Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
@kitp-ucsb
At KITP on the UC Santa Barbara campus, researchers in theoretical physics and allied fields collaborate on questions at the leading edges of science. www.kitp.ucsb.edu
Welcome to the Coarse-graining Microbial Ecology: from Genes to Physiological Strategies to Communities across Environments (#microeco26) program at KITP! May 18, 2026 - June 18, 2026 buff.ly/X1qKHfS
Welcome to the New Trends in Non-equilibrium Dynamics #complexsys26 program at KITP! May 11 - July 16, 2026 buff.ly/WF8olMH
Elaborate chalkboard for the upcoming talk by Tim De Coster of the Max Plank Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS) with the KITP Program: Multi-Scale Physics of Normal and Diseased Heart: from Ion Channels to Whole Organ. Online talks here: online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/cardi...
Welcome to the Multi-Scale Physics of Normal and Diseased Heart: from Ion Channels to Whole Organ (#cardio26) program at KITP! March 30 - April 23, 2026 Learn more: www.kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/c...
Welcome to the Frontiers of Quark-Gluon Matter (#quarkgluon26) program at KITP! March 9 - May 7, 2026 Learn more: buff.ly/gFL2jhx
Welcome to the Soft Earth Geophysics program at KITP! January 5 - March 26, 2026 Learn more: buff.ly/b5WkU3A #softearth26
Welcome to the Exploring New Boundaries in Cosmology and Astrophysics: Cosmic Microwave Background and Large Scale Structure Surveys program at KITP! January 12 - March 5, 2026 Learn more: buff.ly/iDJdfjm #cmblss26
Welcome to all participants joining the #KITP conference on Hard Problems in Soft Earth Geophysics (#softearth-c26) this week! Learn more at buff.ly/3CDctlh and stay tuned for recorded talks posted online at buff.ly/LxBiw3W 🌎
Advanced grad students + postdocs: apply for the 2026 #kitpqbio summer course, "Physical Principles of Morphogenesis in Plants and Animals," at buff.ly/OXXMKEv. Apply by Feb. 1. Course directors Adrienne Roeder (Cornell) and Sebastian Streichan (UCSB)
Welcome to all participants joining the #KITP conference on The Lifecycle of Stellar Black Holes (#stellarbh-c25) this week! Learn more at buff.ly/F0ybxbu and stay tuned for recorded talks posted online at buff.ly/2qnU3O4 ⭐
Welcome to the Generative AI for High & Low Energy Physics (#genai25) program at KITP! November 3 - December 19, 2025 Learn more: buff.ly/HO2pqVH
Welcome to the Stellar-Mass Black Holes at the Nexus of Optical, X-ray, and Gravitational Wave Surveys (#stellarbh25) program at KITP! October 27, 2025 - December 19, 2025 Learn more: buff.ly/F4Tqqun 🧪
Welcome to all participants joining the #KITP conference on Frontiers of Programmable Quantum Dynamics: Advances and Applications! 🧪 Learn more: buff.ly/B9VNeWi and stay tuned for recorded talks at buff.ly/WL8Hp30 + buff.ly/OugAt1C
Welcome to the Learning the Fine Structure of Quantum Dynamics in Programmable Quantum Matter (#finestructure25) program at KITP! September 29 - October 30, 2025 Learn more: buff.ly/YxpSsrK 🧪
Welcome to the Quantum Many-body Physics through the Lens of Quantum Error Correction (#stablephases-c25) Conference at #KITP Recorded talks will be available to watch at buff.ly/dUkQjpU + buff.ly/AODznbi Learn more at: buff.ly/hDpnfgX 🧪
Welcome to the Noise-robust Phases of Quantum Matter (#stablephases25 ) program at KITP! August 19, 2025 - Oct 23, 2025 Learn more: buff.ly/4ISF2zj 🧪
Welcome to the Frontiers of Relativistic Plasma Physics in Astrophysics and Laboratory Experiments (#extremeplasma-c25 ) Conference at #KITP Recorded talks will be available to watch at buff.ly/5Xi6Zw8 + buff.ly/Pke4LL8 Learn more at: buff.ly/YFJxLbV 🧪
Welcome to the Relativistic Plasma Physics: From the Lab to the Cosmos (#extremeplasma25) program at KITP! July 21 - September 25, 2025 Learn more: buff.ly/lmMOG5d 🧪
Welcome to the Neurophysics of Active Sensing (#neurosensing25) program at KITP! July 14 - August 15, 2025 Learn more: buff.ly/CaG0kzY 🧪
New KITP Program! #COGNITION27 Statistical Physics & Neurobiology of Learning in High-Level Cognition Dates: 6/21/2027 - 7/29/2027 buff.ly/RA3LSyE
New KITP Program! #QCOSMOLOGY27 Quantum Cosmology: From Foundations to Observations Dates: 5/24/2027 - 7/15/2027 buff.ly/FWwijQw
New KITP Program! #COMBGEOM27 Combinatorics and Geometries for Particle Physics and Cosmology Dates: 4/26/2027 - 6/17/2027 buff.ly/9vPDwWe
New KITP Program! #QGEOMETRY27 Quantum Geometry Meets Correlation, Symmetry Breaking and Topology Dates: 3/15/2027 - 5/20/2027 buff.ly/N3UZFnz
New KITP Program! #MASSIVESTARS27 The Dynamic Lives and Deaths of Massive Stars Dates: 3/1/2027 - 4/22/2027 buff.ly/VuaGzBA
New KITP Program! #COSMICRAYS27 Cosmic Rays in Astrophysical Systems: From the Sun to Galaxies and Beyond Dates: 1/4/2027 - 3/11/2027 buff.ly/xcFx8uC
New KITP Program! #CORRELATORS27 Energy Correlators and Detector Operators: From Colliders to the Cosmos Dates: 1/4/2027 - 2/25/2027 buff.ly/05k58Pu
New KITP Program! #ULTRACOLD26 Ultracold Molecules for Fundamental Physics, Controlled Chemistry, and Quantum Information Dates: 10/26/2026 - 12/3/2026 buff.ly/NqkrqUe
New KITP Program! #EXPLODE26 Enigmatic Explosions: Observations, Modelling, and Microphysics of Extreme Transients Dates: 10/26/2026 - 12/18/2026 buff.ly/xjyjIxx
New KITP Program! #FRAC26 Engineering Fractionalization in Quantum Many-Body Systems: From New Quantum Materials to Quantum Simulators Dates: 8/24/2026 - 10/22/2026 buff.ly/zRr2CFr