Claudio F. Paganini

Next stop on my list this year was Hamburg. Unfortunately I was only able to stay half the time.
Apparently (if i understood the talk by Shadi Tahvildar-Zadeh correct) the pilot wave interpretation of quantum mechanics can be made mathematically consistent after all.  Interesting as well the talk by Lydia Bieri on the different behaviour of gravitational waves in cosmological space times in the near field and far field regime.

Next on the list of this years travels: Spring School on Causal Fermion Systems
Well there sure wasn’t much spring in this (took one hour to warm up again after the hike on Wednesday afternoon at -10 C)
The spring school was really interesting. Helped a lot to get a vague understanding of the mathematical structures involved in the Causal Fermion System framework. Given the claims made at the time it is certainly an approach that deserves a deeper, critical investigation.
Check out the CFS section of my brain farts and conjectures  page
Check out the introductory papers:

For Physicists:
https://arxiv.org/abs/1502.03587
More Mathematical:
https://arxiv.org/abs/1505.05075
The whole thing:
https://arxiv.org/abs/1605.04742

PS: Regensburg is a beautiful little town. (except the University is rather ugly)

Trips back home are a rare occasion these days. Before going to the other side of the world I had to visit Basel for Fasnacht (first time in 4 years). If you ever plan on visiting this beautiful city: Fasnacht is the best time to do so.