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\usepackage{beton,eulervm}
\usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage{fullpage}
-\usepackage{amsmath}
+\usepackage{amsmath,eurosym}
\usepackage{pgfornament}
\usepackage[
colorlinks=true,
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
}{\end{itemize}}
\newcommand\rawentry[3]{
- \textbf{#1}\dotfill\textsl{#2}\\
+ \textbf{#1}~\dotfill~\textsl{#2}\\
#3
}
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@
\hfill
\begin{minipage}[b]{0.55\textwidth}
\raggedleft
- \noindent{Assegno di ricerca}\\
- \noindent{INFN sezione di Roma I}\\
- \noindent{\href{mailto:jaron.kent-dobias@roma1.infn.it}{jaron.kent-dobias@roma1.infn.it}}
+ \noindent{Simons--FAPESP Young Investigator}\\
+ \noindent{ICTP-SAIFR \& IFT-UNESP}\\
+ \noindent{\href{mailto:jaron@ictp-saifr.org}{jaron@ictp-saifr.org}}
\end{minipage}
\rule\textwidth{1pt}
@@ -96,7 +96,9 @@
\csection{Employment}{103}
-\entry{Postdoctoral researcher}{Nov 2022 -- Present}{\textsc{DynSysMath}, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I}
+\entry{Simons--FAPESP Young Investigator}{Jan 2025 -- Present}{ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research, IFT-UNESP, São Paulo}
+
+\entry{Postdoctoral researcher}{Nov 2022 -- Dec 2024}{\textsc{DynSysMath}, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I, Rome}
\entry{Postdoctoral researcher}{Oct 2020 -- Oct 2022}{Centre National de la Researche Scientifique, Laboratoire de Physique de l'ENS, Paris}
@@ -116,10 +118,6 @@
\csection{Preprints}{94}
-\pub{On the topology of solutions to random continuous constraint classification problems}{
- \me, \href{https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.12781}{arXiv:2409.12781} (2024)
-}
-
\pub{Algorithm-independent bounds on complex optimization through the statistics of marginal optima}{
\me, \href{https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.02092}{arXiv:} \href{https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.02092}{2407.02092} (2024)
}
@@ -134,15 +132,31 @@
\csection{Publications}{93}
+\pub{Very persistent random walkers reveal transitions in landscape topology}{
+ \me,
+ \href{https://doi.org/10.1103/jvpw-csk7}{Physical Review Letters \textbf{136} 117401 (2026)}
+ \dotfill\ [~\href{https://kent-dobias.com/files/Kent-Dobias_2026_Very.pdf}{\textsc{pdf}} | ~\href{https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.16653}{arXiv:2505.16653}~]}
+
+\pub{Structure of solutions to continuous constraint satisfaction problems through the statistics of wedged and inscribed spheres}{
+ \me,
+ \href{https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-5468/ae4587}{Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment \textbf{2026} 023301 (2026)}
+ \dotfill\\
+ .\dotfill\ [~\href{https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.12926}{arXiv:2510.12926}~]}
+
+\pub{On the topology of solutions to random continuous constraint classification problems}{
+ \me,
+ \href{https://doi.org/10.21468/SciPostPhys.18.5.158}{SciPost Physics \textbf{18}, 158 (2025)}
+ \dotfill\ [~\href{https://kent-dobias.com/files/Kent-Dobias_2025_On.pdf}{\textsc{pdf}} | \href{https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.12781}{arXiv:2409.12781}~]}
+
\pub{Conditioning the complexity of random landscapes on marginal optima}{
\me,
- \href{https://journals.aps.org/pre/accepted/a7078R37Hc41bc2936386f60e696293915d1ad10a}{Accepted in Physical Review E}
- \dotfill\ [~\href{https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.02082}{arXiv:2407.02082}~]}
+ \href{https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.110.064148}{Physical Review E \textbf{110}, 064148 (2024)}
+ \dotfill\ [~\href{https://kent-dobias.com/files/Kent-Dobias_2024_Conditioning.pdf}{\textsc{pdf}} | \href{https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.02082}{arXiv:2407.02082}~]}
\pub{Normal forms, universal scaling functions, and extending the validity of the RG}{
James P Sethna, David Hathcock, \me\ \& Archishman Raju,
- in \href{https://doi.org/10.1142/13571}{\textsl{50 years of the Renormalization Group: Dedicated to the memory of Michael E Fisher}},
+ in \href{https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811282386_0026}{\textsl{50 years of the Renormalization Group: Dedicated to the memory of Michael E Fisher}, pp.~415--435},
edited by Amnon Aharony, Ora Entin-Wohlman, David A Huse \& Leo Radzihovsky (August 2024)
\dotfill\ [
\href{https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.00105}{arXiv:2304.00105}
@@ -235,6 +249,13 @@
\csection{Honors \& Awards}{5}
+\begin{entryenv}{\href{https://bv.fapesp.br/en/auxilios/116456/complexity-and-universality-in-physical-systems-understanding-unifying-principles-behind-shared-emer/}{Young Investigator Grant 24/11114-1}}{Dec 2024}{Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)}
+ A five year grant for young researchers with international experience from
+ the São Paulo Research Foundation FAPESP. Consists of a salary, grants for two masters and two PhD students, and roughly
+ R\$500,000 ($\sim$80,000\euro) in additional financial support for travel, supporting visiting researchers,
+ and purchasing computing resources.
