Conference Presentations
- 34nd Midwest Relativity Meeting, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI, November 16, 2024,
"Holographic transport beyond the supergravity approximation"
- Heavy Ion Physics in the EIC Era, INT Program INT-24-2b, University of Washington, August 22, 2024, "Status update:
transport coefficients of strongly coupled plasma from holography"
- 33nd Midwest Relativity Meeting, The University of Chicago, Chicago IL, November 18, 2023,
"Gravitational reheating at strong coupling from holography"
- XII. International Symposium, QUANTUM THEORY AND SYMMETRIES, Prague, Czechia, July 27, 2023, "Dynamical fixed points in holography"
- The Many Faces of Relativistic Fluid Dynamics, KITP, UCSB, June 20, 2023, "From de Sitter hydrodynamics to dynamical fixed points"
- 10th Bangkok Workshop on High-Energy Theory, January 10, 2023, "Dynamical fixed points in holography"
- 32nd Midwest Relativity Meeting, Oakland University, Rochester MI, October 8, 2022, "Dynamical fixed points in holography"
- HoloTube May 25, 2021, "Stabilization of the extended horizons"
- 9th Bangkok Workshop on High-Energy Theory, January 23, 2020, "Chiral symmetry breaking in de Sitter"
- 28th Midwest Relativity Meeting, Milwaukee WI, October 12, 2018, "Black holes on a conifold with fluxes"
- Gauge/Gravity Duality 2018, Wurzburg, August 2, 2018, "Holographic viscoelastic hydrodynamics"
- Holography and Extreme Chromodynamics, HoloQuarks2018, Santiago de Compostela, July 5, 2018, "Holographic hydrodynamics of gauge theory plasma: Beyond large-N and beyond Navier-Stokes"
- 21st Eastern Gravity Meeting, Long Island University-Brooklyn, May 24, 2018, "Viscoelastic Black Holes in AdS"
- Multi-Scale Problems Using Effective Field Theories, INT Program INT-18-1b, University of Washington, May 9, 2018, "Holographic hydrodynamics of gauge theory plasma: Beyond large-N and beyond Navier-Stokes"
- Great Lakes Strings 2018, Kadanoff Center of Theoretical Physics, University of Chicago, April 14, 2018, "Holographic viscoelastic hydrodynamics"
- Holography and Supergravity 2018, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez, Vina del Mar, Chile, January 10, 2018, "Unstable horizons and cosmic censorship violation in holography"
- Aspects of Time-dependent Holography, Delta-Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Amsterdam, December 4, 2017, "Gauge theories in de Sitter spacetime from holography"
- 27th Midwest Relativity Meeting, University of Michigan, October 12, 2017, "Gauge theories in de Sitter spacetime from holography"
- HenryFest: Tying Particles and Strings to the Cosmos, Cornell University, October 7, 2017, "Gauge theories in de Sitter"
- X. International Symposium, QUANTUM THEORY AND SYMMETRIES, Varna, Bulgaria, June 21, 2017, "Out of equilibrium dynamics of gauge theories from holography"
- CAP 2017, Kignston, May 31, 2017, "Out of equilibrium dynamics: how to deal with it"
- Numerical Relativity and Holography 2016, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, June 30, 2016, "Unstable horizons and cosmic censorship violation in holography"
- 3rd International Conference on the Initial Stages in High-Energy Nuclear Collisions (InitialStages2016), Lisbon, May 25, 2016, "Out-of-equilibrium dynamics: how to deal with it"
- Developments in String Theory and Quantum Field Theory, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto, November 10, 2015, "Gravitational instability in AdS and thermalization of dual gauge theories"
- Applications of AdS/CFT to QCD and condensed matter physics, Centre de recherches mathematiques, Montreal, October 22, 2015, "Equilibration rates in a strongly coupled nonconformal quark-gluon plasma"
- Equilibration Mechanisms in Weakly and Strongly Coupled Quantum Field Theory, INT Program 15-2c, Seattle, August 24, 2015, "Equilibration rates in a strongly coupled nonconformal quark-gluon plasma"
- De Sitter and Microstate Landscapes in String Theory, IPhT, CEA/Saclay, France, June 16, 2015, "Smeared anti-branes in supergravity flux backgrounds"
- Black Hole Stability, Fields Institute, Toronto, June 12, 2015, "Black hole spectra in holography: consequences for equilibration of dual gauge theories"
- Gauge/gravity duality 2015, GGI, Florence, April 16, 2015, "Equilibration rates in a strongly coupled nonconformal quark-gluon plasma"
- Great Lakes Strings, MCTP, Ann Arbor, March 29, 2015, "Black hole spectra in holography: consequences for equilibration of dual gauge theories"
