Past Programs Photos

year: 2012
Title
The Physics of Graphene
Novel Numerical Methods for Strongly Coupled Quantum Field Theory and Quantum Gravity
First Galaxies and Faint Dwarfs: Clues to the Small Scale Structure of Cold Dark Matter
year: 2011
Title
Biological Frontiers of Polymer and Soft Matter Physics
Galaxy Clusters: the Crossroads of Astrophysics and Cosmology
The First Year of the LHC
The Harmony of Scattering Amplitudes
The Nature of Turbulence
Microbial and Viral Evolution
Nonperturbative Effects and Dualities in QFT and Integrable Systems
Holographic Duality and Condensed Matter Physics
Topological Insulators and Superconductors
Asteroseismology in the Space Age
Iron-Based Superconductors (Minipgm)
Dynamics of Development (Minipgm)
Network Architecture of Brain Structures and Functions (Minipgm)
year: 2010
Title
Evolutionary Perspectives on Mechanisms of Cellular Organization
Towards Material Design Using Strongly Correlated Electron Systems
The Theory and Observation of Exoplanets
Strings at the LHC and in the Early Universe
The Physics of Glasses: Relating Metallic Glasses to Molecular, Polymeric and Oxide Glasses
X-Ray Frontiers
Disentangling Quantum Many-body Systems: Computational and Conceptual Approaches
Water and Volatiles in the Earth's Mantle and Core
Electron Glasses
Emerging Techniques in Neuroscience
Beyond Standard Optical Lattices
Langlands-Type Dualities in Quantum Field Theory (Minipgm)
year: 2009
Title
Formation and Evolution of Globular Clusters
Fundamental Aspects of Superstring Theory
Low Dimensional Electron Systems
Quantum Control of Light and Matter
Particle Acceleration in Astrophysical Plasmas
The Physics of Higher Temperature Superconductivity
Quantum Information Science
Excitations in Condensed Matter: From Basic Concepts to Real Materials
Quantum Criticality and the AdS/CFT Correspondence (Minipgm)
Morphodynamics of Plants, Animals and Beyond (Minipgm)
Direct, Indirect and Collider Signals of Dark Matter (Minipgm)
year: 2008
Title
Nonequilibrium Dynamics in Particle Physics and Cosmology
Physics of the Large Hadron Collider
Anatomy, Development, and Evolution of the Brain
Physics of Climate Change
Dynamo Theory
Boundary Layers in the Earth: a multidisciplinary view
The Theory and Practice of Fluctuation-Induced Interactions
Building the Milky Way
Population Genetics and Genomics
Interplay between Numerical Relativity and Data Analysis (Minipgm)
Gauge Theory and Langlands Duality (Minipgm)
Quantum Spin Hall Effect and Topological Insulators (Minipgm)
year: 2007
Title
Strongly Correlated Phases in Condensed Matter and Degenerate Atomic Systems
Accretion and Explosion: the Astrophysics of Degenerate Stars
Evolution of Molecular Networks
Biological Switches and Clocks
Moments and Multiplets in Mott Materials
Star Formation Through Cosmic Time
The Quantum Nature of Spacetime Singularities (Minipgm)
Theoretical Physicists at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (Minipgm)
Electronic Properties of Graphene (Minipgm)
SRO and Chiral p-wave Superconductivity (Minipgm): A Rapid Response Workshop
year: 2006
Title
Physics of Galactic Nuclei
New Physical Approaches to Molecular and Cellular Machines
The Supernova Gamma-Ray Burst Connection
Scanning New Horizons:GR Beyond 4 Dimensions
Spintronics
Topological Phases and Quantum Computation
Attosecond Science Workshop
Stochastic Geometry and Field Theory: From Growth Phenomena to Disordered Systems
String Phenomenology
Applications Of Gravitational Lensing: Unique Insights Into Galaxy Formation And Evolution.
