<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="4.4.1">Jekyll</generator><link href="https://professores.ift.unesp.br/jaron.kent-dobias/https://professores.ift.unesp.br/jaron.kent-dobias/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><link href="https://professores.ift.unesp.br/jaron.kent-dobias/https://professores.ift.unesp.br/jaron.kent-dobias/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><updated>2026-04-10T10:42:42-03:00</updated><id>https://professores.ift.unesp.br/jaron.kent-dobias/https://professores.ift.unesp.br/jaron.kent-dobias/feed.xml</id><title type="html">CaDS at ICTP-SAIFR</title><subtitle>Disordered systems and critical phenomena at ICTP-SAIFR</subtitle><author><name>Jaron Kent-Dobias</name></author><entry><title type="html">Work on active walks and landscape topology published in PRL</title><link href="https://professores.ift.unesp.br/jaron.kent-dobias/https://professores.ift.unesp.br/jaron.kent-dobias/news/2026/03/18/very.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Work on active walks and landscape topology published in PRL" /><published>2026-03-18T08:00:00-03:00</published><updated>2026-03-18T08:00:00-03:00</updated><id>https://professores.ift.unesp.br/jaron.kent-dobias/https://professores.ift.unesp.br/jaron.kent-dobias/news/2026/03/18/very</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://professores.ift.unesp.br/jaron.kent-dobias/https://professores.ift.unesp.br/jaron.kent-dobias/news/2026/03/18/very.html"><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://professores.ift.unesp.br/jaron.kent-dobias/img/level_sets.png" alt="Level sets of spin glass Hamiltonians" /></p>

<p>Our research studying the topology of level sets of complex landscapes using the properties of active random walkers was <a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/jvpw-csk7">published in PRL</a>.</p>]]></content><author><name>Jaron Kent-Dobias</name></author><category term="news" /><summary type="html"><![CDATA[]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Work on CSPs published in JSTAT</title><link href="https://professores.ift.unesp.br/jaron.kent-dobias/https://professores.ift.unesp.br/jaron.kent-dobias/news/2026/03/01/structure.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Work on CSPs published in JSTAT" /><published>2026-03-01T08:00:00-03:00</published><updated>2026-03-01T08:00:00-03:00</updated><id>https://professores.ift.unesp.br/jaron.kent-dobias/https://professores.ift.unesp.br/jaron.kent-dobias/news/2026/03/01/structure</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://professores.ift.unesp.br/jaron.kent-dobias/https://professores.ift.unesp.br/jaron.kent-dobias/news/2026/03/01/structure.html"><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://professores.ift.unesp.br/jaron.kent-dobias/img/csp_spheres.png" alt="Spheres wedged and inscribed in CSPs constrain topology of solutions" /></p>

<p>Our research studying the geometry and topology of solution sets in continuous constraint satisfaction problems like the perceptron <a href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-5468/ae4587">was published in JSTAT</a>.</p>]]></content><author><name>Jaron Kent-Dobias</name></author><category term="news" /><summary type="html"><![CDATA[]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Newly published and preprinted work</title><link href="https://professores.ift.unesp.br/jaron.kent-dobias/https://professores.ift.unesp.br/jaron.kent-dobias/news/2025/05/26/articles.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Newly published and preprinted work" /><published>2025-05-26T10:00:00-03:00</published><updated>2025-05-26T10:00:00-03:00</updated><id>https://professores.ift.unesp.br/jaron.kent-dobias/https://professores.ift.unesp.br/jaron.kent-dobias/news/2025/05/26/articles</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://professores.ift.unesp.br/jaron.kent-dobias/https://professores.ift.unesp.br/jaron.kent-dobias/news/2025/05/26/articles.html"><![CDATA[<p>Research from the group on the topology of manifolds resulting from satisfying
random constraints was recently <a href="https://doi.org/10.21468/SciPostPhys.18.5.158">published in SciPost
Physics</a>.</p>

<p>A draft manuscript describing the relationship between persistent random walks
and the topology of microcanonical configuration space was also recently
<a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.16653">uploaded to the arXiv</a>.</p>]]></content><author><name>Jaron Kent-Dobias</name></author><category term="news" /><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Research from the group on the topology of manifolds resulting from satisfying random constraints was recently published in SciPost Physics.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Joining ICTP-SAIFR in 2025</title><link href="https://professores.ift.unesp.br/jaron.kent-dobias/https://professores.ift.unesp.br/jaron.kent-dobias/news/2024/10/15/jaron-joining.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Joining ICTP-SAIFR in 2025" /><published>2024-10-15T09:00:00-03:00</published><updated>2024-10-15T09:00:00-03:00</updated><id>https://professores.ift.unesp.br/jaron.kent-dobias/https://professores.ift.unesp.br/jaron.kent-dobias/news/2024/10/15/jaron-joining</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://professores.ift.unesp.br/jaron.kent-dobias/https://professores.ift.unesp.br/jaron.kent-dobias/news/2024/10/15/jaron-joining.html"><![CDATA[<p>Jaron Kent-Dobias will be joining the faculty at ICTP-SAIFR in early 2025 as a
Simons/FAPESP Young Investigator, and will be seeking masters and PhD students.
Please send expressions of interest to <a href="mailto:jaron@itcp-saifr.org">jaron@ictp-saifr.org</a>.</p>]]></content><author><name>Jaron Kent-Dobias</name></author><category term="news" /><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Jaron Kent-Dobias will be joining the faculty at ICTP-SAIFR in early 2025 as a Simons/FAPESP Young Investigator, and will be seeking masters and PhD students. Please send expressions of interest to jaron@ictp-saifr.org.]]></summary></entry></feed>