The Kardar-Parisi-Zhang Universality Class & Related Topics

April 20, 2026 - April 24, 2026

Organizers:

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Ivan Corwin
Columbia University
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Evgeni Dimitrov
USC
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Konstantin Matetski
Michigan State University

This workshop will be focused on various aspects of the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) universality. The latter refers to common random fluctuations of a broad class of probabilistic models, including random growing interfaces, exclusion processes, directed random polymers, last passage percolations, etc. These models exhibit deep connections between various areas of mathematics, such as random matrix theory, stochastic PDEs, combinatorics, and integrable systems.

There has been huge progress on the KPZ universality in recent years, and this workshop will help participants keep track of this rapidly developing area of probability theory.


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