2023 |
- CAFÉ KITP by Jessica N. Howard, Playing dirty: Excavating new particles
- CHALK TALK by Natalia Perkins, Why are we excited about the Kitaev model?
- CHALK TALK by Suri Vaikuntanathan, "Active” Associative Memory
- CHALK TALK by Lina Necib, The Genealogy of the Milky Way and the Search for the Missing Dark Matter
- PUBLIC LECTURE by Shiraz Minwalla, The Search for Quantum Gravity
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2022 |
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CHALK TALK by Ilaria Caiazzo, Tiny but Powerful: Hunting for Extreme White Dwarfs
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PUBLIC LECTURE by Eberhard Bodenschatz, Why Face Masks Work
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CHALK TALK by Giuseppe Mussardo, Generalized Riemann Hypothesis and Brownian Motion
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CAFÉ KITP by Zhu-Xi Luo, Generating Entanglement Through Measurements: A Time to Tear Down and a Time to Build
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BOOK TALK by Nicole Yunger Halpern, Quantum Steampunk: The Physics of Yesterday's Tomorrow
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PUBLIC LECTURE by Richard Neher, Lessons From Other Viruses: How Pandemics Start and End
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PUBLIC LECTURE by Pascale Garaud, Stars: The Ultimate Laboratory for Modern Physics
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2021 |
- CHALK TALK by Laure Zanna, Oceans in a Warming Climate
- BIG IDEAS by May Gade Pedersen, Stellar Symphonies to Stellar Interiors
- BOOK TALK by Patrick McCray, Making Art Work: Art and Technology in the Age of Apollo
- PUBLIC LECTURE by Carlo Rovelli, Where Does Matter That Falls into a Black Hole Go?
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2020 |
- CHALK TALK by Ahmed Almheiri, Is Information Thrown into a Black Hole Lost Forever? Resolving Stephen Hawking’s Black Hole Information Paradox
- PUBLIC LECTURE by Cumrun Vafa, The String Landscape, the Swampland, and Our Universe
- CHALK TALK by Raphael Flauger, Our Quantum Universe
- PUBLIC LECTURE by K. Birgitta Whaley, The Renaissance of Quantum Biology
- BIG IDEAS by Ken Van Tilburg, What is the Nature of Dark Matter?
- PUBLIC LECTURE by Ted Jacobson, The Radiant Universe: The Story of Electromagnetic Waves
- BIG IDEAS by Noah Mitchell, The Physics of Form in Living Matter
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2019 |
- PUBLIC LECTURE by Marc Mezard, Artificial intelligence: success, limits, myths and threats
- CHALK TALK by Ana Bonaca, Uncovering the nature of dark matter with stellar streams in the Milky Way
- CHALK TALK by Aomawa Shields, The Climates of Other Worlds: Searching for the Next Habitable Planet
- PUBLIC LECTURE by Wojciech Zurek, Quantum Theory of the Classical
- PUBLIC LECTURE by Raman Sundrum, Fundamental Physics and the Fifth Dimension
- CHALK TALK by Roser Valenti, All But Frustrating: When Quantum Materials Meet Topology
- PUBLIC LECTURE by Jairo Sinova, From Magnetic Cats to Artificial Intelligence: the Circular Technological Revolution of Spintronics
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2018 |
- PUBLIC LECTURE by Sidney Nagel, Impact and Intrusion
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CHALK TALK by Douglas Jerolmack, The Physics of Debris Flows: Making the Montecito Mudslides
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PUBLIC LECTURE by Asimina Arvanitaki, Novel Directions in the Search for New Physics
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CHALK TALK by Alex Drlica-Wagner, Small Galaxies, Big Science: Probing Fundamental Physics with Dwarf Galaxies
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PUBLIC LECTURE by Stephen Belcher, New Challenges for Climate Science Following the Paris Agreement
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CHALK TALK by Sam Stevenson, Megadrought, Extreme El Nino, and California's Climate Future
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CHALK TALK by James Liao, The Tao of Fish Swimming
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CHALK TALK by Rahul Nandkishore, Quantum Glass
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PUBLIC LECTURE by Stephen Shenker, Chaos, Black Holes and Quantum Mechanics
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CHALK TALK by Louis Kauffman, Revolutions in Knots, Braids and Physics
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2017 |
- PUBLIC LECTURE by Nigel Goldenfeld, Beyond Chaos: The Continuing Enigma of Turbulence
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CHALK TALK by Kaitlin Kratter, Is there a Tatooine? The three-body problem & beyond
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PUBLIC LECTURE by Saul Teukolsky, Black Holes and Gravitational Waves -- Was Einstein Right?
