[ APCTP Lecture Series ]

Date & Time: 

2026 July 6 (Mon.) -- July 9 (Thu.), 16:00--17:00 (KST)

Venue: 

APCTP Room 512 & Online via Zoom (Meeting ID: 842 8835 3369 / Passcode: 2026)

Registration: 

Registration link

Program:

Lectures explore the interplay of geometry, topology, and statistics in soft matter and complex systems. Topics include topological interactions in macromolecular systems, the emergence of rare-event statistics in random walks and polymers, and collective behavior in complex networks with applications to the brain studies. Despite their apparent diversity, these phenomena are united by a common underlying theme: the profound influence of non-Euclidean geometry on the statistics of complex systems.

• July 6, 2026 

[Lecture 1] Low-dimensional topology and non-Euclidean geometry in Nature

• July 7, 2026

[Lecture 2] Stretching fractal polymer near a disc reveals Kardar-Parisi-Zhang-like statistics

• July 8, 2026

[Lecture 3] Sparse graphs: Devil's staircase via modular forms

• July 9, 2026

[Lecture 4] Collective phenomena in networks: Spectral peculiarity and criticality of a human connectome

Host:

Prof. Jae-Hyung Jeon (POSTECH, APCTP)

Contact: 

Research Support Team (rs@apctp.org)