Course Content: Speakers from all over the world are asked to present pedagogical introductions to their field with an emphasis on basic concepts. After an introductory lecture (open for everybody), the participants of this course will have an additional discussion with the speaker discussing a recent paper and the holy grails of the field. For an overview of past hot topics sessions, click here.

Audience: The tutorial is open for everyone to attend. The second part of the meeting is reserved as a discussion hour for the registered class of PhD students and postdocs with the lecturer. 

Preparation: PhD students who have registered for the hot topics course need to prepare for the session by reading the chapter that can be downloaded via the link in the below.

Date & Speaker: Friday 2 June 2017, prof. dr. Philip Nelson (University of Pennsylvania)