Welcome to the Institute for Fundamental Theory
The Institute for Fundamental Theory provides theoretical physicists and mathematicians with an intellectual habitat conducive to interdisciplinary contacts. Its purpose is to encourage interactions between high energy theory, condensed matter theory, astrophysics theory, biophysics theory, and mathematics to foster a unified view of these sciences and the commonality of their techniques.
Director: Peter Hirschfeld
Associate Director: Sergei Shabanov
Advisory Board: Laura Blecha, Bingkan Xue, Wei Xue
Donations to the IFT are gratefully accepted.
In Memoriam, John Klauder, Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Physics, UF 1989-2010
UPCOMING EVENTS
April 2-4, 2025 Daniel Arovas (UCSD). IFT Colloquium “A Brief History of Quantum Magnetism” April 2, 10:00am in 2205 NPB and Research Seminar “Strain in Hyperdiamond Lattices” April 4, 2:00pm in 2165 NPB
The 2025 Integration Bee, co-sponsored by IFT, is scheduled for April 5th at 10:30 AM in LIT201. The event will begin with a preliminary written test, where you’ll have an hour to solve as many integrals as you can. After a break for (free) lunch, top scorers will proceed to bracket play, where they will complete to solve the same integral as fast as possible. https://ums.math.ufl.edu/integrationbee/.
April 28-29, 2025 IFT Workshop, “AI-Accelerated Superconductor Discovery: From Algorithms to Novel Materials” (B. Geisler, P. Hirschfeld, and R. Hennig (MSE), organizers)
November 12, 2025 IFT Colloquium, Daniel Rothman, MIT
