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Large deviation theory made its way into statistical physics as a mathematical framework for studying equilibrium systems, and is now increasingly used for studying nonequilibrium systems driven in steady states, quantum many-body systems, and disordered systems. Major breakthroughs in understanding these systems have resulted recently from using this theory and are establishing it as an integral part of theoretical statistical physics. In parallel, mathematicians have considerably developed this theory and applied it to a variety of situations and are now also actively working on numerical methods for simulating large deviations, often with a direct motivation to study physical systems.The aim of this program is to bring together physicists and mathematicians working on large deviations to share their recent results, to engage in new collaborations, and to make progress on fundamental problems in statistical physics. The program will focus on three themes, which drive a large part of ...

Large deviation theory made its way into statistical physics as a mathematical framework for studying equilibrium systems, and is now increasingly used for studying nonequilibrium systems driven in steady states, quantum many-body systems, and disordered systems. Major breakthroughs in understanding these systems have resulted recently from using this theory and are establishing it as an integral part of theoretical statistical physics. In parallel, mathematicians have considerably developed this theory and applied it to a variety of situations and are now also actively working on numerical methods for simulating large deviations, often with a direct motivation to study physical systems.The aim of this program is to bring together physicists and mathematicians working on large deviations to share their recent results, to engage in new collaborations, and to make progress on fundamental problems in statistical physics. The program will focus on three themes, which drive a large part of ...

Stochastic Thermodynamics and Active Systems are areas in statistical physics which have recently attracted a lot of attention and many interesting results have emerged in these areas. Stochastic Thermodynamics typically deals with small systems where the microscopic dynamics satisfies detailed balance and one is interested in deriving laws analogous to thermodynamics but now in a situation where fluctuations are important. An important discovery in this area are the so-called fluctuation relations. Active Systems include systems such as living biological matter, granular materials and other systems where the microscopic dynamics is stochastic, diffusive and dissipative but with the important difference that detailed balance is not satisfied. In addition, non-equilibrium driving in active matter systems occurs at the scale of the individual entities rather than being driven from the system boundaries. A very important question is to formulate a version of stochastic thermodynamics for ...