International Centre for Theoretical Sciences Courses

Cargo Transport in Vivo - How Is Transport Regulated? by Steven P. Gross

Explores regulation of intracellular cargo transport, focusing on motor proteins kinesin and dynein. Discusses global and semi-global regulation, adaptation mechanisms, and implications for cellular processes like lipid transfer and nuclear migration.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 27 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Turbulence Energy Spectrum by Jayanta K. Bhattacharjee

Explore turbulence energy spectrum, from homogeneous isotropic turbulence to stably stratified fluids. Covers universal range, stochastic models, eddy viscosity, perturbation theory, and Bolgiano-Obukhov scaling.

• YouTube
• 52 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Colloidal Glasses - Bringing Glass Physics Into Focus by Rajesh Ganapathy

Explore colloidal suspensions' phase behavior, glass-to-crystal transformations, and dynamics of dense liquids on spherical surfaces. Gain insights into glass transition theories and applications of machine learning in glass physics.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

The QCD Axion - Lecture 1

Comprehensive lecture on QCD axions, covering theoretical foundations, strong CP problem, spontaneous symmetry breaking, and axion models. Explores potential solutions to dark matter mysteries.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 29 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Introduction to Primordial Black Hole Dark Matter - Lecture 1

Explore primordial black holes as dark matter candidates, covering formation mechanisms, abundance, mass functions, and detection prospects through gravitational waves from binary mergers.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Introduction to Primordial Black Hole Dark Matter - Lecture 2

Explore primordial black holes as dark matter candidates through gravitational wave detection, microlensing, and fast radio bursts. Discover constraints, observational prospects, and implications for cosmology.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 14 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Physics of Life by Vijaykumar Krishnamurthy

Explore the physics of living systems, focusing on soft condensed matter and emergent self-organization in cells and tissues. Gain insights into the fascinating intersection of physics and biology.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 53 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Conics in a Second by Bernd Sturmfels

Explore conics through historical and modern perspectives, from pentagon construction to applied algebraic geometry, with insights on Newton's method and enumerative geometry.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Quantum State Interferography by Urbasi Sinha

Explore quantum state interferography, a novel method for efficient quantum state estimation using interference patterns, with applications in quantum computing and communication.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

The Inflationary Paradigm by Nicola Bartolo

Explore the inflationary paradigm, its observational predictions, and implications for fundamental physics. Delve into non-Gaussianity, gravitational waves, and future observational strategies in cosmology.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 26 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Essential Cosmological Perturbation Theory by David Wands

Explore essential cosmological perturbation theory, from metric perturbations to gravitational waves, and its role in understanding cosmic structure and the early universe.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Pseudo-Reductive Groups by Brian Conrad

Explore pseudo-reductive groups with Brian Conrad, covering definitions, properties, and key theorems in this advanced mathematics lecture on algebraic group theory.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Statistical Mechanics of Developed Turbulence - Lecture 1

Explore turbulence through statistical mechanics, covering energy cascades, Kolmogorov's hypotheses, and connections to phase transitions. Learn about predator-prey dynamics in pipe flow and directed percolation in laminar-turbulent transitions.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 46 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Topology in Statistical Physics - Lecture 1

Explore topology's role in statistical physics, from Maxwell's equations to magnetic monopoles. Learn about topological quantum numbers and path integral formulation in this advanced lecture.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 54 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Zero Mean Curvature Surfaces in Euclidean and Lorentz-Minkowski 3-Space - Lecture 1

Explore zero mean curvature surfaces in Euclidean and Lorentz-Minkowski spaces, covering fundamental concepts, variations, stability, and examples of minimal surfaces with diverse properties and geometries.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video