✨ A Special Encounter at IMS, NUS! We were thrilled to meet Professor Makoto Katori (Department of Physics, Chuo University, Japan) at the Institute for Mathematical Sciences, National University of Singapore, right after his captivating talk at the workshop "Conformal Field Theories: Randomness & Geometry" (18–29 May 2026)! Prof. Katori presented cutting-edge research on Stochastic Log-gases and Multiple Schramm–Loewner Evolutions, unveiling deep mathematical connections between random matrix theory, Gaussian free fields, and conformal field theory — work at the very frontier of mathematical physics and probability theory. We are proud that Prof. Katori has been a valued author and contributor with World Scientific for over 35 years! His publications with us include: 📕 Book Coherent-Anomaly Method: Mean-field, Fluctuations and Systematics M. Suzuki, X. Hu, M. Katori, A. Lipowski, N. Hatano, K. Minami & Y. Nonomura World Scientific, Singapore, 1995 Landmark book on phase transitions and critical phenomena 📖 Book Chapter Book Chapter "Phase Transitions in Contact Process and its Related Process" Makoto Katori & Norio Konno Chapter in edited volume published by World Scientific (DOI: 10.1142/2147) 🔗worldscientific.com/worldsci… 📃 Journal Papers IJMPB · 1990 Paper in International Journal of Modern Physics B, Vol. 4, 1990 Coherent-Anomaly Method applied to critical phenomena 🔗worldscientific.com/doi/10.1… MPLB · 1991 Paper in Modern Physics Letters B, Vol. 5, 1991 🔗worldscientific.com/doi/10.1… Fractals · 1996 Paper in Fractals, Vol. 4, 1996 🔗worldscientific.com/doi/10.1… Fractals · 1998 "Forest Dynamics with Canopy Gap Expansion and Stochastic Ising Model" M. Katori, S. Kizaki, Y. Terui & T. Kubo · Fractals, Vol. 6, No. 01, pp. 81–86, 1998 Interdisciplinary work connecting physics (Ising model) with tropical forest ecology 🔗worldscientific.com/doi/10.1… RMTA · 2022 "Partial Isometries, Duality, and Determinantal Point Processes" M. Katori & T. Shirai · Random Matrices: Theory and Applications, Vol. 11, No. 03, 2022 🔗worldscientific.com/doi/10.1… IJMI · 2025 "Eigenvalue and Pseudospectrum Processes Generated by Nonnormal Toeplitz Matrices with Rank 1 Perturbations" S. Morimoto, M. Katori & T. Shirai · International Journal of Mathematics for Industry, Vol. 17, No. 01, 2025 🔗worldscientific.com/doi/10.1… Prof. Katori shared a heartwarming story — his advisor, Prof. Masuo Suzuki (Tokyo University) wanted to collaborate with World Scientific because he wanted an Asian publisher that has an international reach. Stories like this remind us why we do what we do: to serve the global scientific community — and especially Asian researchers and authors — with dedication and care. We are honoured and deeply inspired. 📚 Explore more of Prof. Katori’s papers, freely accessible for a limited time at worldscientific.com #WorldScientific #WSPC #ConnectingGreatMinds #AsianPublisher #OpenAccess #NUS #IMS #ConformalFieldTheory #RandomMatricesTheoryAndApplications #RMTA #InternationalJournalOfModernPhysicsB #IJMPB #ModernPhysicsLettersB #MPLB #Fractals #FractalsJournal #InternationalJournalOfMathematicsForIndustry #IJMI #RandomMatrices #DeterminantalPointProcesses #SchrammLoewnerEvolution #MathematicalPhysics #ProbabilityTheory #StochasticProcesses #CriticalPhenomena #PhaseTransitions #ContactProcess #CoherentAnomalyMethod #IsingModel #FractalGeometry #StatisticalPhysics #CondensedMatterPhysics #Pseudospectrum #ToeplitzMatrices #GaussianFreeField #DysonBrownianMotion #ResearchExcellence #MathCommunity #PhysicsCommunity #InterdisciplinaryScience #AsianResearch #OpenScience

Quantum computing stocks surge as Nvidia advances Ising machine tech, boosting quantum optimization potential. DYOR. #QuantumComputing #Nvidia #TechStocks #IsingModel #Innovation

#PRBTopDownload: #BerezinskiiKosterlitzThouless #PhaseTransitions of the #antiferromagnetic #IsingModel with #ferromagnetic nnn interactions on the #KagomeLattice Y. Okabe and H. Otsuka PRB 113, 014441 – Pub. 29 January, 2026 ➡️ go.aps.org/4c9zxvB #OpenAccess @APSPhysics

Queen’s researchers built a light-powered computer that solves hard optimization problems – from protein folding to cryptography – at room temp, with billions of operations per second and hours-long stability. Led by Bhavin Shastri; published in @Nature. #Photonics #IsingModel #QueensU queensu.ca/gazette/stories/u…