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PUBLIC LECTURE by A. James Hudspeth, How Hearing Happens
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CHALK TALK by Risa Wechsler, Mapping the Dark Cosmos
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CHALK TALK by Rachel Dutton, The Science of Cheese
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CHALK TALK by Mark Bowick, Fragile Objects: The Hard Science of Soft Matter
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CHALK TALK by Greg Huber, Alien Technology 101: From Cells to Neutron Stars
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2016 |
- PUBLIC LECTURE by Curt G. Callan, The Biological Future of Theoretical Physics
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CHALK TALK by Eleni Katifori, Detangling the vascular web: Loops, hierarchies, and the quest for Nature’s design principles
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PUBLIC LECTURE by Zvi Bern, Do I have to draw you a diagram? A tale of quantum gravity
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CHALK TALK by Evan Scannapieco, Why Aren’t the Biggest Galaxies Forming Stars?
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CHALK TALK by Will Detmold, The Secret Life of Quarks
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PUBLIC LECTURE by Immanuel Bloch, Realizing Feynman's Dream of a Quantum Simulator
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2015 |
- PUBLIC LECTURE by Conny Aerts, KITP Starquakes and Exoplanets in the Milky Way
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CHALK TALK by Eric Agol, Exoplanet Dynamics: What We Know from Kepler
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CHALK TALK by Ted Jacobson, A Century of Black Holes: Enigmas, Insights and Paradoxes
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PUBLIC LECTURE by Andreas Kronfeld, KITP Weight, Weight... Do Tell Me!: QCD and the Origin of Mass
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CHALK TALK by Roger Melko, Tanglin' with Entanglement
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CHALK TALK by Anushya Chandran, Getting Stuck: Shaking Up Statistical Physics
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2014 |
- PUBLIC LECTURE by Brad Marston, The Quantum Physics of Global Warming
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CHALK TALK by Anthony Starace, Atto-Physics: Observing Matter on its Natural Timescale
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CHALK TALK by James Stone, From Accreting Black Holes to Merging Galaxies: How Computers are Revolutionizing Astrophysics
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PUBLIC LECTURE by Theo Geisel, Rhythms & Algorithms ~ Physics and Music
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PUBLIC LECTURE by Cristina Marchetti, The Physics of Flocking
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2013 |
- PUBLIC LECTURE by Daniel Fisher, Evolution be Understood Quantitatively
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PUBLIC LECTURE by Joe Polchinski, Gravity and Quantum Mechanics, the Quest for Unification
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CHALK TALK by Paula Apsell, The Art of Science Television
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LCOGT LECTURE @ Natural History Museum, Shrinivas Kulkarne , Booms, Burps and Bangs – the Dynamic Universe
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CHALK TALK by Gianfranco Bertone; Behind the Scenes of the Universe, the World-wide Race to Discover Dark Matter
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PUBLIC LECTURE by Eric F. Wieschaus, On Growth and Form of the Embryo: From Gene Expression to Tissue Mechanics
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CHALK TALK by Priya Natarajan. From Fasting to Feasting - The Strange Feeding Habits of Black Holes
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CHALK TALK by Jim McElwaine. The Dynamics of Avalanches
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PUBLIC LECTURE by Stuart Parkin. The Spin on Electronics! -- The nanoscience and nanotech of spin currents
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2012
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- CHALK TALK by Steven White, What Do Climate Modeling and Quantum Mechanics have in Common?
- PUBLIC LECTURE by Diana Kormos Buchwald, Worshipped Today, Scorned Tomorrow, Albert Einstein & the Perils of Public Engagement.
- Las Cumbres Observatory Lecture at the NHM by John E. Carlstrom, Exploring the Universe from the South Pole
- CHALK TALK by Patrick Brady, How to Detect Ripples in Spacedtime
- CHALK TALK by Steven White, What Do Climate Modeling and Quantum Mechanics Have in Common?
- Lawrence Badash Lecture by Chris Mooney, The Republican Brain on Science.
