Selected Recent Talks

Complexity in Statistical Physics

Complexity in Statistical Physics and Computer Science, (pdf 4.5 MB), Colloquium, University of Missouri, Rolla, December (2002).

Phase Transitions in Parallel Computational Complexity in Statistical Physics, (pdf 1 MB) STAPHYS22, Bangalore, July (2004).

Computational Complexity and Growth Models in Statistical Physics, (pdf 5.8 MB), Colloquium, Los Alamos National Laboratory, September (2004).

Parallel Computational Complexity and Statistical Physics, (pdf 4.4 MB), Understanding Complex Systems, University of Illinois, May (2005).

Complexity, Parallel Computation and Statistical Physics, (pdf 3.4 MB), seminars at University of New Mexico and Santa Fe Institute, June (2006)

Spin Models and Algorithms in Statistical Physics

The Critical Point of the Random Field Ising Model, (pdf 1 MB) Berkeley Stat Mech Meeting, January (2002).

Graphical Representations and the Phase Transition of the Ising Spin Glass, (pdf 0.3MB) Rutgers Stat Mech Meeting, May (2006).

Granular Materials

Energy Cascades and Power Law Tails in Granular Gases, (pdf 4.3 MB), Condensed Matter Seminar, Brown University, April (2005).

Energy Cascades and Power Law Tails in Granular Gases (pdf 4.4 MB) Widely Applied Math seminar, Harvard University, December (2005)