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Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought AI — News & ApplicationsEN"AI & Science -- Industry Leadership" Panel Discussion at IPAM at UCLAInstitute for Pure & Applied Mathematics (IPAM)February 13, 2026 38 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5AI for ScienceIndustry LeadershipPanel Discussion
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Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENFranca Hoffmann - Efficient calibration for black-box physics-based models - IPAM at UCLAFranca HoffmannFebruary 6, 2026 55 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Ensemble Kalman FilterBayesian Inverse ProblemsBlack-Box Optimization
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Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENScott Sheffield - 1 + 1 = 2 and (time permitting) 2 + 2 = 4 - IPAM at UCLAScott SheffieldJanuary 26, 2026 52 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Conformal Field TheoryYang-MillsGaussian Free Field
Formal & Physical Sciences PhysicsENZohreh Davoudi - Quantum Simulation for Quantum Field Theories, Part 1 of 2Zohreh DavoudiJanuary 23, 2026 96 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Quantum SimulationQuantum Field TheoryLattice Gauge Theory
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Formal & Physical Sciences Computing & CybersecurityENKen Brown - Tutorial Introduction to Quantum Simulation, Part 1 of 2 - IPAM at UCLAKen BrownJanuary 21, 2026 84 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Quantum SimulationHamiltonianQuantum Computing
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