Simons Meeting on
High-Dimensional Dynamics
New York City (NY)
April 11-12-13, 2018
Understanding dynamics in very high dimensions has become a central problem in many different fields.
The aim of this meeting is to bring together theorists working in biology, machine learning and physics
to discuss the main questions and present recent progress done on this topic in these different fields.
The workshop is sponsored by the Simons collaboration Cracking the Glass Problem.
Organisers: M. Baity-Jesi, G. Biroli, D.R. Reichman
Keynote Speakers
B. Altshuler (Columbia), Between Localization and Ergodicity in Quantum Many-Body and Qubit Systems
J.-P. Bouchaud (Capital Fund Management), Network models for economic crises
L. Bottou (Facebook Research and NYU), Convexity “à la carte”
D. Fisher (Stanford), Chaotic eco-evo dynamics in high dimensions
J. Kurchan (ENS Paris), Threshold dynamics and fluctuations
S. Sastry (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research), The energy landscape view of dynamics in glass forming liquids and glasses
A. Jagannath (Harvard), Convergence to equilibrium for mean field spin glasses
M. Tarzia (Université Pierre et Marie Curie), The Anderson model on the Bethe lattice: non-ergodicity and glassy dynamics
The workshop will consist in long 1-hour talks by key-speakers listed below and shorter presentations (25 mins+5 mins of questions) by collaborators and affiliates of "Cracking the Glass Problem", working on high-dimensional dynamics. The aim of this session is to foster interactions within and outside the collaboration. The event will finish on Friday April 13th around lunch time, in order to allow for discussions in the afternoon.
Simons speakers
E. Agoritsas (ENS Paris), Out-of-equilibrium mean-field dynamics of interacting particles at infinite dimensions
M. Baity-Jesi (Columbia), A Trap Description of Activation in Glasses
H.-H. Boltz (U Chicago), Ruminations on Random Energy Landscapes
C. Cammarota (King's College London), Marginal stability and dynamics in critical ecosystems.
P. Morse (Syracuse), Restrictions on random motion reveal local structure in athermal packings
S. Ridout (UPenn), Connecting structure and dynamics in amorphous systems of varying dimension
J. Rocchi (Paris XI), Statics, Dynamics and Rare Fluctuations in Spin Glasses
V. Ros (CEA Saclay), Arrangement of local minima, barriers and phase transitions in the energy landscape of simple glassy models
F. Roy (CEA Saclay), Dynamical Phases of Large Ecosystems
L. Sagun (CEA Saclay), Shape and Dynamics of the Loss Landscape
G. Szamel (Colorado State), Random Lorentz gas in high dimensions
Schedule
Wednesday April 11th
- 8:30 AM - Registration
- 9:00 AM - Kurchan, Threshold dynamics and fluctuations
- 10:00 AM - Agoritsas, Out-of-equilibrium mean-field dynamics of interacting particles at infinite dimensions
- 10:30 AM - Break
- 11:00 AM - Sastry, The energy landscape view of dynamics in glass forming liquids and glasses
- 12:00 PM - Baity-Jesi, A Trap Description of Activation in Glasses
- 12:30 PM - Lunch
- 2:00 PM - Fisher, Chaotic eco-evo dynamics in high dimensions
- 3:00 PM - Cammarota, Marginal stability and dynamics in critical ecosystems.
- 3:30 PM - Roy, Dynamical Phases of Large Ecosystems
- 4:00 PM - End of day
Thursday April 12th
- 8:30 AM - Registration
- 9:00 AM - Bouchaud, Network models for economic crises
- 10:00 AM - Rocchi, Statics, Dynamics and Rare Fluctuations in Spin Glasses
- 10:30 AM - Break
- 11:00 AM - Jagannath, Convergence to equilibrium for mean field spin glasses
- 12:00 PM - Ros, Arrangement of local minima, barriers and phase transitions in the energy landscape of simple glassy models
- 12:30 PM - Lunch
- 2:00 PM - Bottou, Convexity “à la carte”
- 3:00 PM - Sagun, Shape and Dynamics of the Loss Landscape
- 3:30 PM - Ridout, Connecting structure and dynamics in amorphous systems of varying dimension
- 4:00 PM - End of day
Friday April 13th
- 8:30 AM - Registration
- 9:00 AM - Tarzia, The Anderson model on the Bethe lattice: non-ergodicity and glassy dynamics
- 10:00 AM - Szamel, Random Lorentz gas in high dimensions
- 10:30 AM - Break
- 11:00 AM - Altshuler, Between Localization and Ergodicity in Quantum Many-Body and Qubit Systems
- 12:00 PM - Boltz, Ruminations on Random Energy Landscapes
- 12:30 PM - Morse, Restrictions on random motion reveal local structure in athermal packings
- 1:00 PM - Lunch
- 2:00 PM - End of day
Registration
No fee is required to participate, but registration is required for organization reasons. Participants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible, given that the maximum number of participants is 60, we will proceed on a “first-come first-served basis”.
To register, please send an email to
mb4399 AT columbia DOT edu
The email subject should be "High-Dimensional Dynamics", and the content should have your first name, last name and institution.
The deadline for registration is March 30th.
Venue
Room 4102: Science Center @ The Graduate Center-CUNY
365 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10016