AdS/CFT Correspondence Courses and Certifications

Harvard CMSA

The Swampland Program

Discover the Swampland Program's principles distinguishing valid quantum gravity theories from inconsistent ones in this Harvard physics lecture.

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

Institute for Advanced Study

Bouncing off Stringy Singularities

Explore how stringy effects smooth out black hole singularities in AdS/CFT correspondence, examining null geodesics and their connection to classical dynamical systems.

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

Institute for Advanced Study

The Yes Boundaries Wavefunctions of the Universe and Late Time Cosmology

Explore advanced theoretical physics examining universe topology, timelike boundaries, and their role in holography and de Sitter cosmology through cutting-edge research.

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

Institute for Advanced Study

TQFT Gravity and Sum over Topologies

Explore topological quantum field theory gravity through summing 3D TQFT over bulk topologies, examining holographic duality with boundary ensembles and pure quantum gravity.

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

Institute for Advanced Study

Failures of Spacetime Emergence

Explore how spacetime emergence fails in holographic theories through large N arguments and tensor network models, examining observer complementarity and restoration methods.

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

International Centre for Theoretical Sciences

The Great Impersonation - Towards Prototypical Black Hole Microstates

Explore black hole microstates and their prototypical characteristics through advanced gravitational-wave astronomy research presented at this theoretical physics discussion.

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

Centrum Fizyki Teoretycznej PAN

Discrete Conformal Field Theories with Dual-Unitary Circuits

Explore discrete conformal field theories using dual-unitary circuits and holography to model quantum gravity, black-hole formation, and evaporation processes.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 7 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

INI Seminar Room 2

Holographic QFT Dynamics on Curved Spacetimes and Holographic Interfaces

Explore holographic quantum field theory dynamics on curved spacetimes and interfaces with Professor Francesco Nitti from Université Paris Cité.

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

INI Seminar Room 2

Rewarding Defects

Explore quantum field theory with boundaries, impurities, and defects through advanced mathematical frameworks and their physical applications in modern theoretical physics.

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

International Centre for Theoretical Sciences

Holography and Hydrodynamics

Explore the fascinating connection between holographic principles and hydrodynamic phenomena through advanced theoretical physics concepts and string theory applications.

• YouTube
• 2 hours 6 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

International Centre for Theoretical Sciences

A Quasinormal Mode Approach to Nonthermal Fixed Points

Explore quasinormal mode techniques for analyzing nonthermal fixed points in nonequilibrium statistical physics systems.

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

ICTP-SAIFR

Aspects of Gauge-Strings Duality

Explore gauge-strings duality fundamentals and applications in theoretical physics through expert analysis of AdS/CFT correspondence and holographic principles.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Institute for Advanced Study

Loop Dynamics and a Geometric Solution of Planar QCD - Lecture 1

Discover loop dynamics and geometric approaches to solving planar quantum chromodynamics in this advanced theoretical physics lecture by Alexander Migdal.

• YouTube
• 2 hours 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

International Centre for Theoretical Sciences

Quantum Droplet on Bottom of Wine Bottle

Explore quantum droplet formation in wine bottles through theoretical physics, examining nonequilibrium thermodynamics and hydrodynamic phenomena in quantum systems.

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

Institute for Advanced Study

Emergent Mixed States for Baby Universes and Black Holes

Explore quantum states in AdS/CFT correspondence, examining how black holes and baby universes lead to mixed states rather than pure ones in the semiclassical limit.

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