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LOCATION:Online Seminar: Please sign up for our mailing list at www.ph
 ysicsmeetsml.org for zoom link. We will also livestream the talk in Ch
 amberlin 5280.
SUMMARY:Renormalization Group Flow as Optimal Transport\, Physics ∩ 
 ML Seminar\, Semon Rezchikov\, Harvard University
DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, I will describe how the renormalization gro
 up (RG)\, a fundamental aspect of statistical in quantum field theory\
 , can be cast as a variational problem using ideas from optimal transp
 ort. I will review the renormalization group as well as optimal transp
 ort for non-specialists. The latter subject is naturally connected to 
 methods in machine learning. This variational formulation of RG\, beyo
 nd having theoretical interest\, can be used to design neural networks
  which compute the renormalization group flow of conventional field th
 eories. The renormalization group has been fundamental in the design o
 f the numerical algorithms for finding ground states and computing phy
 sical quantities of 1+1 dimensional field theories which have been suc
 cessful thus far. I will discuss the prospects for using this formulat
 ion of RG to merge modern techniques from machine learning with ideas 
 involving renormalization\, in order to tackle fundamental problems in
  the study in field theories of dimension greater than 1+1.
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=6904
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