The Supersolid State of Matter (Minipgm)
Cardiac Dynamics (Minipgm)
The Nature And Dynamics of the Earth's Transition Zone (Minipgm): A Multidisciplinary Approach.
year: 2005
Title
From the Atomic to the Tectonic: Friction, Fracture and Earthquake Physics
Granular Physics
Physics of Astrophysical Outflows and Accretion Disks
Modern Challenges for Lattice Field Theory
Quantum Phase Transitions
Mathematical Structures in String Theory
Complexity in Strongly Correlated Electron Systems (Minipgm)
Astrophysics of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays, Photons, and Neutrinos (Minipgm)
year: 2004
Title
Understanding the Brain
Collider Physics
Exotic Order and Criticality in Quantum Matter
Quantum Gases
Galaxy-Intergalactic Medium Interactions
Planet Formation: Terrestrial and Extra Solar
QCD and String Theory
year: 2003
Title
Bio-Molecular Networks
Glassy States of Matter and Nonequilibrium Quantum Dynamics
Gravitational Interaction of Compact Objects
Neutrinos: Data, Cosmos, and Planck Scale
Pattern Formation in Physics and Biology
Superstring Cosmology
Geometry, Topology, and Strings (Minipgm)
year: 2002
Title
Realistic Theories of Correlated Electron Materials
Dynamics of Complex and Macromolecular Fluids
The New Cosmology Confronts Observation: The Cosmic Microwave Background, Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and Brane Worlds
QCD and Gauge Theory Dynamics in the RHIC Era
Solar Magnetism and Related Astrophysics
Quantum Optics (Minipgm)
year: 2001
Title
Statistical Physics of Biological Information
Nanoscience
Dynamics of Neural Networks: From Biophysics to Behavior
Quantum Information: Entanglement, Decoherence and Chaos
year: 2000
Title
Galaxy Formation and Evolution
High Temperature Superconductivity
Physics of Hydrodynamic Turbulence
Astrophysical Turbulence
Spin and Magnetism in Young Neutron Stars
Colliding Black Holes (Minipgm): Mathematical Issues in Numerical Relativity
year: 1999
Title
Black Hole Astrophysics
Classical and Quantum Physics of Strong Gravitational Fields
Quantum Magnetism in Novel Materials and Geometries
Supersymmetric Gauge Dynamics and String Theory
Workshop on Geometry and Physics (Minipgm)
year: 1998
Title
Bose-Einstein Condensation
Electrostatic Effects in Complex Fluids and Biophysics
Dualities in String Theory
Disorder and Interactions in Quantum Hall and Mesoscopic System
Geometry and Duality (Minipgm)
year: 1997
Title
Jamming and Rheology: Constrained Dynamics on Microscopic and Macroscopic Scales
Quantum Field Theory in Low Dimensions: From Condensed Matter to Particle Physics
Quantitative Methods in Materials Research
Supernovae
year: 1996
Title
Quantum Chaos in Mesoscopic Systems
Non-Fermi-Liquid Behavior in Solids
New Ideas for Particle Accelerators
Quantum Computers and Quantum Coherence
year: 1995
Title
Miniprogram on Chiral Symmetry on the Lattice
Cosmic Radiation Backgrounds and the Formation of Galaxies
Gamma-Ray and Related Nonthermal Sources in Astrophysics
Unification: From the Weak Scale to the Planck Scale
Intermittent and Turbulent Phenomena in Plasmas
year: 1994
Title
Physics of Biomembranes
Quantum Many-Body Computations for Condensed Matter Physics
Vortex Phases
Weak Interactions
year: 1993
Title
Small Scale Structure of Spacetime
Physics of Dense Stellar Systems
Nonperturbative String Theory
Strong Interactions at Finite Temperatures
year: 1992
Title
Cosmological Phase Transitions
Spatially Extended Nonequilibrium Systems
Planet Formation
Quantum Phase Transitions In Condensed Matter
year: 1991
Title
Time Dependent Phenomena In Atomic, Molecular, And Optical Physics
Mesoscopic Systems
Neutron Stars In Binary Systems
Topological Fluid Dynamics
year: 1990
Title
Particle Physics Far Below the Planck Energy
Conformal Field Theory, pgm
Helioseismology--Probing the Interior of a Star
Lattice Gauge Theory: The Standard Model and Beyond
year: 1989
Title
Atoms and Ions In Strongly Coupled Plasmas
Self-Assembling Systems