+\end{entryenv}
+
\begin{entryenv}{Finalist, LeRoy Apker Award}{Aug 2014}{American Physical Society}
An undergraduate physics achievement award to recognize outstanding
achievements in physics by undergraduate students, and thereby provide
@@ -262,7 +283,14 @@
\entry{Second Degree Black Belt}{Dec 2008}{True Martial Arts, Sammamish, WA}
-\csection{Teaching}{160}
+\csection{Teaching}{113}
+
+\begin{entryenv}{Professor}{Jan 2025 -- Present}{Instituto de Física Teórica da Universidade Estadual Paulista}
+ \begin{citemize}
+ \item \textbf{Random matrix theory:} Spring 2025
+ \item \textbf{Statistical mechanics of disordered systems:} Summer 2026
+ \end{citemize}
+\end{entryenv}
\begin{entryenv}{Teaching Assistant}{Aug 2014 -- May 2020}{Physics Department, Cornell University}
\begin{citemize}
@@ -319,6 +347,20 @@
\end{citemize}
\end{entryenv}
+\csection{Mentoring}{8}
+
+\pub{Statistical Mechanics of Societies of Neural Networks and the International Juridical Order}{
+ João Henrique de Sant' Ana, PhD in Physics, Universidade de São Paulo, cosupervised with Nestor Caticha (2026--present)}
+
+\pub{Bidirectional associative memory as a model for feature extraction}{
+ Giovanni Colagè, Master of Physics, Università di Roma ``La Sapienza'', cosupervised with Matteo Negri (2025)
+ \dotfill~[~\href{https://kent-dobias.com/files/Colage_2025_Bidirectional.pdf}{\textsc{pdf}}~]}
+
+\csection{Organizing events}{9}
+
+\pub{South American School on the Physics of Inference and Learning}{
+to be held at ICTP-SAIFR in 2027, coorganized with Bruno Loureiro, Fernando Metz, and Rodrigo Veiga}
+
\csection{Other Experience}{79}
\begin{entryenv}{Systems Administrator}{May 2011 -- May 2014}{Department of Computer Science, Harvey Mudd College}
@@ -336,8 +378,31 @@
\csection{Presentations}{152}
-\vspace{-1em}
-\subsection*{Invited}
+\pub{More optimization in random landscapes}{
+\href{https://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/complexsys26/}{KITP Program: New Trends in Non-equilibrium Dynamics}, 27/05/2026 \dotfill~[~\href{https://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/complexsys26/kentdobias/}{Video}~]}
+
+\pub{Very persistent random walkers reveal transitions in landscape topology}{
+\href{https://www.eventweb.com.br/eosbf2026/specific-files/manuscripts/eosbf2026/95_1768488930.pdf}{Encontro de Outono da Sociedade Brasileira de Física}, 21/05/2026 \dotfill~[~\href{https://kent-dobias.com/files/kent-dobias_presentation_2026-05-21.pdf}{\textsc{pdf}}~]}
+
+\pub{Very persistent random walkers reveal transitions in landscape topology}{
+\href{https://fisindico.uniandes.edu.co/event/23/contributions/329/}{5th Workshop on Statistical Physics}, 13/04/2026 \dotfill~[~\href{https://www.youtube.com/live/51s6GgTGr9M?si=ueZn_r93d22RClVu&t=8275}{YouTube}~|~\href{https://kent-dobias.com/files/kent-dobias_presentation_2026-04-13.pdf}{\textsc{pdf}}~]}
+
+\pub{Very persistent random walkers reveal transitions in landscape topology}{
+\href{https://www.ictp-saifr.org/wnesp2026/}{Workshop on Non-equilibrium Statistical Physics}, 24/02/2026 \dotfill~[~\href{https://youtu.be/HjMSbehVSgw?si=aFJo9iqnJBBCp_-l&t=2925}{YouTube}~|~\href{https://kent-dobias.com/files/kent-dobias_presentation_2026-02-24.pdf}{\textsc{pdf}}~]}
+
+\pub{Very persistent random walkers reveal transitions in landscape topology}{
+ \href{https://www.math.rutgers.edu/news-events/list-all-events/eventdetail/22992/-/129th-statistical-mechanics-conference-december-14-16-2025}{129th Statistical Mechanics Conference}, 16/12/2025 \dotfill\ [ \href{https://kent-dobias.com/files/kent-dobias_presentation_dec2025.pdf}{\textsc{pdf}}
