Dr. Agoston Pisztora

Biography

Agoston Pisztora is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University. He holds a Ph.D. from ETH Zürich and has completed postdoctoral appointments at the Courant Institute of New York University. His research primarily focuses on probabilistic analysis of random fields and disordered systems, specifically concerning phase transitions. Pisztora aims to explain phenomena observed at the macroscopic level through probabilistic analyses grounded in microscopic hypotheses. His work investigates how random systems can exhibit deterministic behavior on a macroscopic scale due to self-averaging behavior, while exploring cases where randomness persists or is introduced at the macroscopic level, such as in turbulence or critical systems in statistical physics. Understanding the mechanisms responsible for these behaviors presents substantial challenges and forms the core of his research.

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