Zohar Ringel
+972-2-658-5919
zohar.ringel@mail.huji.ac.il
Room 222, Dancinger B, Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Science is often perceived as a reductionist discipline which seeks to establish the basic laws of nature and derive all other observations from these basic laws. In practice there is often a barrier of computational complexity separating our understanding of matter on a small scale from our ability to make predictions on a larger scale.

Indeed, protons emerge from quarks, biology stems from chemistry, and intelligence, arguably, from coupled neurons. However, understanding how such complex structures emerge from simple rules is clearly a difficult and fascinating task. Such emergence is central to condensed matter physics where we study the complex phenomena generated by electrons in various materials.

Research Interests

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Topological phases of matter

The interplay of quantum mechanics, topology, and material design is leading to the unravel of new exotic phases of matter known as topological phases.

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Deep learning and physics

Can insights from physics improve deep learning algorithms ? Is there a thermodynamical description of deep learning ? Which branches of physics can be automated using deep learning ?

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Complexity aspects of physics

Which many-body physical phenomena can be simulated effectively using a standard computer ? Using today's state of the art quantum computers, can we tackle new problems in many-body physics ?