- Aspects of Holography, APCTP, Pohang, Korea, July 15, 2014, "Quantum quenches and the entropy production in strongly coupled systems"
- Canadian Conference on General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics, University of Winnipeg, May 22, 2014, "Quantum quenches and the entropy production in strongly coupled systems"
- Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, UK, October 4, 2013, "Gravitational collapse in AdS"
- HPCH 2013, Natal, Brazil, August 8, 2013, "Boson stars in AdS"
- Hadron Physics: A Challenge to Holography, Natal, Brazil, July 30-August 1, 2013, "Holographic thermodynamics and hydrodynamics"
- Benasque Center for Science, Spain, July 22, 2013, "Boson stars in AdS"
- 20th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Poland, July 9, 2013, "Quantum quenches in strongly coupled systems from AdS/CFT correspondence"
- 16th Eastern Gravity Meeting, CITA, University of Toronto, June 7, 2013, "Gravitational collapse in AdS"
- Great Lakes Strings 2013, University of Kentucky, May 17, 2013, "Localization and holography of N=2 gauge theories"
- Austin Holography Workshop, May 14, 2013, "Boson Stars in AdS"
- Topics in Holography, Supersymmetry and Higher Derivatives, Texas A&M, College Station, April 25, 2013, "Quantum quenches and the entropy production in strongly coupled systems"
- Quarks, Gluons, and Hadronic Matter under Extreme Conditions, Schlosshotel Rheinfels, St. Goar, Germany, March 20, 2013, "Confinement/deconfinement and chiral symmetry breaking in gauge theory/string theory"
- Non-Equilibrium and String Theory Workshop, University of Michigan, October 20, 2012, "Quantum quenches"
- Exploring AdS-CFT Dualities in Dynamical Settings, Perimeter Institute, June 4, 2012, "Quantum quenches"
- Great Lakes Strings 2012, Purdue University, March 3, 2012, "Quantum quenches"
- INT, Seattle, November 2, 2011, "Confinement/deconfinement and csb in gauge theory/string theory correspondence"
- UNIFY Workshop on Frontiers in Theoretical Physics, Porto, June 21, 2011, "Holographic Quark-Gluon Plasma (review)"
- GLS Chicago, April 30, 2011, "Confinement/deconfinement and csb in gauge theory/string theory correspondence"
- Large-N Gauge Theories, GGI, Florence, Italy, April 13, 2011, "AdS/CFT and the Quark-Gluon Plasma: Beyond CFT & SUGRA"
- Quarks, Gluons, and Hadronic Matter under Extreme Conditions, Schlosshotel Rheinfels, St. Goar, Germany, March 18, 2011, "Confinement/deconfinement and csb in gauge theory/string theory correspondence"
- Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematical Physics, Vienna, Austria, August 4, 2010, "AdS/CFT and the Quark-Gluon Plasma, Part II: Beyond CFT & SUGRA"
- Nordita, Stockholm, Sweden, June 11, 2010, "String Theory approach to nonequilibrium dynamics of strongly coupled systems"
- Application of AdS/CFT, College Station, April 28, 2010, "Transport at criticality"
- GLS/SPOCK meeting, Cincinnati, March 21, 2010, "Causality of Holographic Hydrodynamics"
- SPOCK meeting, Cincinnati, December 5, 2009, "Transport at criticality"
- Workshop on the Fluid-Gravity Correspondence, ASC, Munich, September 4, 2009, "Relaxation time of holographic plasma"
- PASCOS 2009, DESY, Hamburg, July 7, 2009, "Causality of Holographic Hydrodynamics"
- Great Lakes Strings, MCTP, University of Michigan, April 5, 2009, "Holographic magnetohydrodynamics"
- Gauge fields, cosmology and mathematical string theory, Banff, Canada, February 2, 2009, "Application of string theory towards RHIC physics"
- XIII MEXICAN SCHOOL OF PARTICLES AND FIELDS, San Carlos, Mexico, October 6, 2008, "Hydrodynamics of Non-conformal Gauge theories"
- XIII MEXICAN SCHOOL OF PARTICLES AND FIELDS, San Carlos, Mexico, October 6, 2008, "Conformal Hydroedynamics Beyond the Supergravity Approximation"
- AdS/CFT, Condensed Matter and QCD, McGill University, October 3, 2008, "Holographic LED displays"
- MCTP, University of Michigan, September 19, 2008, "Aspects of nonconformal gauge theory plasma at finite temperature"
- Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics, Florence, April 29,2008, "Applied gauge/string correspondence:from sQGP to inflationary cosmology"
- String theory: from theory to experiment, Jerusalem, April 10,2008, "Black Universe epoch in String Cosmology"
- CITA, Toronto, April 1,2008, "Black Universe epoch in String Cosmology"
- Nonequilibrium Phenomena in Cosmology and Particle Physics, Santa Barbara, February 28,2008, "On SUGRA description of boost-invariant conformal plasma at strong coupling"
- Ten Years of AdS/CFT, Argentina, December 20, 2007, "On SUGRA description of boost-invariant conformal plasma at strong coupling"
- 5rd International Symposium on Quantum Theory and Symmetries, University of Valladolid, Spain, July 26, 2007, "Strongly coupled nuclear plasma and string theory"
- String Theory and Gauge Theory, Present and Future, Perimeter Institute workshop, October 15, 2006, "Non-conformal gauge theory plasma from gauge/string correspondence"
- Trento workshop on Hadrons and Strings, Trento, ECT*, Italy, July 20, 2006, "Non-conformal gauge theory plasma from gauge/string correspondence"
- Benasque Center for Science, Spain, July 12, 2006, "Non-conformal gauge theory plasma in string theory"
- CAP-2005 Congress, Vancouver, Canada, June 5-8, 2005, "Transport Properties of Strongly Coupled Gauge Theory Plasma"
- COSMO-04, International Workshop on Particle Physics and the Early Universe, Toronto, Canada , Sept.17-21, 2004, "Braneworld inflation"
- COSMO-04, International Workshop on Particle Physics and the Early Universe, Toronto, Canada, Sept.17-21, 2004, "Suppression of large scale power of density perturbations in small-field inflationary models"
- Trento workshop on Hadrons and Strings, European Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas, July 12th - 17th, 2004, "Universality of the shear viscosity in strongly coupled gauge theory plasma"
- Time and String Theory Workshop, Aspen Center for Physics, August 18 - September 5, 2003, "On cosmological constant of string theory flux compactifications"
- 3rd International Symposium on Quantum Theory and Symmetries, University of Cincinnati, September 10-14, 2003, "On cosmological constant of F-theory compactifications"
- The American Physical Society 2002 Meeting of The Division of Particles and Fields, May 24-28, 2002, "de Sitter backgrounds in type IIB supergravity"
- Montreal-Rochester-Syracuse-Toronto Meeting (MRST 99), Syracuse University, May 10--12, 1999, "Ultrastrong Coupling in Supersymmetric
Gauge Theories"
- Montreal-Rochester-Syracuse-Toronto Meeting (MRST 98), Syracuse University, May 13--15, 1998, "Deriving N=2 S-dualities from Scaling"
- International School of Subnuclear Physics 35th Course Highlights: 50 years later, Erice-Sicily, August 26 -- September 4, 1997, "Search for New Dualities in N=2 Supersymmetric QCD"
- Fifth International Conference on the Fundamentals of Fracture (ICFF-V), National Institute of Standards and Technology, August 18--21, 1997, "Statistical Mechanics of Cracks: Fluctuations, Breakdown,
and Asymptotics of Elastic Theory"
- March Meeting of The American Physical Society, St. Louis, March 20--24, 1996, "Elastic Theory Has Zero Radius of Convergence"
Seminar and Colloquia
- Quantum Fields and Strings Seminar , Perimeter Institute, April 11, 2023, "Dynamical fixed points in holography: theory and cosmological applications"
- Rencontres Theoriciennes, Institut Henri Poincare, Paris, March 9, 2023, "Dynamical fixed points in holography: theory and cosmological applications"
- Winnipeg Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Winnipeg, June 6, 2022, "Dynamical fixed points in strongly coupled holographic systems"
- Institute for Theoretical and Mathematical Physics,
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Septemer 22, 2021, "Black holes on a conifold with fluxes"
- String Group Meeting, Perimeter Institute, December 14, 2018, "Klebanov-Strassler black hole"
- The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, March 8, 2018, "Unstable horizons and cosmic censorship violation in holography"
- Joint Seminar in Theoretical High Energy Physics, Newe Shalom-Wahat al-Salam, March 6, 2018, "Gauge theories in de Sitter spacetime from holography"
- Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel, March 5, 2018, "Non-conformal holographic Gauss-Bonnet hydrodynamics"
- NCG Seminar, Department of Mathematics, UWO, February 5, 2018, "Beyond adiabatic approximation in Big Bang Cosmology: hydrodynamics, resurgence and entropy production in the Universe"
- Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, June 26, 2017, "Out-of-equilibrium dynamics: how to deal with it"
- Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, May 19, 2017, "Unstable horizons and cosmic censorship violation in holography"
- Dep. de Física Quàntica i Astrofísica, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, June 2, 2016, "Beyond adiabatic approximation in Big Bang Cosmology: hydrodynamics, resurgence and entropy production in the Universe"
