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Cracking the Glass Problem

Simons Collaboration

Addressing such fundamental issues as disorder, nonlinear response and far-from-equilibrium dynamics, the Simons Collaboration on Cracking the Glass Problem built upon three powerful approaches: the study of marginal stability at jamming, the mean-field theory of glasses in infinite dimension, and the dynamics of systems in complex landscapes.

Collaboration Director

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Sidney Nagel

Director, Simons Collaboration on Cracking the Glass Problem

Principal Investigators

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Ludovic Berthier

Principal Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Cracking the Glass Problem

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Giulio Biroli

Principal Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Cracking the Glass Problem

Patrick Charbonneau

Principal Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Cracking the Glass Problem

Eric Corwin

Principal Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Cracking the Glass Problem

Silvio Franz

Principal Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Cracking the Glass Problem

Jorge Kurchan

Principal Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Cracking the Glass Problem

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Andrea Liu

Principal Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Cracking the Glass Problem

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Lisa Manning

Principal Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Cracking the Glass Problem

Giorgio Parisi

Principal Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Cracking the Glass Problem

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David Reichman

Principal Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Cracking the Glass Problem

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Matthieu Wyart

Principal Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Cracking the Glass Problem

Francesco Zamponi

Principal Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Cracking the Glass Problem

Stories & Features

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10 Simons Foundation Community Members Elected to National Academy of Sciences

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Simons Collaboration on Cracking the Glass Problem Holds 2021 Annual Meeting Online

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