Collective Behaviors and Deep Learning Applications

2025年6月11日(水) 15:00 - 16:00

王 凌霄 (理化学研究所 数理創造研究センター (iTHEMS) 数理基礎部門 研究員)

Understanding and modeling collective pedestrian behavior, particularly under extreme conditions, is a challenging problem that combines cognition, physics, and data analysis. In the second talk of DEEP-IN series, I will explore how deep learning can reveal the underlying principles of crowd dynamics from data. Starting with a bounded rationality framework, we demonstrate how deep learning can quantify evacuation dynamics and reveal hidden patterns in collective motion. Specifically, we demonstrate how macroscopic observables, such as entropy and kinetic energy, can be extracted from microscopic trajectories in simulations and real-world data. This is an informal seminar, we will start with the methodology and some practical examples, and finally reserve time for everyone interested to discuss it together.

会場: セミナー室 (359号室) (メイン会場) / via Zoom

イベント公式言語: 英語

Quantum Decryption from technological perspective to business opportunities

2025年6月6日(金) 16:00 - 17:30

杉浦 祥 (CEO, BlocQ, Inc.)

Quantum decryption is a foundational application of fault-tolerant quantum computing (FTQC), essential for future cryptographic security. While quantum simulations, especially quantum chemistry, dominate current quantum computing research, quantum decryption remains less explored despite its significance. In this talk, we give a business style talk that overviews the current status of quantum decryption and our company's pioneering efforts to advance practical FTQC-based solutions. We discuss recent technological advancements and outline our strategic initiatives aimed at leading the field toward secure communications.

会場: 研究本館 3階 359号室とZoomのハイブリッド開催

イベント公式言語: 英語

A New Measure of Genuine Multipartite Entanglement

2025年6月6日(金) 14:00 - 15:00

Jaydeep Kumar Basak (Post-doctoral Fellow, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Republic of Korea)

In this talk, I will introduce ``Latent entropy" (L-entropy) as a novel measure to characterize genuine multipartite entanglement in pure states, applicable to quantum systems with both finite and infinite degrees of freedom. This measure, derived from an upper bound on reflected entropy, attains its maximum for three-party GHZ states and $n=4,5$-party $2$-uniform states. I will also show the generalization of this measure for higher party states. Furthermore, I will discuss an analogue of the Page curve in multiboundary wormholes. If time permits, I will show the behaviour of multipartite entanglement in random states.

会場: セミナー室 (359号室) 3階 359号室とZoomのハイブリッド開催

イベント公式言語: 英語

4th Mathematical Application Research Team Meeting

2025年6月6日(金) 14:00 - 15:30

青木 愼也 (理化学研究所 最先端研究プラットフォーム連携 (TRIP) 事業本部 基礎量子科学研究プログラム 副プログラムディレクター)

An alternative view on AdS/CFT correspondence

会場: 理化学研究所 和光キャンパス 研究本館3階 345-347 (メイン会場) / via Zoom

イベント公式言語: 英語

Exotic Pairing Nature and Charge Ordering in Kagome Superconductor

2025年6月5日(木) 15:00 - 16:15

Wu Xianxin (Associate Professor, CAS Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

Abstract：Recent experimental investigations have identified fascinating electronic orders in kagome metals, such as intriguing superconductivity, charge density wave (CDW) and nematicity. Notably, there is various evidence of spontaneous time-reversal symmetry (TRS) breaking within the CDW phase, pointing to a long-pursued loop current order, though its underlying mechanism remains elusive. In this talk, I will first review the exotic properties of these kagome superconductors. Then, I will discuss the effective model and the unique sublattice texture associated with van Hove singularities in the kagome lattice [1], which turns out to have significant effect on correlated states. Finally, I will present our scenario for realizing a TRS breaking CDW within the kagome lattice and discuss loop-current fluctuation induced unconventional pairing [2-4]. Potential experimental implications will be also discussed.

会場: via Zoom / 研究本館

イベント公式言語: 英語

Solving Inverse Problems with Physics-Driven Deep Learning

2025年6月4日(水) 15:00 - 16:00

王 凌霄 (理化学研究所 数理創造研究センター (iTHEMS) 数理基礎部門 研究員)

This talk kicks off a four-part seminar series on the DEEP-IN WG, an interdisciplinary working group exploring how modern deep learning — including deep generative models — can tackle inverse problems across scientific domains. In addition to DEEP-IN activities, I will present a new framework and vision, motivated by the growing synergy between physics-driven designs for deep learning and scientific discovery, as discussed in our recent review article. Future talks will demonstrate machine learning applications in collective behaviors, weather systems, and lattice field simulations. This is an informal seminar, we will start with the methodology, give some practical examples, and finally reserve time for everyone interested to discuss it together.

