Professor Immanuel Bloch presents "Realizing Feynman’s Dream of a Quantum Simulator"
The next Café KITP at SOhO features Mike McCourt. Join him over dinner and drinks as he discusses gas clouds in the darkest reaches of galaxies and explains how they can be understood as a cosmic analog of fog. The event is on Wednesday, October 19, 2016, 6-7pm. Doors open at 5:00 pm.
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The next Café KITP at SOhO, features Sophie Renner. Join her over dinner and drinks as she discusses the bumps in the light and clues us in to new particles that may make the Higgs look like chopped liver. The event is on Wednesday, June 22, 2016, 6-7pm. Doors open at 5:00 pm.
I am sad to share the news that Professor Walter Kohn, ITP's Founding Director, has passed away.
Professor Zvi Bern presents "Do I have to draw you a diagram? A tale of quantum gravity"
The next Café KITP at SOhO, features Tim Hsieh. Join him over dinner and drinks as he wrestles with the mysterious nature of quantum entanglement and highlights its increasingly central role in future computers, new phases of matter, and the actual nature of spacetime itself. The event is on Wednesday, May 4, 2016, 6-7pm. Doors open at 5:00 pm.
The Winter 2016 KITP Newsletter has now been released! The Fall 2016 issue should arrive in October 2016. Winter 2016 Newsletter
A KITP program participant explains how math used in sewing and knitting also describes cosmic curvature
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Julie Cohen, UCSB Public Affairs & Communication
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2016