- Purdue University, West Lafayette, May 6, 2016, "Beyond adiabatic approximation in Big Bang Cosmology: hydrodynamics, resurgence and entropy production in the Universe"
- MCTP, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, February 19, 2016, "Gravitational instability in AdS and thermalization of dual gauge theories"
- University of Texas Austin, Department of Physics, February 17, 2015, "Black hole spectra in holography: consequences for equilibration of dual gauge theories"
- Western University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, November 27, 2014, "String Theory Approach to Non-equilibrium Dynamics of Strongly Coupled Systems"
- UNB Joint Mathematics-Physics Colloquium, Fredricton, November 14, 2014, "String Theory Approach to Non-equilibrium Dynamics of Strongly Coupled Systems"
- Join Jerusalem/Tel-Aviv/Weizmann seminar,Neve Shalom, Israel, May 13, 2014, "HOLOGRAPHIC QUANTUM QUENCHES"
- Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, May 12, 2014, "N=2*: holography, localization and consistent truncations of gravitational dual"
- Western University, Department of Mathematics, January 30, 2014, "Localization and holography of N=2 gauge theories"
- McGill University, November 15, 2013, "Localization and holography of N=2 gauge theories"
- Caltech, May 10, 2013, "Localization and holography in N=2^*"
- Departamento de FÃsica de PartÃculas, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, March 1, 2013, "Localization and holography in N=2^* gauge theory"
- Departamento de FÃsica de PartÃculas, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, February 26, 2013, "Quantum quenches"
- Directors xLunch, Perimeter Institute, February 19, 2013, "Quantum quenches"
- University of Texas, Austin, TX, September 18, 2012, "Quantum quenches"
- Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kiev, May 17, 2012, "Quantum quenches"
- Saclay General Seminar, May 15, 2012, "Quantum quenches"
- Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, October 6, 2011, "Bounds on transport coefficients from holography"
- Ohio State University, May 12, 2011, "Shear viscosity from String Theory (status update)"
- Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA, October 5, 2010, "Dynamical critical phenomena in strongly coupled gauge theory plasma"
- Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematical Physics, Vienna, Austria, August 10, 2010, "Transport at criticality"
- Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel, May 10, 2010, "Causality and transport in holographic plasma"
- Join Jerusalem/Tel-Aviv/Weizmann seminar,Neve Shalom, Israel, May 4, 2010, "Critical phenomena in N=4 plasma and beyond"
- Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, May 3, 2010, "Causality constraints on transport in holographic plasma"
- University of Victoria, Victoria, February 5, 2010, "Transport at criticality"
- University of Washington, Seattle, February 2, 2010, "Transport at criticality"
- Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kiev, August 28, 2009, "Holographic Hydrodynamics"
- KITP, Santa Barbara, February 19, 2008, "Nonequilibrium AdS/CFT"
- Caltech, February 15, 2008, "On SUGRA description of boost-invariant conformal plasma at strong coupling"
- MCTP, University of Michigan, February 8, 2008, "On SUGRA description of boost-invariant conformal plasma at strong coupling"
- Department of Physics, University of Texas-Austin, April 17, 2007, "Non-conformal gauge theory plasma from gauge/string correspondence"
- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of Western Ontario, January 18, 2007, "Strongly coupled nuclear plasma and string theory"
- Physics Department, University of Cincinnati, April 17, 2006, "Hydrodynamics and gauge theory/string theory correspondence"
- Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, November 24, 2005, "Runaway potentials in gauge/string correspondence"
- Join Jerusalem/Tel-Aviv/Weizmann seminar,Neve Shalom, Israel, November 22, 2005, "Hydrodynamics and gauge theory/string theory correspondence"
- Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel, November 21, 2005, "Runaway potentials in gauge/string correspondence"
- Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, June 9, 2004, "Gauge theory hydrodynamics from supergravity"
- University of Kentucky, June 4, 2004, "Gauge theory hydrodynamics from supergravity"
- Stanford University, May 10, 2004, "Braneworld inflation"