会場: セミナー室 (359号室) (メイン会場) / via Zoom

イベント公式言語: 英語

Extracting particle mass on quantum computers: state preparation and measurement

2025年6月3日(火) 11:00 - 12:30

王 啸洋 (理化学研究所 数理創造研究センター (iTHEMS) 数理展開部門 量子数理科学チーム 特別研究員)

In this seminar, I will introduce the procedure of extracting particle mass from the ab initio calculation using quantum computers, including two essential steps: state preparation and measurement. For the measurement process, in our recent work "Computing n-time correlation functions without ancilla qubits" [arXiv:2504.12975], we developed a measurement method for correlation functions without ancilla qubits, circumventing longstanding hardware constraints of limited qubit connectivity and short-range control operations. We demonstrate our method using IBM quantum hardware and successfully reproduce the noiseless results of the Schwinger model hadron mass within a relative error of 0.18%, even in the presence of realistic hardware limitations and noise. For the state preparation process, another work "Performance guarantees of light-cone variational quantum algorithms for the maximum cut problem" [arXiv:2504.12896] focused on the accuracy of the state preparation using variational quantum algorithms (VQAs). We propose a light-cone VQA with provable performance guarantees, whose single round has higher accuracy than the 3-round standard VQA for the maximum cut problem. We experimentally validated the single-round light-cone VQA using IBM quantum hardware with solution accuracy that exceeds the known classical hardness threshold in both a 72-qubit demonstration and a 148-qubit demonstration.

会場: セミナー室 (359号室) (メイン会場) / via Zoom

イベント公式言語: 英語

Ecology and Evolution of Mammal-Microbe Interactions

2025年5月29日(木) 16:00 - 17:00

鈴木 太一 (Assistant Professor, Biodesign Center for Health Through Microbiomes, Arizona State University, USA)

A critical open question in microbiome research is identifying key host-microbial interactions that influence host fitness. While the disruption of coevolved host-microbial interactions is known to affect host fitness in simpler systems (e.g., insects and their symbionts), understanding the extent and consequences of host-microbial coevolution in more complex systems (e.g., mammals and their gut microbiota) remains a major challenge. My research has identified multiple species of gut microbes in adults and children that share a parallel evolutionary history with humans by analyzing paired human genotypes and bacterial strain genotypes. In another line of work, I applied a selection experiment demonstrating that selection and transmission of the microbiome and its metabolites can alter mouse locomotion behavior within four rounds of microbiome transfer, without any changes to the mouse genome. Finally, I will briefly outline my future plans to study the effects of disrupting evolutionary stable host-microbial associations on the phenotypes of deer mice (Peromyscus spp.) in the Madrean Sky Islands and genetically diverse human populations in Arizona. Biosketch: Assistant Professor at Arizona State University since 2023. MS at University of Arizona, PhD at University of California Berkeley, and Postdoc at Max Planck Institute for Biology. My group integrates evolutionary genomics, microbial ecology, and biomedical research to study host-microbial interactions using wild rodents and humans.

会場: セミナー室 (359号室) 3階 359号室とZoomのハイブリッド開催 (メイン会場) / via Zoom

イベント公式言語: 英語

Non-perturbative formulation of resonant quantum mechanics within unified exact WKB framework

2025年5月28日(水) 16:00 - 17:30

森川 億人 (理化学研究所 数理創造研究センター (iTHEMS) 数理基礎部門 基礎科学特別研究員)

We study quasi-stationary states in quantum mechanics using the exact WKB analysis as a non-perturbative framework. We explore unstable states such as resonances by analyzing the inverted Rosen-Morse potential, which exhibits barrier resonance. This model allows exact solutions, enabling a direct comparison with exact WKB predictions. We provide a simple analytic picture of resonance and demonstrate consistency between exact and WKB-based results. A unified exact WKB framework is developed for exploring the equivalence and complementarity of different well-established regularizations \`a la Zel'dovich, complex scaling, and rigged Hilbert space within this framework.

