Physics

Venue: Rutherford House, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Date & Time: September 10, 2026 Prof. Junggi Yoon took part in the 2026 Korea–New Zealand Science and Technology Cooperation Seminar, hosted by the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in New Zealand. He served as a panelist in the session on strategic approaches to joint research collaboration, discussing directions for building bilateral research partnerships between Korea and New Zealand.

Venue: Sindae Library, Suncheon (Open Hall) Date & Time: September 5 (Saturday) 2026 Prof. Junggi Yoon gave a public book talk on black holes as part of the Korea Foundation for Science and Creativity's researcher–culture program, taking up the question "Could a black hole lead us to another universe?". Speaking to an audience of young students and general readers, he offered a guided tour from the event horizon to the strange physics that lies beyond it.

Venue: Moru Library, Gangneung (Haslla Hall, 3F) Date & Time: August 29 (Saturday) 2026 Prof. Junggi Yoon gave a public lecture on black holes as part of the Korea Foundation for Science and Creativity's "Curious Astronomy" researcher–culture program, hosted by Gangneung City Library. Speaking to a general audience, he offered a guided tour from the event horizon to the strange physics that lies beyond it — turning one of the universe's most extreme objects into an accessible

Venue: Kyung Hee University Date & Time: August 22 (Saturday) 2026 A public lecture for middle and high school students at the College of Science's fourth Science Talk. If you bought a ticket to a black hole, what would the travel guide say? The talk read that guide line by line — where Einstein's theory really does guarantee the trip, where causality and energy conditions close the road, and what new routes open up if those rules are bent a little.

Venue: Kyung Hee University Date & Time: August 19 (Wednesday) 2026 Mathematical Physics 1 was presented as a best-practice case at Kyung Hee University's QUEST Innovative Teaching Showcase, where the course received the Grand Prize for outstanding faculty. The talk covered how the course puts AI inside the learning loop — a Socratic AI tutor that only asks questions, AI Peer Critique assignments, Concept Shorts, and a gamified culture of questions.

We celebrated the submission of our paper to arXiv: Venue: Dido Jazz Lounge Date & Time: August 12 (Wed) arXiv submission: Finite-N Operator Algebras and the Hilbert Space of Bilocal Holography Authors: Byoungjoon Ahn, Robert de Mello Koch, Antal Jevicki, Vatsal Garg, Junggi Yoon

We recently enjoyed a wonderful group dinner with our research professors, graduate students, and undergraduate internship students. It was a great opportunity to step away from our research for a while, share good food and conversations, and strengthen the connections within the Beyond Horizon Lab community. We look forward to many more moments together! Restaurant: The Table Date & Time: July 28 (Tue)

K-THEP Decameron:Ten Tales of Physics Venue: Hachuri Village, Inje-gun, Gangwon-do, Korea Date: June 23 - 26, 2026 Website: https://khustring.wixsite.com/decameron2026

물리학과 대학원생 워크샵 Venue: 원과 호, 파주 Date & Time: February 27-28, 2026

Holography and Quantum Matter Venue: The Westin Josun Busan, Korea Date: February 22 - February 24, 2026 Speaker: Debabrata Ghorai (Hanyang University) Jeong-Won Seo (Hanyang University) Sang-Jin Sin (Hanyang University) Taewon Yuk (Hanyang University) Yongjun Ahn (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) Jaydeep Kumar Basak (GIST) Kyoung-Bum Huh (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) Keun-Young Kim (GIST) Chanyong Park (GIST) Byoungjoon Ahn (Kyung Hee University) Euihun Joung (Kyung Hee

Frontiers in Theoretical Physics 2025 Venue: Yonsei University Date: January 26, 2026

Venue: Space21, Kyung Hee University Date: January 10, 2026