- Caltech, May 7, 2004, "Braneworld inflation"
- Ohio State University, November 14, 2003, "On cosmological constant of string theory flux compactifications"
- Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, October 28, 2003, "Inflation in String Theory"
- University of Toronto, September 22, 2003, "Cosmological constant in string theory flux compactifications"
- Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, July 16, 2003, "Hagedorn vs. Hawking-Page transition in string theory"
- Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, March 26, 2003, "Gauge theory/ string theory correspondence and applications to realistic gauge theories"
- University of Western Ontario, March 25, 2003, "Gauge theory/string theory correspondence and the real world"
- Tel-Aviv University, December 5, 2002, "Gauge/string correspondence in curved space"
- Weizmann University, November 26, 2002, "Cosmological backgrounds in supergravity/string
theory"
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 21, 2002, "Cosmological backgrounds in supergravity/string theory"
- University of Michigan, September 25, 2002, "On cosmological backgrounds in supergravity/string
theory"
- University of Toronto, February 25, 2002, "Singularities and thermal phase transitions in
gauge/gravity duals"
- Caltech-USC Center for Theoretical Physics, January 9, 2002, "On the thermodynamic instability of Little String Theory"
- Ohio State University, November 28, 2001, "On the thermodynamic instability of Little String Theory"
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, November 14, 2001, "Singularities and phase transitions in
gravity duals to field theories"
- Newman Lab. of Nuclear Studies, Cornell University, November 7, 2001, "Singularities and Thermal
Phase Transitions in Gauge/Gravity Duals--II"
- Newman Lab. of Nuclear Studies, Cornell University, November 6, 2001, "Singularities and Thermal
Phase Transitions in Gauge/Gravity Duals--I"
- Physics Department, Princeton University, November 5, 2001, "High energy thermodynamics of LST"
- Physics Department, University of Cincinnati, October 30, 2001, "Singularities and Thermal
Phase Transitions in Gauge/Gravity Duals--II"
- Physics Department, University of Cincinnati, October 29, 2001, "Singularities and Thermal
Phase Transitions in Gauge/Gravity Duals--I"
- Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, October 24, 2001, "High energy thermodynamics of LST"
- Physics Department, University of Michigan, October 19, 2001, "Singularities and Thermal
Phase Transitions in Gauge/Gravity Duals--II"
- Physics Department, University of Michigan, October 18, 2001, "Singularities and Thermal
Phase Transitions in Gauge/Gravity Duals--I"
- Extreme String Theory Workshop, Aspen Center for Physics, September 6, 2001, "Singularity Resolution and Phase Transitions in
Gauge/Gravity Duals"
- Institute for Theoretical Physics, UCSB, December 7, 2000, "Finite Temperature Resolution of the Klebanov-Tseytlin Singularity"
- Institute for Theoretical Physics, SUNY at Stony Brook, December 7, 1998, "Ultrastrong coupling in supersymmetric gauge theories"
- University of Texas at Austin, October 20, 1998, "New IR superconformal fixed points in scale invariant N=2
supersymmetric field theories"
- Newman Lab. of Nuclear Studies, Cornell University, October 1, 1998, "New IR superconformal fixed points in scale invariant N=2
supersymmetric field theories"
Public/Outreach Presentations
- Western University, Department of Applied Mathematics, November 25, 2013, "Discovery of Higgs Boson"
- Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, International Summer School for Young Physicists, August 24, 2004, "Superstrings and Duality"
(old) Online Presentations
- QCD and Strings Workshop, Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics, University of Michigan, April 28 - May 9, 2003, "N=2 Thermodynamics", online
- QCD and String Theory Workshop, Institute for Nuclear Theory, February 19 - 22, 2003, "Curiosities of Confining Cascading Gauage Theories", online
- Institute for Theoretical Physics, UCSB, September 27, 2001, "Singularities and Thermal
Phase Transitions in Gauge/Gravity Duals--II", online
- Institute for Theoretical Physics, UCSB, September 25, 2001, "Singularities and Thermal
Phase Transitions in Gauge/Gravity Duals--I", online
- Institute for Theoretical Physics, UCSB, October 15, 1999, "Failure of T-duality in String Theory and S-duality in
Gauge Theories", online