TASI 2026

"Exploring Fundamental Physics from Colliders to the Cosmos"

June 1Ìý- 26, 2026

Submission Deadline: March 2, 2026 - 5 PM MST

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Lecturers and Topics

  • Prateek Agrawal (UC Santa Barbara) | The Strong CP Problem and its Possible Solutions
  • Christian Bauer (LBNL) | Quantum-Computing Frontiers in Particle Physics
  • Chiara Caprini (CERN/Geneva) | The Future of Gravitational Waves for BSM Physics
  • Aida El-Khadra (UIUC) | Lattice QCD for Standard Model Physics and Beyond
  • Andrea Guerrieri (City St. George's, London) | The S-Matrix Bootstrap and Applications to QCD
  • David Hogg (NYU) | Machine Learning and Statistics for the High-Energy Phenomenologist
  • Austin Joyce (Chicago) | Cosmological Correlators and Field Theory in de Sitter Space for Cosmology
  • Yoni Kahn (University of Toronto) | The Future of Dark Matter Direct Detection
  • Manoj Kaplinghat (UC Irvine) | Dark Matter on Astrophysical and Cosmological Scales
  • Liam McAllister (Cornell) | The Phenomenology of String Theory
  • Hitoshi Murayama (UC Berkeley) | Model Building in 2026
  • Sanjay Reddy (INT/Washington) | QCD Phases, Neutron Stars, and Multi-Messenger Astrophysics
  • Nick Rodd (LBNL) | The Future of Indirect Probes of Dark Matter
  • Leonardo Senatore (ETH Zurich) | Effective Field Theory and Large Scale Structure
  • Eva Silverstein (Stanford) | Cosmology and Quantum Gravity
  • Mikhail Solon (UCLA) | Scattering Amplitudes and EFTs for Gravitational Wave Physics
  • Raman Sundrum (Maryland) | SUSY and BSM Physics in 2026
  • Jaroslav Trnka (UC Davis) | Amplitudes and Positive Geometries in the Real World

Scientific Organizers: Zohreh Davoudi (Maryland), Ian Moult (Yale), Benjamin Safdi (UC Berkeley)

The program will consist of a pedagogical series of lectures given over a four-week period, three or four lectures per day, Monday through Friday. The audience will be composed of advanced theoretical graduate students. Applicants should have some research experience in particle theory. Preference will be given to applicants who will not have received their Ph.D. before 2026. Rooms, meals, and access to all facilities will be provided at reasonable rates in beautifully located dormitories at the University of Colorado. TASI typically provides some subsidy for student expenses, but attending students are likely to need partial support from other sources, especially for travel expenses.

Applying to TASI

The applicationÌýforÌýTASI 2026 will open shortly. Submission Deadline: March 2, 2026 - 5 PM MST

Online Hub

The TASI 2026 hub will be available in May.ÌýPleaseÌýcheck the wiki often for updates as the month of June progresses.

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TASI is supported by the University of Colorado, ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß and The National Science Foundation.