LOCAL ORGANIZERS: Auttakit CHATRABHUTI, Thiparat CHOTIBUT, Oleg EVNIN.
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE: Ofer BIHAM (Hebrew U, Jerusalem), Federico CAMIA (New York U Abu Dhabi), Sergej FLACH (IBS Daejeon), Greg HUBER (UC San Francisco), Eytan KATZAV (Racah Inst, Jerusalem), Maciej NOWAK (Jagiellonian U, Krakow), Paul PEARCE (U Melbourne), Robert ZIFF (U Michigan).
PARTICIPANTS
OBJECTIVES:
The workshop will focus on mathematical physics of discrete systems, and in particular its applications to random geometries. Real-life motivations for such studies range from attempts to quantize gravity to problems in condensed matter physics to mathematical modelling of cooperative phenomena in macroscopic communities. Some concrete directions include:
1) Discrete random geometries with applications to gravity quantization,
2) Discrete mathematical models in equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical physics (the Ising model and its relatives, percolation, lattice gases, etc),
3) Random matrix and tensor models,
4) Random graphs and dynamics of complex networks,
5) Topics in lattice gauge theory (especially with emphasis on analytic approaches),
6) Conformal field theories (especially with connections to the above subjects),
7) Discrete dynamics (cellular automata, spin chains, etc).
The talks are expected to be informal and interactive, with a substantial pedagogical component.
Previous workshops: 2025 2024 2023 2020 2019 2018 2017
Other theoretical physics meetings at the same venue in January-February 2026:
13th BANGKOK WORKSHOP ON HIGH-ENERGY THEORY
3rd BANGKOK WORKSHOP ON GRAVITY AND COSMOLOGY
PRE- AND POST-WORKSHOP RESIDENCE PROGRAM:
Participants are invited to remain in residence for informal communication and collaboration during the weeks preceding (January 12-16) and succeeding (January 26-30) the workshop.
REGISTRATION:
Please fill in the online form in order to register.
All participants are self-funded and do not receive any subsidies from the organizers.
VENUE:
The workshop will be held at the physics department of Chulalongkorn University (commonly abbreviated as "Chula"), Thailand's leading school in natural science fields centrally located in the modernized Pathumwan district of Bangkok.
PRACTICALITIES:
Citizens of a large number of nations (including EU, US, UK, Japan, Korea, India, China, a number of South-East-Asian countries and more) enjoy visa-free entry to Thailand for up to 60 days. Some others can obtain a visa-on-arrival at the airport for up to 15 days.
Participants are expected to arrange their own accommodations. Reservations should not be difficult to make via, e.g., booking.com or other similar sites, or by contacting the hotels directly. Being an epicenter of a gigantic tourist industry, Bangkok offers plentiful accommodations at all luxury levels, priced considerably lower than the general international standards. It should not be difficult to find housing within 1km of the workshop location indicated on this map.
Climatic conditions in Bangkok are advantageous during the season of the workshop (roughly corresponding to a pleasantly warm and sunny summer in temperate countries).
