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    KITP Announces Research Programs for 2027-2028

    Working with KITP's Advisory Board and the international physics community, KITP has developed new programs for the 2027-2028 academic year.

    Applications are now open for participation in all programs.

    View upcoming 2027-2028 programs and apply at https://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/scientific-activities/visit/future-programs.

  • KITP Annual Report 2025 Cover
    Annual Report 2025

    Established in 1979 with an originating grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), KITP is a facility for the theoretical physics community. Our major activities are programs and conferences, which convene more than 1,400 visitors at KITP for both prolonged stays (usually three weeks or longer) and four-day conferences. The institute also benefits from international participation, as over 40% of visitors come from outside the United States. KITP’s mission is to be “the place” where new research is initiated, collaborations are formed and new connections are made across disciplines. High demand keeps our facilities full 50 weeks out of the year!

     

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Talks Schedule

2026

Monday, Oct 05, 2026

  • Simons Amphitheater 10:30AM AI for Quantum Matter

    • Christopher Roth (Texas) Neural network wavefunctions give new insight into electron mediated superconductors
  • Simons Amphitheater 01:30PM Engineering Fractionalization in Quantum Many-Body Systems: From New Quantum Materials to Quantum Simulators

    • Stefan Divic (U. Penn) Coupled-wire theory of crystalline geometric response in quantum Hall fluids

2026

Monday, Oct 05, 2026

  • Simons Amphitheater 10:30AM AI for Quantum Matter

    • Christopher Roth (Texas) Neural network wavefunctions give new insight into electron mediated superconductors
  • Simons Amphitheater 01:30PM Engineering Fractionalization in Quantum Many-Body Systems: From New Quantum Materials to Quantum Simulators

    • Stefan Divic (U. Penn) Coupled-wire theory of crystalline geometric response in quantum Hall fluids

2026

Tuesday, Oct 06, 2026

  • Simons Amphitheater 10:30AM AI for Quantum Matter

    • Community Discussion () Discussions on Automation of Research
  • Simons Amphitheater 01:30PM Engineering Fractionalization in Quantum Many-Body Systems: From New Quantum Materials to Quantum Simulators

    • Pavel Nosov (Harvard) Reshaping the composite Fermi sea: from singular transport to gapless quantum Hall states
  • Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main) 03:30PM Physics Colloquium

    • Xi Dong (UCSB) The Quantum Mechanics of Geometry

2026

Wednesday, Oct 07, 2026

  • Simons Amphitheater 01:30PM Engineering Fractionalization in Quantum Many-Body Systems: From New Quantum Materials to Quantum Simulators

    • Roderich Moessner (MPI-PKS) Dynamical signatures of fractionalisation
  • Simons Amphitheater 03:30PM AI for Quantum Matter

    • Fangjun Hu (Quera Computing) Towards Nontrivial Phases in Generative AI

2026

Thursday, Oct 08, 2026

  • Simons Amphitheater 10:30AM Engineering Fractionalization in Quantum Many-Body Systems: From New Quantum Materials to Quantum Simulators

    • Hans Peter Büchler (Univ. of Stuttgart) Topological phases of matter in blockade structures
  • Simons Amphitheater 03:30PM AI for Quantum Matter

    • Wanda Hou (UCSD) Design a Quantum Data Processing Unit

2026

Friday, Oct 09, 2026

  • Simons Amphitheater 10:30AM Engineering Fractionalization in Quantum Many-Body Systems: From New Quantum Materials to Quantum Simulators

    • Abhijat Sarma (UCSB) Field Theory of the Gutzwiller Projection
  • Simons Amphitheater 01:30PM Engineering Fractionalization in Quantum Many-Body Systems: From New Quantum Materials to Quantum Simulators

    • Yi Li (Johns Hopkins) Strong-coupling Routes to Itinerant Magnetism — Kinetic Magnetism, Interacting Flat Bands, and Multiorbital Correlations

2026

Saturday, Oct 10, 2026

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Sunday, Oct 11, 2026

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Monday, Oct 12, 2026

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Tuesday, Oct 13, 2026

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Wednesday, Oct 14, 2026

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Thursday, Oct 15, 2026

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Friday, Oct 16, 2026

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Saturday, Oct 17, 2026

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Sunday, Oct 18, 2026

No talks scheduled.