- ART SHOW OPENING RECEPTION & TALKS
- PUBLIC LECTURE by Leo Kouwenhoven, Holland, Particle Physics on a Chip –The Search for Majorana Fermions
- GLUON Holiday event for top 3 Friends Circles
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2011
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- PUBLIC LECTURE by Prof. Bonnie Bassler How Bacteria Talk With Each Other
- Rapid Response Talk on nuclear crisis in Japan
- PUBLIC LECTURE Life After Stellar Death by Ed van den Heuvel
- CHALK TALK The Environmental Impact of Black Holes by Christopher Reynolds
- Star Party at Sedgwick Reserve hosted by LCOGT for Galileo & Einstein Friends Circles
- KITP Art Exhibit Opening and Reception for SciArt 2011 with Peter Frank
- Las Cumbres Observatory Lecture How Did the First Stars and Galaxies Form? By Avi Loeb
- CHALK TALK by David Kaplan Particle Fever at the LHC
- CHALK TALK by Bill Bialek More Perfect Than we Imagined: A Physicist’s View of Life
- PUBLIC LECTURE by Sean Hartnoll
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2010 |
- Private reception at KITP for Steve Koonin sponsored by IEE and NOVIM (top Circles)
- CHALK TALK by Gregory Dobler A Light in the Dark: the Pursuit of the Nature of Dark Matter
- PUBLIC LECTURE presented by Sir Paul M. Nurse, Nobel Laureate The Great Ideas of Biology
- “Copenhagen” @ Ensemble Theater reading with Gross & Heeger: top 3 Circles
- Special lecture on Sustainable Energy by David J.C. MacKay (top Circles)
- PUBLIC LECTURE by Adam Burroughs The New Century of Exoplanets
- CHALK TALK by Lars Bildsten Exploding Stars!
- Las Cumbres Observatory Lecture presented by Robert C. Kennicutt, Jr.
- CHALK TALK by Chuck Stevens How Computers and the Brain are the Same and Different, and How Physics Can Help Explain This
- PUBLIC LECTURE by Bill Philips, Nobel Laureate Time, Einstein, and the Coolest Stuff in the Universe
- Rosing Raab Chair Inaugural Lecture by Lars Bildsten Exploding Stars!
- Friends of KITP Annual GLUON event privately hosted (top Circles)
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2009 |
- PUBLIC LECTURE presented by Sankar Das Sarma Quantum Reality
- CHALK TALK presented by Douglas Heggie The Million Body Problem
- Luncheon Honoring Bill Bryson for A Short History of Nearly Everything
- PUBLIC LECTURE presented by Maria Spiropulu The Universe in Collisions
- LCO Lecture presented by David Spergel at NHM Taking the Universe’s Baby Picture
- CHALK TALK by Richard Neher Sex, Viruses, and the Statistical Physics of Evolution
- Inaugural Lecture for Susan F. Gurley Chair in Theoretical Physics and Biology by Boris Shraiman Adventures at the Edge of Physics
- Celebrating Galileo’s 400th at Natural History Museum Galileo, the Universe and God
- Algorist and Origami 2009 Art Opening
- Friends of KITP annual GLUON event privately hosted (top Circles)
- PUBLIC LECTURE by Nima Arkani-Hamed Exploring the Dark Universe
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2008 |
- PUBLIC LECTURE by Patrick McCray: Citizen Scientists and the Dawn of the Space Age
- PUBLIC LECTURE by Sam Wang Welcome to Your Brain
- Las Cumbres Observatory Lecture presented by Andrea Ghez: Unveiling a Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy
- CHALK TALK by Journalist in Residence Jennifer Ouellette and Sean Carroll (Caltech) I’ll have that with some physics please…hosted by Simon and Diana Raab
- PUBLIC LECTURE by Robert Dijkgraff Mathematics and the Quantum Universe
- Art Exhibit Opening Reception and Lecture Algorists 2008
- PUBLIC LECTURE by Michael Freedman Topology, Physics and Complexity
- CHALK TALK by Juna Kollmeier, The Great Escape: Hypervelocity Stars
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2007 |
- PUBLIC LECTURE by Julian Nott – Scientist & Aeronaut - Intellectual Courage and Scientific Ballooning
- PUBLIC LECTURE by Robert Kirshner – Einstein’s Blunder Undone: the discovery of cosmic acceleration
- A special evening with Bob Kirshner at Derek and Beth Westen’s home
- Alex Philippenko: LCO Lecture “Dark Energy & the Runaway Universe
- Art Exhibit Opening & Reception for Nancy Macko’s Prime Matters; brief talks
- Gluck private dinner for Fred Kavli’s 80th birthday
- CHALK TALK by Tom Abel : First Things in the Universe
