Scientific Calendar Event



Description An ICTP Meeting

This School aims to teach a modern course in condensed matter and statistical physics, combining basic concepts with recent structural and interdisciplinary developments, with a special focus on the interactions between information, light and matter. The leitmotif of the school will be to bridge traditional methods and approaches developed in the context of strongly correlated electrons, to interdisciplinary concepts and ideas coming from quantum information theory as well as solid state and atomic physics experiments.
 
The event is aimed at graduate students and junior researchers, and features a combination of theory and computational courses, as well as seminars on experimental progress in the field.

Topics:
  • Statistical Mechanics: from foundations to active matter and quantum information
  • Analytical techniques and (quantum) field theory
  • Numerical techniques: high-level programming and advanced computational methods
  • Coherent dynamics: entanglement, decoherence, phase transitions, driven systems, and chaos in many body physics
  • Topological quantum matter: phases, excitations, and diagnostics
  • Physical platforms - solid state, atoms and photons
Speakers
A. Browaeys, Institut d'Optique, France
P. Calabrese, SISSA, Italy
A. Chandran, Boston Univeristy, USA
J. Chalker, University of Oxford, UK
W. Krauth, Ecole Normale Superieure, France
C. Laumann, Boston Univeristy, USA
M. Levin, Unviersity of Chicago, USA
M. Mueller, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
M. Mueller, University of Aachen, Germany
S. Pappalardi, Universityt of Cologne, Germany
S. Sachdev, Harvard University, USA
M. Stoudenmire, Flatiron Institute, USA
A. Souslov, University of Cambridge, UK
A. Yazdani, Princeton Unviersity, USA
M. Znidaric, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee.

