Prof. Dr. Youjin Deng

Division of Quantum Physics and Quantum Information
Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale

Division of Theoretical Physics
Department of Modern Physics
University of Science and Technology of China
Hefei, Anhui 230026
PR China
Tel: +86-551-3600205
Fax: +86-551-3606493
E-mail: yjdeng
Web: http://quantum.ustc.edu.cn/

PhD students and Post-docs welcome!

Education:
09/1992-07/1997

Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, B.Sc. degree, 07.1997
09/1997-07/2000 Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China,
M.Sc. degree, 07.2000, Advisor: Prof. Anshen Qi
08/2000-12/2004 Faculty of Applied Science, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands,
Ph.D. Dec.14.2004, Advisor: Prof. Henk W.J. Blote


Experiences:

09/2004-06/2005 Research Scientist, Department of Material Science, Delft University of Technology
07/2005-03/2007 Research Scientist, Department of Physics, New York University, USA
Provider: Prof. Alan D. Sokal
04/2007-08/2008

von-Humboldt research fellow, Physical Institute,
Heidelberg University, Germany
Provider: Prof. Jian-Wei Pan


Current Research Interest:

  • Novel Simulation Techniques: Monte Carlo Methods (classical and quantum), Transfer-Matrix techniques
  • Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomenak
  • Quantum Simulations (cold atoms)

Honors

  • Distinguished Oversea Self-financed Students Awards of China（国家优秀自费留学生）
  • Von-Humboldt Research Fellow (洪堡学者)
  • 中国科学院“百人计划”
  • 入选中华人民共和国教育部2008年度新世纪优秀人才支持计划（Selected as a new century excellent talent by Program for New Century Excellent Talents in Universities of year 2008 of Education Ministry of PR.C.）

    • Interactive demonstrations of novel Monte Carlo methods (coming soon)

    Main Collaborators:

  • Prof. Alan D. Sokal (New York University, USA):
    • http://www.physics.nyu.edu/faculty/sokal.html
  • Prof. Henk W.J. Blote (Leiden University, Netherlands):
    • http://www.physics.leidenuniv.nl/people_detail.asp?id=29
  • Dr. Timothy M. Garoni (University of Melbourne, Australia)
    • http://www.ms.unimelb.edu.au/Personnel/profile.php?PC_id=581
  • Prof. Wenan Guo (Beijing Normal University, China)
    • http://physics.bnu.edu.cn/application/faculty/guowenan/index.htm
  • Prof. Jon Machta (Univesrity of Massachusetts Amherst) http://people.umass.edu/machta/
  • Prof. Dieter W. Heermann (Heidelberg Univesity, Germany) http://wwwcp.tphys.uni-heidelberg.de/


    • Publications:

  • 2009
  • 2008
  • 2007
  • 2006
  • 2005
  • 2004
  • 2003
  • 2002
  • 2001

    • Books:

  • Y. Deng , Conformal Symmetries and Constrained Critical Phenomena. ISBN 90-407-2548-9, (Delft University Press, Delft, 2004)

    • Main Talks:

  • Conformal Invariance
  • Constrained Critical Phenomena
  • Cluster Simulations Under a Constraint
  • Pseudo-Edge Phase Transitions
  • Backbond Exponents of 2D Random-Cluster Model
  • Cluster Algorithms for 2D Loop Models
  • Graphical Representations of Some Statistical Models
  • Maybe Local Algorithms aren’t that bad…? (Prepared by Timothy Garoni)
  • How to understand Swendsen-Wang-Chayes-Machta algorithms?
  • LHV theories and Bell’s two theorems
  • Worm Algorithms
  • Non-ergodicity in Wang-Swenden-Kotecky Monte Carlo dynamics(by Jes′us Salas)
  • Monte Carlo Methods in Statistical Mechanics: Foundations and new Algorithms(by Alan D. Sokal)
  • Simulation of Statistical-Mechanics Models(by Alan D. Sokal)

    • Useful links:

  • http://mcwa.csi.cuny.edu/umass/
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