Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies DIAS Courses

Constraints and Aperiodicity in Physics - Hamiltonian Cycles and Quantum Dimer Models

Explore how local constraints create correlations in aperiodic tilings, solving Hamiltonian cycles, quantum dimer models, and developing ML approaches for non-periodic networks.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Diagnosing Chaos with Projected Ensembles of Process Tensors

Explore quantum chaos diagnosis using projected process tensor ensembles to distinguish chaotic from integrable dynamics through spatiotemporal entanglement analysis.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Non-Hermitian Numerical Renormalization Group - Solution of the Non-Hermitian Kondo Model

Explore non-Hermitian quantum systems through numerical renormalization group methods applied to the Kondo model, uncovering phase diagrams in strongly correlated systems.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Exploring Asymptotically Safe Quantum Gravity on the Lattice

Explore asymptotically safe quantum gravity using lattice methods and Euclidean dynamical triangulations to probe geometries and investigate scale-dependent cosmological constants.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Modular Hamiltonians, Relative Entropy and the Entropy-Area Law in de Sitter Spacetime

Explore modular Hamiltonians and relative entropy in quantum field theory, focusing on de Sitter spacetime applications and entropy-area law derivations.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Historian at Work in Lebor Gabála - 2025 SCS Statutory Public Lecture

Explore how medieval Irish historians crafted the Lebor Gabála, examining their methods and motivations in this scholarly analysis by Prof Gregory Toner.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Real-Time CMB Using Machine Learning

Discover how machine learning techniques can analyze cosmic microwave background radiation in real-time for advanced astrophysical research applications.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Dimer Models as Models of Majorana Fermions

Explore the mathematical connection between dimer models and Majorana fermions in this advanced physics presentation by Daniel Barron at DIAS.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Quantizations of Classical Field Theories and Anomalies

Explore quantum field theory fundamentals, examining how classical theories transform through quantization processes and the emergence of anomalies in physical systems.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

On Two Sides of Topological Chern-Simons Theory

Explore the dual perspectives of topological Chern-Simons theory through advanced mathematical physics research presentations.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Maximum Entropy and Quantum Gravity

Explore the intersection of maximum entropy principles and quantum gravity theory in this advanced physics presentation by Coralie Elliott-Wogan.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Spectral Geometry of Causal Sets

Explore spectral geometry applied to causal sets, examining mathematical structures that model spacetime discreteness in quantum gravity theory.

• YouTube
• 33 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Matrix Membranes and Emergent Spacetime - Day 6

Explore advanced theoretical physics through expert talks on matrix models, quantum gravity, and spacetime emergence from leading researchers in mathematical physics.

• YouTube
• 4 hours 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Matrix Membranes and Emergent Spacetime - Day 5

Explore advanced matrix models and emergent spacetime through Complex Langevin methods, Monte Carlo simulations, Lorentzian IKKT models, celestial holography, and Yang-Mills quantum mechanics.

• YouTube
• 4 hours 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Matrix Membranes and Emergent Spacetime - Day 4

Explore advanced matrix models, causal dynamical triangulations, and emergent spacetime theories through expert presentations on quantum gravity and mathematical physics.

• YouTube
• 4 hours 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video