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2025-09-15bblunchExtreme Plasma Physics of Neutron Stars and Black HolesYesNo
2025-08-04bblunch
Kleinfeld, David (UCSD)
Related Words: dynamics, orofacial
Low- and high-level neural control of active sensingYesNo
2025-07-07colloqUniversality in the Collective Behavior of Open Quantum SystemsYesNo
2025-06-03colloq
Wang, Feng (UC Berkeley)
Electron Solids in Atomically Thin SemiconductorsYesNo
2025-06-02bblunchLiquid-liquid phase separations and condensates in and out of equilibriumYesNo
2025-05-15friends
Murray-Clay, Ruth (UC Santa Cruz)
Making Chemically Diverse Planets out of Average Galactic MaterialYesNo
2025-05-14colloq
Kushner, Paul (Univ. of Toronto)
Related Words: climate, polar
The Physics of Polar Climates: Predictions, Patterns, ProblemsYesNo
2025-05-13colloq
Kelly, Julian (Google)
Willow and Quantum Computing Below the Surface Code ThresholdYesNo
2025-04-15colloq
Verresen, Ruben (U. Chicago)
From Schrodinger's cat to emergent gauge theories in topological matterYesNo
2025-03-17bblunch
Craig, Nathaniel (UC Santa Barbara)
Related Words: discussion
Generalizing the Standard ModelYesNo
2025-01-30nsbp_iss
Moscoso, Joseph (UNC-Chapel Hill)
Towards calculations of Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay from Lattice QCDYesNo
2025-01-27bblunch
Claassen, Martin (Univ. of Pennsylvania)
Designing matter with photons and many electronsYesNo
2024-12-03colloq
Schleier-Smith, Monika (Stanford University)
Atoms Interlinked by Light: Programmable Interactions and EntanglementYesNo
2024-12-02colloq
Falkovich, Gregory (Weizmann Inst.)
Related Words: turbulence, tutorial
Wave Turbulence: Looking for quarks in a stormy sea.YesNo
2024-11-26colloq
Luo, Xiao (UCSB)
Deciphering neutrinos - a path to the hidden worldYesNo
2024-11-25bblunchEnvisioning the future of atoms and lightYesNo
2024-11-19colloq
Clerk, Aashish (U. Chicago)
One-way quantum interactions for fun and profitYesNo
2024-11-18bblunch
Kelley, Luke (UCB / LBNL)
Pulsar timing arrays, massive black holes, and a surprisingly loud gravitational wave backgroundYesNo
2024-11-12colloqThe NANOGrav Experiment: current results and future directionsYesNo
2024-11-05colloq
Holmes, Tova (Tennessee)
Muon Colliders: the Next Generation of Particle AcceleratorsYesNo
2024-11-04bblunch
Souslov, Anton (Cambridge)
Active SolidsYesNo
2024-10-22colloq
Jordan, Andrew (Chapman University)
Related Words: quantum
Quantum Measurement: Theory and PracticeYesNo
2024-08-05bblunchDon't Go for Broke: The Key Physics of the Universe's First Billion YearsYesNo
2024-07-22bblunchPlasmids as breeding ground and vehicles for beta-lactamases.YesNo
2024-06-17bblunch
Nadler, Ethan (Carnegie Observatories)
Dark Matter Physics in the SkyYesNo
2024-06-11colloq
Heeger, Alan (UC Santa Barbara)
The ION PUMP: Conducting Polymers in Biology and MedicineYesNo
2024-06-10bblunch
Kunz, Matthew (Princeton)
Fouvry, Jean Baptiste (IAP-Sorbonne)
The original is unfaithful to the translation: Kinetic theory, from Plasmaish to GalacticeseYesNo
2024-05-29friends
Craig, Nathaniel (UC Santa Barbara)
Related Words: discussion
The Muon Shot & The Future Of Particle PhysicsYesNo
2024-05-07colloq
Nguyen, Kayla (University of Oregon)
New Direct Electron Imaging for Quantum MaterialsYesNo
2024-05-06bblunch
Mockler, Brenna (Carnegie Observatories)
Related Words: black, holes, lighting, supermassive
Lighting up Supermassive Black Holes with Tidal Disruption EventsYesNo
2024-04-30colloq
Montez, Rodolfo (Smithsonian Astrophysics Observatory)
25 Years of Science with the Chandra X-ray ObservatoryYesNo
2024-04-27tdet_c24
Alexander, Kate (Univ. of Arizona/Steward Observatory)
IntroductionYesYes
2024-04-27tdet_c24WelcomeYesNo
2024-04-27tdet_c24
Coughlin, Eric (Syracuse)
Physics relevant to black holesYesYes
2024-04-27tdet_c24Unraveling Misconceptions in Physics: From Friction Fundamentals to the role of Quantum Mechanics in Gecko AdhesionYesNo
2024-04-27tdet_c24Discovering TDEs with visible lightYesYes
2024-04-27tdet_c24
Goodwin, Adelle (Curtin Univ.)
Black holes as messy eaters: radio observations of jets and outflows launched by accreting black holesYesYes
2024-04-27tdet_c24
Mockler, Brenna (Carnegie Observatories)
Related Words: black, holes, lighting, supermassive
Lighting up Supermassive Black Holes with TDEsYesYes
2024-04-18plecture
Johnson, Clifford V. (UC Santa Barbara)
Living in the Matrix: Recent Advances in Understanding Quantum SpacetimeYesNo
2024-04-16colloq
Hsieh, Timothy (Perimeter Inst.)
A Measured Approach Toward Long-Range Entangled MatterYesNo
2024-04-15colloq Big science in Latin America: accelerate particles and progressYesNo
2024-04-08bblunchGapless Quantum Systems: The Legitimate Spherical ChickenYesNo
2024-03-27nsbp_iss
Jones, Ilenna (Kempner Institute at Harvard)
Quantifying the impact of dendritic properties on neuronal computation.YesYes
2024-03-12colloq
Lemma, Linnea (Princeton)
Driven protein fluxes control the number, size, and position of an essential phase- separated organelle in algaeYesNo
2024-02-27colloq
Baryakhtar, Masha (Washington)
Related Words: ultralight
Ultralight Particles Across the SpectraYesNo
2024-02-26bblunch
Xu, Siyao (Florida)
Turbulence in the UniverseYesNo
2024-02-16colloqWhat's inside a Black hole?YesNo
2024-02-14nsbp_iss
Utaegbulam, Hilary (University of Rochester / Fermi Lab)
Reconstructing Charged Particle Interactions in Liquid Argon-like Neutrino Detectors: Liquid Argon Dead Region Interference Project (LArDRIP)YesNo
2024-02-06colloq
Henning, Brian (UCSB/KITP)
How hidden is 'new physics'?YesNo
2024-01-30colloqCosmic Patterns as Probes of Ultra-high Energy Particle PhysicsYesNo
2024-01-23colloqThe Thirty Meter Telescope and the World of ScienceYesNo
2024-01-22bblunch
Gopakumar, Rajesh (ICTS)
Related Words: string, theory
What String Theory Is - A PerspectiveYesNo
2024-01-16colloq
Minwalla, Shiraz (TIFR)
Related Words: n, quantum, theories
Black Holes in Quantum Field TheoriesYesNo
2024-01-09colloqQuantum Control and Metrology for Quantum SimulationsYesNo
2023-12-13nsbp_iss
Pierre-Louis, Allen (Brookhaven National Laboratory & Stony Brook University)
High Q^2 electron-proton elastic scattering at the future Electron-lon ColliderYesYes
2023-12-05colloqLogical quantum processor based on reconfigurable atom arraysYesNo
2023-11-29friends
Chklovskii, Dmitri "Mitya" (Flatiron Institute)
Can Neuroscience Help Advance Artificial Intelligence?YesNo
2023-11-28colloqThe history of tidal heating at the galilean moonsYesNo
2023-11-21colloq
Tanedo, Flip (UC Riverside)
Related Words: dark, matter
Why haven't we discovered dark matter yet? A theorist's apology.YesNo
2023-11-20bblunch
Sompolinsky, Haim (Hebrew Univ.)
Statistical Mechanics of Deep LearningYesNo
2023-11-07colloq
Bowler, Brendan (UT Austin)
Imaging Gas Giants to Terrestrial Worlds: Revealing the Formation, Dynamical Histories, and Atmospheres of ExoplanetsYesNo
2023-11-06bblunch
Maslov, Dmitrii (Florida)
Quasiparticles: fit, mischievous, or otherwise absentYesNo
2023-10-31colloq
Goldenfeld, Nigel (UCSD)
Related Words: evolution, turbulence
The life and death of turbulenceYesNo
2023-10-30bblunchStochastic ResettingYesNo
2023-10-30nsbp_iss
GrandPre, Trevor (CPBF & PCTS)
Effects of linker length in Biomolecular CondensatesYesNo
2023-10-17colloqA General Method for Single Molecule SpectroscopyYesNo
2023-09-25bblunch
Jordan, Andrew (Chapman)
Related Words: quantum
Introduction to quantum metrologyYesNo
2023-09-05bblunchThe Magnanimous MagnonYesNo
2023-08-29nsbp_iss
Simpson, Farrah (Brown University)
Search for the Vector-Like Quark, X5/3, at the Large Hadron ColliderYesYes
2023-07-20friends
Perkins, Natalia (Univ. of Minnesota)
Related Words: kitaev
Why are we excited about the Kitaev model?YesNo
2023-06-29nsbp_iss
Baker, Keith (Yale University)
Quantum Entanglement in Higgs Boson Decays to Vector BosonsYesNo
2023-06-26bblunchHow the brain constructs a world?YesNo
2023-06-05bblunch
Noronha, Jorge (Univ. of Illinois)
Relativistic Fluid Dynamics: From Particle Colliders to Neutron Star MergersYesNo
2023-05-08bblunch
Hughes, Taylor (Univ. of Illinois)
Related Words: higher, topological
Routes to New Phenomena by Violating the Chiral Doubling TheoremYesNo
2023-04-19friends
Vaikuntanathan, Suri (Univ. Chicago)
The Genealogy of the Milky Way and the search for the missing Dark MatterYesNo
2023-04-01qcrystalt_c23Quantum Spin LiquidsYesNo
2023-04-01qcrystalt_c23
Beekman, Matt (Cal Poly)
So... what can you do with a physics degree?YesYes
2023-04-01qcrystalt_c23IntroductionYesNo
2023-04-01qcrystalt_c23
Buehler-Paschen, Silke (Vienna University of Technology)
Interplay between interactions and topology in a crystalYesNo
2023-04-01qcrystalt_c23
Cano, Jennifer (Stony Brook)
What is a topological insulator?YesYes
2023-04-01qcrystalt_c23
Ong, N. Phuan (Princeton)
Signatures of topological physics in crystalline solidsYesNo
2023-04-01qcrystalt_c23
Si, Qimiao (Rice)
Related Words: criticality, quantum
Science IntroYesNo
2023-03-10bblunchMuon CollidersYesNo
2023-03-09bblunchLearning from billions of galaxies: Can our understanding of galaxy formation keep up with the upcoming data revolution?YesNo
2023-03-07friends
Necib, Lina (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Related Words: dark, matter
The Genealogy of the Milky Way and the search for the missing Dark MatterYesYes
2023-02-15plecture
Minwalla, Shiraz (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research)
Related Words: n, quantum, theories
The Search for Quantum GravityYesYes
2023-02-03bblunchBootstrapping quantum gravityYesNo
2023-01-27bblunchThe geometry and evolution of the cosmic webYesNo
2023-01-18colloqEmergent symmetry - a new way to understand strongly interacting gapless states and quantum field theoryYesYes
2022-11-30friends
Caiazzo, Ilaria (California Institute of Technology)
Related Words: dwarfs, white
Tiny but Powerful: Hunting for Extreme White DwarfsYesNo
2022-11-18bblunch
Jerolmack, Douglas (Univ. of Penn)
The landscape of multiphase flowsYesNo
2022-11-04bblunch
Fuller, Jim (Caltech.)
Related Words: saturn, seismology, stars, stellar
Big Developments in Little StarsYesNo
2022-10-27nsbp_iss
Alexander, Stephon (Brown University)
The Chiral UniverseYesNo
2022-10-19plecture
Bodenschatz, Eberhard (Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization)
Related Words: chemotaxis, turbulence
Why Face Masks WorkYesNo
2022-09-28friends
Mussardo, Giuseppe (Professor of Theoretical Physics at SISSA)
Related Words: integrable, theories
Generalized Riemann Hypothesis and Brownian MotionYesNo
2022-09-09bblunch
Mussardo, Giuseppe (SISSA)
Related Words: integrable, theories
2D Ising Model and its tricritical version, when quantum integrable theories meet experiments KITP Blackboard LunchYesNo
2022-08-26bblunch
Vasseur, Romain (UMass Amherst)
Interactive many-body quantum dynamicsYesNo
2022-08-05bblunch
Wang, Jane (Cornell)
Related Words: flight, insect
Body-Mind Problem in Neurophysics of LocomotionYesNo
2022-06-24bblunchDrift, Mutation, and the Origins of Biological Scaling RelationshipsYesNo
2022-06-03bblunch
Blume, Doerte (Oklahoma)
Few-Body Universality: What Do We Mean by this and Why Do We Care?YesNo
2022-06-02friends The Legacy of Jean-Pierre Hébert, Pioneer of Algorithmic ArtYesNo
2022-05-25booktalks
Halpern, Nicole Yunger (University of Maryland)
Quantum Steampunk: The Physics of Yesterday's TomorrowYesYes
2022-05-02colloq
Cano, Jennifer (Stony Brook/Flatiron)
A new era of topological materialsYesNo
2022-04-29bblunch
Mayer, Lucio (Zurich)
Related Words: formation, galaxies
Gas-embedded binaries: a link between stars, black holes and gravitational wavesYesNo
2022-04-28colloq
Khemani, Vedika (Stanford)
Quantum Circuits: A new playground for many-body physicsYesNo
2022-04-27plecture
Neher, Richard (University of Basel)
Related Words: evolution, hiv
Lessons From Other Viruses: How Pandemics Start and EndYesNo
2022-04-15bblunchThe classical gravitational two-body problem meets quantum scattering amplitudesYesNo
2022-04-07plecture
Garaud, Pascale (UC Santa Cruz)
Related Words: convection, layering
Stars: The Ultimate Laboratory for Modern PhysicsYesNo
2022-03-26neutrinost_c22
Sherriffs, Maggie (KITP)
Related Words: announcement, program
Welcome and Intro to KITP/MSU Physics Education ResearchYesNo
2022-03-26neutrinost_c22
Friedland, Alexander (SLAC)
Related Words: physics
Catching neutrinos from exploding massive starsYesYes
2022-03-26neutrinost_c22
Fuller, George (UCSD)
Related Words: neutrino, neutrinos
The Mysterious Neutrinos Team Up with Gravitation to Rule the CosmosYesNo
2022-03-26neutrinost_c22How to catch neutrinosYesYes
2022-03-26neutrinost_c22
Hostert, Matheus (Perimeter Inst.)
