 Yoav Kallus
2011-2014 Postdoctoral Fellow
Condensed Matter Physics
609-258-4783
411B Jadwin Hall
ykallus@princeton.edu
My ressearch spans a large variety of frustrated constraint satisfaction problems that range from computer science to geometry, but are all inspired by physical systems such as folding proteins, colloidal suspensions, granular beds, and spin glasses. I have been working on developing a unified view of these systems by employing both information theoretical and statistical physics approaches. The work has contributed to the development of the "divide and concur" scheme, a novel general numerical approach for solving constraint satisfaction problems. In addition to the general questions regarding these systems, I am also interested in answering the specific questions that raise themselves in these fields.
Recent publications:
- A dense periodic packing of tetrahedra with a small repeating unit
- Y. Kallus, V. Elser, S. Gravel, Discrete and Computational Geometry 44, 245 (2006).
- Dissipative Quantum Hall Effect in Graphene near the Dirac Point
- Y. Kallus, V. Elser, S. Gravel, Phys. Rev. E 82, 056707 (2010).
- Upper bound on the packing density of regular tetrahedra and octahedra
- S. Gravel, V. Elser, Y. Kallus, Discrete and Computational Geometry, (2010).
- Dense crystal packing structures of regular tetrahedrea,
- Y. Kallus, V. Elser, Phys. Rev. E, to appear, (2011).
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