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TASI Public Lecture - Wednesday, June 18 “Unraveling the quantum secrets of black holes”

Veronica R Lingo — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 22:48:37 +0000

TASI Public Lecture - Wednesday, June 18 “Unraveling the quantum secrets of black holes” Veronica R Lingo Wed, 06/04/2025 - 16:48

Presented by: Luca Iliesiu
University of California, Berkeley

Wednesday, June 18th, 2025
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Duane Physics and Astrophysics Building, room G1B20

2000 Colorado Ave,
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Price: free

Abstract: Black holes are often portrayed as cosmic vacuum cleaners that swallow everything, even light. In reality, they are far richer and more revealing: each black hole is a natural laboratory where the two great pillars of modern physics — Einstein’s general relativity and quantum mechanics — meet head-on. In this talk, we will venture from the known, the black holes that we can observe in our sky, into the unknown, where we begin to understand how black holes obey the rules of quantum mechanics. No math background is needed — just curiosity about how the darkest objects in the cosmos shed light on some of the deepest questions in physics.

About the speaker: Luca Iliesiu received his BA in Physics from Princeton University in 2015. He remained there for his PhD, which he received in 2020. He was then appointed as a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University, where he was part of the Simons Ultra Quantum Matter Collaboration, before becoming faculty at Berkeley in 2024. Iliesiu has a broad set of interests in quantum field theory, quantum gravity, and their relation to particle and condensed matter physics. On the gravity side, he seeks to understand how gravitational objects, such as black holes, obey the rules of quantum mechanics. On the quantum field theory side, he is interested in understanding the space of such theories using analytic and numerical constraints. Recent research highlights include resolving the longstanding problem of the breakdown of thermodynamics for low-temperature black holes, recovering the integer degeneracy of supersymmetric black hole microstates by solely using the gravitational path integral, or understanding how global symmetries are violated in quantum gravity due to non-perturbative effects.

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2024 TASI students study frontiers of particle theory

Anonymous — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 17:28:08 +0000

2024 TASI students study frontiers of particle theory Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 07/23/2024 - 11:28

Kirsten Apodaca

The Theoretical Advanced Study Institute in Elementary Particle Physics (TASI) recently concluded its 40th year, bringing 65 students from around the world to ɫ��ֱ�� to delve into the “Frontiers of Particle Theory.”

Supported by the National Science Foundation and the ɫ��ֱ��, TASI brings graduate students to ɫ��ֱ�� every summer to explore an advanced topic in theoretical particle physics presented by distinguished lecturers. Professors Oliver DeWolfe and Ethan Neil serve as local organizers and Co-Directors of TASI.

“As in previous years, we were delighted to host a large group of talented particle theory graduate students here in ɫ��ֱ�� for this year’s TASI summer school,” said DeWolfe and Neil.

They added, “TASI was a great success, with four weeks of intense interactions among the students and expert lecturers from around the world who shared their knowledge on a wide variety of particle physics topics, including an emphasis on the use of cutting-edge machine learning and artificial intelligence methods.”

As part of the summer program’s outreach efforts, Dr. Ben Nachmann from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory presented a public lecture on the use of AI to study fundamental interactions in particle physics.

DeWolfe and Neil expressed praise for the scientific organizers behind the school’s focus each year. “A rotating set of external scientific organizers ensures that the school’s focus is always topical and interesting.” This year’s external organizers were Professors Nathaniel Craig (UC Santa Barbara), Tongyan Lin (UC San Diego) and Jesse Thaler (MIT).

Visit the TASI 2024 website to learn more about this year’s program and view lectures. Applications for TASI 2025 open in January and will be due March 1, 2025.

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TASI Public Lecture, Monday, June 17: "Reimagining the Exploration of Fundamental Interactions with AI"

Anonymous — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 16:28:56 +0000

TASI Public Lecture, Monday, June 17: "Reimagining the Exploration of Fundamental Interactions with AI" Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:28

Presented by: Dr. Benjamin Nachman, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Monday, June 17th, 2024
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Duane Physics and Astrophysics Building, room G1B20

2000 Colorado Ave,
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Price: free

Abstract: Particle, nuclear, and astrophysics experiments are producing massive amounts of data to answer fundamental questions about the basic constituents of our universe. While researchers in these areas have been using advanced data science tools for decades, modern machine learning has introduced a paradigm shift whereby data can be directly analyzed holistically without first compressing it into a more manageable and human understandable format. How will the machines help us explore the unknown? Can they be trusted to give us the right answers? I’ll attempt to address these questions and others with a talk about the use of modern machine learning, including generative AI, in the study of fundamental interactions.

About the speaker: Dr. Benjamin Nachman is a staff scientist in the Physics Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California. His research focuses on the use of cutting-edge machine learning for data analysis in particle physics. He is a member of the ATLAS collaboration, an experiment using the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.

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