• Hyperbolic geometry of the olfactory space

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    Speaker: Tatyana Sharpee (Salk Institute for Biological Studies) Title: Hyperbolic geometry of the olfactory space Abstract: The sense of smell can be used to avoid poisons or estimate a food’s nutrition content because biochemical reactions […]

  • Deregulation through Direct Democracy: Lessons from Liquor

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    Speaker:  Sarah Moshary (University of Chicago) Title:  Deregulation through Direct Democracy: Lessons from Liquor Abstract:  This paper examines the merits of state control versus private provision of spirits retail, using the 2012 deregulation of […]

  • Inequality Aversion, Populism, and the Backlash Against Globalization

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    Speaker: Pietro Veronesi (University of Chicago) Title: Inequality Aversion, Populism, and the Backlash Against Globalization Abstract: Motivated by the recent rise of populism in western democracies, we develop a model in which a populist […]

  • Machine Learning Physics: From Quantum Mechanics to Holographic Geometry

    Speaker: Yi-Zhuang You (UCSD) Title: Machine Learning Physics: From Quantum Mechanics to Holographic Geometry Abstract: Inspired by the "third wave" of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning has found rapid applications in various topics of physics research. Perhaps one of the most […]