Students based in the US may be sponsored by ICAM for their travel.
Interested Applicants shall mention if they are part of the network in their application.
Go to day
  • Monday, 18 August 2025
    • 09:00 - 17:30
      • 09:00 TBA 1h30'
        Speaker: Silvia PAPPALARDI (University of Cologne)
      • 10:30 Coffe Break 30'
      • 11:00 TBA 1h30'
        Speaker: Ali YAZDANI (Princeton University)
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
      • 14:00 TBA 1h30'
        Speaker: Subir SACHDEV (Harvard University)
      • 15:30 Coffe Break 30'
      • 16:00 TBA 1h30'
        Speaker: Subir SACHDEV (Harvard University)
  • Tuesday, 19 August 2025
    • 09:00 - 17:30
      • 09:00 TBA 1h30'
        Speaker: Subir SACHDEV (Harvard University)
      • 10:30 Coffe Break 30'
      • 11:00 TBA 1h30'
        Speaker: Silvia PAPPALARDI (University of Cologne)
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
      • 14:00 TBA 1h30'
        Speaker: Christopher Richard LAUMANN (Boston University)
      • 15:30 Coffe Break 30'
      • 16:00 TBA 1h30'
        Speaker: Christopher Richard LAUMANN (Boston University)
  • Wednesday, 20 August 2025
    • 09:00 - 17:30
      • 09:00 Sequential Quantum Circuit 1h30'
        Speaker: Xie CHEN (California Institute of Technology)
      • 10:30 Coffe Break 30'
      • 11:00 TBA 1h30'
        Speaker: Silvia PAPPALARDI (University of Cologne)
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
      • 14:00 Poster Session A 1h30'
      • 15:30 Coffe Break 30'
      • 16:00 Poster Session A - continuation 1h30'
  • Thursday, 21 August 2025
    • 09:00 - 17:30
      • 09:00 TBA 1h30'
        Speaker: Christopher Richard LAUMANN (Boston University)
      • 10:30 Coffe Break 30'
      • 11:00 Many-body physics and with arrays of Rydberg atoms - Part I 1h30'
        Speaker: Antoine BROWAEYS (CNRS, France)
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
      • 14:00 Poster Session B 1h30'
      • 15:30 Coffe Break 30'
      • 16:00 Poster Session B - continuation 1h30'
  • Friday, 22 August 2025
    • 09:00 - 14:00
      • 09:00 TBA 1h30'
        Speaker: Anyusha CHANDRAN (Boston University)
      • 10:30 Coffe Break 30'
      • 11:00 Many-body physics and with arrays of Rydberg atoms - Part II 1h30'
        Speaker: Antoine BROWAEYS (CNRS, France)
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
  • Monday, 25 August 2025
    • 09:00 - 17:30
      • 09:00 Random quantum circuits as models for chaotic many-body dynamics - Part I 1h30'
        Speaker: John Timothy CHALKER (University of Oxford)
      • 10:30 Coffe Break 30'
      • 11:00 Topological Phases - Part I 1h30'
        Speaker: Michael LEVIN (University of Chicago)
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
      • 14:00 Poster Session C 1h30'
      • 15:30 Coffe Break 30'
      • 16:00 Poster Session C - continuation 1h30'
  • Tuesday, 26 August 2025
    • 09:00 - 14:00
      • 09:00 Random quantum circuits as models for chaotic many-body dynamics - Part II 1h30'
        Speaker: John Timothy CHALKER (University of Oxford)
      • 10:30 Coffe Break 30'
      • 11:00 Topological Phases - Part II 1h30'
        Speaker: Michael LEVIN (University of Chicago)
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
    • 14:00 - 16:00 Colloquium
      • 14:00 TBA 1h30'
        Speaker: Roderich MOESSNER (MPI, Germany)
      • 15:30 Refreshements 30'
  • Wednesday, 27 August 2025
    • 09:00 - 14:00
      • 09:00 TBA 1h30'
        Speaker: Markus MUELLER (PSI, Switzerland)
      • 10:30 Coffe Break 30'
      • 11:00 Topological Phases - Part III 1h30'
        Speaker: Michael LEVIN
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
  • Thursday, 28 August 2025
    • 09:00 - 17:30
      • 09:00 Random quantum circuits as models for chaotic many-body dynamics - Part III 1h30'
        Speaker: John Timothy CHALKER (University of Oxford)
      • 10:30 Coffe Break 30'
      • 11:00 TBA 1h30'
        Speaker: Anton SOUSLOV (University of Cambridge)
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
      • 14:00 Poster Session D 1h30'
      • 15:30 Coffe Break 30'
      • 16:00 Poster Session D - continuation 1h30'
  • Friday, 29 August 2025
    • 09:00 - 17:30
      • 09:00 TBA 1h30'
        Speaker: Anton SOUSLOV (University of Cambridge)
      • 10:30 Coffe Break 30'
      • 11:00 TBA 1h30'
        Speaker: Markus MUELLER (PSI, Switzerland)
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
      • 14:00 Quasiparticle picture: from entanglement dynamics to quantum Mpemba effect - Part I 1h30'
        Speaker: Pasquale CALABRESE (Sissa, Italy)
      • 15:30 Coffe Break 30'
      • 16:00 TBA 1h30'
        Speaker: Markus MUELLER (PSI, Switzerland)
  • Monday, 1 September 2025
    • 09:00 - 17:30
      • 09:00 Quasiparticle picture: from entanglement dynamics to quantum Mpemba effect - Part II 1h30'
        Speaker: Pasquale CALABRESE (Sissa, Italy)
      • 10:30 Coffe Break 30'
      • 11:00 Quasiparticle picture: from entanglement dynamics to quantum Mpemba effect - Part III 1h30'
        Speaker: Pasquale CALABRESE (Sissa, Italy)
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
      • 14:00 Quantum chaos and effective non-unitarity in many-body physics - Part I 1h30'
        Speaker: Marko ZNIDARIC (University of Ljubljana)
      • 15:30 Coffe Break 30'
      • 16:00 Quantum chaos and effective non-unitarity in many-body physics - Part II 1h30'
        Speaker: Marko ZNIDARIC (University of Ljubljana)
  • Tuesday, 2 September 2025
    • 09:00 - 17:30
      • 09:00 TBA 1h30'
        Speaker: Werner KRAUTH (Ecole Normale Superieure, France)
      • 10:30 Coffe Break 30'
      • 11:00 Quantum chaos and effective non-unitarity in many-body physics - Part III 1h30'
        Speaker: Marko ZNIDARIC (University of Ljubljana)
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
      • 14:00 Students' talks 1h30'
      • 15:30 Coffe Break 30'
      • 16:00 Students' talks 1h30'
  • Wednesday, 3 September 2025
    • 09:00 - 17:30
      • 09:00 Tensor Networks: New Methods and Applications - Part I 1h30'
        Speaker: Edwin Miles STOUDENMIRE (Flatiron Institute, USA)
      • 10:30 Coffe Break 30'
      • 11:00 Tensor Networks: New Methods and Applications - Part II 1h30'
        Speaker: Edwin Miles STOUDENMIRE (Flatiron Institute, USA)
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
      • 14:00 Quantum chaos and effective non-unitarity in many-body physics - Part IV 1h30'
        Speaker: Marko ZNIDARIC (University of Ljubljana)
      • 15:30 Coffe Break 30'
      • 16:00 TBA 1h30'
        Speaker: TBC
  • Thursday, 4 September 2025
    • 09:00 - 17:30
      • 09:00 TBA 1h30'
        Speaker: Werner KRAUTH (Ecole Normale Superieure, France)
      • 10:30 Coffe Break 30'
      • 11:00 TBA 1h30'
        Speaker: Werner KRAUTH (Ecole Normale Superieure, France)
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
      • 14:00 Students' talks 1h30'
      • 15:30 Coffe Break 30'
      • 16:00 Students' talks 1h30'
  • Friday, 5 September 2025
    • 09:00 - 14:00
      • 09:00 TBA 1h30'
        Speaker: Werner KRAUTH (Ecole Normale Superieure, France)
      • 10:30 Coffe Break 30'
      • 11:00 Tensor Networks: New Methods and Applications - Part III 1h30'
        Speaker: Edwin Miles STOUDENMIRE (Flatiron Institute, USA)
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'