The news you can expect to hear in the near future: physics beyond the Standard ModelYesYes
2022-03-26neutrinost_c22
Shoemaker, Ian (Virginia Tech)
The Quest for New PhysicsYesYes
2022-03-26neutrinost_c22
Storrie-Lombardi, Lisa (Las Cumbres Observatory)
Global Sky Partners - Networking People and TelescopesYesYes
2022-03-26neutrinost_c22
Tanedo, Flip (UC Riverside)
Related Words: dark, matter
Popular book discussions: a platform for equity in physicsYesYes
2022-02-04nsbp_iss
Wilk, Kierra (Brown University)
Geologic Mapping of Resurfacing Features on EuropaYesYes
2021-12-13bblunch
Dijkstra, Henk (Utrecht Univ)
Machine Learning and the Physics of ClimateYesNo
2021-12-06bblunch
Lecoanet, Daniel (Northwestern Univ)
Related Words: dedalus
Stellar Transport and the Climate of StarsYesNo
2021-12-01friends
Zanna, Laure (Professor of Mathematics and Atmosphere/Ocean Science at NYU Courant Institute)
Oceans in a Warming ClimateYesNo
2021-12-01nsbp_iss
Levy, Caleb (Colgate)
Multicomponent multiscatter capture of dark matterYesYes
2021-10-22nsbp_iss
Anantua, Richard (CfA - Harvard & Smithsonian & BHI - Harvard University)
Towards Event Horizon Scale Physics from Movies and Polarization MapsYesYes
2021-09-30nsbp_iss
Phillips, Caprice (The Ohio State University)
Detecting Biosignatures in the Atmospheres of Gas Dwarf Planets with the James Webb Space TelescopeYesYes
2021-09-01artofsci
Barnes, Jennifer (Postdoctoral Scholar @ KITP)
Kasliwal, Mansi M. (Professor of Astronomy @ Caltech)
Singer, Leo P. (Research Astrophysicist @ NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
The Art of Doing Science on Merging Neutron StarsYesNo
2021-08-31nsbp_iss
Gates, James (Brown University)
Genomics, Networks, And Computational Concepts For Polytopic SUSY Representation TheoryYesYes
2021-06-30nsbp_iss
Cooper, Nico (Northwestern)
String Theory without Really Trying: Integrated Correlators in N=4 SO(2N) Supersymmetric Yang-Mills TheoryYesYes
2021-06-14bblunch
Joanny, Jean François (Collège France)
Membranes and Interfaces: from cells to tissuesNoNo
2021-06-07bblunch
Aidelsburger, Monika (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität)
Simulating Topological Matter with Cold AtomsYesNo
2021-06-02plecture
Rovelli, Carlo (Aix-Marseille University)
Where Does Matter That Falls into a Black Hole Go?YesNo
2021-05-17bblunch
Wagner, Carlos (University of Chicago)
Related Words: higgs
Precision Measurements in the High Luminosity LHC EraYesNo
2021-04-29nsbp_iss
König, Morgane (UC Davis)
A theory of Hybrid monodromy inflation with two fieldsYesYes
2021-04-28booktalksMaking Art Work: Art and Technology in the Age of ApolloYesNo
2021-04-10whitedwarfst_c21 IntroductionYesNo
2021-04-10whitedwarfst_c21
Castanheira, Barbara (Baylor University)
Listening to the StarsYesNo
2021-04-10whitedwarfst_c21
Hermes, JJ (Boston University)
Related Words: white
What White Dwarfs Reveal About Rocky Exoplanets and Exo-asteroidsYesYes
2021-04-10whitedwarfst_c21
Montgomery, Mike (UT Austin)
White Dwarfs: the Distant Fate of Stars Like Our SunYesYes
2021-04-10whitedwarfst_c21
Shen, Ken (UC Berkeley)
Related Words: white
White Dwarf Explosions, Hypervelocity Stars, and the Accelerating Expansion of the UniverseYesYes
2021-03-29nsbp_iss
O'Sullivan, Samantha (Harvard University)
Se diffusion into SrTiO3 substrate in monolayer FeSe/SrTiO3YesYes
2021-03-01bblunch
Davé, Romeel (University of Arizona)
What’s going on in the circumgalactic medium?YesNo
2021-02-22bblunch
Hughes, David (Univ. of Leeds)
Layering in Astrophysical and Geophysical Fluids and PlasmasYesNo
2021-01-27nsbp_iss
Fields, Carl E. (Michigan State University)
Next-Generation Simulations of The Remarkable Deaths of Massive StarsYesYes
2020-11-24nsbp_iss
Scarlett, Carol Y. (Florida A&M University)
Axionic Dark Matter - New Search TechniquesYesNo
2020-11-18friends
Mitchell, Noah (KITP Postdoctoral Scholar)
The Physics of Form in Living MatterYesNo
2020-11-16bblunch
Savary, Lucile
Related Words: quantum, spin
More and Different: Increasing Diversity in Quantum MaterialsYesYes
2020-10-12bblunch
Burgess, Cliff (McGill University)
From Levity to Gravity: EFTs for Black Holes, Neutron Stars, and CosmologyYesNo
2020-10-07plecture
Jacobson, Professor Ted (University of Maryland)
The Radiant Universe: The Story of Electromagnetic WavesYesNo
2020-09-29nsbp_iss
Brown, Charles (Berkeley)
Interacting Bosons in the Flat Band of an Optical Kagome LatticeYesYes
2020-09-21colloq
Caratelli, David (Fermilab)
Special UCSB Physics Department Colloquium - "Neutrinos in High Definition: MicroBooNE and the Road Ahead"YesNo
2020-08-27nsbp_iss
Phillips, Philip (University of Illinois)
Related Words: mottness, superconductivity
Beyond BCS Theory: Exact Model for Superconductivity and MottnessYesYes
2020-07-21nsbp_iss
Gates, Delilah (Harvard University Center for the Fundamental Laws of Nature and the Black Hole Initiative)
Observable Blueshift from Circular Equatorial Orbiters around Kerr Black HolesYesNo
2020-07-06bblunch
Zidovska, Alexandra (NYU)
Related Words: genes, genome
The Other Nuclear Physics: From Genes to GenomeYesNo
2020-06-18plecture
Whaley, K. Birgitta (UC Berkeley)
The Renaissance of Quantum BiologyYesYes
2020-06-01bblunch
Kruijssen, Diederik (Heidelberg University)
Related Words: globular
The Origins of Globular Clusters across Cosmic TimeYesYes
2020-05-18bblunch
Marchetti, Cristina (UCSB)
Related Words: active, matter, physics
Active matter -- why does it matter?YesNo
2020-03-04friends
Flauger, Raphael (UC San Diego)
Our Quantum UniverseYesYes
2020-03-02bblunch
Weigand, Timo (CERN)
Related Words: theory
Quantum Gravity Constraints and their Realisation in String TheoryYesNo
2020-02-26plecture
Vafa, Cumrun (Harvard)
Related Words: swampland
The String Landscape, the Swampland, and Our UniverseYesYes
2020-02-24bblunch
Wands, David (Portsmouth)
Stochastic inflation and primordial density perturbationsYesNo
2020-02-13resident
Brown, Brandon (University of San Francisco Writer in Residence)
Writing the human stories of science: observations, and new questions, from a hybridized pathYesNo
2020-01-27bblunchThe unreasonable effectiveness of semi-classical gravityYesNo
2020-01-22colloq
Harlow, Daniel (CTP/MIT)
Related Words: fields, gravity, quantum
Symmetries in Quantum Fields Theories and Quantum GravityYesNo
2020-01-22friends Is Information Thrown into a Black Hole Lost Forever? Resolving Stephen Hawking's Black Hole Information ParadoxYesNo
2020-01-18qgravityt_c20WelcomeYesNo
2020-01-18qgravityt_c20INFORMAL DISCUSSION TIMEYesNo
2020-01-18qgravityt_c20
Emparan, Roberto (University of Barcelona)
Related Words: black, hole
The black hole horizon as a membrane and as a liquidYesNo
2020-01-18qgravityt_c20
Headrick, Matthew (Brandeis University)
Related Words: entanglement, holographic
Entanglement and the geometry of spacetimeYesNo
2020-01-18qgravityt_c20Entanglement ExplainedYesYes
2020-01-18qgravityt_c20
Quaal, Adam (John W. North High School)
Knowles Teacher InitiativeYesYes
2020-01-18qgravityt_c20
Swingle, Brian (Univ. of Maryland)
Related Words: quantum
Entangled Butterflies: Chaos in the Quantum WorldYesYes
2020-01-09resident An Introduction and Conversation on Science WritingYesNo
2019-12-09bblunch
Phillips, Rob (Caltech)
Molecular Vitalism: Energy for Fun and ProfitYesNo
2019-11-06colloq
Taylor, Wati (MIT)
Related Words: string, vacua
Physics and EnergyYesYes
2019-11-04bblunch
Duine, Rembert (Utrecht Univ.)
Quantum SpintronicsYesNo
2019-10-30plecture
Sinova, Jairo (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz)
Related Words: effect, hall, spin
From Magnetic Cats to Artificial Intelligence:  The Circular Technological Revolution of SpintronicsYesYes
2019-09-23bblunchMultiscale Processes in Astrophysical PlasmasYesNo
2019-09-17friends
Valentí, Roser (Goethe University Frankfurt)
All But Frustrating: When Quantum Materials Meet TopologyYesYes
2019-08-19bblunch
Shraiman, Boris (KITP)
Related Words: biology, physics
A Grand Unified Theory for Plants and Animals?YesNo
2019-07-10plecture
Sundrum, Raman (University of Maryland)
Fundamental Physics and the Fifth DimensionYesYes
2019-07-10plectureIntroducing Raman Sundrum: Fundamental Physics and the Fifth DimensionYesNo
2019-07-08bblunch
Craig, Nathaniel (UCSB)
Related Words: discussion
Is Nature Natural?YesNo
2019-06-17bblunch
Kasen, Dan (Berkeley)
Light and Gravitational Waves from Merging StarsYesNo
2019-06-06colloqRed Supergiants: New Perspectives on Dying StarsYesNo
2019-05-30colloqData-driven discovery in the astronomical time domainYesYes
2019-05-29plecture
Zurek, Wojciech (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Related Words: classical, quantum, theory
Quantum Theory of the ClassicalYesNo
2019-05-15friends
Shields, Aomawa (UC Irvine)
Related Words: planet
The Climates of Other Worlds: Searching for the Next Habitable PlanetYesYes
2019-05-09colloq
Wyse, Rosie (Johns Hopkins)
Recent Results on Galactic Structure and Dynamics from GaiaYesYes
2019-05-06bblunch
Pinsonneault, Marc (Ohio State)
Reaching a consensus on the exoplanetary censusYesNo
2019-04-25colloq
Wheeler, Coral (Caltech)
Related Words: galaxies
Sweating the small stuff: Or how I learned to START worrying and love the smallest galaxiesYesNo
2019-04-18colloq
Tremaine, Scott (IAS)
Related Words: solar, system
Comets, unseen planets, and the outer fringes of the solar systemYesYes
2019-04-15bblunch
Maniscalco, Sabrina (Univ. of Turku)
Related Words: quantum
Open quantum systems: Opportunities and challengesYesNo
2019-04-08bblunchIs Milky Way formation an environmental science?YesNo
2019-03-20colloq
Diemer, Benedikt (Harvard)
Related Words: halo
The edge of darkness, and other halo surprises -- Physics Dept. ColloquiumYesNo
2019-03-20friends
Bonaca, Ana (Harvard)
Related Words: milky, stellar, way
Uncovering the nature of dark matter with stellar streams in the Milky WayYesYes
2019-03-13colloq
Duffell, Paul (Harvard)
Moving Mesh Astrophysics -- Physics Dept. ColloquiumYesNo
2019-03-06colloq
Bonaca, Ana (Harvard)
Related Words: milky, stellar, way
Decoding the Milky Way galaxy -- Physics Dept. ColloquiumYesNo
2019-02-27colloqAnatomy of a gravitational wave detectionYesNo
2019-02-25bblunch
Carleo, Giuseppe (Flatiron Institute)
Dreaming, computing, inspiring: Flavors of machine learning in many-body quantum physicsYesNo
2019-02-20colloq
Hotokezaka, Kenta (Princeton)
Multi-messenger astrophysics of compact binary mergersYesYes
2019-02-16machinet_c19
Bahri, Yasaman (Google)
Related Words: deep
Introduction to Deep LearningYesYes
2019-02-16machinet_c19WelcomeYesNo
2019-02-16machinet_c19How machine learning is revolutionizing drug discovery and material design: Improving electronic structure calculationsYesYes
2019-02-16machinet_c19
Fournier, Justin (Cypress High School)
Gross, David (KITP)
Related Words: kitp, physics, string, theory, welcome
STEP UP 4 WomenYesYes
2019-02-16machinet_c19
Sierens, Lauren Hayward (Perimeter Inst.)
