| Time |
Speaker |
Title |
| 12/14, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Bertrand Duplantier
CEA & KITP |
SLE and Quantum Gravity[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 12/13, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Dima Khmel'nitskii
University of Cambridge & KITP |
On Anderson Localisation[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 12/13, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Herbert Spohn
TU Muenchen & KITP |
Thermal Fluctuations of a Crystal Facet-edge[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 12/12, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Peter Kleban
University of Maine & KITP |
CFT and Modular Forms Applied to Crossing and Connection Probabilities in Critical 2-D Percolation[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 12/12, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Markus Müller
Harvard & KITP |
Universal Low Temperature Physics and Pseudogaps in Coulomb and Spin Glasses[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 12/06, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. André LeClair
Cornell & KITP |
New Fixed Points in 3D Based on Symplectic Fermions[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 12/06, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Gilles Tarjus
Univ P&M Curie & KITP |
Nonperturbative Functional Renormalization Group for the Random Field O(N) Model and Related Disordered Systems[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 12/05, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Vladimir Yudson
Russian Academy of Science & KITP |
Field Theory for Distribution Functions in Disordered Conductors[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 12/05, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Joshua Feinberg
Technion & KITP |
Introduction to Collective Field Theory with Examples[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 12/04, 1:00 p.m. |
Dr. Thomas Quella
Korteweg-de Vries & KITP |
Aspects of Conformally Invariant Supergroup Sigma-models[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 11/30, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. John Chalker
Oxford University & KITP |
Freezing and Ordering Transitions in Classical Geometrically Frustrated Antiferromagnets[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 11/29, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. John Harnad
University of Montreal & KITP |
Tau Functions, Random Matrices, and Random Processes[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 11/29, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Mike Moore
University of Manchester & KITP |
The Structural Glass Transition as a Spin Glass Problem[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 11/28, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Ivan Kostov
C.E. Saclay & KITP |
Geometrical Critical Phenomena in 2D Quantum Gravity[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 11/22, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Vladimir Kravtsov
ICTP & KITP |
Eigenfunction Multifractality and its Random-matrix Representation[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 11/22, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Jørgen Rasmussen
University of Melbourne & KITP |
Solvable Critical Dense Polymers[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 11/21, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Christof Wetterich
Univ. Heidelberg & KITP |
Functional Flow Equations for the Effective Action[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 11/16, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Robert Bauer
UIUC & KITP |
What is SLE in Multiply Connected Domains?[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 11/15, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Misha Chertkov
LANL, Nonlinear Studies & KITP |
Loop Calculus in Statistical Physics and Information Theory[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 11/14, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Nicolas Sourlas
ENS & KITP |
Some Considerations on Phase Transitions in the Presence of Quenched Disorder[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 11/09, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Kay Wiese
LPT-ENS & KITP |
Functional Renormalization for Disordered Systems: Basic Recipes and Gourmet Dishes[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 11/08, 3:30 p.m. |
Dr. Christopher Mudry
Paul Scherrer Institute & KITP |
Discussion: Freezing Transitions in Anderson Localization, continued[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 11/08, 2:00 p.m. |
Dr. Didina Serban
CE-Saclay |
Integrable Super-spin Chains and the AdS/CFT Correspondence[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 11/08, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Natan Andrei
Rutgers & KITP |
Quantum Impurities out of Equilibrium[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 11/06, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Igor Krichever
Columbia |
Riemann Surfaces and Integrability[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 11/02, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Pierre Le Doussal
LPTENS & KITP |
Functional RG for Disordered Elastic Systems[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 11/02, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Christopher Mudry
Paul Scherrer Inst. & KITP |
Freezing Transitions in Anderson Localization[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 11/01, 3:30 p.m. |
Prof. Paul Wiegmann
University of Chicago & KITP |
Discussion on Hele-Shaw flows and Random Matrix Theory[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 11/01, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Valentina Riva
