Roundtable Discussions

RTDs, or Round Table Discussions, are intimate interdisciplinary academic dialogues facilitated by distinguished Yale Scholars across various fields.

These scholars will delve into culturally significant and innovative topics within their academic domains, offering students a rich exploration of cutting-edge ideas.

Students will have the opportunity to select RTDs from a daily menu of topics based on their preferences.

RTDs, or Round Table Discussions, are intimate interdisciplinary academic dialogues facilitated by distinguished Yale Scholars across various fields.

These scholars will delve into culturally significant and innovative topics within their academic domains, offering students a rich exploration of cutting-edge ideas.

Students will have the opportunity to select RTDs from a daily menu of topics based on their preferences.

Sample Topics

Yue

PhD. Candidate

Computer Science Department

Topic: quantum computing, operating systems, network, embedded systems, digital & analog circuit design, graphical user interface.

Wisteria

PhD. Candidate

Social Science

Topic: Emotion Regulation (how we regulate positive vs. negative emotions, what might work better than others)/ Cognitive Flexibility (how we revise existing beliefs or impressions, why some beliefs are harder to modify than others).

Hannah

PhD. Candidate

Environmental Economics

Topic: carbon accounting, AI for science, bio-economy, environmental data science, climate change, shared-socioeconomic pathways, environmental economics.

Hongyu

Postdoc

Neuroscience

Topic: Why do we need to use different animal models in biology research? The interplay between neurovascular interactions and neuronal activity's influence on brain vasculature.

Wenxuan

PhD. Candidate

Applied Physics

Topic: Quantum entanglement; Double-slit experiment. Intricate analyses of quantum phenomena such as super radiance and sub radiance in multi-photon problems and topological effects in photonic crystals.

Tony

PhD. Candidate

Physics

Topic: Singularity in Spacetime-Black Hole in Astrophysics. Particle Theory, specifically the specialized quantum field theory known as conformal field theory and the associated technique, conformal bootstrap.