Understanding how neural networks understandYesYes
2019-02-16machinet_c19
Hezaveh, Yashar (Flatiron Institute)
Related Words: mapping
Mapping distant galaxies with artificial intelligenceYesNo
2019-02-16machinet_c19
Torlai, Giacomo (Flatiron Institute)
Quantum physics of many particles: a data-driven perspectiveYesNo
2019-01-30plecture
Mezard, Marc (École Normale Supérieure Paris)
Artificial intelligence: success, limits, myths and threatsYesNo
2019-01-28bblunchThe many facets of the rough high-dimensional landscape problemYesNo
2019-01-14bblunch
Macdonald, Allan (UT Austin)
Chicken Wire BingoYesNo
2018-12-15polchinski_c18I'm (still) addicted to JoeYesNo
2018-12-15polchinski_c18WelcomeYesNo
2018-12-15polchinski_c18Joe's impact on black holes and phone serviceYesYes
2018-12-15polchinski_c18PlayYesNo
2018-12-15polchinski_c18
Kachru, Shamit (Stanford)
Related Words: string, theories, theory
Joe and the large-scale structure of space-timeYesYes
2018-12-15polchinski_c18
Lee, Sung-Sik (Perimeter Institute)
Related Words: critical, quantum
State dependent spread of entanglement in relatively local HamiltoniansYesYes
2018-12-15polchinski_c18Traversable WormholesYesYes
2018-12-15polchinski_c18Switchbacks and straightaways -- all part of a good ride!YesYes
2018-12-15polchinski_c18Short Additional Presentations in Celebration of JoeYesNo
2018-12-15polchinski_c18Joe's positive energy in research and ridingYesYes
2018-12-15polchinski_c18Conformal Colliders, Causality, and the Light-ray OPEYesNo
2018-12-15polchinski_c18
Strassler, Matt (Harvard)
Joe's Adventures with GlueYesNo
2018-12-15polchinski_c18
Strominger, Andy (Harvard)
Related Words: gravity, theory
Remembering Joe: a great friend and inspirational scientistYesNo
2018-12-03bblunchThe SYK model, two-dimensional gravity, and wormholesYesNo
2018-11-28friends
Kauffman, Louis (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Revolutions in Knots, Braids and PhysicsYesYes
2018-11-19bblunch
Vafa, Cumrun (Harvard)
Related Words: swampland
String Theory and Low dimensional TopologyYesNo
2018-10-24plecture
Shenker, Stephen (Stanford Univ.)
Related Words: black, chaos, holes, mechanics, quantum
Chaos, Black Holes and Quantum MechanicsYesYes
2018-10-22bblunch(De)coherence in scramblingYesNo
2018-10-17colloq
Nauenberg, Michael (UC Santa Cruz)
Visiting Newton's atelier before the Principia, 1679-1684YesYes
2018-10-08bblunchMany-body quantum chaos under unitary dynamicsYesNo
2018-09-19friends
Nandkishore, Rahul (Univ. of Colorado Boulder)
Quantum GlassYesYes
2018-09-17bblunch
Tsodyks, Misha (Weizmann Inst.)
Related Words: memory
Scaling laws of human memoryYesNo
2018-08-13bblunch
Rinberg, Dima (NYU)
Related Words: nose
What the Nose KnowsYesNo
2018-08-07friends
Liao, Jimmy (University of Florida)
Related Words: fish, swimming
The Tao of Fish SwimmingYesYes
2018-07-16bblunch
Stewart, Sarah (UC Davis)
Related Words: giant, moon
Earth's recovery from the Moon-forming giant impactYesNo
2018-07-02bblunch
Fenton, Flavio (Georgia Tech)
Related Words: arrhythmias
Oscillations Leading to Chaos; From table top experiments to arrhythmias in the heartYesNo
2018-06-18bblunch
Anders, Janet (University of Exeter)
Thermodynamics and Information at the nanoscaleYesNo
2018-06-13friendsMegadrought, Extreme El Niño, and California's Climate FutureYesNo
2018-06-11bblunch
Fox-Kemper, Baylor (Brown)
Related Words: boundary, effects
Boundary Layers are the Boundary between What and What?YesNo
2018-06-05colloq
Ketterle, Wolfgang (MIT)
Related Words: atoms
How to simulate new forms of matter with ultracold atoms -- Physics Department ColloquiumYesNo
2018-06-04bblunchSmall-scale Challenges to the Lambda-CDM ParadigmYesNo
2018-05-30colloq
Baudis, Laura (Univ. of Zurich)
Results from the 1 tonne*year dark matter search with XENON1TYesYes
2018-05-30plecture
Belcher, Stephen (Chief Scientist of the UK Meteorological Office)
New Challenges for Climate Science Following the Paris AgreementYesNo
2018-05-29colloq
Dogic, Zvonimir (UCSB)
Related Words: active
Topological defects in active nematics -- Physics Department ColloquiumYesNo
2018-05-24blayers_c18
Johnson, Ashanti (CEO Cirrus Academy; CEO MS PHD'S[R] Professional Development Institute)
Diversity & retention of underrepresented groups in STEM & Earth SciencesYesNo
2018-05-16friendsSmall Galaxies, Big Science: Probing Fundamental Physics with Dwarf GalaxiesYesYes
2018-05-15colloqMaking a computer out of junk DNA -- Physics Department ColloquiumYesNo
2018-05-14bblunch
Boddy, Kim (Univ. Hawaii)
The Quest to Understand Dark Matter: From Large to Small ScalesYesNo
2018-05-08colloqChaos, thermalization and many-body localization: how quantum butterflies produce classical stormsYesNo
2018-05-02colloqGeneral Relativity as a Hybrid theory: The Genesis of Einstein's work on the problem of motionYesYes
2018-04-24colloqMicrowave Kinetic Inductance Detectors for Astronomy -- Physics Department ColloquiumYesNo
2018-04-23bblunchTabletop Probes of Beyond The Standard Model PhysicsYesNo
2018-04-18plecture
Arvanitaki, Asimina (Perimeter Institute)
Novel Directions in the Search for New PhysicsYesNo
2018-04-17colloq
Moreira, Andre (Novihum Technologies)
An Alternative Career -- Physics Department ColloquiumYesNo
2018-04-16bblunchThe computability of planetary circulationsYesNo
2018-04-04colloqTopological Origin of Equatorial WavesYesYes
2018-04-03colloq
Lippincott, Hugh (Fermilab)
Searching for dark matter -- Physics Department ColloquiumYesNo
2018-03-28friends
Jerolmack, Douglas (Univ. of Penn)
The Physics of Debris Flows: Making the Montecito MudslidesYesYes
2018-03-26bblunch
Cates, Mike (Cambridge Univ)
Related Words: active
Shear Thickening in Dense SuspensionsYesNo
2018-03-01colloq
Jerolmack, Douglas (Univ. of Penn)
Making the Montecito Mudslides: Unpacking the physics of debris flowsYesNo
2018-02-28plecture
Nagel, Sidney (Univ. of Chicago)
Impact and IntrusionYesYes
2018-02-26bblunch
Poon, Wilson (Edinburgh Univ.)
Related Words: physics
The unreasonable effectiveness of mean field theory in dense suspension physicsYesNo
2018-02-22colloq
Luo, Xiao (Yale)
Neutrinos: A ν torch to new physics -- Physics Department ColloquiumYesNo
2018-02-17memformt_c18Welcome to the Teachers' Conference on Matter of MemoryYesNo
2018-02-17memformt_c18Flowing through a world of patternsYesYes
2018-02-17memformt_c18
Coppersmith, Susan (Univ. of Wisconsin)
Why Memories in Materials Matter to Most EveryoneYesYes
2018-02-17memformt_c18
Keim, Nathan C. (Cal Poly)
Memory: Slow and FastYesYes
2018-02-17memformt_c18
Murugan, Arvind (U. Chicago)
Memories of foldingYesNo
2018-02-17memformt_c18Town Hall Discussion with TeachersYesYes
2018-02-17memformt_c18Memories in a jarYesYes
2018-02-14colloq
DeGiuli, Eric (École normale supérieure)
From neural networks to the structure of language: a physicist's perspectiveYesYes
2018-02-07resident
Berg, Amy (Film and Television Writer and Producer)
Ouellette, Jennifer (KITP Science Journalist in Residence)
Related Words: inside
Inside the Writers' Room: Writing Science for HollywoodYesNo
2018-01-29bblunch
Sastry, Srikanth (JNCASR)
Related Words: memory
Memory Formation in MatterYesYes
2018-01-17resident It Takes a Phase Transition: Communicating Science and Changing MindsYesNo
2018-01-09colloq
Marchetti, Cristina (Syracuse University)
Related Words: active, matter, physics
The Physics of Active Matter -- Physics Department ColloquiumYesNo
2017-11-28friendsYzurdiaga Chair Inauguration: Magical Magnetism & Other Strange StuffYesYes
2017-11-15colloqPlanet Nine from Outer SpaceYesNo
2017-11-15friendsAlien Technology 101: From Cells to Neutron StarsYesNo
2017-11-06bblunch
Gottesman, Daniel (Perimeter Inst.)
Related Words: fault, quantum
Fault-tolerant quantum computationYesNo
2017-11-03colloq A kilonova discovered from the gravitational waves from merging neutron starsYesYes
2017-10-16bblunch
Dunne, Gerald (UConn)
Related Words: physics, resurgence
Universality of Resurgence in Physics and MathematicsYesNo
2017-10-02bblunchOpportunities at the Entanglement FrontierYesNo
2017-09-28friendsFragile Objects: The Hard Science of Soft MatterYesNo
2017-09-18bblunchQuantum matter without quasiparticlesYesYes
2017-08-14bblunch
Hwa, Terry (UCSD)
Related Words: biology
Re-learning how to do phenomenological theories and why this is so important in biologyYesNo
2017-08-09friends
Dutton, Rachel (UCSD)
Related Words: cheese, microbial
The Wonderful Microbial World of CheeseYesNo
2017-08-07bblunch
Hartnoll, Sean (Stanford)
Related Words: materials, quantum, string, theory
Intertwined Order and Fluctuations in Quantum MaterialsYesNo
2017-07-12friendsMapping the Dark CosmosYesNo
2017-06-14plecture
Hudspeth, A. James (Rockefeller University)
How Hearing HappensYesNo
2017-06-05bblunch
Simon, Jonathan (Univ. of Maryland)
Related Words: auditory, brain
Why Would a Theoretical Physicist Study the Auditory Brain?YesNo
2017-05-21bblunchThe Galaxy-Halo ConnectionYesNo
2017-05-15plecture
Teukolsky, Saul (Cornell University)
Black Holes and Gravitational Waves -- Was Einstein Right?YesNo
2017-05-08bblunch
Dixon, Lance (SLAC)
Related Words: 4, amplitudes, n, scattering
Scattering amplitudes: the most perfect microscopic structures in the universeYesNo
2017-03-25starst_c17
Barsotti, Lisa (MIT/LIGO)
Gravitational Wave Detection with LigoYesNo
2017-03-25starst_c17WelcomeYesNo
2017-03-25starst_c17
Cominsky, Lynn (Sonoma State University)
Exploring Gravitational Waves in the ClassroomYesYes
2017-03-25starst_c17
Foglizzo, Thierry (CEA Saclay)
Related Words: stellar
Aspherical Stellar Explosions Illustrated by the Dynamics of a Water FountainYesYes
2017-03-25starst_c17
Mandel, Ilya (University of Birmingham)
Related Words: gravitational
Singing Binaries: Listening to the Chirps of Black HolesYesNo
2017-03-25starst_c17TOWN HALL DISCUSSIONYesNo
2017-03-14friends
Kratter, Kaitlin (University of Arizona)
Related Words: disks
Is there a Tatooine? The three-body problem & beyondYesYes
2017-03-13bblunch
Quataert, Eliot (UC Berkeley)
How Massive Stars Live and DieYesNo
2017-03-09colloqChallenges and future directions in cosmological simulationsYesNo
2017-03-08colloqWhy did it take over 40 years from the experimental discovery of superconductivity to the BCS theory and will it take this long to understand the high Tc superconductors?YesNo
2017-03-06bblunch
Nelson, Richard (Queen Mary)
Current Problems and Recent Developments in Understanding Accretion DiscsYesNo
2017-03-02colloq
Dong, Xi (Institute for Advanced Study)
Spacetime and Gravity from Quantum Error CorrectionYesNo
2017-02-28colloq
Kim, Chang-Goo (Princeton)
Related Words: formation, star
Supernova driven galactic winds and synthetic observations using TIGRESS (Three-phase ISM in Galaxies Resolving Evolution with Star formation and Supernova feedback)YesNo
2017-02-27colloq
Kim, Chang-Goo (Princeton)
Related Words: formation, star
Galactic star formation rates regulated by star formation feedbackYesNo
2017-02-23colloqHow Many Degrees of Freedom Can Fit in a Quantum Field?YesNo
2017-02-14colloqAdventures in Galaxy Gas PhysicsYesNo
2017-02-01plecture
Goldenfeld, Nigel (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Related Words: evolution, turbulence
Beyond Chaos: The Continuing Enigma of TurbulenceYesYes
2017-01-30bblunchBridging the Gap Between MHD Theories of Astrophysical Accretion Disks and ObservationsYesNo
2017-01-23bblunch
Barkley, Dwight (Univ. of Warwick)
The dynamics and patterns within turbulenceYesNo
2017-01-19colloq
Farge, Marie (ENS Paris)
Related Words: access, open
Tuckerman, Laurette (PMMH)
Related Words: access, discussion, open
Open Access Publishing: How to disseminate our articles as efficiently as possible? Is open access a good solution? (Informal discussion)YesYes
2016-12-05bblunch
Zaletel, Mike (Princeton)
Related Words: symmetry
Searching for Symmetry Fractionalization in Numerics and ExperimentYesNo
2016-11-30colloq
Zaletel, Mike (Princeton)
Related Words: symmetry
Symmetry constraints in quantum materials: making the most of seeing nothingYesNo
2016-11-21bblunch
Greene, Chris (Purdue)
Related Words: body, few-body, hall, physics, quantum
Snippets of Efimov, Rydberg, and Quantum Hall PhysicsYesNo
2016-11-09colloq
Brink, Lars (Chalmers)
Alfred Nobel and the Nobel PrizesYesYes
2016-10-31bblunch
Chen, Xie (Caltech)
Symmetry Protected Topological PhasesYesNo
2016-10-10bblunchControlling and Exploring Quantum Matter Using Ultracold Atoms in Optical LatticesYesNo
2016-09-28plecture
Bloch, Immanuel (Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optics)
Realizing Feynman's Dream of a Quantum SimulatorYesYes
2016-09-26bblunchConstructing and Deconstructing Neutron StarsYesNo
2016-08-31friendsThe Secret Life of QuarksYesYes
2016-08-22bblunch
Oates, Andy (University College London)
Oscillators in embryonic patterningYesNo
2016-08-08bblunch
Holz, Daniel (Univ. Chicago)
How does the Universe make LIGO's black holes?YesNo
2016-08-02resident
Wolchover, Natalie (The Simons Foundation)
Science Reporting in the Age of Sound BitesYesYes
2016-07-12bblunch
Lay, Thorne (UC Santa Cruz)
Deep EarthquakesYesNo
2016-07-06friends
Scannapieco, Evan (Arizona State Univ.)