Princeton & KITP |
The Two Dimensional Ising Model and SLE[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 10/31, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Paul Wiegmann
University of Chicago & KITP |
Singularities in Hele-Shaw Flows and Random Matrix Theory[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 10/31, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Alexander Abanov
Stony Brook Univ. & KITP |
Dispersive Shock Waves in Interacting one Dimensional Systems[Slides][Podcast][Vid][Aud][Cam] |
| 10/26, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Pierre Le Doussal
LPTENS & KITP |
Functional RG and Freezing Transitions in Random XY Model and Anderson Localization[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 10/25, 3:30 p.m. |
Stochastic Geometry and Field Theory |
Discussion on Laplacian Growth and DLA[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 10/25, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Mark Mineev-Weinstein
LANL & KITP |
Laplacian Growth, Hele-Shaw Flows, and DLA: an Overview of Mathematical Structures, Experimental Advances, and Major Difficulties[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 10/24, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Akira Furusaki
RIKEN & KITP |
Multifractality and Conformal Invariance at 2D Metal-Insulator Transition in the Spin-Orbit Symmetry Class[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 10/24, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. François David
CEA & KITP |
Field Theory of the RNA Freezing Transition[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 10/19, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Matthias Gaberdiel
ETH Zurich & KITP |
Discussion on CFT, Boundaries and Logarithms[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 10/18, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Matthew Hastings
LANL & KITP |
Review of Diffusion Limited Aggregation and Conformal Maps[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 10/17, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Marcel den Nijs
University of Washington & KITP |
KPZ Type Scaling in One and Two Dimensions: the Life-time Statistics of Trapped Loops, and Polymer Localization Versus Queuing in the Asymmetric Exclusion Process[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 10/12, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Karin Dahmen
UIUC & KITP |
Disordered Magnets: Is Their Non-equilibrium and Equilibrium Critical Behaviour the Same?[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 10/12, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Alan Middleton
Syracuse University & KITP |
Studies in the Geometry of Spin Glasses: From Fractals to SLE[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 10/11, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Konstantin Khanin
University of Toronto & KITP |
Burgers Turbulence and KPZ-type Scalings[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 10/10, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Gregory Falkovich
Weizmann Institute & KITP |
SLE in Turbulence[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 10/06, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Denis Bernard
ENS & KITP |
Informal Discussion: Basics of SLE[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 10/05, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Percy Deift
NYU |
Random Matrix Theory: Basics[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 10/04, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Denis Bernard
ENS & KITP |
2d Turbulence: an Introduction for Amateurs[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 10/03, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Herbert Spohn
Univ. Munchen & KITP |
One-dimensional KPZ Growth and Random Matrices[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/28, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Heiko Rieger
Univ. Saarlandes & KITP |
Combinatorial Optimization Algorithms for Lines and Interfaces in Random Media[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/28, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Jesper Jacobsen
LPTMS Orsay & KITP |
Phase Diagram of the Chromatic Polynomial on Planar Lattices[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/27, 3:00 p.m. |
Dr. Nikolai Makarov
Caltech & KITP |
On the Theory of Coulomb Gas in 2D |
| 9/27, 10:00 a.m. |
Mr. Ilia Rushkin
University of Chicago & KITP |
SLE Driven by Levy Flights[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/27, 10:00 a.m. |
Mr. Adam Gamsa
University of Oxford & KITP |
Twist Operators and Self-avoiding Loops[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/26, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Igor Lerner
University of Birmingham & KITP |
Non-linear Sigma Model and Replica Symmetry Breaking[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/26, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Giuseppe Mussardo
SISSA & KITP |
Off-critical Statistical Models in Two Dimensions[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/21, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Michel Bauer
CEA & KITP |
Multiple SLE from Conformal Field Theory[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/21, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. David Wilson
Microsoft & KITP |
SLE Coordinate Changes |
| 9/20, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Konstantin Efetov
Ruhr-Universität Bochum & KITP |
Supersymmetry and Random Hamiltonians[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/19, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Werner Krauth
ENS, Paris & KITP |
