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Game Theory

The Duval family ignites scientists’ imaginations.
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KITP 2020 Impact Report

Opposing the Tribal Tendency

An excerpt of KITP’s 71st Public Lecture, entitled “Chaos, Black Holes and Quantum Mechanics” presented by Stanford University’s Richard Herschel Weiland Professor of Physics and former KITP Postdoctoral Scholar, Stephen Shenker.
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KITP 2020 Impact Report

A Decade of Climate Physics

Brad Marston reflects on uniting traditional climate scientists and physicists.
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KITP 2020 Impact Report

An Open Archive

Doug Eardley and KITP Online share 20,000+ talks.
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KITP 2020 Impact Report

Opportunity for Good Accidents

Eun-Ah Kim and Frank Zhang take an unexpected leap.
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KITP 2020 Impact Report

40 Years of Science at KITP

Explore four decades of breakthroughs at KITP!
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KITP 2020 Impact Report

KITP Announces Research Programs for 2021-2022

Working with KITP’s Advisory Board and the international physics community, KITP has developed new programs for the 2021-2022 academic year. Ranging from High Precision Gravitational Waves to Machine Learning and the Physics of Climate these twelve programs provide a rich breadth of research opportunities. Applications are now open for participation in all programs. View upcoming 2021-2022 programs and apply at https://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/programs.

KITP Fall 2020 Newsletter

The Fall 2020 KITP Newsletter is now available!
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Behind the Scenes

Financial Assistant Lori Staggs Makes Focusing on Science Easy at KITP
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Susie Groves, Assistant to the Director, KITP
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2020

A* Model

Physicists' innovative model provides insight into the behavior of the black hole at the center of our galaxy.
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Harrison Tasoff, Science Writer, UC Santa Barbara Public Affairs
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2020

An Artistic Dimension

KITP’s longtime artist in residence complements scientific inquiry with artistic creativity.
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Harrison Tasoff, Science Writer, UC Santa Barbara Public Affairs
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2020

Spinning Up a Solution for Spin Liquids

Physicists model an exotic phase of matter in an attempt to solve a decades-old debate.
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Harrison Tasoff, Science Writer, UC Santa Barbara Public Affairs
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2020

Gravity in the Time of Corona

Just over twenty years ago, a physics major approached me after class and said he had a non-physics question. Carlos, a bright, young man from Texas, had trekked to San Francisco for his college experience, pulled by our Jesuit university’s call to nudge, cajole, or push the world toward a more humane future.
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Brandon R. Brown, Professor and Chair of Physics and Astronomy, University of San Francisco and KITP Writer-in-Residence
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2020

Director's Letter - Fall 2020

The banner image shows the excellent KITP staff during a weekly staff meeting on Zoom. Led by our most able and always spirited Chief Administrative Officer, Lisa Stewart, KITP's staff have gone above and beyond over the last eight months to keep KITP front and center for the international physics community.
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Lars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2020

KITP Call for Proposals

Now is the time to submit program pre-proposals or full proposals for the 2022-2023 academic year. Our activities consist of 2-4 month focused research programs. Pre-proposal submissions need not be elaborate — a title, at least two paragraphs explaining the idea, and suggestions for 2-4 organizers and 10-15 key participants, keeping in mind KITP's commitment to diversity and inclusion of under-represented groups. If you feel that your proposed program would benefit from a four day conference, please tell us how you see such an event impacting your program.
 
Proposed coordinators must be willing and able to spend most of the program in residence at KITP. Members of the advisory board will review these pre-proposals and encourage the development of promising ones into full proposals in advance of the late February 2021 board meeting. 

Coming Together, Virtually

Thanks to a bit of ingenuity, collaboration continues unabated at the university’s Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (read more)

Announcing KITP’s October Conferences

Now Accepting Applications for Postdocs in Theoretical Physics

The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara expects to appoint Postdoctoral Scholars in theoretical physics, beginning September 1, 2021. For more information, and to apply, please visit Academic Jobs Online: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/16675. Apply by November 15, 2020 for primary consideration.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

40 Years of Science at KITP

The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) at UC Santa Barbara is the foremost scientific research facility for theorists in physics and allied fields to explore new ideas and to work together intensely on questions at the leading edges of science. Since its origin in 1979, KITP’s driving force has been the exploration and promotion of new areas of scientific study. (read more)

Next Speaker in The National Society of Black Physicists Innovate Seminar Series!

Join Dr. Philip Phillips (University of Illinois) as our speaker at 2:30 PM PDT on August 27th for NSBP Innovate Seminar Series - "Beyond BCS Theory: Exact Model for Superconductivity and Mottness"
More information and registration for the Zoom webinar.