Why Aren't the Biggest Galaxies Forming Stars?YesNo
2016-06-15colloqNew Materials for Quantum ComputingYesNo
2016-06-06bblunchFuture Accelerators and CollidersYesNo
2016-05-21lhct_c16
Dixon, Lance (Stanford/SLAC)
Related Words: 4, amplitudes, n, scattering
WelcomeYesNo
2016-05-21lhct_c16
Gross, David (KITP)
Related Words: kitp, physics, string, theory, welcome
Perspectives on the Future of Particle PhysicsYesNo
2016-05-21lhct_c16The PNNL Smartphone MicroscopeYesNo
2016-05-21lhct_c16Discovering the Higgs BosonYesYes
2016-05-21lhct_c16
LeCompte, Tom (Argonne National Lab)
Searching for Physics Beyond the Standard Model at the LHCYesYes
2016-05-21lhct_c16
Reina, Laura (Florida State)
Related Words: production
How Do We Know It's the Higgs?YesYes
2016-05-21lhct_c16TOWN HALL DISCUSSIONYesNo
2016-05-21lhct_c16
Webber, Bryan (Cambridge U.)
Why Do We Think There's Physics Beyond the Standard Model?YesYes
2016-05-16bblunch
Tan, Jonathan (Univ. of Florida)
Related Words: formation, star
Fire from Ice - The Cold Universe and the Birth of Stars, Galaxies and Black Holes Across Cosmic TimeYesNo
2016-05-02bblunch
Webber, Bryan (Univ. of Cambridge)
What goes on in collisions at the Large Hadron Collider?YesNo
2016-04-20colloqSmall gaps between prime numbersYesYes
2016-04-20plectureDo I have to draw you a diagram? A tale of quantum gravityYesYes
2016-03-31resident
Schewe, Phillip (Univ. Maryland Journalist in Residence)
Related Words: aud, cam, podcast, slides
Spacetraveler's Manifesto: the Other-worldly Career of Freeman DysonYesYes
2016-03-11colloq100 Years of gravitational waves: The observation of a binary black hole collisionYesYes
2016-03-09colloq
Brown, Brandon (University of San Francisco)
The Historical Max PlanckYesYes
2016-03-09friends
Katifori, Eleni (Univ. of Pennsylvania)
Detangling the vascular web: Loops, hierarchies, and the quest for Nature's design principlesYesYes
2016-03-07bblunch
Corwin, Ivan (Columbia University)
The Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) Equation at ThirtyYesYes
2016-03-02colloq
José, Jorge (Indiana University)
How the statistical properties of human motions reveal some of the workings of our nervous systemYesNo
2016-02-24resident
Schewe, Phillip (Univ. Maryland Journalist in Residence)
Related Words: aud, cam, podcast, slides
Science and Sublime: Two ways of viewing the worldYesYes
2016-02-24colloq
Schewe, Phillip (Univ. Maryland Journalist in Residence)
Related Words: aud, cam, podcast, slides
Spacetraveler's Manifesto: the Other-worldly Career of Freeman Dyson[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam]YesNo
2016-02-22bblunch
Witten, Tom (University of Chicago)
Puzzling integrability in compressional foldingYesNo
2016-02-10plecture
Callan, Curt (Princeton)
The Biological Future of Theoretical PhysicsYesYes
2016-02-08bblunchGrowing interfaces and integrable probabilityYesNo
2016-02-01bblunchFrom Stem Cells to ImmunityYesNo
2016-01-25bblunch
Lubensky, Tom (Univ. of Pennsylvania)
Topological Mechanics and PhononicsYesNo
2016-01-13resident
Schewe, Phillip (Univ. Maryland Journalist in Residence)
Related Words: aud, cam, podcast, slides
Physics by Press Conference: How discoveries get announcedYesYes
2015-11-30bblunch
Hafezi, Mohammad (Univ. Maryland)
Related Words: body, many, many-body, photons, quantum
A case study of many-body physics with light: From synthetic gauge fields towards fractional quantum Hall states of photonsYesNo
2015-11-02bblunch
Altshuler, Boris (Columbia)
Related Words: body, localization, many
Many Body Localization - what is it about?YesNo
2015-10-28colloq
Komargodski, Zohar (Weizmann Inst.)
Related Words: field, quantum
The Space of Quantum Field TheoriesYesYes
2015-10-26colloq
Komargodski, Zohar (Weizmann Inst.)
Related Words: field, quantum
Comments on Disordered Conformal Field TheoriesYesNo
2015-10-19bblunchThe quest for interacting photons and optical matterYesNo
2015-09-30colloq
Kosik, Ken (Co-Director)
Everything known about Alzheimer's disease that a physicist might want to knowYesYes
2015-09-23plectureWeight, Weight... Do Tell Me!: QCD and the Origin of MassYesYes
2015-09-21bblunch
Brink, Jeroen van den (IFW Dresden)
Related Words: spin
Relativistic MotterialsYesNo
2015-09-14bblunchThe Origins of Mass, as Seen from the LatticeYesNo
2015-08-24bblunch
Copley, Shelley (University of Colorado)
Related Words: metabolic
Microbes Meet Anthropogenic PesticidesYesNo
2015-08-10bblunch
Neil, Ethan (Univ. of Colorado)
New Ideas for the Composition of Dark MatterYesNo
2015-08-03bblunch
Kim, Yong-Baek (Toronto)
Topological Phases and Gauge Fields via Strong Spin-Orbit CouplingYesNo
2015-07-01friends
Melko, Roger (Univ. Waterloo)
Related Words: entanglement, entropy, quantum
Tanglin' with EntanglementYesNo
2015-06-15bblunch
Koulakov, Alexei (Cold Spring Harbor Lab)
Deciphering the olfactory codeYesNo
2015-05-20friends
Jacobson, Ted (University of Maryland)
Related Words: black, discussion
A Century of Black Holes: Enigmas, Insights and ParadoxesYesYes
2015-05-11bblunchArea Laws in Many-Body Systems and Tensor NetworksYesNo
2015-05-06colloq
Pesic, Peter (St. John's College and Harvard University)
Music and the making of modern scienceYesYes
2015-04-27bblunch
Marolf, Don (UCSB)
Related Words: gravity, quantum
Information and Holography in Quantum GravityYesNo
2015-04-20resident
Farmelo, Graham (University of Cambridge Writer in Residence)
Related Words: theorist
Paul Dirac -- the theorist's theorist[Podcast][Aud][Cam] KITP Blackboard LunchYesNo
2015-04-13bblunch
Fendley, Paul (Univ. Oxford)
Phase Transitions that Aren'tYesNo
2015-04-01resident
Farmelo, Graham (University of Cambridge Writer in Residence)
Related Words: theorist
My experiences and my current work on the relation between Math and Theoretical PhysicsYesNo
2015-03-23bblunch
Fabrycky, Daniel (University of Chicago)
How theory plays the exoplanet gameYesNo
2015-03-18friends
Agol, Eric (University of Washington)
Exoplanet Dynamics: What We Know from KeplerYesYes
2015-03-16bblunch
Navarro, Julio (Univ. Victoria)
Related Words: dark, galaxy, halos, matter
Small-scale challenges to the Cold Dark Matter paradigm: minor ailment or terminal illness?YesNo
2015-02-28evoplanetst_c15
Ford, Eric (Penn State)
Related Words: planet
Planetary Billiards: The Early Chaos of Planetary SystemsYesNo
2015-02-28evoplanetst_c15
Howard, Andrew (U. Hawaii)
Habitable Planets Around Other StarsYesNo
2015-02-28evoplanetst_c15WelcomeYesNo
2015-02-28evoplanetst_c15
Marcy, Geoff (UC Berkeley)
Prospects for Intelligent Life in the UniverseYesYes
2015-02-28evoplanetst_c15
Raymond, Sean (U. Bordeaux)
Worlds with Water: Prerequisite for Life?YesYes
2015-02-28evoplanetst_c15
Sumner, Dawn (UC Davis)
Are We Alone in the Universe? (And how to think about this as a scientist)YesNo
2015-02-28evoplanetst_c15
Huber, Greg (Leader)
Town Hall DiscussionYesNo
2015-02-18colloq
Glashow, Sheldon Lee (Harvard University)
A Parable of the Pure and the Practical: Why We Must Pursue Basic Scientific ResearchYesYes
2015-02-18plecture
Aerts, Conny (Universities of Leuven & Nijmegen)
Starquakes and Exoplanets in the Milky WayYesYes
2015-02-09bblunch
Rix, Hans-Walter (MPIA)
Related Words: formation, galaxy
What the orbits of stars remember about the formation of our GalaxyYesNo
2015-01-26bblunch
Stevenson, Dave (Caltech)
Related Words: earth, earth-like, like, planets
Why "Earth-Like" planets are probably not Earth-Like (and super-Earths are even more different)YesNo
2014-12-08bblunch
Kayser, Boris (Fermilab)
Related Words: neutrinos
The Quintessentially Quantum-Mechanical Behavior of NeutrinosYesNo
2014-12-04specialSpacetime versus the QuantumYesYes
2014-12-04specialIntroducing Joe Polchinski: Spacetime versus the QuantumYesNo
2014-12-01bblunchAvalanches in the BrainYesNo
2014-11-18plecture
Shankar, R. (Yale University)
From zero to c in 60 minutes -- A crash course in Einstein's relativityYesNo
2014-11-17bblunch
Si, Qimiao (Rice)
Related Words: criticality, quantum
Superconductivity based on Iron and Beyond: Towards a Conceptual FrameworkYesNo
2014-11-14colloq
Libchaber, Albert (Rockefeller University)
Microbes (bacteria and ciliates) in the soil ecosystemYesYes
2014-10-27bblunch
Gelmini, Graciela (UCLA)
Related Words: dark, matter
The many aspects of neutrino physics, astrophysics and cosmologyYesNo
2014-10-13bblunch
O'Hern, Corey (Yale)
Related Words: granular, solids
Granular versus Conventional SolidsYesNo
2014-10-06bblunch
Coleman, Piers (Rutgers)
Related Words: phase
Superconducting Surprises: five decades of discovery, in both temperature and time!YesNo
2014-09-15bblunch
Starace, Anthony (U Nebraska)
Bandrauk, Andre (U Sherbrooke)
What happens when intense laser pulses interact with atoms, molecules, particles, and the vacuum?YesNo
2014-09-10friends
Starace, Anthony (University of Nebraska - Lincoln)
Atto-Physics: Observing Matter on its Natural TimescaleYesYes
2014-07-28bblunch
Weinreich, Daniel (Brown)
Related Words: evolution
Drug Resistance EvolutionYesNo
2014-06-30bblunch
Ostriker, Eve (Princeton Univ.)
Related Words: formation, star, turbulence
Star Formation and the Domestic Economies of GalaxiesYesNo
2014-06-23bblunchPlanetary Magnetic FieldsYesNo
2014-06-18plectureThe Quantum Physics of Global WarmingYesYes
2014-06-16bblunch
Cho, James (Queen Mary Univ. London)
Related Words: instability
Wave-Flow Interactions EverywhereYesNo
2014-06-04friends
Stone, Jim (Princeton)
Related Words: disks, turbulence
From accreting black holes to merging galaxies: How computers are revolutionizing astrophysicsYesYes
2014-06-02bblunch
Ramsey-Musolf, Michael (UMass Amherst)
Related Words: matter
Particlegenesis: Why is there more matter than anti-matter?YesNo
2014-05-19bblunchHow massive stars influence galaxy formationYesNo
2014-05-14plecture
Marchetti, Cristina (Syracuse University)
Related Words: active, matter, physics
The Physics of FlockingYesNo
2014-05-12colloq
Shen, Kyle (Cornell)
Shining Light on Correlated Quantum Materials: The Story from Einstein's PhotoelectronsYesNo
2014-05-05bblunch
Ramaswamy, Sriram (Tata Institute)
Field Theories of Living FluidsYesNo
2014-04-28bblunchWave Turbulence and Zonal Flows in Fluids and PlasmasYesNo
2014-04-02resident
Amato, Ivan (KITP Writer in Residence)
The World's First Spy SatelliteYesYes
2014-03-06colloq
Gross, David (KITP)
Related Words: kitp, physics, string, theory, welcome
Millennium Prize Problem: Yang-Mills TheoryYesNo
2014-03-03resident
Drösser, Christoph (KITP Writer in Residence)
Wired for Music - Why Everybody Is MusicalYesYes
2014-02-28joefest_c14Quantum Disentangled LiquidsYesYes
2014-02-28joefest_c14
Hartnoll, Sean (Stanford)
Related Words: materials, quantum, string, theory
Disordered horizons and strongly interacting metalsYesYes
2014-02-28joefest_c14
Kachru, Shamit (Stanford)
Related Words: string, theories, theory
Field Theories of Quantum Critical MetalsYesYes
2014-02-28joefest_c14
Myers, Rob (PI)
Related Words: 4, beyond
Spacetime EntanglementYesYes
2014-02-28joefest_c14
Shenker, Steve (Stanford)
Related Words: discussion, eternal
Open Discussion: Planning for Joe's 90th BirthdayYesYes
2014-02-28joefest_c14
Strominger, Andy (Harvard)
Related Words: gravity, theory
BMS Symmetry and Weinberg's Soft Graviton TheoremYesNo
2014-02-28joefest_c14
Susskind, Leonard (Stanford)
Related Words: epr, er
Butterflies, Complexity, and Signals to BobYesNo
2014-02-28joefest_c14
Weinberg, Steve (UT Austin)
Quantum Mechanics Without State VectorsYesYes
2014-02-27joefest_c14What is QFT?YesNo
2014-02-27joefest_c14
Gross, David (KITP)
Related Words: kitp, physics, string, theory, welcome
WelcomeYesNo
2014-02-27joefest_c14
Bousso, Raphael (Berkeley)
Related Words: de, entropy, information, sitter, space
A perturbative proof of the covariant entropy boundYesYes
2014-02-27joefest_c14Flows and Bicycles, or Holography for N=2* on S4YesYes
2014-02-27joefest_c14Panel Discussion: D-branes: Tools of the RevolutionYesNo
2014-02-27joefest_c14
Klebanov, Igor (Princeton)
Related Words: gauge, models, n, theories, theory
O(N) Models, RG and AdS/CFTYesYes
2014-02-27joefest_c14
Leigh, Rob (UIUC)
Minic, Djordje (Virginia Tech)
Panel Discussion: Former studentsYesNo
2014-02-27joefest_c14Entanglement and geometryYesYes
2014-02-27joefest_c14Video ReminiscenceYesNo
2014-02-27joefest_c14On Strings From Things and Things From StringsYesNo
2014-02-24bblunch
Mehta, Mayank (UCLA)
Related Words: learning
Neurophysics of Space, Time and LearningYesNo
2014-02-19plecture
Geisel, Theo (Max Planck Institute)
Rhythms & Algorithms ~ Physics and MusicYesNo
2014-02-19resident
Drösser, Christoph (KITP Writers in Residence)
From Turbulent to Laminar - How Scientists and Journalists Can Get into the FlowYesYes
2014-02-15bioactert_c14
Bernoff, Andrew (Harvey Mudd University)
Synchronization and Swarming of Clocks and FlocksYesYes
2014-02-15bioactert_c14The acrobatics of swimming bacteriaYesYes
2014-02-15bioactert_c14
Huber, Greg (KITP Deputy Director)
WelcomeYesNo
2014-02-15bioactert_c14
Marchetti, Cristina (Syracuse University)
Related Words: active, matter, physics
Active Soft MatterYesYes
2014-02-15bioactert_c14
Huber, Greg (KITP Deputy Director)
Town Hall DiscussionYesNo
2014-02-05colloq
Kohn, Walter (Jim Klingshirn)
Visual Distortions in Macular Degeneration: Quantitative Diagnosis and CorrectionYesYes
2014-02-03bblunch
Rychkov, Slava (CERN)
Related Words: conformal
Conformal symmetry and the 3d Ising modelYesNo
2014-01-13bblunch
Marchetti, Cristina (Syracuse Univ.)
