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Daniel Ferrante

Male, Not married

Phone: 315-443-3895Website: http://physics.syr.edu/~ddferran/index.xhtml
201, Physics Building, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 13244, United States

Studies

  • Physics at Syracuse University

    Postgraduate studies

    September 2008 - present

    Postdoctoral Research Associate

  • Physics at Brown University

    PhD

    September 1999 - August 2008

    Dissertation: "Symmetry Breaking: A New Paradigm for Non-Perturbative QFT and Topological Transitions", http://arxiv.org/abs/0904.2205
    Supervisor: Gerald S. Guralnik

  • Ciências Moleculares at Universidade de São Paulo

    College

    February 1994 - May 1999

    Major: Physics, Mathematics
    Minor: Computer Science, Chemistry, Biology

    Thesis: "Quantum Field Theory: A Modern Primer"
    Supervisor: M.C.B. Abdalla

Interests

I work with mathematical and non-perturbative aspects of quantum field theories and their relations with spontaneous symmetry breaking (global or local; and how the so chosen parameter space, and its topology, determine the system's quantization); topological quantization; non-commutative spaces and spectral geometry and their relations with deformation and geometric quantization; D-modules; Higgs Bundles; geometric Langlands duality and dualities in general (modular symmetry, mirror symmetry, AdS/CFT, etc); quantum fields in curved spaces.

My scientific papers can be found at,

• http://arxiv.org/a/ferrante_d_1

or at,

• http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/find/hep/www?rawcmd=ea+Ferrante,+D+D

And the link below is to my "Lattes CV" (Brazil),

• http://lattes.cnpq.br/0783279382148211

Publications

• Ferrante, D. D., Symmetry Breaking: A New Paradigm for Non-Perturbative QFT and Topological Transitions, arXiv:0904.2205 [hep-th]
• Ferrante, D. D. and Guralnik, G. S., Three-Dimensional Gravity, Complex Path Integrals and Phase Transitions (in preparation)
• Ferrante, D. D., Guralnik, G. S. and Pehlevan, C. String Field Theory, Bottomless Actions and Symmetry Breaking (in preparation)
• Ferrante, D. D. and Guralnik, G. S., From Symmetry Breaking to Topology Change I (2006, submitted), arXiv:hep-th/0609190
• Ferrante, D. D. and Guralnik, G. S., Mollifying Quantum Field Theory or Lattice QFT in Minkowski Spacetime and Symmetry Breaking (2006, to be published), arXiv:hep-lat/0602013
• Ferrante, D. D., Democracia e acesso livre ao conhecimento. NEXT Brasil – Instrumentos para a inovação. Brasil, p. 123-136 (2005)
• Guralnik, G. S., Petrov, D., Ferrante, D. D. and Easther, R., A Review Of Two Novel Numerical Methods in QFT (2003), arXiv:hep-lat/0306038
• Ferrante, D. D., Guralnik, G. S., Doll, J. and Sabo, D., Mollified Monte Carlo. Nuclear Physics, B, Proceedings Supplement, v. 119, p. 965-967 (2003), arXiv:hep-lat/0209053
• Guralnik, G. S, Emirdag, P., Petrov, D., Ferrante, D. D., Hahn, S., Easther, R., Doll, J., and Sabo, D., Alternative numerical techniques, Nuclear Physics, B, Proceedings Supplement, v. 119, p. 950-952 (2003), arXiv:hep-lat/0209127
• J.L. deLyra, F. D. Borges, A. Cavalcanti, D. D. Ferrante, A. G. Oliveira Filho, S. Perez, E. R. Sanibria and J. C. C. Souza, Quantum Field Theory – A Radical Lattice Approach, Department of Mathematical Physics, University of São Paulo (IF – USP)
• Ferrante, D. D., “Teoria Quântica de Campo”, Internal notes, Institute of Theoretical Physics, State University of São Paulo, São Paulo (1998)

Summary

• Conferences and Extended Visits
• Visiting Scientist, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA (2008–2010)
• 5th Summer School on Particle Physics, Cosmology and Strings, Perimeter Institute , Ontario, Canada (2007)
• 1st & 2nd Northeast String Meeting, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA (2006, 2007)
• 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th CAINBRA, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
• 100 years of relativity, São Paulo, SP, Brazil (2005)
• 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th & 10th Northeast String Cosmology Meeting, ISCAP, New York, NY, USA (2005, 2006, 2007)
• Complexity, Dimensionality and Scaling, Brown University , Providence, RI, USA (2004)
• Visiting Scientist, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil (2002)
• Lattice 2002, MIT, Boston, MA, USA (2002)