会場: セミナー室 (359号室) 3階 359号室とZoomのハイブリッド開催

イベント公式言語: 英語

Generalized symmetry from Type IIB superstring theory

2025年5月27日(火) 16:00 - 17:00

川平 将志 (神戸大学 大学院理学研究科 物理学専攻 博士研究員)

Recently, generalized symmetries have enabled the systematic analysis of various quantum systems. In this talk, we focus on global generalized symmetries that appear in the low-energy effective theory of type IIB superstring theory (i.e., type IIB supergravity). Specifically, we highlight the SL(2,ℤ) gauge symmetry (self-duality) in type IIB supergravity. We see that a global ℤ₁₂ eight-form symmetry arises as the quantum symmetry of the SL(2,ℤ) gauge symmetry. And we discuss its topological operator and its relation to 7-branes. This talk is based on joint work with Hiroki Wada (Tohoku University) and Naoto Kan (Osaka University).

会場: 研究本館 3階 359号室とZoomのハイブリッド開催 (メイン会場) / via Zoom

イベント公式言語: 英語

A review of incompatibility in quantum information science (Topical Review Meeting #1)

2025年5月26日(月) 16:00 - 17:30

江守 陽規 (北海道大学 大学院情報科学院 博士課程)

As the first activity of the Quantum Foundation Study Group, we will hold a Topical Review Meeting. In quantum mechanics and quantum information science, the exploration of “quantumness” is of fundamental importance. One key concept that captures quantumness is “incompatibility”. In this meeting, I will give a review on incompatibility. If time permits, I would also like to introduce some of my recent research on this topic and engage in discussions with the participants.

会場: セミナー室 (359号室) (メイン会場) / via Zoom

イベント公式言語: 英語

Colored Links and Topological Vortex Structures

2025年5月23日(金) 16:00 - 17:45

Toni Annala (Dickson Instructor, Department of Mathematics, The University of Chicago, USA)

Topological vortices are intriguing defects that emerge in a wide range of physical systems, including Bose–Einstein condensates and liquid crystals. In this talk, I will describe how the global structure of such vortices can be captured pictorially using colored link diagrams—or more generally, colored embedded graphs. Through a variety of examples, I will illustrate how this framework can be used to classify and analyze vortex configurations. In particular, I will highlight conditions under which these structures are topologically protected, in the sense that they cannot decay into collections of disjoint loops without destroying the underlying phase of the system. These investigations naturally give rise to new topological invariants of colored links, which can be used to distinguish and classify such vortex structures.

会場: セミナー室 (359号室)

イベント公式言語: 英語

SISSI: Supernovae in a Shearing, Stratified Interstellar Medium

2025年5月23日(金) 14:00 - 15:15

Leonard Romano (Ph.D. Student, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany)

Supernovae (SNe) are an important driver of the multiphase structure in the Interstellar Medium (ISM) and play an important role for regulating star formation. SNe inflate large bubbles of hot gas dubbed Supernova Remnants (SNRs) that can remain hot for several 10⁵-10⁶ years, contributing substantially to the volume filling hot phase, galactic outflows and the driving of turbulence in the ISM. In this talk, I am presenting the results of zoom-in simulations of SNRs embedded in a simulated isolated Milky-Way analogue, in order to investigate how environmental effects like shear, vertical stratification and a self-consistently generated ISM can affect various properties of SNRs. I find that initially microscopic SNRs, whose dynamics are dominated by local shock physics, after a few Myr enter a mesoscopic regime, where their dynamics are increasingly dominated by galactic scale processes. Based on these findings, I make predictions about SN-driven large-scale structure, such as galactic outflows and the geometry of large superbubbles in disk galaxies.

会場: セミナー室 (359号室) 3階 359号室とZoomのハイブリッド開催

イベント公式言語: 英語

Beyond-classical simulations using a quantum annealer

2025年5月23日(金) 10:00 - 11:15

Alberto Nocera (Senior Staff Scientist, Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute, The University of British Columbia, Canada)