Related Words: active, matter, physics
Active Matter: What is it?YesNo
2014-01-08colloq
Kim, Philip (Columbia University)
Related Words: graphene
Bloch, Landau, and Dirac: Hofstadter's Butterfly in GrapheneYesYes
2013-12-09bblunch
Loss, Daniel (Univ. Basel)
Related Words: dots, quantum, spin
Spintronics and Quantum ComputingYesNo
2013-11-26colloq
Dong, Xi (Stanford)
Holographic Entanglement Entropy for General Higher Derivative GravityYesNo
2013-11-20friends
McElwaine, Jim (Durham University)
Related Words: avalanches
The Dynamics of AvalanchesYesYes
2013-11-18bblunch
Valance, Alexandre (Université de Rennes)
Related Words: dunes, sand
Physics of Desert DunesYesNo
2013-11-04plecture
Parkin, Stuart (IBM Almaden Research Center)
Related Words: spin
The Spin on Electronics! -- The nanoscience and nanotech of spin currentsYesNo
2013-10-30colloq
Nelson, Harry (UCSB)
Related Words: dark, matter
First Science Results from the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) Dark Matter ExperimentYesYes
2013-10-21bblunch
Bauer, Gerrit (Tohoku University)
Spin Transfer - from Freshman Mechanics to Killer ApplicationYesNo
2013-10-14bblunch
Jenkins, Jim (Cornell)
The physics of wind-blown sand and desert dunesYesNo
2013-08-25bblunch
Susskind, Lenny (Stanford)
Inside Black HolesYesNo
2013-08-23colloqInauguration to the Pat and Joe Yzurdiaga Chair in Experimental ScienceYesYes
2013-08-19bblunch
Miller, Cole (Univ. Maryland)
Related Words: black, holes
The universe of black holes that will be revealed with gravitational wavesYesNo
2013-08-14friends
Natarajan, Priya (Yale University)
Related Words: black, galaxy, holes
From Fasting to Feasting: The Strange Feeding Habits of Black HolesYesNo
2013-08-12bblunch
Lecuit, Thomas (Aix Marseille Univ.)
The Making of an Embryo: Information and MechanicsYesNo
2013-07-31plecture
Wieschaus, Eric (Princeton Univ.)
Related Words: embryo, morphogenesis
On Growth & Form of the Embryo: From Gene Expressions to Tissue MechanicsYesNo
2013-07-22bblunch
Carena, Marcela (Fermilab)
Related Words: higgs, physics
The Higgs Discovery and Implications for New PhysicsYesNo
2013-07-17ssp13ArrivalYesNo
2013-07-17ssp13
Huber, Greg (KITP Deputy Director)
WelcomeYesNo
2013-07-17ssp13
Gallo, Elena (Univ. of Michigan)
Related Words: black
Stellar Mass Black Holes in X-ray BinariesYesYes
2013-07-17ssp13
Schawinski, Kevin (ETH Zurich)
Galaxy-Black Hole Co-EvolutionYesYes
2013-07-15bblunch
Eracleous, Michael (Penn State Univ)
How supermassive black holes alter the evolution of their host galaxyYesNo
2013-07-01resident
Dubrow, Aaron (UT Austin Journalist in Residence)
Cyborg Journalism: Reporting from the Front Lines of Scientific ComputingYesYes
2013-06-19friends
Bertone, Gianfranco (University of Amsterdam)
Related Words: dark, matter
Behind the Scenes of the Universe: The Worldwide Race to Discover Dark MatterYesYes
2013-06-17bblunch
Trotta, Roberto (Imperial College)
Statistical Challenges in Astroparticle Physics and CosmologyYesNo
2013-06-07kohnfest13From Density Functional Theory to Strongly Correlated Electronic Materials?YesNo
2013-06-07kohnfest13One-Dimensional Lattice Dynamics as a result of the Giant Kohn AnomalyYesNo
2013-06-07kohnfest13
Langer, James
Related Words: solids
Much of the physics I know I learned from Walter-- but not all of itYesNo
2013-06-07kohnfest13Kohn and Luttinger's "New Mechanism for Superconductivity" and the high Tc problemYesNo
2013-06-07kohnfest13
Yang, Henry (Chancellor)
Introductory RemarksYesNo
2013-06-03bblunch
Neubert, Matthias (JGU)
Related Words: higgs
Implications of the Higgs DiscoveryYesNo
2013-05-20bblunchπ in the sky: Precision observations and theoryYesNo
2013-04-29bblunch
Bertone, Gianfranco (Univ. Amsterdam)
Related Words: dark, matter
Identifying Dark MatterYesNo
2013-04-11friends
Apsell, Paula (Senior Executive Producer)
Related Words: aud, cam, podcast, science
The Art of Science TelevisionYesNo
2013-03-24bblunch
Yelin, Susanne (Univ. of Connecticut)
Aspects of ultracold polar molecules and superradianceYesNo
2013-03-18bblunch
Milburn, Gerard (Univ. Queensland)
Related Words: quantum
Control of Engineered Quantum SystemsYesNo
2013-03-08bblunch
Extavour, Cassandra (Harvard)
Related Words: organisms
Integrating the Physics and Biology of Cooperation: From Molecules to Super OrganismsYesNo
2013-03-06plectureGravity and Quantum Mechanics - The Quest for UnificationYesYes
2013-03-06resident
Flam, Faye (KITP Journalist in Residence)
Related Words: science
Salacious Science: Subtitle: What I Learned from Writing an Infamous Sex ColumnYesNo
2013-03-02qcontrolt_c13
Baily, Charles (Univ. Colorado)
Active Learning and Quantum Simulations in the ClassroomYesYes
2013-03-02qcontrolt_c13WelcomeYesNo
2013-03-02qcontrolt_c13
Martinis, John (UCSB)
Related Words: quantum
Quantum Circuits and Macroscopic Quantum SystemsYesYes
2013-03-02qcontrolt_c13
Milburn, Gerard (Brisbane)
Related Words: quantum
Quantum Strangeness, Entanglement and Quantum InformationYesYes
2013-03-02qcontrolt_c13
Miller, Dwayne (MPSD/Hamburg and Univ. Toronto)
Making the Molecular Movie: The Chemists' Gedanken Experiment Enters the Lab FrameYesYes
2013-03-02qcontrolt_c13TOWN HALL FEEDBACKYesNo
2013-03-02qcontrolt_c13TOWN HALL DISCUSSIONYesYes
2013-03-02qcontrolt_c13What Role Does Quantum Mechanics Play in Biology?YesYes
2013-02-20resident
Flam, Faye (KITP Journalist in Residence)
Related Words: science
How To Sell Your Science Without Selling Your Soul: How To Get The Media To Work For YouYesNo
2013-02-13colloqFrom Broida to Bedside: From Fundamental to Clinical Research on Bone FractureYesYes
2013-02-11bblunch
Whaley, Birgitta (UC Berkeley)
Related Words: biology, coherent, control, quantum
Coherent Manipulation of Natural and Engineered Quantum SystemsYesNo
2013-02-01resident
Flam, Faye (KITP Journalist in Residence)
Related Words: science
Life on Mars and Neanderthal Clones: Why Weird Science Gets on the Front Page and What You Can Do About ItYesNo
2013-01-30plecture
Fisher, Daniel (Stanford University)
Can Evolution Be Understood Quantitatively?YesYes
2013-01-30resident
Byrne, Peter (KITP Writer-in-Residence)
Hype, Censorship, and the Paranoid Style in Science WritingYesNo
2013-01-30resident
Byrne, Peter (KITP Writer-in-Residence)
Writing about Quantum Mechanics for Biologists: The Many Worlds Theory as Told by Peter ByrneYesNo
2013-01-28bblunchQuantum Encounters of the Cold KindYesNo
2013-01-14bblunchWhy Cooperate? From Self Replicators to Human SocietiesYesNo
2012-12-17bblunchThe Inevitability of the HiggsYesNo
2012-12-10bblunch
Alicea, Jason (Caltech)
Related Words: experiment, majorana
Resurrecting Majorana in a Table-top ExperimentYesNo
2012-12-05plecture
Kouwenhoven, Leo (Delft Univ. of Technology)
Particle Physics On a Chip: the Search for Majorana FermionsYesYes
2012-12-03bblunch
Perelson, Alan (LANL)
Related Words: hcv, infection
Immunology for PhysicistsYesNo
2012-11-15friends
Frank, Peter (Tatiana Ginsberg)
SCIART 2012: Mysterious: Artists in discussion with Peter FrankYesNo
2012-10-19resident
Weiner, Monika (KITP Writer-in-Residence)
In the Spotlight - Physicists as Sources and SubjectsYesYes
2012-10-17friends
White, Steven R. (UC Irvine)
What Do Climate Modeling and Quantum Mechanics Have In Common?YesYes
2012-10-01bblunch
Coldea, Radu (Univ. Oxford)
Related Words: dynamics, frustrated, quantum, spin
Search for Exotic Excitations in Magnets: Experimental Challenges and OpportunitiesYesNo
2012-09-28resident
Weiner, Monika (KITP Writer-in-Residence)
How to Reach the Public: Press Releases and Other PossibilitiesYesYes
2012-09-24bblunch
Kehrein, Stefan (Univ. Goettingen)
Shaking Up The Fermi Sea With Sudden InteractionsYesNo
2012-09-19friends
Brady, Patrick (Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Related Words: analysis, data, gravitational, wave
How to Detect Ripples in SpacetimeYesNo
2012-09-17bblunch
Berger, Edo (Harvard CfA)
Related Words: challenges, multi
The Electromagnetic Counterparts of Compact-Object Mergers: Prospects and ChallengesYesNo
2012-09-10bblunchQuantum Spin Liquid: Emerging From FrustrationYesNo
2012-09-07resident
Weiner, Monika (KITP Writer-in-Residence)
Messages from Another World: Risks and Opportunities of Going PublicYesYes
2012-08-27bblunch
Polkovnikov, Anatoli (Boston Univ.)
Thermalization, Universal Dynamics and Dynamical Phase Transitions in Non-equilibrium SystemsYesNo
2012-08-06bblunch
Brown, Duncan (Syracuse Univ.)
Related Words: gravitational, ligo, wave
The New Astronomy of LIGO: Exploring the Gravitational Wave SkyYesNo
2012-07-23bblunch
Stevenson, Dave (Caltech)
Related Words: earth, earth-like, like, planets
Is Earth Typical or Special?YesNo
2012-07-02bblunch
Lubensky, Tom (Univ. of Penn)
Critical States, Self-Stress, Surface Modes, and Conformal Invariance in Isotatic and Undercoordinated LatticesYesNo
2012-06-25resident
Apsell, Paula (WGBH/NOVA Science Journalist in Residence)
Related Words: aud, cam, podcast, science
Apsell, Paula (WGBH/NOVA)
Related Words: aud, cam, podcast, science
Controversy in Science: When Scientists Disagree, What's the Journalist to Do?[Podcast][Aud][Cam]YesNo
2012-06-20colloq
Dennis, Mark (University of Bristol)
Knotting Nodes of LightYesNo
2012-06-18bblunch
Kamien, Randall (Univ. of Penn.)
