Splash Biography
KOHTARO YAMAKAWA, UC Berkeley Physics PhD
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Major: Physics College/Employer: UC Berkeley Year of Graduation: G |
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Brief Biographical Sketch:
I'm a first year PhD student at Berkeley studying topology in condensed matter systems. I've taught past courses at MIT SPLASH and Columbia SPLASH such as: Introduction to Superconductors, Introduction to Topology, Introduction to Topological Insulators, Symmetry and Parallel Universes and more. Past Classes(Clicking a class title will bring you to the course's section of the corresponding course catalog)S851: Symmetries and Parallel Universes in Splash Fall 2021 (Oct. 30, 2021)
Symmetry is a property that we all see in our everyday lives. In physics, however, symmetry is a tool to understand everything in our Universe. In this course, we'll explore the notion of Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking (SSB), where a system spontaneously transforms from being symmetric to being asymmetric. Widely used in particle physics and condensed matter physics, SSB can help us understand how simple outcomes in our world, like a falling pencil, might give rise to parallel universes.
M613: Too Important to Fail: An Exploration of Program Correctness in Splash Fall 2020 (Oct. 31, 2020)
Can we really trust automated decision making? Whether we like it or not today cars are starting to drive themselves and medical diagnosis are done by computers.
In this course, we explore what it means for a computer program to be correct and how we can be absolutely certain it is.
S614: Symmetries and Parallel Universes in Splash Fall 2020 (Oct. 31, 2020)
Symmetry is a property that we all see in our everyday lives. In physics, however, symmetry is a tool to understand everything in our Universe.
In this course, we'll explore the notion of Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking (SSB), where a system spontaneously transforms from being symmetric to being asymmetric. Widely used in particle physics and condensed matter physics, SSB can help us understand how simple outcomes in our world, like a falling pencil, might give rise to parallel universes.
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