Publications

2026

1. FlowEqProp: Training Flow Matching Generative Models with Gradient Equilibrium Propagation

   Alex Gower

   In Proceedings of the International Conference on Neuromorphic Systems (ICONS ’26), 2026

   Best Paper DOI arXiv Bib

   Best Paper Award

   @inproceedings{gower2026floweqprop,
     title = {FlowEqProp: Training Flow Matching Generative Models with Gradient Equilibrium Propagation},
     author = {Gower, Alex},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on Neuromorphic Systems (ICONS '26)},
     pages = {60--66},
     publisher = {IEEE Press},
     year = {2026},
     doi = {10.1145/3822454.3822485},
   }

2025

1. Learning at the Speed of Physics: Equilibrium Propagation on Oscillator Ising Machines

   Alex Gower

   In NeurIPS 2025 Workshop on Machine Learning and the Physical Sciences (ML4PS), 2025

   arXiv Bib

   @inproceedings{gower2025speedofphysics,
     title = {Learning at the Speed of Physics: Equilibrium Propagation on Oscillator Ising Machines},
     author = {Gower, Alex},
     booktitle = {NeurIPS 2025 Workshop on Machine Learning and the Physical Sciences (ML4PS)},
     year = {2025},
   }

2. How to Train an Oscillator Ising Machine using Equilibrium Propagation

   Alex Gower

   In Proceedings of the International Conference on Neuromorphic Systems (ICONS ’25), 2025

   DOI arXiv Bib

   @inproceedings{gower2025oim,
     title = {How to Train an Oscillator Ising Machine using Equilibrium Propagation},
     author = {Gower, Alex},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on Neuromorphic Systems (ICONS '25)},
     pages = {229--234},
     publisher = {IEEE Press},
     year = {2025},
     doi = {10.1109/ICONS69015.2025.00042},
   }

2024

1. Saddles-to-Minima Topological Crossover and Glassiness in the Rubik’s Cube

   Alex Gower, Oliver Hart, and Claudio Castelnovo

   arXiv preprint, 2024

   Submitted to Nature Physics

   arXiv Bib

   @article{gower2024rubiks,
     title = {Saddles-to-Minima Topological Crossover and Glassiness in the Rubik's Cube},
     author = {Gower, Alex and Hart, Oliver and Castelnovo, Claudio},
     journal = {arXiv preprint},
     note = {Submitted to Nature Physics},
     year = {2024},
   }

2023

1. Multiband description of the upper critical field of bulk FeSe

   Matthew Bristow, Alex Gower, Amalia I. Coldea, et al.

   Physical Review B, 2023

   DOI arXiv Bib

   @article{bristow2023multiband,
     title = {Multiband description of the upper critical field of bulk FeSe},
     author = {Bristow, Matthew and Gower, Alex and Coldea, Amalia I. and others},
     journal = {Physical Review B},
     volume = {108},
     pages = {184507},
     year = {2023},
     doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.108.184507},
   }

2022

1. Drastic effect of impurity scattering on the electronic and superconducting properties of Cu-doped FeSe

   Zachary Zajicek, Shiv J. Singh, Harry Jones, Pascal Reiss, Matthew Bristow, Alex Gower, et al.

   Physical Review B, 2022

   DOI arXiv Bib

   @article{zajicek2022fese,
     title = {Drastic effect of impurity scattering on the electronic and superconducting properties of Cu-doped FeSe},
     author = {Zajicek, Zachary and Singh, Shiv J. and Jones, Harry and Reiss, Pascal and Bristow, Matthew and Gower, Alex and others},
     journal = {Physical Review B},
     volume = {105},
     pages = {115130},
     year = {2022},
     doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.105.115130},
   }