Colloquia

Speaker: Cumrun Vafa (Harvard) Venue & Time: Aula Polivalente, Plaza Mayor UAM / 15:30 Abstract: The dark sector — comprising dark energy and dark matter — has remained a profound mystery for decades. In this talk, I will review this subject and show how string theory naturally leads to a predictive framework for a unified […]

Speaker: Tarun Souradeep (Raman Research Institute, India) Venue & Time: Red Room / 3:00 PM Abstract: The 10th anniversary of the first detection of gravitational waves (GWs) is an apt time to assess the promise of this across all GW windows to the understanding of our Universe. The talk briefly reviews the status and successes […]

Title: The Mystery of Cosmic Acceleration Speaker: Prof. David Weinberg, The Ohio State University, USA Date and time: 15:30h (CET), Wednesday, March 18th, 2026 Location: CFTMAT Auditorium After the talk, we will have a coffee gathering, providing an opportunity to continue the discussion and interact with the speaker in an informal setting. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87376882248?pwd=ydvE94nhe7Wq03As62XTn9aj0Nwgqh.1 […]

Title: 'QCD critical point and the predictable randomness of relativistic fluids' Speaker: Misha A. Stephanov (Illinois U., Chicago) Venue&Time: 12:00 / Red Room Abstract: Quantum Chromodynamics predicts a variety of unusual states of matter in which relativity and quantum many-body physics strongly intertwine. Discovering phase transitions between these extreme forms of matter in a laboratory […]