{"671413":{"#nid":"671413","#data":{"type":"event","title":"2024 Stelson Lecture: Hugo Duminil-Copin","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EProfessor and Fields medalist Hugo Duminil-Copin \u003C\/strong\u003Ewill give two talks for the 2024 Stelson Lecture series: \u0022From Coffee to Mathematics: Making Connections and Finding Unexpected Links,\u0022 a public lecture on March 7 designed to be accessible to a wide audience, as well as a School of Mathematics Colloquium on March 8 focused on the Ising model.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EPublic lecture:\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFrom Coffee to Mathematics: Making Connections and Finding Unexpected Links\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EMarch 7, 2024\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nWelcome reception: 4 p.m.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nLecture: 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nLocation: Howey-Physics L3\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003ENo RSVP required\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe game of HEX has deep mathematical underpinnings despite its simple rules. What could this game possibly have to do with coffee, and how does that connection, once identified, lead to consideration of ferromagnetism and even to the melting polar ice caps? Join Hugo Duminil-Copin, Professor of Mathematics at Institut des Hautes \u00c9tudes Scientifiques (IHES) and\u0026nbsp;the\u0026nbsp;University of Geneva, for an exploration of how mathematical thinking can help us make some truly surprising connections.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EColloquium:\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECritical phenomena through\u0026nbsp;the lens\u0026nbsp;of the Ising model\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMarch 8, 2024\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nTime: 11 a.m.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nLocation: Skiles 006\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;Ising\u0026nbsp;model\u0026nbsp;is one\u0026nbsp;of\u0026nbsp;the\u0026nbsp;most classical lattice models\u0026nbsp;of\u0026nbsp;statistical physics undergoing\u0026nbsp;a\u0026nbsp;phase transition. Initially imagined as\u0026nbsp;a\u0026nbsp;model\u0026nbsp;for ferromagnetism, it revealed itself as\u0026nbsp;a\u0026nbsp;very rich mathematical object and\u0026nbsp;a\u0026nbsp;powerful theoretical tool to understand cooperative\u0026nbsp;phenomena. Over one hundred years\u0026nbsp;of\u0026nbsp;its history,\u0026nbsp;a\u0026nbsp;profound understanding\u0026nbsp;of\u0026nbsp;its\u0026nbsp;critical\u0026nbsp;phase has been obtained. While integrability and mean-field behavior led to extraordinary breakthroughs\u0026nbsp;in\u0026nbsp;the\u0026nbsp;two-dimensional and high-dimensional cases respectively,\u0026nbsp;the\u0026nbsp;model\u0026nbsp;in\u0026nbsp;three and four dimensions remained mysterious for years.\u0026nbsp;In\u0026nbsp;this talk, we will present recent progress\u0026nbsp;in\u0026nbsp;these dimensions based on\u0026nbsp;a\u0026nbsp;probabilistic interpretation\u0026nbsp;of\u0026nbsp;the\u0026nbsp;Ising\u0026nbsp;model\u0026nbsp;relating it to percolation models.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EAbout the speaker\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Hugo Duminil-Copin is a French mathematician specializing in probability theory, who studies the border between mathematics and physics and analyzes models of fluids flowing through a porous medium, such as water coursing through coffee grounds. Such models, which involve the formation of connected clusters in random networks, can also represent the spread of a disease, the circulation of a rumor, or the advance of a forest fire.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Duminil-Copin has diverse interests in a range of activities which also characterizes his work, and has sampled tools from various fields in an ongoing effort to transform mathematicians\u2019 understanding of phase transitions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor that work, Duminil-Copin was awarded the Fields Medal in 2022 for \u0022solving longstanding problems in the probabilistic theory of phase transitions in statistical physics, especially in dimensions three and four\u0022.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EAbout the Stelson Lecture Series\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThomas Stelson was a distinguished Civil Engineer who served as the Dean of Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Engineering from 1971 to 1974, as Vice President for Research from 1974 to 1988, and as Executive Vice President from 1988 to 1990.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring the 70\u0027s and 80\u0027s, he oversaw a vast expansion in Tech\u0027s research expenditures during an era when Tech went from being primarily teaching-oriented university to a major research institution.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThomas Stelson helped the School of Mathematics create the Center for Dynamical Systems and Nonlinear Studies, and he endowed the School\u0027s Stelson lectures in 1988 in honor of his father, Hugh Stelson, who was a mathematician. Hugh Stelson was born in 1903 and earned his doctorate from the University of Iowa in 1930. From 1925 to 1930, Hugh taught mathematics at several universities in Iowa, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania, and then he went on to teach at Kent State University (1930-1947) and Michigan State University (1947-1970). During that time Hugh worked on problems related to interest rates, annuities, and numerical analysis. Hugh Stelson was married to Ada May Woolley on June 4, 1925, and he was the father of Paul, Thomas, Lois, and Glenda Stelson.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EContact: Please contact Christian Houdr\u00e9 (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:houdre@math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ehoudre@math.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) for questions in connection to the visit.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003EPrevious Stelson Lectures\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/news\/stelson-lecture-2023-wilhelm-schlag\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENonlinear Waves, Spectra, and Dynamics in Infinite Dimensions\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003ESchlag, Wilhelm (Georgia Institute of Technology,\u0026nbsp;2023-03-10)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003EWaves are ubiquitous in nature. 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In 1976, well before this ...\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/smartech.gatech.edu\/handle\/1853\/55818\u0022\u003EThe Complexity of Random Functions of Many Variables\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\ufeff\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003EArous, G\u00e9rard Ben\u0026nbsp;(Georgia Institute of Technology,\u0026nbsp;2016-08-31)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003EA function of many variables, when chosen at random, is typically very complex. It has an exponentially large number of local minima or maxima, or critical points. It defines a very complex landscape, the topology of its ...\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/smartech.gatech.edu\/handle\/1853\/52401\u0022\u003EHow Quantum Theory and Statistical Mechanics Gave a Polynomial of Knots\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\ufeff\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003EJones, Vaughan\u0026nbsp;(Georgia Institute of Technology,\u0026nbsp;2014-09-25)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003EWe will see how a result in von Neumann algebras (a theory developed by von Neumann to give the mathematical framework for quantum physics) gave rise, rather serendipitously, to an elementary but very useful invariant in ...\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/smartech.gatech.edu\/handle\/1853\/46920\u0022\u003ERiemann, Boltzmann and Kantorovich Go to a Party\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\ufeff\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003EVillani, Cedric\u0026nbsp;(Georgia Institute of Technology,\u0026nbsp;2013-04-19)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003EThis talk is the story of an encounter of three distinct fields: non-Euclidean geometry, gas dynamics and economics. 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The changes often occur ...\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/smartech.gatech.edu\/handle\/1853\/31162\u0022\u003EMultiscale Modeling and Simulation: The Interplay Beween Mathematics and Engineering Applications\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\ufeff\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003EHou, Thomas Y.\u0026nbsp;(Georgia Institute of Technology,\u0026nbsp;2009-10-26)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003EMany problems of fundamental and practical importance contain multiple scale solutions. Composite and nano materials, flow and transport in heterogeneous porous media, and turbulent flow are examples of this type. 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