Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
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At KITP on the UC Santa Barbara campus, researchers in theoretical physics and allied fields collaborate on questions at the leading edges of science. www.kitp.ucsb.edu
Watch How to shape an organ? A physics journey, from ears to flowers by Anne-Lise Routier-Kierzkowska (Montreal), in the latest #KITP Blackboard Lunch talk from the ongoing program Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants (#morpho26) youtu.be/24-MdrFAP0U 👂️🌺
Starting with eccentricity. We just published a post-Newtonian theory inspired framework to smoothly and efficiently calculate eccentricity from gravitational waves up to very close to merger. Check out arxiv.org/abs/2502.02739
Welcome to the AI for Quantum Matter (#aiqmatter26) program at KITP! July 27, 2026 - October 8, 2026 buff.ly/oUCxCH8
Welcome to the Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants (#morpho26) program at KITP! July 20 - August 20, 2026 buff.ly/nXgYT4j
I was lucky enough to spend a few days at the Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics recently, observing an interdisciplinary group of scientists as they grappled with the limits of language in the face of biological complexity. My scene report: clairelevans.substack.com/p/report-fro...
Report from Goleta
An account of three days haunting the halls of the Institute for Theoretical Physics.
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Watch: "Follow-up on Mainau Declaration 2024: The Threat of Nuclear War" KITP Permanent Member and UC Santa Barbara Chancellor's Chair in Theoretical Physics, David J. Gross joins a panel for the 75th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. mediatheque.lindau-nobel.org/recordings/4...
Follow-up on Mainau Declaration 2024: The Threat of Nuclear War - Lectures | Lindau Mediatheque
David J. Gross, W. E. Moerner, Brian P. Schmidt
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Check out this fun and informative FORCE OF NATURE video by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation! At KITP @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social, we can attest that Professor David Gross, Chancellor's Chair in Theoretical Physics and KITP Permanent Member, is a force of nature. 🧪 youtu.be/TQZT5RZ5QXI?...
FORCE OF NATURE: David Gross: 2026 Special Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
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Read about the research by KITP postdoc @fatihdinc.bsky.social news.ucsb.edu/2026/022632/...
New mathematical frameworks reveal how stable thoughts emerge from chaotic brain activity
Postdoc Fatih Dinc has been recognized by the the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics for his work developing a bridge between mathematics and neuroscience.
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Watch the latest #KITP Blackboard Lunch talk, Learning with the flow by Karen Alim (TU Munich), scientific coordinator of the ongoing program: Biological Learning without a Brain buff.ly/OykdfTR #brainless26 🧠
Learning with the flow | Karen Alim (TU Munich)
The purpose of these Blackboard Talk lunches is for the science of one program to be explained to the other KITP program participants. These talks lead to cross program communications that work…
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Is learning useful as a metaphor ? An exciting Friday discussion during the Brainless learning program at the @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social
So happy to be to the Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics for a program on learning in non neural systems @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social if you are around Hit me up
So happy to be back at the @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social for an amazing program on „Biological learning without a Brain „ I highly recommend that you watch the online talks that should be updated everyday from now on: online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/brain...
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics@kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · last mo.Welcome to the Biological Learning without a Brain (#brainless26) program at KITP! June 22, 2026 - July 16, 2026 buff.ly/VPhTmGu 🧠
Welcome to the Biological Learning without a Brain (#brainless26) program at KITP! June 22, 2026 - July 16, 2026 buff.ly/VPhTmGu 🧠
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Watch Prof. Mehran Kardar (MIT) discuss whether the Casimir force can be made repulsive, and why true levitation remains elusive in equilibrium, in the latest #KITP Public Lecture
The Force of Nothing: Attraction, Repulsion, and Motion in the Quantum Void | Mehran Kardar (MIT)
The quantum vacuum is filled with fluctuations of the electromagnetic field. When material boundaries constrain these fluctuations, they exert measurable forces: the Casimir effect describes an…
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Watch the latest #KITP Blackboard Lunch talk, When Evo Met Eco in Microbial Communities by Sergei Maslov (Univ. of Illinois)
When Evo Met Eco in Microbial Communities | Sergei Maslov (Univ. of Illinois)
The purpose of these Blackboard Talk lunches is for the science of one program to be explained to the other KITP program participants. These talks lead to cross program communications that work…
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Congratulations to KITP Director Lars Bildsten! news.osu.edu/astrophysici...