How to Knot a FieldYesNo
2012-06-11resident
Apsell, Paula (WGBH/NOVA Science Journalist in Residence)
Related Words: aud, cam, podcast, science
Apsell, Paula (WGBH/NOVA)
Related Words: aud, cam, podcast, science
Pitch Me![Podcast][Aud][Cam]YesNo
2012-05-29bblunch
Levine, Arnie (IAS)
Related Words: cancers
Creating Stem Cells and Predicting Who Will Die of Prostate CancersYesNo
2012-05-18resident
Musser, George (Scientific American)
George's Top Ten Sociological Observations About Theoretical PhysicistsYesYes
2012-05-07resident
Apsell, Paula (WGBH/NOVA Science Journalist in Residence)
Related Words: aud, cam, podcast, science
Apsell, Paula (WGBH/NOVA)
Related Words: aud, cam, podcast, science
The Art of Science Television[Podcast][Aud][Cam]YesNo
2012-05-02colloqMeasurement of the Hawking Temperature for an Analog HorizonYesNo
2012-04-27resident
Musser, George (Scientific American)
Discussion: How Should Science Journalists Cover Disputes?YesYes
2012-04-20colloqTriangle Anomalies in Landau's Fermi Liquid TheoryYesYes
2012-04-12special
Smaby, Gary (Producer)
KITP VideoNoNo
2012-04-09bblunchMultiple Scales in Soft Matter and Computer Simulation ApproachesYesNo
2012-04-06resident
Musser, George (Scientific American)
The Science-Journalism Duality: Behind the Scenes at Scientific AmericanYesYes
2012-03-26bblunch
Gibbons, Gary (Univ. of Cambridge)
Related Words: black, information, supergravity
Black Holes and InformationYesNo
2012-03-19bblunch
Smaby, Gary (KITP Artist in Residence)
ENTANGLED STRINGS: Scientific Method Meets Artistic LicenseYesYes
2012-03-14plectureWorshipped Today, Scorned Tomorrow...: Albert Einstein and the Perils of Public EngagementYesNo
2012-03-01colloqThe Data and Computer-Driven Transformation of Modern ScienceYesYes
2012-02-27bblunchOverview of "First Galaxies and Faint Dwarfs"YesNo
2012-01-30bblunch
Wiseman, Toby (Imperial College)
An Overview of the 'Numerical Methods in QFT and Gravity' ProgramYesNo
2012-01-23bblunch
Falko, Volodya (Lancaster Univ.)
The Known and Unknown About Monolayer and Bilayer GrapheneYesNo
2012-01-14graphenet_c12
Andrei, Eva (Rutgers)
Related Words: graphene
Transport and Spectroscopy of GrapheneYesNo
2012-01-14graphenet_c12
Geim, Andre (Univ. Manchester)
Graphene: Magic of Flat CarbonYesYes
2012-01-14graphenet_c12
Gross, David (KITP Director)
Related Words: kitp, physics, string, theory, welcome
WelcomeYesNo
2012-01-14graphenet_c12
Hone, James (Columbia Univ.)
The World's Strongest Material: Measuring the Mechanical Properties of Graphene Using Simple PhysicsYesYes
2012-01-14graphenet_c12
Lau, Jeanie (UC Riverside)
Related Words: graphene
Graphene -- The Amazing 2D MembraneYesYes
2012-01-14graphenet_c12
Ross, Rachel (LCOGT)
Related Words: lcogt
What's New at the Las Cumbres ObservatoryYesNo
2012-01-14graphenet_c12
Gross, David (KITP Director)
Related Words: kitp, physics, string, theory, welcome
TOWN HALL DISCUSSIONYesNo
2011-10-31bblunch
Goldreich, Peter (IAS)
Related Words: turbulence
The Physics of Stochastic Excitations in StarsYesNo
2011-10-19colloq
Avron, Joseph (Technion)
Baron von Munchhausen and the Cat: Swimming in Curved SpaceYesYes
2011-10-12plecture
Hartnoll, Sean (Stanford University)
Related Words: materials, quantum, string, theory
From String Theory to Exotic Materials and Back AgainYesYes
2011-10-10bblunch
Townsend, Richard (UW-Madison)
A Cartoon Overview of the Fundamentals of Stellar SeismologyYesNo
2011-10-03bblunch
Qi, Xiaoliang (Stanford)
Related Words: holographic, states, topological
To See A Knot In A Grain Of Sand -- The Story Of Topological StatesYesNo
2011-09-26bblunch
Kachru, Shamit (Stanford)
Related Words: string, theories, theory
Strongly Correlated Electron Systems as String Theories ?!?YesNo
2011-08-31friends
Bialek, William (Princeton)
More Perfect Than We Imagined: A Physicist's View of LifeYesNo
2011-08-22bblunch
Wolpert, Lewis (University College London)
Related Words: embryo
How Do You Get From A Cell To An Embryo?YesNo
2011-08-15bblunch
Landsberg, Greg (Brown Univ.)
Exploring the Unknown at the Large Hadron ColliderYesNo
2011-08-08bblunchWhat Do Fermat's Last Theorem and Electro-magnetic Duality Have in Common?YesNo
2011-07-25bblunch
Doyle, John (Caltech)
Related Words: constraints
Architecture, Constraints, Behavior and Your Brain (and Zombies)YesYes
2011-07-14friendsDramatic Impact: A Visit to the LHCYesNo
2011-06-20bblunch
Peskin, Michael (Stanford/SLAC)
Related Words: e, panel, space, tev
LHC: First Views of the TEV ScaleNoNo
2011-06-06bblunchSelective Transport Through a Biological Nanopore - A Mechanistic MysteryYesNo
2011-05-18colloqEncoding ContingencyYesYes
2011-05-13colloq
Loeb, Avi (Harvard CfA)
Future Frontiers in Astrophysics: Suggestions for Young ResearchersYesNo
2011-05-11colloq
Learned, John (Univ. Hawaii)
Related Words: neutrinos
Review of Discoveries and Preview of Exciting Prospects in the Study of the Ghostly NeutrinoYesNo
2011-05-10friends
Casazi, Alejandro (Birgit Faustmann)
Artists in Discussion with Peter Frank: Arts, Science & AlgorithmsYesNo
2011-05-09bblunch
Falkovich, Gregory (Weizmann Inst.)
Related Words: turbulence, tutorial
Broken and Emerging Symmetries of a Turbulent StateYesNo
2011-05-02bblunchSpacetime, Quantum Mechanics and Scattering AmplitudesYesNo
2011-04-20friends
Reynolds, Chris (Univ. of Maryland)
Related Words: black, disks
The Environmental Impact of Black HolesYesNo
2011-04-18bblunch
Goldreich, Peter (IAS)
Related Words: turbulence
Turbulence Provides the Key to Reading the Record of Ancient ImpactsYesNo
2011-04-11bblunch
Voit, Mark (MSU)
Related Words: clusters, galaxy
Galaxy Clusters in a NutshellYesNo
2011-03-30colloq
Mucha, Peter (University of North Carolina)
Community Detection in Multislice NetworksYesYes
2011-03-23colloq
Eigen, Manfred (Max Planck)
The Origin and Evolution of Life: A Physical Problem?YesYes
2011-03-23plecture
Heuvel, Edward van den (University of Amsterdam)
Life After Stellar Death: Supernovae, Neutron Stars, Pulsars, and Black HolesYesYes
2011-03-16plectureHow Bad is the Reactor Meltdown in Japan?YesYes
2011-02-28bblunchThe Evolutionary Genetics of Emerging VirusesYesNo
2011-02-26viralt_c11Life at the Single Cell LevelYesYes
2011-02-26viralt_c11
Gross, David (KITP Director)
Related Words: kitp, physics, string, theory, welcome
WelcomeYesNo
2011-02-26viralt_c11
Gross, David (KITP Director)
Related Words: kitp, physics, string, theory, welcome
Your Feedback, PleaseYesNo
2011-02-26viralt_c11
Harper, Cherie (Greensburg)
Entering the Contest: A View From One of Last Year's Prize WinnersYesNo
2011-02-26viralt_c11
Neher, Richard (Max Planck Inst.)
Related Words: evolution, hiv
Watching Evolution HappenYesYes
2011-02-26viralt_c11
Phillips, Rob (Caltech)
Physical Biology of the CellYesYes
2011-02-26viralt_c11
Ross, Rachel (LCOGT)
Related Words: lcogt
What's New at the Las Cumbres ObservatoryYesYes
2011-02-26viralt_c11
Shraiman, Boris (UCSB)
Related Words: biology, physics
Unexpected Physics in BiologyYesNo
2011-02-26viralt_c11TOWN HALL DISCUSSIONYesNo
2011-02-14bblunchTurbulence - What Is It?YesNo
2011-02-07bblunch
Evrard, Gus (University of Michigan)
Related Words: clusters
Clusters of Galaxies as Cosmic SignpostsYesNo
2011-02-02colloqDiversity and Excellence in PhysicsYesYes
2011-01-19plecture
Bassler, Bonnie (Princeton University)
How Bacteria Talk to Each OtherYesYes
2010-12-10resident
Kaplan, Lila Rose (KITP Playwright-in-Residence)
How to Make Good Science into a Great Talk? Learn Secrets from Theatre -- an Interactive WorkshopYesNo
2010-11-29bblunch
Giamarchi, Thierry (Univ. Geneva)
Related Words: atoms, cold, physics
Simulating with Cold Atoms is Not Enough: How to Probe the Physics?YesNo
2010-11-09resident
Sharghi, Kayvon (KITP Journalist in Residence)
Sharing Your Unique VoiceYesNo
2010-11-08resident
Sharghi, Kayvon (KITP Journalist in Residence)
Let's Give Them Something to Talk About: How to use new media platforms to connect new audiences to your researchYesNo
2010-11-05friendsInauguration to the Wayne Rosing, Simon and Diana Raab Chair in Theoretical Astrophysics: Exploding StarsYesYes
2010-11-03colloq
Stevens, Chuck (The Salk Institute)
Related Words: arbors, universal
Physics-style Theory Can be Used to Discover a Universal Principle Governing the Design of Neural NetworkYesNo
2010-10-29resident
Kaplan, Lila Rose (KITP Playwright-in-Residence)
How to Hold onto Your Audience at a Conference or a Cocktail PartyYesNo
2010-10-25bblunch
Trebst, Simon (Microsoft - Station Q)
Related Words: liquids, many, quantum, spin
Disentangling Quantum Many-body SystemsYesNo
2010-10-13plectureTime, Einstein and the Coolest Stuff in the UniverseYesYes
2010-09-30friends
Stevens, Charles F. (Salk Institute)
How Computers and the Brain are the Same and Different, and How Physics Can Help Explain ThisYesNo
2010-09-27bblunch
Wolf, Fred (MPI)
Related Words: development, dynamics, visual
Perturbing Neural Circuit DynamicsYesNo
2010-09-20bblunchBeyond Standard Optical LatticesYesNo
2010-09-01colloq
Greene, Chris (Univ. of Colorado)
Related Words: body, few-body, hall, physics, quantum
Universality in Few-body SystemsYesYes
2010-08-16bblunchX-ray FrontiersYesNo
2010-08-09bblunch
Imry, Joe (Weizmann Inst.)
Related Words: quantum
Electron Glasses: Disordered Indirecting Quantum SystemsYesNo
2010-07-12bblunch
Lee, Cin-Ty (Rice)
Related Words: 2, geochem, geochemistry
Physics and Chemistry of the EarthYesYes
2010-06-14bblunch
Manga, Michael (UC Berkeley)
Related Words: boundary, geodynamics, layers, mixing
Volatiles, Volcanic Eruptions, and the Glass Transition (and why volcanoes erupt in so many different ways)YesNo
2010-04-28friendsExploding Stars!YesYes
2010-04-21resident
Roethlein, Brigitte (Rachel Courtland)
Related Words: journalists
On and Off the Record: How to Talk to JournalistsYesNo
2010-04-19bblunch
Sastry, Sri (JNCASR)
Related Words: shear
The Physics of GlassesYesNo
2010-04-16resident
Courtland, Rachel (Brigitte Roethlein)
Making the News: The Promises and Perils of the Press ReleaseYesNo
2010-04-14colloqStrings at the LHCYesYes
2010-04-07plecture
Burrows, Adam (Princeton University)
Related Words: collapse, core
The New Century of ExoplanetsYesYes
2010-04-06colloq
MacKay, David (University of Cambridge)
Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot AirYesNo
2010-04-05resident
Roethlein, Brigitte (KITP Journalist-in-Residence)
Related Words: journalists
Roethlein, Brigitte (KITP)
Related Words: journalists
"Scientists are Geeks" contra "Journalists are Clueless:" How to improve a difficult relationship[Podcast][Aud][Cam] KITP Blackboard LunchYesNo
2010-03-27exoplanetst_c10
Boss, Alan (Carnegie Inst. of WA)
The Crowded Universe: The Search for Living PlanetsYesYes
2010-03-27exoplanetst_c10
Brehmer, Steve (Minneapolis)
Entering the Contest: A View From One of Last Year's Prize WinnersYesYes
2010-03-27exoplanetst_c10
Burgasser, Adam (UCSD)
Related Words: brown
Cold Stars, New Neighbors: Discovering Brown DwarfsYesYes
2010-03-27exoplanetst_c10
Einhorn, Martin (KITP Deputy Director)
WelcomeYesNo
2010-03-27exoplanetst_c10
Fischer, Debra (Yale Univ.)
Searching for Earths in the Alpha Centauri SystemYesYes
2010-03-27exoplanetst_c10
Kasting, James (Penn State Univ.)
How to Find a Habitable PlanetYesYes
2010-03-27exoplanetst_c10
Ross, Rachel (LCOGT)
Related Words: lcogt
What's New at the LCOGTYesYes
2010-03-27exoplanetst_c10
Gross, David (KITP)
Related Words: kitp, physics, string, theory, welcome
TOWN HALL DISCUSSIONYesNo
2010-03-24colloq
Brandenberger, Robert (McGill Univ.)
