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Colloquia IGFAE

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The series of IGFAE Colloquia is a common activity for all members of the institute. It provides a platform to remain updated on the topics of the different research lines of the institute and beyond. It is also a chance to foster interactions among the members of the institute.

Colloquia are talks reviewing research topics in a broad sense, and are meant to target an audience of non-specialists.

Agenda 2026

Agenda for the coming months.

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01
20th January, 2026 (10.00 am) - Vijay Balasubramanian (UPenn)
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Quantum chaos and the complexity of time evolution

Abstract: I will describe new ideas relating quantum chaos to the complexity of time evolution.  One approach treats physical time evolution as a quantum computation, and bounds the smallest quantum circuit that can simulate this evolution.  The second approach quantifies how ergodically and rapidly a quantum state explores the accessible part of the system’s Hilbert space.  I will illustrate how these measures separate integrable and chaotic quantum systems by considering examples including particles on group manifolds, spin chains, quantum billiards, and Random Matrix Theory.  I will end by describing an application of these methods to a conjecture that geometrizes complexity in quantum gravity.

02
February 2026
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03
3rd March 2026 - Germán Rodrigo (IFIC Valencia)
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Week 11  (9th) (10th) (11th) (12th)
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Week 13 (23rd) (24th) (25th) (26th)
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04
14th April 2026 - Licia Verde (Universitat de Barcelona)
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05
May 2026 - Gregor Kasieczka (Universität Hamburg)
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June 2026 (probably not available)
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16th July 2026 - Deirdre Shoemaker (U. Texas, Austin)
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08
August 2026 (holiday, not available)
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09
September 2026
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October 2026
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November 2026
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December 2026
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