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Seminar and Workshop

Emergent Gauge Theories: Bridging Quantum Matter, Quantum Information, and Fundamental Interactions

Scientific coordinators: Jörg Schmalian, Tigran Sedrakyan, Srimoyee Sen

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Focus Workshop

Fluctuations, Quenched Disorder, and Strong Correlations

Scientific coordinators: José Hoyos, Rajesh Narayanan, Matthias Vojta

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The institute offers various opportunities for undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs and faculty members.

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Public Outreach

Our public outreach program aims to make scientific results accessible to the general public. Active scientists speak about their recent work and explain it to a lay public with an interest in natural sciences, or to school children of different ages.

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Talks

CondMat for Dummies: Mean-field spin glasses, split in two (or more) replicas for your convenience

 Federico Balducci (MPI-PKS)

05 Jun 2026, 05:00 PM Seminarroom 4

Emergent Gauge Fields in Quantum Condensed Matter

 Prof Steven Kivelson (Stanford University)

08 Jun 2026, 03:30 PM Seminarroom 1+2+3

IMPRS Seminar: Wave localization in asymmetric dielectric resonators and microlasers

 Stefan Bittner (University of Lorraine, Nancy)

10 Jun 2026, 03:30 PM Seminarroom 4

Talks

Highlights

Publication Highlights

Relaxation Control of Open Quantum Systems

Controlling how fast quantum systems relax toward their steady state is a…

Publication Highlights

Euler buckling on curved surfaces

Nearly three centuries ago, Euler explained how an elastic line buckles under…

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