetting Droplets

Sylvia C. L. Durian, Sam Dillavou, Kwame Markin et al.

9 citations

2111.02573v22021Physics of Fluids 34, 012112 (2022)

Demonstration of Decentralized, Physics-Driven Learning

Sam Dillavou, Menachem Stern, Andrea J. Liu et al.

86 citations

2108.00275v42021arXiv

Quantifying the long-range structure of foams and other cellular patterns with hyperuniformity disorder length spectroscopy.

Chieco, A T, Durian, D J

9 citations

342717122021Physical review. E. 2021;103(6-1):062609

Experimentally testing a generalized coarsening model for individual bubbles in quasi-two-dimensional wet foams.

Chieco, A T, Durian, D J

12 citations

336015662021Physical review. E. 2021;103(1-1):012610

Resolving Tensions Surrounding Massive Pulleys

D.J. Durian, J. Kroll, E.J. Mele

0 citations

2010.05240v12020American Journal of Physics 89, 277 (2021)

Strain localization and failure of disordered particle rafts with tunable ductility during tensile deformation.

Xiao, Hongyi, Ivancic, Robert J S, Durian, Douglas J

15 citations

329357142020Soft matter. 2020;16(35):8226-8236

Machine learning characterization of structural defects in amorphous packings of dimers and ellipses.

Harrington, Matt, Liu, Andrea J, Durian, Douglas J

33 citations

309342962019Physical review. E. 2019;99(2-1):022903

Stagnant Zone Formation in a 2D Bed of Circular and Elongated Grains under Penetration

Matt Harrington, Hongyi Xiao, Douglas J. Durian

10 citations

1812.08227v12018Granular Matter 22 (1), 17 (2020)

Dynamics and thermodynamics of air-driven active spinners.

Farhadi, Somayeh, Machaca, Sergio, Aird, Justin et al.

37 citations

298825722018Soft matter. 2018;14(27):5588-5594

An instrument for studying granular media in low-gravity environment.

Aumaître, S, Behringer, R P, Cazaubiel, A et al.

27 citations

300681232018The Review of scientific instruments. 2018;89(7):075103

The Spectrum of Structure for Jammed and Unjammed Soft Disks

A. T. Chieco, M. Zu, A. J. Liu et al.

9 citations

1806.10118v22018Phys. Rev. E 98, 042606 (2018)

Note: Eliminating stripe artifacts in light-sheet fluorescence imaging.

Salili, S M, Harrington, M, Durian, D J

14 citations

296047522018The Review of scientific instruments. 2018;89(3):036107

Anisotropic particles strengthen granular pillars under compression.

Harrington, Matt, Durian, Douglas J

12 citations

294483852018Physical review. E. 2018;97(1-1):012904

Structure-property relationships from universal signatures of plasticity in disordered solids.

Cubuk, E D, Ivancic, R J S, Schoenholz, S S et al.

321 citations

291702312018Science (New York, N.Y.). 2017;358(6366):1033-1037

The Hindered Settling Function at Low Re Has Two Branches

T. A. Brzinski III, D. J. Durian

14 citations

1710.09314v32017Phys. Rev. Fluids 3, 124303 (2018)

Friction controls even submerged granular flows.

Koivisto, Juha, Korhonen, Marko, Alava, Mikko et al.

31 citations

289906232018Soft matter. 2017;13(41):7657-7664

Border-crossing model for the diffusive coarsening of two-dimensional and quasi-two-dimensional wet foams.

Schimming, C D, Durian, D J

24 citations

293468722018Physical review. E. 2017;96(3-1):032805

Hyperuniformity disorder length spectroscopy for extended particles.

Durian, D J

5 citations

293469492018Physical review. E. 2017;96(3-1):032910

Characterizing pixel and point patterns with a hyperuniformity disorder length.

Chieco, A T, Dreyfus, R, Durian, D J

11 citations

293469872018Physical review. E. 2017;96(3-1):032909

Career total: at least 359 works. 144 are in this corpus.Showing the 50 most recent.

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h-index

Corpus papers per year

Corpus papers per year, 1987 to 2026. Busiest year 2023, 11 papers.
Year	Papers
1987	2
1988	0
1989	1
1990	2
1991	2
1992	1
1993	0
1994	2
1995	4
1996	1
1997	1
1998	1
1999	2
2000	3
2001	5
2002	3
2003	4
2004	3
2005	4
2006	3
2007	6
2008	6
2009	1
2010	8
2011	3
2012	4
2013	7
2014	7
2015	5
2016	2
2017	9
2018	5
2019	0
2020	3
2021	5
2022	6
2023	11
2024	4
2025	6
2026	2

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