Geometry of Non Markovian Gaussian Processes[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/19, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Tom Kennedy
University of Arizona & KITP |
The Length of an SLE - Monte Carlo Studies[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/15, 1:30 p.m. |
Prof. Stanislav Smirnov
Univ. de Genève |
Conformal Invariance in the Ising Model - continued[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/15, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. David Wilson
Microsoft & KITP |
Boundary Partitions for Trees and Dimers[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/14, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Stanislav Smirnov
Univ. de Genève |
Conformal Invariance in the Ising Model[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/13, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Chuck Newman
Courant Institute & KITP |
Short Range Spin Glasses[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/12, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Michel Bauer
CEA & KITP |
Stochastic Loewner Evolution and Conformal Field Theory[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/11, 12:15 p.m. |
Prof. Greg Lawler
University of Chicago |
Random Planar Curves and the Schramm-Loewner Evolution
[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
KITP Blackboard Lunch |
| 9/08, 2:00 p.m. |
Prof. Ilya Gruzberg
University of Chicago & KITP |
Critical Curves, Coulomb Gas, and Multifractal Harmonic Measure[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/07, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Greg Lawler
University of Chicago & KITP |
The Fundamental Martingales of SLE --- Using Ito Calculus to Study the Process[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/06, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Wolfhard Janke
University of Leipzig & KITP |
Fortuin-Kasteleyn Versus Geometrical Clusters - Fractal Dimensions and Critical Exponents[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 9/06, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Thierry Giamarchi
University of Geneva & KITP |
Interfaces in Random Media[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/31, 2:00 p.m. |
Prof. Alexios Polychronakos
CUNY & KITP |
Higher Dimensional Bosonization: Clues from Noncommutative Geometry[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/31, 2:00 p.m. |
Prof. Alexander Mirlin
Universität Karlsruhe & KITP |
Wave Function Multifractality at Anderson Localization Transitions[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/30, 2:00 p.m. |
Prof. Scott Sheffield
Courant Institute & KITP |
Conformal Loop Ensembles and the Gaussian Free Field[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/29, 2:00 p.m. |
Dr. Federico Camia
Vrije Univ. Amsterdam & KITP |
The Full Scaling Limit of (near-)critical Percolation[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/29, 2:00 p.m. |
Prof. Duncan Haldane
Princeton & KITP |
Generalized Fock Spaces for Quantum Hall Quasiparticles with Abelian and Non-Abelian Fractional Statistics[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/25, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Steffen Rohde
University of Washington & KITP |
SLE and Random Planar Curves -- continued[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/24, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Horacio Castillo
Ohio University & KITP |
Time Reparametrization Symmetry and Fluctuations in Glassy Systems[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/24, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Ilia Binder
University of Toronto & KITP |
Multifractal Analysis of SLE[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/24, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Dima Feldman
Brown University & KITP |
Detecting Fractional Statistics with Electronic Mach-Zehnder Interferometer[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/23, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Steffen Rohde
University of Washington & KITP |
SLE and Random Planar Curves[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/22, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. John Cardy
Oxford University & KITP |
Conformal Field Theory and Random Planar Curves[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/17, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Jean-Bernard Zuber
Université Pierre et Marie Curie & KITP |
Logarithmic Minimal CFT's and their Lattice Realization[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/16, 10:00 a.m. |
Prof. Mehran Kardar
MIT & KITP |
The Geometry Dependence of Fluctuation-induced Forces[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/15, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Marek Biskup
UCLA & KITP |
Harmonic Embedding of Graphs and Random Walk on Percolation Clusters[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/15, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. John Imbrie
University of Virginia & KITP |
What's Happening with Dimensional Reduction?[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/14, 12:15 p.m. |
Prof. Ilya Gruzberg
University of Chicago |
What is Stochastic Geometry?[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
KITP Blackboard Lunch |
| 8/10, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Andrea Cappelli
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare & KITP |
Matrix Models in the Quantum Hall Effect[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/09, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Gady Kozma
Weizmann Institute |
Musings on Loop-erased Random Walk in Three Dimensions[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