🏆 ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED! We’ve hit a massive milestone in optimization scale and efficiency with our GPU Sparse Ising solver. N=100,000 spins solved in just 39 minutes. 🤯 167x memory savings (dropping from 40GB to just 240MB!) ✅ 100% convergence verified at this scale. This validates the core thesis of the Daugherty Engine: exponential behavior can be actively mitigated to sustain polynomial-time operations. The future of solving structured constraints is here. 🚀 @SmartLedgerTech @jalexanderm @Sdot2121 @Codenlighten1 #HPC #GPUcomputing #Optimization #TechMilestone #IsingModel

Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in Systems Obeying the Dynamics of On–Off Intermittency and Presenting Bimodal Amplitude Distributions ✏️ Stelios M. Potirakis et al. 🔗 brnw.ch/21wXfbV Viewed: 3571; Cited: 4 #mdpisymmetry #Isingmodel #dynamicalsystems #primenumbers #MOSFET

🎉 The Topical Collection of MPAG “The Ising model at 100: some modern perspectives” is now complete! 👉 Read the collection here: lnkd.in/en9_JeWj #Isingmodel #statphys #probabilitytheory #mpag

Editor's Choice Paper Recommendation 👉 mdpi.com/2851762 📑 Random Field Ising Model Criticality in a Complex Binary Liquid System 📌 #IsingModel #PorousMaterials #Nanomaterials

📢Read #FeaturePaper "Effects of Temperature and Random Forces in Phase Transformation of Multi-Stable Systems" by Giuseppe Florio, Stefano Giordano, and Giuseppe Puglisi 👉See more details at: mdpi.com/1099-4300/26/12/110… #PhaseTransformation #IsingModel #RandomField

Can Turing and Ising models explain lizard skin patterns—and be reconciled? 🦎📐 We bridge microscopic cell interactions & macroscopic scale patterns across evolutionary divergent lizards. 👉 lanevol.org/news/article/mat… #EvoDevo #TuringPatterns #IsingModel #MathematicalBiology

Our recent research on #hardware for high-order #IsingMachine out on @NaturePortfolio @NatureComms Thanks to my advisor Dmitri Strukov and co-authors George, @gpedretti90 @JohnPStrachan et al. #IsingModel #PUBO #Memristor #RRAM #Crossbar #Satisfiability nature.com/articles/s41467-0…

#LessonOfTheWeek: QCi takes a look at how the Ising machine is a computational model gaining popularity for solving complex problems. Read the full lesson here: bit.ly/3WU18ZV #QCiLesson #IsingModel #IsingMachine #quantummechanics #optimization #QUBO #quantumphysics

#mdpisymmetry Article "Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in Systems Obeying the Dynamics of On–Off Intermittency and Presenting Bimodal Amplitude Distributions" is available at mdpi.com/2073-8994/15/7/1448 Authors: Stelios M. Potirakis et al. #Isingmodel #dynamicalsystems #nano #MOSFET

The ground state of the #toriccode, that of the two-dimensional class D #superconductor, and the partition sum of the two-dimensional #Isingmodel are dual to each other. This duality is remarkable in as much as it connects systems commonly associated to different areas of physics—that of long-range entangled #topological order, (topological) band insulators, and classical statistical mechanics, respectively. Connecting fermionic and bosonic systems, the duality construction is intrinsically nonlocal, a complication that has been addressed in a plethora of different approaches, including dimensional reduction to one dimension, conformal field theory methods, and operator algebra. In this work, we propose a unified approach to this duality, whose main protagonist is a #tensornetwork (TN) assuming the role of an intermediate translator. Introducing a fourth node into the net of dualities offers several advantages: the formulation is integrative in that all links of the duality are treated on an equal footing, (unlike in field theoretical approaches) it is formulated with lattice precision, a feature that becomes key in the mapping of correlation functions, and their possible numerical implementation. Finally, the passage from bosons to fermions is formulated entirely within the two-dimensional TN framework where it assumes an intuitive and technically convenient form. We illustrate the predictive potential of the formalism by exploring the fate of phase transitions, point and line defects, topological boundary modes, and other structures under the mapping between system classes. Having condensed-matter readerships in mind, we introduce the construction pedagogically in a manner assuming only minimal familiarity with the concept of TNs.

Read #NewPaper: "The Capabilities of Boltzmann Machines to Detect and Reconstruct Ising System’s Configurations from a Given Temperature" by Mauricio A. Valle. See more details at: mdpi.com/1099-4300/25/12/164… #restrictedBoltzmannmachine #Isingmodel #learningrepresentation

The last day at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum started with a talk by Hugo Duminil-Copin, Fields medal 2022, talking about the Ising Model and phase transitions! #hlf23 @hlforum #fieldsmedal #sketchnoting #isingmodel #phasetransitions #probability

The ground state of the #toriccode, that of the two-dimensional class D #superconductor, and the partition sum of the two-dimensional #Isingmodel are dual to each other.

Investigating the #Isingmodel with magnetization doi.org/gsjd4x phys.org/news/2023-07-ising-…

Following the fallout of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, we've written a piece looking at what can be done for more transparent regulations to prevent these financial crises in the future. terminusdb.com/blog/ising-mo… #svb #isingmodel #graphdatabase

Read #NewPaper "Emergent Criticality in Coupled Boolean Networks" from Chris Kang, Madelynn McElroy and Nikolaos K. Voulgarakis. mdpi.com/1099-4300/25/2/235 #BooleanNetworks #Isingmodel #celldifferentiation