BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:Data::ICal 0.22 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Timothy Halpin-Healy\, \n\n
We discuss significant events in the rece nt Renaissance triggered by the enigmatic and elusive\, but rich stochasti c nonlinear PDE of Kardar\, Parisi &\; Zhang\,^1 a celebrated equation whose reach far exceeds its grasp\, touching such diverse phenomena as non -equilibrium stochastic growth\, optimal paths in ill-condensed matter\, as well as t he extremal statistics of \;random matrices &\; increasing subseque nces in random permutations.
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\n\n1. J. Stat. Ph ys. 160\, 794 (2015).
\n DTSTART:20180426T150000Z LOCATION:Physics Building\, Room 313 SUMMARY:Within & Beyond the Realm of KPZ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR