20.06.2026
Prof. Daniel Balzani gave a plenary lecture entitled “Homogenization of damaged microstructures: Convexification as a local alternative to nonlocal approaches for mesh-independence?” at the 4th International Conference on Nonlinear Solid Mechanics (ICoNSoM 2026) in Alghero, Italy.

Furthermore, together with Prof. Markus Kästner from TU Dresden, Prof. Balzani organized the minisymposium “Methods for Data-Driven Design of Materials through Optimizing Microstructures and Processes.” Within this minisymposium, Yuki Nishizawa presented research results from subproject P1 of the SPP 2489 DaMic in the contribution entitled “Inverse Microstructure Design of Tool Steels for Enhanced Indentation Resistance Using Compact Statistical Descriptors.”