Fri, 27 Feb 2026
04:00
04:00
Lecture Theatre 1, Mathematical Institute, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, OX2 6GG
The University of Galway invite applications for a fully funded 4-year PhD position in Theoretical High-Energy Physics, funded by the Research Ireland Pathway grant “Integrability in Non-Lorentzian Holography” led by Andrea Fontanella, starting in September 2026.
The main focus of the PhD project is to further develop the recently discovered non-relativistic and Carrollian holography, to construct integrability techniques for non-Lorentzian theories, and to explore applications of non-Lorentzian holography to flat space holography.
Domain Specific Augmentations as Low Cost Teachers for Large Students
Huang, P
Proceedings of the first Workshop on Information Extraction from Scientific Publications
84-90
(2022)
Tue, 16 Jun 2026
09:00 -
11:00
L3
TBA
Prof. Jinchao Xu
(King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST))
Abstract
TBA
This is a joint OxPDE and Numerical Analysis seminar.
Quantum algorithm for large-scale market equilibrium computation
Huang, P
Rebentrost, P
Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems
volume 37
(01 Jan 2024)
Mon, 15 Jun 2026
15:00 -
16:00
Lecture Room 4, Mathematical Institute
Joint OxPDE & NA Seminar by Prof Jinchao Xu
Prof Jinchao Xu
(King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST))
Abstract
TBA
Thu, 21 May 2026
12:00 -
13:00
L3
Turning noise into signal with soft matter models
Alice Thorneywork
(Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford)
Abstract
For more than a hundred years, scientists have carefully analysed the apparently random fluctuations in Brownian trajectories to learn about soft systems. In a more general sense, however, the information hidden within experimental fluctuations is typically underexploited, due to challenges in unambiguously linking fluctuation signatures to underlying physical mechanisms. In this talk, I will discuss our recent work developing new approaches to interpreting fluctuations in experimental data from a variety of soft systems, and thereby turn ‘noise’ into signal. In particular, I will share some recent results taking a fresh look at fluctuations in equilibrium colloidal monolayers. Here, we have combined experiment, simulation and theory to explore how simply counting colloids can reveal details of self and collective dynamics in interacting systems [1,2,3]. I will then discuss ongoing work to extend this understanding to confined driven systems [4], with the long-term goal of elucidating characteristic fluctuations in our synthetic nanopore experiments [5].
[1] E. K. R. Mackay, B. Sprinkle, S. Marbach, A. L. Thorneywork, Phys. Rev X. (2024)
[2] A. Carter, ALT et al., Soft Matter, 21, 3991, (2025)
[3] E. K. R. Mackay, ALT et al., arXiv:2512.17476, (2025)
[4] S. F. Knowles, E. K. R. Mackay, A. L. Thorneywork, J. Chem. Phys., (2024)
[5] S. F. Knowles, A. L. Thorneywork et al., Phys. Rev. Lett, 127, 137801, (2021)