Bartek Czech Member
Tel: +86-10-62796075
E-mail:bartlomiej.czech@gmail.com
Education background
05/2009: Ph.D. in Physics, Advisor: Vijay Balasubramanian,University of Pennsylvania
Thesis: Statistical Effects in Large N Supersymmetric Gauge Theories
09/2002 – 02/2003: non-degree program on Chinese literature and history,Fudan University
06/2002: B.A. in Chemistry and Mathematics magna cum laude,Harvard University
Experience
09/2016 – 07/2018: Member,Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
09/2013 – 08/2016: Research Associate,Stanford University
09/2012 – 08/2013: Postdoctoral Fellow,University of Amsterdam
09/2009 – 07/2012: Postdoctoral Fellow,University of British Columbia
Areas of Research Interests/ Research Projects
I study the emergence of spacetime and gravity from quantum information theory, especially in the context of the AdS/CFT correspondence.
I am interested in information theoretic and operational interpretations of bulk concepts (such as differential entropy or bit threads), the uses of tensor networks for understanding spacetime, constraints on states with semiclassical bulk duals, circuit complexity conjectures and similar topics. Most recently, I have been pursuing the idea that modular Berry phases (phases arising from varying modular Hamiltonians) in the CFT are responsible for transport in AdS.
Honors And Awards
2014: Block Award for a promising young scientist,Aspen Center for Physics
2007-8: Dissertation Completion Fellowship,University of Pennsylvania
2004-5: Brownlee Fellowship for undergraduate mentorship,University of Pennsylvania
2002-3: Harvard-Yenching Fellowship,Harvard UniversityandFudan University
2002: Joseph L. Barrett Award for Teaching,Harvard University
Academic Achievement
Published 30+ papers, including PRL, JHEP, PRD, PRB, Classical and Quantum Gravity and others. Total citations: 1200+, H-index 20 (arXiv).
Full publication record
Representative Papers:
1)B. Czech, L. Lamprou, L. Susskind, “Entanglement Holonomies,”arXiv:1807.04276.
2)B. Czech, L. Lamprou, S. McCandlish, J. Sully, “Modular Berry Connection,” PRL 120, 091601 (2018),arXiv:1807.04276.
3)B. Czech, “Einstein Equations from Varying Complexity,” PRL 120, 031601 (2018),arXiv:1706.00965.
4)B. Czech, L. Lamprou, S. McCandlish, J. Sully, “A Stereoscopic Look into the Bulk,” JHEP 1607, 129 (2016),arXiv: 1604.03110.
5)B. Czech,L. Lamprou, S. McCandlish, J. Sully, “Tensor Networks from Kinematic Space,” JHEP 1607, 100 (2016),arXiv:1512.01548.
6)B. Czech,L. Lamprou, S. McCandlish, J. Sully, “Integral Geometry and Holography,” JHEP 1510, 175 (2015),arXiv:1505.05515.
7)B. Czech, P. Hayden, N. Lashkari, B. Swingle, “The Information Theoretic Interpretation of the Length of a Curve,” JHEP 1506, 157 (2015),arXiv:1410.1540.
8) V. Balasubramanian, B. Chowdhury,B. Czech, J. de Boer, “Entwinement and the Emergence of Spacetime,” JHEP 1501, 048 (2015),arXiv:1406.5859.
9) V. Balasubramanian, B. Chowdhury,B. Czech, M. Heller, J. de Boer, “Bulk Curves from Boundary Data in Holography,” PRD 89, 086004 (2014),arXiv:1310.4204.
10)B. Czech,J. Karczmarek, F. Nogueira, M. van Raamsdonk, “The Gravity Dual of a Density Matrix,” Class. Quant. Grav. 29, 155009 (2012),arXiv:1204.1330.