Astrophysicist and Ohio State alumnus awarded Joseph Sullivant Medal
Lars Bildsten, the Frederick W. Gluck Chair in Theoretical Physics and director of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, is the 2026 recipient of ...
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Watch all recorded talks from this week's #KITP Conference: Non-equilibrium Dynamics, from Active Matter to Evolutionary Dynamics (#complexsys-c26)
KITP Conference | Non-equilibrium Dynamics, from Active Matter to Evolutionary Dynamics (#complexsys-c26)
Recorded as part of the KITP Conference "Non-equilibrium Dynamics, from Active Matter to Evolutionary Dynamics" from June 1, 2026 - June 4, 2026. Over the pa...
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Welcome to the #KITP conference on Non-equilibrium Dynamics, from Active Matter to Evolutionary Dynamics (#complexsys-c26)! Learn more at buff.ly/UJxDJFp and stay tuned for recorded talks posted soon at buff.ly/SsfxhRi buff.ly/3bODFfs
Watch the latest #KITP Blackboard Lunch talk, Thermal Avalanches: Growing Dynamical Lengthscales in Glassy Landscapes by Alberto Rosso (CNRS)
Thermal Avalanches: Growing Dynamical Lengthscales in Glassy Landscapes | Alberto Rosso (CNRS)
The purpose of these Blackboard Talk lunches is for the science of one program to be explained to the other KITP program participants. These talks lead to cross program communications that work…
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Welcome to the Coarse-graining Microbial Ecology: from Genes to Physiological Strategies to Communities across Environments (#microeco26) program at KITP! May 18, 2026 - June 18, 2026 buff.ly/X1qKHfS
Welcome to the New Trends in Non-equilibrium Dynamics #complexsys26 program at KITP! May 11 - July 16, 2026 buff.ly/WF8olMH
Watch all recorded talks from this week's #KITP Conference: Beyond Gate-Based Quantum Computing: Defining Quantum Advantage in the Pre-Fault Tolerant Era (#norgate-c26)
KITP Conference | Beyond Gate-Based Quantum Computing: Defining Quantum Advantage in the Pre-Fault Tolerant Era
Recorded as part of the KITP Conference "Beyond Gate-Based Quantum Computing: Defining Quantum Advantage in the Pre-Fault Tolerant Era" from May 4, 2026 - Ma...
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KITP's David Gross - UCSB Physicist Wins Top Global Science Prize #keyt #ucsb keyt.com/news/educati...
UCSB Physicist Wins Top Global Science Prize
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - A University of California, Santa Barbara physicist was awarded one of the most prestigious awards in science, shining a
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Hundreds of qubits but quantum advantage remains elusive. @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social conference brings together researchers from Harvard, MIT, Google, and more to explore what's possible before fault tolerance. More info: www.kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/n... #UCSB #ComputerScience #KITP #QuantumAdvantage
Welcome to the #KITP conference on Beyond Gate-Based Quantum Computing: Defining Quantum Advantage in the Pre-Fault Tolerant Era (#norgate-c26)! Learn more at buff.ly/EOBWFi4 and stay tuned for recorded talks posted soon at buff.ly/4OLR8cd
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
At the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) on the UC Santa Barbara campus, researchers in theoretical physics and allied fields collaborate on questions at the leading edges of science.
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Watch the latest #KITP Blackboard Lunch talk, What is a Nuclear Clock? by Eric Hudson (UCLA)
What is a Nuclear Clock? | Eric Hudson (UCLA)
The purpose of these Blackboard Talk lunches is for the science of one program to be explained to the other KITP program participants. These talks lead to cross program communications that work…
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Welcome to the Thorium-229 Nuclear Clocks (#thclocks-m26) program at KITP! April 27, 2026 - May 8, 2026 Learn more: buff.ly/6IBVVmu
Congratulations to @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social Gluck Professor of Theoretical Physics Lars Bildsten, Director of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, for his election as a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences! news.ucsb.edu/2026/022527/... #kitp #aaas #ucsb #astrophysics 🌟 🧪
Three UCSB professors elected as members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Oceanographer Alice L. Alldredge, astrophysicist Lars Bildsten and engineer Henry T. Yang are among the 252 leaders in academia, the arts, industry, journalism, philanthropy, policy, research and scie...
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Watch the latest #KITP Blackboard Lunch talk, Explaining the Quark Gluon Plasma by Ian Moult (Yale)
Explaining the Quark Gluon Plasma | Ian Moult (Yale)
The purpose of these Blackboard Talk lunches is for the science of one program to be explained to the other KITP program participants. These talks lead to cross program communications that work…
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