+]}
+
+\pub{Understanding the flat parts of random landscapes}{
+ \href{https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/einrichtungen/zif/events/\#/event/8068}{Random Matrix Theory for Learning and Statistical Physics}, 09/09/2025 \dotfill\ [ \href{https://kent-dobias.com/files/kent-dobias_presentation_sept2025.pdf}{\textsc{pdf}}
+]}
+
+\pub{From Bell inequalities to grasshoppers via ferrofluids: Symmetry breaking and dimensionality in a geometric problem}{
+\href{https://sites.google.com/ictp-saifr.org/sbmmeetings}{Meetings on Soft and Biological Matter}, 15/05/2025 \dotfill~[~\href{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvHDKjE9GgE}{YouTube}~|~\href{https://kent-dobias.com/files/kent-dobias_presentation_2025-05-15.pdf}{\textsc{pdf}}~]}
+
+\pub{Fitting with more parameters than data points: Topology of the solutions to overparameterized problems}{
+ IFT-UNESP Colloquium, 19/02/2025 \dotfill~[~\href{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpYd-_Y8gtk}{YouTube}~|~\href{https://kent-dobias.com/files/kent-dobias_presentation_2025-02-19.pdf}{\textsc{pdf}}~]}
\pub{Statistics of metastable states in the spherical models and beyond}{
ICTP-SAIFR special seminar, 01/05/2024\\
@@ -345,12 +410,9 @@
]}
\pub{Geometry and descent in random landscapes}{
- ICTP-SAIFR special seminar, 29/04/2024 \dotfill\ [ \href{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HYKP5A3ogU}{YouTube}
+ ICTP-SAIFR special seminar, 29/04/2024 \dotfill\ [ \href{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HYKP5A3ogU}{YouTube} | \href{https://kent-dobias.com/files/kent-dobias_presentation_2024-04-29.pdf}{\textsc{pdf}}
]}
-\vspace{-1em}
-\subsection*{Contributed}
-
\pub{How to count in hierarchical landscapes: complexity in the mixed spherical models}{
\href{https://confit.atlas.jp/guide/event/statphys28/subject/T4-07B-07/tables}{StatPhys28}, 07/08/2023 \dotfill\\
.\dotfill\ [ \href{https://kent-dobias.com/files/kent-dobias_presentation_aug2023.pdf}{\textsc{pdf}}
@@ -418,6 +480,9 @@
\csection{Posters}{95}
+\pub{New characterizations of level-set topology in mean-field complex landscapes}{
+\href{https://www.pks.mpg.de/qglass26}{Old and New Questions in the Theory of Spin Glasses}, 23/03/2026 \dotfill~[~\href{https://kent-dobias.com/files/qglass26.pdf}{\textsc{pdf}}~]}
+
\pub{Algorithm-independent bounds on the performance of optimization using marginal complexity}{
\href{https://www.cecam.org/workshop-details/from-machine-learning-theory-to-driven-complex-systems-and-back-1287}{From Machine-Learning Theory to Driven Complex Systems and back}, 22/05/2024 \dotfill~[~\href{https://kent-dobias.com/files/Kent-Dobias_Poster_Lausanne.pdf}{\textsc{pdf}}~]}
@@ -468,6 +533,34 @@
\csection{Conferences, workshops \& schools}{184}
+\pub{KITP Program: New Trends in Non-equilibrium Dynamics}{
+ May 2026. Santa Barbara, USA
+}
+
+\pub{Encontro de Outono da Sociedade Brasileira de Física}{
+ May 2026. Cuiabá, Brazil
+}
+
+\pub{5th Workshop on Statistical Physics}{
+ April 2026. Bogotá, Colombia
+}
+
+\pub{Old and New Questions in the Theory of Spin Glasses}{
+ March 2026. Dresden, Germany
+}
+
+\pub{Workshop on Non-equilibrium Statistical Physics}{
+ February 2026. São Paulo, Brazil
+}
+
+\pub{129th Statistical Mechanics Conference}{
+ December 2025. Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
+}
+
+\pub{Random Matrix Theory for Learning and Statistical Physics}{
+ September 2025. Bielefeld, Germany
+}
+
\pub{Complex and Glassy Systems}{
July 2024. Cargese, Corsica, France
}