Related Words: cosmological
Testing String Theory with Cosmological ObservationsYesYes
2010-03-22bblunch
Cvetic, Mirjam (Univ. Penn)
Related Words: black, branes, holes, model, string, theory
String Theory Bridges to Particle Physics and CosmologyYesNo
2010-03-10colloq
Deser, Stanley (Brandeis Univ. and Caltech)
Quantum Gravity and Its (Dis)contentsYesYes
2010-02-24plecture
Nurse, Paul (Rockefeller University)
Related Words: cell
The Great Ideas of BiologyYesYes
2010-02-22bblunch
Thattai, Mukund (National Centre for Biological Sciences)
The Unreasonable Irrelevance of Mathematics to BiologyYesNo
2010-02-03colloqLinking Neurons to Individual Differences in Perceptual SkillYesNo
2010-02-02colloqA World Powered Predominantly by Solar and Wind EnergyYesNo
2010-02-01bblunch
Menou, Kristen (Columbia)
How Unusual Is Our Solar System?YesNo
2010-01-28friends
Dobler, Greg (KITP)
Related Words: dark
A Light in the Dark: the Pursuit of the Nature of Dark MatterYesYes
2010-01-25bblunch
Kotliar, Gabi (Rutgers)
Sleuthing the Hidden Order in URu2Si2 Using Realistic Dynamical Mean Field Theory (DMFT) ToolsYesNo
2010-01-11bblunchThe Evolution of GenomesYesNo
2009-12-16plecture
Arkani-Hamed, Nima (Institute for Advanced Study)
Exploring the Dark UniverseYesNo
2009-12-14bblunch
Freedman, Michael (Microsoft Station Q)
New Particle Statistics from Topological Insulators and SuperconductorsYesNo
2009-12-07bblunch
Gell-Mann, Murray (Santa Fe Institute)
More on Distant Language RelationshipsYesNo
2009-11-18colloqQuantum Information and the Birth and Death of ComplexityYesNo
2009-11-18friends
Em, David (Jean-Pierre Hébert)
KITP Algorists 2009YesNo
2009-10-26bblunch
Leung, Debbie (Univ. Waterloo)
Related Words: information, quantum
Information, Quantum Information, and Quantum Information TheoryYesNo
2009-10-05bblunchThe Breadth and Depth of Modern Electronic Structure TheoryYesNo
2009-09-21bblunchThe Current State of Quantum AlgorithmsYesNo
2009-09-18friends
Shraiman, Boris (KITP)
Related Words: biology, physics
Inauguration to the Susan F. Gurley Chair in Theoretical Physics and Biology: Adventures at the Edge of PhysicsYesNo
2009-08-31bblunch
Mjolsness, Eric (UC Irvine)
Morphodynamics: Scoping the FieldYesNo
2009-08-06friends
Neher, Richard (KITP)
Related Words: evolution, hiv
Sex, Viruses, and the Statistical Physics of EvolutionYesYes
2009-08-03bblunchCosmic Rays, Shocks, and Plasma PhysicsYesNo
2009-07-13bblunch
Hartnoll, Sean (Harvard)
Related Words: materials, quantum, string, theory
What Is String Theory For?NoNo
2009-07-06bblunch
Beasley, Mac (Stanford)
The Physics of Higher Temperature Superconductivity: Context and IssuesYesNo
2009-06-01bblunch
Ivanov, Misha (Imperial College)
Towards Time and Space-Resolved Imaging at Sub-Femtosecond and Angstrom ScaleYesNo
2009-05-16qcontrolt_c09
Anderson, Jon (Teacher)
Entering the Contest: A View from One of Last Year's Prize WinnersYesYes
2009-05-16qcontrolt_c09
Corkum, Paul (Nat'l Research Council of Canada)
Attosecond ScienceYesYes
2009-05-16qcontrolt_c09
Gross, David (KITP Director)
Related Words: kitp, physics, string, theory, welcome
WelcomeYesNo
2009-05-16qcontrolt_c09
Knight, Peter (Imperial College)
Quanta and Non-ClassicalityYesNo
2009-05-16qcontrolt_c09
Plenio, Martin (Imperial College)
Related Words: quantum
Clocks and EntanglementYesYes
2009-05-16qcontrolt_c09
Ross, Rachel (Las Cumbres Observatory)
Related Words: lcogt
Overview of the LCOGT: A Network of 0.4-1.0 Meter Telescopes for EducationYesYes
2009-05-16qcontrolt_c09
Silberberg, Yaron (Weizmann Inst.)
Lasers and MicroscopyYesYes
2009-05-16qcontrolt_c09Led by David GrossYesNo
2009-05-13colloq
Yakovenko, Victor (Univ. of Maryland)
New Developments in Statistical Mechanics of Money, Income, and WealthYesYes
2009-05-13plecture
Spiropulu, Maria (CERN & Caltech)
The Universe in CollisionsYesNo
2009-05-06colloqPhysics and Mathematics of Cancer MetastasisYesYes
2009-05-05bblunch
Tannor, David (Weizmann Inst)
Related Words: control, quantum
Quantum Control: From Chemistry to Cooling to ComputingYesNo
2009-04-02friends
Heggie, Douglas (University of Edinburgh)
The Million Body ProblemYesYes
2009-03-30bblunch
Simon, Steven (Oxford Univ.)
Topological Phases of Matter: Interesting and UsefulYesNo
2009-03-25colloq
Nussinov, Zohar (Wash Univ.-St. Louis)
Related Words: equilibrium, orders, quantum, systems
Glassy Dynamics and Unusual Thermodynamics on Curved SurfacesYesYes
2009-03-23bblunch
Miller, Cole (Univ. Maryland)
Related Words: black, holes
Black Holes in Dense Star ClustersYesNo
2009-02-25colloqThe Many Faces of the Global Energy Challenge Viewed Through a Global ObservatoryYesYes
2009-02-25plecture
Sarma, Sankar Das (University of Maryland)
Quantum RealityYesNo
2009-02-09bblunchLow Dimensional Electron Systems: A Landscape of Graphene, Quantum Hall Effects, MOSFET, Luttinger Liquid, and BeyondYesNo
2009-02-02bblunchWhat is String Theory?YesNo
2009-01-26bblunch
Sigurdsson, Steinn (Penn State Univ)
Related Words: clusters
Emergent Phenomena in Negative Heat Capacity Systems: Fundamental Physics from Dense Star ClustersYesNo
2008-12-11resident
Berkowitz, Jacob (KITP Journalist in Residence)
Related Words: science
Speak Science to Me: Turning Alogrithms into AlliterationYesNo
2008-12-10colloqHarmony in Scattering Amplitudes: From Quantum Chromodynamics to GravityYesYes
2008-12-09friends
Gross, David (Henry Yang)
Related Words: kitp, physics, string, theory, welcome
Inauguration of the Drs. Ann and Myron Rice Family Fund for the KITPYesNo
2008-12-08bblunch
Kane, Charlie (Univ. of Penn)
Related Words: topological
Topological Band Theory and the Quantum Spin Hall EffectYesNo
2008-12-03colloq
Atterton, Dennis (J. Kuchera-Morin)
Sonal Atoms - Atomic Decomposition/Composition of Sound and, Experiencing the Quantum Realm - Visualizing and Sonifying the Bloch Sphere and Time Dependent Schrodinger EquationYesNo
2008-11-24bblunchThe Truth is Out There: How Large Sky Surveys Are Reshaping our Picture of the Milky WayYesNo
2008-11-20friends
Kollmeier, Juna (Carnegie Observatories)
The Great Escape: Hypervelocity Stars in the Milky WayYesNo
2008-11-17bblunch
Mezard, Marc (University of Paris-Sud)
Information Flow on Trees, Reconstruction...and GlassesYesNo
2008-11-05plecture
Freedman, Michael (Microsoft Station Q)
Topology, Physics, and Complexity: The Birthing of the Quantum ComputerYesYes
2008-10-31resident
Berkowitz, Jacob (KITP Journalist in Residence)
Related Words: science
Exploring the "I" in ScienceYesYes
2008-10-24resident
Berkowitz, Jacob (KITP Journalist in Residence)
Related Words: science
Science, Story and the Re-Creation of the WorldYesNo
2008-10-17resident
Berkowitz, Jacob (KITP)
Related Words: science
Bridging Two Cultures: Science and JournalismYesNo
2008-10-15colloqThe Elusiveness of Polymer KnotsYesNo
2008-10-08colloq
Imry, Yoseph (Weizmann Inst. of Science)
Slow Relaxation and Aging in the Electron GlassYesYes
2008-10-06bblunch
Blitz, Leo (UC Berkeley)
Related Words: gas
Galaxy EvolutionYesNo
2008-09-24colloq
Peliti, Luca (Univ. Federico II)
The Puzzle of the Evolutionary Dynamics of InfluenzaYesYes
2008-09-22bblunch
Kreitman, Martin (Univ. of Chicago)
Single Nucleotide PolymorphismYesNo
2008-09-15bblunch
Emig, Thorsten (Universite Paris Sud)
Overview of Fluctuation ForcesYesNo
2008-08-12colloq
Socolow, Robert (Princeton Univ.)
Technologies for Living in a GreenhouseYesYes
2008-07-30plecture
Dijkgraaf, Robbert (University of Amsterdam)
Related Words: geometry, ii, iii, matrix, models, strings, theory
Mathematics and the Quantum UniverseYesNo
2008-06-23bblunchOverview of Boundary Layers in the EarthYesNo
2008-06-09bblunch
Kushner, Paul (University of Toronto)
Related Words: climate, polar
Climate Models and Climate SensitivityYesYes
2008-05-31lhct_c08
Abo-Shaeer, Amir (Dos Pueblos HS Engineering Academy)
First National Robotics Program: You can do it (and we have).YesNo
2008-05-31lhct_c08
Arce, Ayana Holloway (UC Berkeley)
What the LHC is and How We'll Use ItYesNo
2008-05-31lhct_c08
McFarland, Kevin (Univ. of Rochester)
"What do you mean you don't work at the LHC?" A report from the other frontiers of particle physics.YesYes
2008-05-31lhct_c08
Ross, Rachel (Las Cumbres Observatory)
Related Words: lcogt
Overview of the LCOGT: A Network of 0.4-1.0 Meter Telescopes for EducationYesYes
2008-05-31lhct_c08
Sundrum, Raman (Johns Hopkins Univ.)
LHC and the World of Extra DimensionsYesYes
2008-05-31lhct_c08Led by David GrossYesNo
2008-05-31lhct_c08
Wells, James (CERN & Univ. of Michigan)
Related Words: lhc
Exploring the Cosmos with the LHCYesYes
2008-05-22colloq
Learned, John (Univ. of Hawaii)
Related Words: neutrinos
Hanohano: Mobile Neutrino Detectors for Mixing, Masses, Geology, and Reactor SnoopingNoYes
2008-05-21colloqEngaging Diamonds in the Quantum Age -- UCSB Faculty Research LectureshipYesNo
2008-05-19bblunch
Tobias, Steve (University of Leeds)
Related Words: dynamo, dynamos, solar, transport
Dynamo Theory from Experiments to Galaxy Clusters (via planets and stars)YesYes
2008-05-12bblunch
Csaki, Csaba (Cornell)
Searching for the Origin of Electroweak Symmetry Breaking at the LHCYesNo
2008-04-25resident
Ouellette, Jennifer (Science Journalist in Residence)
Related Words: inside
Symmetry and Aesthetics in Physics and MathematicsYesNo
2008-04-21bblunch
Fradkin, Eduardo (University of Illinois)
Related Words: quantum, systems
Can You Hear the Shape of Schroedinger's Cat?YesNo
2008-04-18resident
Ouellette, Jennifer (Science Journalist in Residence)
Related Words: inside
Communicating Across Disciplinary BarriersYesNo
2008-04-16colloqInflationary Theory, String Theory and the CMBYesNo
2008-04-14bblunch
Wang, Sam (Princeton)
Scaling and the Single NeuronYesYes
2008-04-07bblunch
Burns, Joseph (Cornell)
Saturn's Rings: Our Local Astrophysical DiskYesNo
2008-04-06plecture
Wang, Sam (Princeton Univ)
Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys but Never Forget How to Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday LifeYesYes
2008-04-04resident
Ouellette, Jennifer (Science Journalist in Residence)
Related Words: inside
Inside the Actor's Studio: Tools and Techniques for Becoming a Better SpeakerYesNo
2008-03-27resident
Ouellette, Jennifer (Science Journalist in Residence)
Related Words: inside
Interview with the PhysicistYesNo
2008-03-24bblunch
Lemke, Greg (Salk Institute)
Related Words: brain
Building Brain MapsYesNo
2008-03-21resident
Ouellette, Jennifer (Science Journalist in Residence)
Related Words: inside
Just Don't Quote Me: The Perils and Pitfalls of Speaking to the PressYesYes
2008-03-14resident
Ouellette, Jennifer (Science Journalist in Residence)
Related Words: inside
The Art of the Book DealYesYes
2008-03-07resident
Ouellette, Jennifer (David Saltzberg)
Related Words: inside
Inside the Writer's Room: Where Physics and Hollywood CollideYesYes
2008-03-03bblunch
Turok, Neil (DAMTP)
AIMS for AfricaYesYes
2008-02-29resident
Ouellette, Jennifer (Science Journalist in Residence)
Related Words: inside
Press Conference ProtocolYesYes
2008-02-22resident
Ouellette, Jennifer (Science Journalist in Residence)
Related Words: inside
To Blog or Not to Blog? That is the QuestionYesYes
2008-02-20colloq
Rabinovici, Eliezer (Hebrew Univ.)
