PHYS-435: Statistical physics IIIThis course introduces statistical field theory, and uses concepts related to phase transitions to discuss a variety of complex systems (random walks and polymers, disordered systems, combinatorial optimisation, information theory and error correcting cod ...
PHYS-639: Field Theory in Condensed Matter PhysicsTopics covered: Superfluidity in weakly interacting Bose gas, the random phase approximation to the Coulomb interaction in the Jellium model, superconductivity within the random phase approximation, the renormalization group analysis of non-linear-sigma mo ...
PHYS-431: Quantum field theory IThe goal of the course is to introduce relativistic quantum field theory as the conceptual and mathematical framework describing fundamental interactions. ...
PHYS-645: Physics of random and disordered systemsIntroduction to the physics of random processes and disordered systems, providing an overview over phenomena, concepts and theoretical approaches
Topics include:
Random walks; Roughening/pinning; Localization; Random matrix theory; Spin glasses; Disorder ...
MATH-478: Dispersive PDEsThis course will give an introduction to some aspects of nonlinear dispersive partial differential equations. These are time evolution problems that arise in many contexts in physics, such as quantum mechanics, electrodynamics, fluid motion and relativity. ...
HUM-315: Physics and philosophy in the 20th centuryPhilosophie de la nature : Physique et philosophie au XXe siècle.
Le cours traite les questions philosophiques que la physique soulève, en particulier les grandes théories physiques du XXe siècle, à savoir les théories de la relativité d'Einstein et la phy ...
HUM-240: The Psychology of social influenceLe cours aborde l'influence sociale qui s'exerce dans et entre les groupes. Les groupes jouent un rôle fondamental nos vies de tous les jours; ce cours fournit une compréhension du fonctionnement des groupes, des relations entre groupes et de l'impact des ...
PHYS-642: Statistical physics for optimization & learningThis course covers the statistical physics approach to computer science problems, with an emphasis on heuristic & rigorous mathematical technics, ranging from graph theory and constraint satisfaction to inference to machine learning, neural networks and st ...
PHYS-619: Many-Body Approaches to Quantum FluidsStarting from a microscopic description, the course introduces to the physics of quantum fluids focusing on basic concepts like Bose-Einstein condensation, superfluidity, and Fermi liquid theory. ...
MATH-605: Conformal bootstrap and Liouville conformal fieldThe course will focus on a probabilistic construction of a conformal field theory related to random Riemann surfaces, called the Liouville conformal field theory. The symmetries of the theory allow to express the n-point correlation functions in terms of 3 ...
MATH-606: Statistical Field TheoryThe goal of this class is to teach how to look at two-dimensional field theories, how to analyse them, how to put structures on them. In the end, the student should have a good picture into what we understand for what is happening at the intersection of Qu ...