• Presentations
• O LHC, a Origem do Universo e o Futuro da Física (CAINBRA, Brown University, 2008)
• A Novel Look on QFT: Accessing Non-Perturbative Results (Syracuse University, 2008)
• Non-Perturbative QFT: Phase Transitions, Symmetry Breaking and Topology Change (Brown University, 2007)
• O que é massa: da Relatividade à Mecânica Quântica (CAINBRA, Brown University, 2006)
• Geometrizando a Mecânica Quântica (CAINBRA, Brown University, 2005)
• Chern-Simons Theory and Solitons/Instantons (Brown University, 2004)
• Loop Quantum Cosmology (Parts I and II) (Brown University, 2004)
• Stationary Phase Monte Carlo Methods (Lattice ’02, MIT, 2002)
• Mollifier Theory and Its Applications (Brown University, 2002)
• Mollified Monte Carlo (Parts I and II) (UFC, Brazil, 2002)
• Branes: An Introduction (Parts I and II) (UFC, Brazil, 2002)
• The Effects of Spacetime on Yang-Mills Theories (Brown University, 2001)
• Lattice Quantum Field Theory: A Constructive Approach (Brown University, 2001)

Experience

  • Research Assistance at Brown University

    Research, >200 employees

    September 2001 - August 2008

    Performed independent research regarding non-perturbative methods in QFT (analytical and numerical) and Quantum Gravity (analytical).

  • System Administrator at Brown University

    Research, >200 employees

    September 2007 - August 2008

    Assisted Department of Physics with system, network and security management of Windows, Solaris, and GNU/Linux.

  • Teaching Assistant at Brown University

    Higher Education, >200 employees

    September 2007 - December 2007

    Graded exams and homework; Responsible for e-learning material (lecture summaries and homework solutions)

    Course: "Advanced Electromagnetic Theory"

  • Research Computing Proctor at Brown University

    Research, >200 employees

    September 2004 - August 2007

    System, Network and Security Manager of Windows, Solaris, GNU/Linux, SUN OS, HP-UX, and IRIX

  • Instructor at Brown University

    Higher Education, >200 employees

    June 2007 - June 2007

    Title: "Current Trends in Physics"
    Bibliography: R. Penrose, "The Road to Reality".

  • Instructor at Brown University

    Higher Education, >200 employees

    August 2006 - August 2006

    Title: "Current Trends in Physics"
    Bibliography: R. Penrose, "The Road to Reality".

  • Teaching Assistant at Brown University

    Higher Education, >200 employees

    January 2006 - May 2006

    Graded exams and homework; Responsible for e-learning material (lecture summaries and homework solutions)

    Course: "Advanced Quantum Mechanics"

  • Teaching Assistant at Brown University

    Higher Education, >200 employees

    September 2005 - December 2005

    Graded exams and homework; Responsible for e-learning material (lecture summaries and homework solutions)

    Course: "General Relativity & Cosmology"

  • Teaching Assistant at Brown University

    Higher Education, >200 employees

    January 2005 - May 2005

    Graded exams and homework; Responsible for e-learning material (lecture summaries and homework solutions)

    Course: "Advanced Quantum Mechanics"

  • Instructor at Brown University

    Higher Education, >200 employees

    July 2004 - July 2004

    Title: "What is Special Relativity?"
    Bibliography: Taylor, Wheeler, "Spacetime Physics".

  • Teaching Assistant at Brown University

    Higher Education, >200 employees

    January 2004 - May 2004

    Graded exams and homework; Responsible for e-learning material (lecture summaries and homework solutions)

    Course: "Quantum Field Theory"

  • Teaching Assistant at Brown University

    Higher Education, >200 employees

    January 2004 - May 2004

    Graded exams and homework; Responsible for e-learning material (lecture summaries and homework solutions)

    Course: "Mechanics"

  • Teaching Assistant at Brown University

    Higher Education, >200 employees

    January 2003 - May 2003

    Graded exams and homework; Responsible for e-learning material (lecture summaries and homework solutions)

    Course: "Mechanics"

  • Teaching Assistant at São Paulo University

    Higher Education, >200 employees

    August 1998 - December 1998

    Graded exams and homework; Responsible for e-learning material (lecture summaries and homework solutions)

    Course: "Numerical Analysis"

Awards

• Robert T. Breyer Award for Service and Scholarship (2009)
• Sigma Xi, Full Membership
• Research Computing Proctorship (2004–2007)
• Award for Excellence in Teaching (2002)
• National Council of Scientific and Technological Development scholarship (1994–1999)

Skills

• Operating Systems: DOS, Windows, Mac OS, GNU/Linux, Solaris.

• Programming Languages: FORTRAN, C/C++, (X)HTML (and CSS), PHP, Perl, Python, make, tcsh, bash.

• Applications: Maple, Mathematica, Drupal, Moodle, Zope, Plone, Wordpress, Movable Type, TeX, LaTeX, Gnuplot, GIMP, etc.

• System Administration: Firewall, RAID, Backup tools, DNS, SSH, SSL, Apache, MySQL, NFS, LDAP, NIS, CVS, FTP, IRC, Postfix, IMAP, POP, spam filters, etc.

Languages

• English: fluent
• Portuguese: native
• Spanish, Italian: speak, read and write with basic competence

Clubs & Organizations

• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• American Physical Society
• American Mathematical Society