Join us for an electrifying online zoom talk featuring Dr. Alberto Nocera, the author of the groundbreaking Science article detailing D-Wave's quantum annealer outperforming classical supercomputers in simulating complex magnetic materials. D-Wave’s quantum annealer uses quantum annealing to efficiently solve optimization problems by finding low-energy states of complex systems. Unlike IBM and Quantinuum’s gate-based quantum computers, which are universal and execute algorithms via quantum circuits, D-Wave’s system is specialized but currently more scalable and practical for certain applications. While gate-based systems are still limited by noise and error rates, D-Wave’s annealer recently demonstrated a quantum advantage in simulating magnetic materials, outperforming classical supercomputers. This highlights a key difference: D-Wave excels in specific tasks today, while IBM and Quantinuum aim for broader, long-term quantum computational capabilities. Talk Abstract: Solving the equations governing the dynamics of interacting many-particle quantum systems is one of the biggest challenges in modern science. In 1982, Richard P. Feynman envisioned that the best way to emulate the behavior of many-particle quantum systems is to use another quantum system, starting the field of quantum simulation. Rather than seeking to solve the fundamental equations of quantum mechanics using conventional or classical computers, in quantum simulation one seeks to simulate a quantum system using an "analog device" mimicking its behavior, hoping to access solutions which are not easy to compute otherwise. In this talk, using the quantum annealing simulator device developed by D-Wave as a main tool, I will show that the use of tensor network methods has a key role in quantum simulation: besides benchmarking the quantum device, they can assess and help establishing its functionality beyond the classically simulatable regime [1].

会場: via Zoom

イベント公式言語: 英語

Moss sporophytes and their consumers: an overlooked interaction

2025年5月22日(木) 13:00 - 14:00

今田 弓女 (京都大学 大学院理学研究科 生物科学専攻 助教)

The evolution of plant-feeding in animals is deeply intertwined with the unintentional transport of diaspores. Zoochory (the dispersal of plant diaspores by animals) has been extensively studied in flowering plants, particularly with regard to seeds and fruits. Bryophytes, in contrast, have poorly been investigated, despite possessing traits favorable for animal-mediated dispersal: they are small, easily transported, and exhibit high totipotent capacity. It has long been believed that bryophytes are rarely consumed by animals. However, our field survey into sporophyte-feeding across diverse forest-dwelling mosses (the largest clade of bryophytes) revealed the ubiquity of spore consumption. This finding prompts a re-evaluation of the ecological function of the sporophyte in the alternation of generations in mosses. Moreover, our data suggest that this interaction may be framed within the mutualism–antagonism continuum. Finally, I aim to clarify key questions surrounding the reproduction and dispersal of spore-producing plants, particularly bryophytes.

会場: via Zoom (メイン会場) / セミナー室 (359号室)

イベント公式言語: 英語

Universality class for driven interfaces and... integrable spin hydrodynamics?

2025年5月19日(月) 15:00 - 17:00

竹内 一将 (東京大学 大学院理学系研究科 准教授)

The Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) universality class, originally formulated to describe driven systems such as growing interfaces, has undergone several paradigm shifts [1]. One major breakthrough was the discovery of exact solutions for one-dimensional models within the KPZ class — remarkable given their non-equilibrium and non-linear nature — enabled by underlying integrability. These exact results revealed nontrivial fluctuation properties, some closely linked to random matrix theory, which were subsequently observed in real experiments on driven interfaces. But more recently, the KPZ framework appears to be entering a new phase, extending unexpectedly to integrable spin chains at thermal equilibrium [2,3]. Although this connection was nearly dismissed when clear discrepancy in full counting statistics was reported, the speaker and collaborators numerically found that various two-point quantities agree precisely with KPZ exact solutions, so the KPZ class indeed governs integrable spin chains, yet only their two-point quantities [4]. I will also discuss a recent hydrodynamic theory aiming to bridge spin chains and KPZ, which, currently, falls short of fully explaining the numerical observations and calls for further refinement [2,3].

会場: セミナー室 (359号室) 3階 359号室とZoomのハイブリッド開催

イベント公式言語: 英語

Stable homotopy theory of invertible quantum spin systems

2025年5月16日(金) 16:00 - 18:00

窪田 陽介 (京都大学 大学院理学研究科 准教授)

In the past decade, A. Kitaev proposed that the set of invertible gapped quantum spin systems would form an \Omega-spectrum. This conjecture is considered to have potentially significant application to the study of SPT phases. Recently, we give a mathematically rigorous realization of this proposal with the language of functional analysis and operator algebra. This gives a unified proof of a series of existing researches. The proof also suggests to understand Kitaev's proposal from the viewpoint of coarse geometry of metric spaces. This association leads us to the concept of localization flow.

会場: セミナー室 (359号室) (メイン会場) / via Zoom

イベント公式言語: 英語

Topology and Brain Science

2025年5月16日(金) 14:00 - 15:30

Shiu Gary (Professor, Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)

会場: via Zoom

イベント公式言語: 英語