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LOCATION:Blue Lecture Room 
SUMMARY:ICFO | MOHAMMAD MAGHREBI
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DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nField-theoretical techniques are immensely useful fo
 r understanding the nature of quantum (and classical) many-body phases and
  their universal\, critical behaviour at their phase transitions. While th
 ese techniques are well established in equilibrium\, their extension and a
 pplication to non-equilibrium systems is often viewed to be notoriously co
 mplicated. In these lectures\, I will provide a friendly (and slightly unc
 onventional) introduction that starts with more familiar concepts and tech
 niques\, with a focus on some paradigmatic models of quantum optics. I wil
 l discuss the advantages of field theory techniques compared to alternativ
 e methods. Finally\, I argue that\, beyond their formal applications\, fie
 ld theory techniques can provide an efficient numerical approach to the dy
 namics based on stochastic sampling.&nbsp\;\nBiography:\nProfessor Mohamma
 d Maghrebi received his PhD from MIT in 2013. After a postdoctoral appoint
 ment at the Joint Quantum Institute in the University of Maryland\, he joi
 ned Michigan State University in 2017 where he is now an Associate Profess
 or of Physics. He has won multiple early-career awards including the NSF C
 AREER Award as well as the Young Investigator Award. His expertise lies in
  the dynamics of many-body quantum systems\, open driven systems\, long-in
 teracting quantum systems among others. In particular\, he has extensively
  applied&nbsp\;field theory techniques to many-body quantum systems.&nbsp\
 ;\n&nbsp\;\nParticipation is open to all&nbsp\;ICFOnians.\nPlease note tha
 t these lectures will not be broadcasted.\nScheduled to take place in the 
 BLR on January 16\, 23\, 30 from 10:00h&nbsp\;to 12:00h.
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