- FRIENDS OF KITP first annual GLUON reception hosted by Westens with short presentations by KITP scientists
- PUBLIC LECTURE by Nate Lewis: Challenges for Global Energy
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2006 |
- CHALK TALK by Lars Bildsten and Phil Arras on The Physics of California with reception
- Group Show 2006 Opening & Reception with talks by artists: Hans Dehlinger, Channa Horwitz, Roman Verostko and J-P Hebert
- CHALK TALK by Matthew Fisher Quantum Crystals, Quantum Choreography and Quantum Computing and reception
- PUBLIC LECTURE by John Preskill Putting Weirdness to Work: Quantum Information Science
- LCO Lecture at SB Natural History Museum by Alan Dressler “Search for Another Earth”
- PUBLIC LECTURE at KITP by Alain Karma "Bringing Order to Chaotic Hearts"
- Friends’ Open House for SB Newcomers at KITP
- Tom Siegfried, award winning science writer, new book reception on Game Theory and Why Even Ducks Can Do It - for top 2 Friends Circles and guests
- Harvard’s Lisa Randall at the Lobero Theater presents Warped Passages-Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe’s Hidden Dimension followed by reception
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2005 |
- PUBLIC LECTURE by Arnold J. Levine “Genetic Predispositions for Cancer in Humans” followed by reception at KITP
- David Gross presents “Inside the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics”, introduced by Stephen Hawking at the Lobero Theater, followed by reception
- Mara Vishniac Kohn opens “Once Invisible – Photomicrographs by Roman Vishniac” and reception at KITP
- PUBLIC LECTURE by Lawrence Badash “Albert Einstein the Peacenik” followed by reception at KITP
- CHALK TALK by Tony Zee “Folding RNA” followed by reception at KITP
- PUBLIC LECTURE by Daniel McCleese “The Search for Habitable Environments in the Solar System” followed by reception at KITP
- Friends of KITP open house for SB Newcomers at KITP
- Command Performance of “Humble Boy” at the Ensemble Theater
- PUBLIC LECTURE by Sir Michael Atiya on The Nature of Space
- CHALK TALK by David Morrison, Senior Scholar at the Clay Institute; Duke University (interactive follow up on Atiyah’s public lecture)
- JPL Private Tour and dinner for top two Friends Circles with JPL’s Dan McCleese
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2004 |
- PUBLIC LECTURE by Charles Beichman “Finding Planets & Searching for Life: Worthy Goals for 21st Century Science” followed by reception at KITP
- CHALK TALK by Joe Polchinski “Cosmic Superstrings” followed by reception at KITP
- Bill Bialek presents “Thinking About the Brain” – private event at Ginnie Hunter’s home with reception
- PUBLIC LECTURE by Bill Bialek “From Photons to perception: a Physicist Looks at the Brain” followed by reception at KITP
- ‘Future of Physics’ private reception with Fred Kavli for distinguished scientists and community guests
- Dedication Ceremony for new wing with Michael Turner, Fred Gluck, Fred Kavli and Chancellor Yang, followed by reception and tours of building
- ‘Future of Physics’ Conference opening dinner at Cabrillo Arts Center
- Installation of “Odalisque” sculpture by John Rose, KITP reception; dinner with sculptor
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2003 |
- “The Physics of Star Trek” private event with Lawrence Krauss; Light refreshments; dinner for invited guests at Gluck’s home
- Exclusive performance at Ensemble Theater of Proof by David Auburn, winner of Pulitzer and Tony awards; reception
- PUBLIC LECTURE by Boris Kayser “Neutrinos Get Under Your Skin” followed by reception at KITP
- Groundbreaking ceremony for new wing & reception
- PUBLIC LECTURE by Arnold J. Levine “The Human Genome Project, Where Do We Go From Here?” followed by reception at KITP
- CHALK TALK by Lars Bildsten “The Birth, Life and Death of Stars” preceded by reception on patio at KITP
- Art opening reception for “Fields on Paper” and public lecture by artist-in-residence Jean-Pierre Hebert at KITP
- Private dinner for Stephen Hawking; bestowing Honorary Friend
- Private dinner for Brian Greene / String Theory at Westen’s home
- Brian Greene presents “The Elegant Universe” at the Lobero Theater, with references to NOVA programs, reception followed and presented him with Honorary Friend
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