EPSRC UK Graduate Summer School in Condensed Matter Theory
"Physics by the Lake"

Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park – August 7-19 2016

Features core lecture courses in condensed matter physics:

❖ Strongly correlated quantum systems – Chris Hooley, St Andrews
❖ Statistical mechanics – Richard Blythe, Edinburgh
❖ Electrons in solids – Martin Lüders, Daresbury Laboratory
❖ Cold matter and quantum fluids – Marzena Szymanska, University College London

and additional courses on a range of applications including

❖ Quantum information processing – Andrew Fisher, London Centre for Nanotechnology
❖ Soft condensed matter – Buddhapriya Chakrabarti, Durham
❖ Physics of biological evolution – Bartlomiej Waclaw, Edinburgh
❖ Superconductivity – Jorge Quintanilla, Kent
❖ Topological matter – Sam Carr, Kent
❖ Mesoscopic physics — Eran Ginossar, Surrey

Plus tutorials, research seminars and the chance to meet like-minded PhD students in beautiful surroundings.

The school is aimed at condensed matter
theorists in their 1st or 2nd year of a PhD
It is also accessible to experimentalists with
an interest in theoretical topics
All meals and accommodation are included
The full fee for the school is £1350
A reduced fee of £200 applies to EPSRC-
funded students and UK-based students
who would have qualified for such funding
Other UK-based students may apply for a
contribution towards the fee from the IOP
International students are welcome
Full details at physicsbythelake.org

Apply by 1st May 2016 at physicsbythelake.org

Organisers
Dr Eran Ginossar, (Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH)
Dr Sam Carr, (School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NH)

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Institute of Physics / Theory of Condensed Matter Group