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DESCRIPTION:Optimal control of microscopic non-equilibrium thermodynamic systems: \n\nThe control of energy and entropy is the domain of thermodynamics.\nHistorically this beautiful and insightful theory only captured\nglacial flows of energy and gradual changes in entropy. However, our\nunderstanding of fast, dramatically non-equilibrium processes�� been\nrevolutionized in the last two decades, beginning with the discovery\nof the Fluctuation Theorems and the Jarzynski Equality. These new\ntheoretical insights were soon confirmed by new experimental\ntechniques that allowed direct measurement of energy flow at\nmicroscopic scales.\n\nI will describe the basic theoretical insights underlying finite-time\nnon-equilibrium thermodynamics. I'll then describe recent advances in\nunderstanding how to optimally control driven thermodynamic systems,\nusing the Ising model as a particular example.\n
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SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Physics Colloquium, Dr. Gavin Crooks (LBL) 
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