SESAME- Reality or a Parallel Universe?YesNo
2008-02-15resident
Ouellette, Jennifer (Science Journalist in Residence)
Related Words: inside
Finding Your NarrativeYesYes
2008-02-11bblunch
Wells, James (CERN & Univ. of Michigan)
Related Words: lhc
Why is Everyone so Excited about the LHC?YesNo
2008-02-06colloq
Harnik, Roni (Stanford)
The LHC, New Symmetries and New ForcesYesNo
2008-02-04bblunch
Yaffe, Larry (University of Washington)
Related Words: discussion, hot
What Might Be Going On At RHIC?YesNo
2008-01-24plectureCitizen-Scientists and the Dawn of the Space AgeYesYes
2008-01-14bblunch
Sperhake, Ulrich (Univ Jena)
Brown, Duncan (Syracuse)
Related Words: gravitational, ligo, wave
Overview: Interplay between Numerical Relativity and Data AnalysisYesNo
2007-12-10bblunch
Sigrist, Manfred (ETH-Honggerberg)
Chiral p-wave Superconductivity in Sr2RuO4YesNo
2007-12-04plecture
Lewis, Nate (Caltech)
Challenges for Global EnergyYesYes
2007-11-28colloq
Hitlin, David (Caltech)
The Future of Heavy Flavor PhysicsYesNo
2007-11-19bblunch
Hastings, Matthew (Los Alamos)
How Difficult is Quantum Many-Body Theory?YesNo
2007-11-14friends
Abel, Tom (KIPAC)
Related Words: first, phase, space, stars, universe
The First Things in the UniverseYesNo
2007-10-24colloqThe Question of Pairing Glue in the Cuprate SuperconductorsYesNo
2007-10-01bblunch
Abel, Tom (Stanford)
Related Words: first, phase, space, stars, universe
Formation of the First Stars in the UniverseYesYes
2007-09-26colloqCrackling Noise: Learning from Magnets about Earthquakes?YesNo
2007-09-24bblunch
Khomskii, Daniel (Univ. Koeln)
Correlated Electrons: Charges, Spins, Orbitals and All ThatYesNo
2007-08-27bblunch
Brink, Jeroen van den (Univ. Leiden)
Related Words: spin
Overview of the MOTTERIALS07 ProgramYesNo
2007-08-20bblunchOverview of Star FormationYesYes
2007-08-08colloq
Genzel, Reinhard (Max Planck & UC Berkeley)
The Nuclear Star Cluster and Central Massive Black HoleYesYes
2007-07-23bblunch
Ruoff, Peter (University of Stavanger)
Tyson, John (Virginia Polytechnic)
How Do Cells Compute?YesYes
2007-07-23utheory_m07
Graham, Noah (Middlebury College)
An Introduction to Solitons and OscillonsYesYes
2007-05-30colloqSearching for Gravitational WavesYesYes
2007-05-23colloq
Militzer, Burkhard (Carnegie Institution of Washington)
Understanding the Interiors and Evolution of Giant Planets Through First-Principles Computer SimulationsYesYes
2007-05-04colloq
Pomeau, Yves (Ecole Normale Sup)
Optical Solitons as Quantum ObjectsYesNo
2007-05-02colloq
Heuvel, Ed van den (University of Amsterdam)
Related Words: binaries, ray, x, x-ray
The European Discovery of AustraliaYesYes
2007-04-11colloqCopernicanism and the Catholic Church in the Early Seventeenth Century: New and Old Science in ContextYesYes
2007-04-11plecture
Kirshner, Robert (Harvard University)
Einstein's Blunder Undone: The Discovery of Cosmic AccelerationYesYes
2007-04-09bblunch
Rajewsky, Nikolaus (MDC-Berlin)
Evolution of Molecular NetworksYesNo
2007-04-02bblunch
Stefano, Rosanne Di (Harvard CfA)
Related Words: ia, progenitors, type
Paths to Explosion: What are the Progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae?YesNo
2007-03-26bblunch
Gurarie, Victor (U Colorado)
Related Words: atoms, topological
Non-Abelian Statistics with Cold AtomsYesNo
2007-03-17snovaet_c07The Life of a StarYesYes
2007-03-17snovaet_c07Led by David GrossYesNo
2007-03-17snovaet_c07
Gross, David (KITP Director)
Related Words: kitp, physics, string, theory, welcome
WelcomeYesNo
2007-03-17snovaet_c07Cosmic Acceleration Revealed by Exploding StarsYesYes
2007-03-17snovaet_c07
Ross, Rachel (Las Cumbres Obs.)
Related Words: lcogt
LCOGT: A Network of 0.4-1.0 Meter Telescopes for EducationYesYes
2007-03-17snovaet_c07
Schatz, Hendrik (Michigan State Univ.)
Forging the Elements during Stellar DeathYesYes
2007-03-17snovaet_c07
Heuvel, Edward van den (Univ. Amsterdam)
Gamma-Ray Bursts: Probes of Star Formation in the Early UniverseYesYes
2007-03-12bblunchThe Mysterious Glass TransitionYesNo
2007-02-26bblunch
Lässig, Michael (University of Cologne)
Related Words: evolution
The Arrow of Time in BiologyYesNo
2007-02-12bblunch
Zoller, Peter (University of Innsbruck)
Related Words: atomic, atoms, cold, lattice, open, physics, quantum
Radzihovsky, Leo (University of Colorado)
Related Words: cold
Condensed Matter Physics with Cold Atomic Gases: an Oxymoron or a New Frontier?YesNo
2007-02-07plectureIntellectual Courage and Scientific Ballooning-- Exploring Landscapes Near & FarNoYes
2007-02-05bblunchExploding Stars for Fun and ProfitYesNo
2007-01-29bblunchSex, Food, Stress, Longevity: the ConnectionsYesNo
2007-01-25lnotes
Gross, David (Director)
Related Words: kitp, physics, string, theory, welcome
Is the Universe Just Right for Life?NoYes
2007-01-22bblunch
Jacobson, Ted (University of Maryland)
Related Words: black, discussion
The Puzzles of Spacetime SingularitiesYesNo
2007-01-08bblunch
Neto, Antonio Castro (Boston University)
Drawing Conclusions from Graphene: from Particle Physics to TransistorsYesNo
2006-12-07colloq
Kulkarni, Shri (Caltech)
The Space Interferometer Mission: Parallaxes, Planets and MoreYesYes
2006-11-17residentThe 10 Most Beautiful ExperimentsNoNo
2006-11-08friendsWelcome Newcomers!YesNo
2006-11-03residentString Wars, Part 2NoNo
2006-10-30bblunch
Steinmetz, Matthias (Astrophys. Inst. Potsdam)
Related Words: formation, galaxy
Understanding Galaxy Formation: Prospects and ChallengesYesNo
2006-10-25resident
Johnson, George (KITP Journalist in Residence)
Johnson, George (Science Journalist in Residence)
Strange Beauty: The Unauthorized Biography of Murray Gell-Mann[Podcast][Aud][Cam] KITP ColloquiumYesNo
2006-10-23bblunch
Dine, Michael (UCSC)
Related Words: string, theory
Prospects for a String PhenomenologyYesNo
2006-10-20resident
Johnson, George (Science Journalist in Residence)
The String WarsNoNo
2006-10-16bblunchCosmic Strings and SuperstringsYesNo
2006-10-13resident
Johnson, George (Science Journalist in Residence)
The Word Problem -- The Perils of Turning Physics Into ProseNoNo
2006-10-02bblunch
Schneider, Peter (Inst. für Astrophysik)
Gravitational Lensing: An OverviewYesNo
2006-09-20colloq
Mussardo, Giuseppe (SISSA)
Related Words: integrable, theories
Ludwig Boltzmann -- A Disordered GeniusYesNo
2006-09-11bblunch
Lawler, Greg (University of Chicago)
Random Planar Curves and the Schramm-Loewner EvolutionYesNo
2006-08-21bblunch
Kane, Gordy (University of Michigan)
Related Words: string, theory
String Phenomenology -- What Could That Be?YesNo
2006-08-14bblunch
Gruzberg, Ilya (University of Chicago)
Related Words: stochastic
What is Stochastic Geometry?YesNo
2006-08-07bblunch
Schafer, Ken (Louisiana State University)
Related Words: attosecond
The Quest for Attosecond PulsesYesNo
2006-07-31bblunch
Kellogg, Louise (UCD)
Related Words: 4, geodyn, mixing
Dynamics of the Earth's MantleYesNo
2006-07-26plecture
Karma, Alain (Northeastern)
Bringing Order to Chaotic HeartsYesYes
2006-07-03bblunch
White, Simon (Max Planck Institute)
Fundamentalist Physics: Why Dark Energy May Be Bad for AstronomyYesNo
2006-06-23bblunch
Myers, Rob (Perimeter Institute)
Related Words: 4, beyond
Scanning New Horizons: GR Beyond 4 DimensionsYesNo
2006-06-05bblunchBlack Holes and Binary Black Holes in Galactic NucleiYesNo
2006-05-24colloqVan der Waals Forces for Geeks, Geckos, and Grad StudentsYesYes
2006-05-22bblunch
Bensimon, David (ENS-LPS)
Challenges of Single Molecules and Single Cells StudiesYesNo
2006-05-17colloq
Hamilton, Andrew (University Colorado)
Inside Black HolesYesNo
2006-05-10colloq
Rice, Bill (UCSB)
Reproductive Interactions Between the Sexes: Sexual Conflict or Mutualistic Sexual Selection?YesNo
2006-05-08bblunch
Flatté, Michael (University of Iowa)
Towards Quantum Computation Via Semiconductor SpintronicsYesNo
2006-05-03colloq
Mehra, Rajnish (UCSB & National Bureau of Economic Research)
The Equity Premium: Why is it a Puzzle?YesYes
2006-05-03plecturePutting Weirdness to Work: Quantum Information ScienceNoYes
2006-05-01bblunch
Nayak, Chetan (Microsoft Project Q)
The Quantum Hall Effect and Topological Quantum ComputationYesNo
2006-04-24colloq
Clarke, John (UC Berkeley)
Two-Coupled Flux Qubits with Controllable InteractionNoYes
2006-04-12colloq
Heuvel, Ed van den (Universiteit van Amsterdam)
Related Words: binaries, ray, x, x-ray
Historical Notes on the Dutch and American-Dutch "schools" in Astronomy and Their Relations with PhysicsYesYes
2006-04-12friendsQuantum Crystals, Quantum Choreography and Quantum ComputingYesYes
2006-04-10bblunch
Phillips, Rob (Caltech)
Physical Biology of the CellYesNo
2006-04-03bblunch
MacDonald, Allan (University of Texas)
Spintronics for Fun and ProfitYesNo
2006-03-13bblunch
Freedman, Michael (Microsoft)
Topological Phases of Matter and ComputationYesNo
2006-03-10friends
Verostko, Roman (Channa Horwitz)
Strings, Strokes, StructuresYesNo
2006-03-06bblunch
Kulkarni, Shri (Caltech)
Cataclysmic and Catastrophic Cosmic Explosions: The Next FrontierYesNo
2006-02-15colloq
Gregory, Ruth (University of Durham)
It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That String ... or, Can We Really Have Black Strings in Higher Dimensions?YesNo
2006-02-08colloq
Morrison, David (Duke University)
Related Words: aspects, duality, ii, mathematical, string
Decay of False VacuaYesNo
2006-02-01friendsThe Physics of CaliforniaYesYes
2006-01-30bblunchThe Supernova/gamma-ray Burst Connection from the Eyes of a Mechanism TheoristYesNo
2006-01-11colloqFun with Dark EnergyYesYes
2005-11-09colloq
Kitaev, Alexei (Microsoft)
Anyons in an Exactly Solved Model and BeyondYesYes
2005-11-03friends
Morrison, David (Duke University)
Related Words: aspects, duality, ii, mathematical, string
Stalking the Shape of the Universe: Geometrical Structures and Physical RealityYesNo
2005-10-26colloq
Bjorken, James (Stanford)
From Dark Energy to the MultiverseYesNo
2005-10-26plecture
Atiyah, Sir Michael (University of Edinburgh)
The Nature of SpaceYesYes
2005-10-10bblunchThe Life of a StarYesYes
2005-09-19bblunch
Robbins, Mark (Johns Hopkins University)
Friction Mechanisms: Lessons from Simple Analytic ModelsYesNo
2005-09-14colloq
Morrison, Dave (Duke University)
Related Words: duality, know, langlands, mirror, symmetry
How Much Mathematics Does a Theoretical Physicist Need to Know?YesNo
2005-09-12bblunch
Ooguri, Hirosi (Caltech)
Related Words: string, strings, theory
Probing Geometry by StringsYesNo
2005-08-29bblunch
Falk, Michael (U Michigan)
Related Words: amorphous, fracture, solids
Friction and Fracture at Atomic and Tectonic ScalesYesNo
2005-08-22bblunch
Nekrasov, Nikita (Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques)
The Standard Model of the Physics-Mathematics InteractionYesNo
2005-07-13plecture
McCleese, Daniel (NASA/JPL)
The Search for Habitable Environments in the Solar SystemYesYes
2005-06-13bblunchHow Astrophysical Disks WorkYesNo
2005-06-08friendsFolding RNAYesYes
2005-06-01colloq
Hořava, Petr (Berkeley)
Universality in Fermi Liquids, D-Branes and K-TheoryYesYes
2005-05-13resident
Siegfried, Tom (Science Journalist in Residence)
Related Words: science
Writing for National MagazinesYesNo
2005-05-09bblunch
Mészáros, Peter (Penn State)
Waxman, Eli (Weizmann)
Related Words: energy, high
Current Prospects in Ultra-High Energy AstrophysicsYesNo
2005-05-06resident
Siegfried, Tom (Science Journalist in Residence)
Related Words: science
Writing for the PublicYesNo
2005-04-27plectureAlbert Einstein the PeacenikYesYes
2005-04-25bblunch
Ball, Robin C. (University Warwick)
Emergent Fermions in Arbitrary DimensionYesNo
2005-04-22resident
Siegfried, Tom (Science Journalist in Residence)
Related Words: science
Manipulating the Media or How to Get in Science TimesYesNo
2005-04-20colloqSpacetime in String TheoryYesYes
2005-04-18resident
Siegfried, Tom (Science Journalist in Residence)
Related Words: science
Science Journalism from First Principles[Aud][Cam] KITP Blackboard LunchYesNo
2005-04-13colloq
Diamond, Sara (Banff & UCLA)
Science and the Art of VisualizationYesYes
2005-04-11bblunch
Spruit, Henk (Max-Planck Astrophysics)
Related Words: disks
Introduction of the Jets and Disks ProgramYesNo
2005-04-04bblunch
Halsey, Thomas C. (ExxonMobil Research & Engineering)
The World in a Grain of Sand: A Perspective on Granular PhysicsNoNo
2005-03-14bblunch
Morr, Dirk (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Related Words: quantum
Quantum Photography and Quantum Drums or How to Take Pictures and Play Music in the Quantum WorldYesNo
2005-03-07bblunch
Drell, Sid (SLAC)
The Gravest Danger--Nuclear WeaponsYesNo
2005-03-04star_c05Introduction of Jeremy Lawrence (William Storm, American Southwest Theatre Company)NoNo
2005-02-14bblunch
Norman, Mike (Argonne National Laboratory)
Fermi Surfaces and Quantum Critical PointsYesNo
2005-02-13bblunch
Chan, Moses (Penn State University)
Related Words: state, supersolid
Ceperley, David (University of Illinois)
The Supersolid State of MatterYesNo
2005-02-07bblunch
Creutz, Michael (Brookhaven National Lab)
Spontaneous CP Violation in the Strong Interactions and Quark Mass AmbiguitiesYesNo
2005-02-02plectureGenetic Predispositions for Cancers in HumansYesNo
2005-01-31bblunchLattice Gauge Theory From Confinement to Extreme EnvironmentsYesNo
2005-01-26colloqFact and Fiction in the Cosmological LiteratureYesYes
2005-01-24bblunch
Coleman, Piers (Rutgers)
Related Words: phase
Quantum Phase Transitions - A New Challenge in the Cryostat and Possibly Also the CosmosYesNo
2005-01-19colloq
Libchaber, Albert (Rockefeller)
Some Physical Aspects of the Origin of Life and of Artificial CellsYesYes
2005-01-05colloq
Archuleta, Ralph (Institute for Crustal Studies)
Earthquakes May be Even More Dangerous: Supershear Rupture VelocitiesNoYes