26 July 2026 to 1 August 2026
University of Maryland, College Park
US/Eastern timezone

The Life and Legacy of Robert L. Sugar

28 Jul 2026, 12:00
30m
Colony Ballroom (Room 2203) (Adele H. Stamp Student Union)

Colony Ballroom (Room 2203)

Adele H. Stamp Student Union

3972 Campus Dr, College Park, MD 20742
Plenary talk Quark and lepton flavor physics Plenary session

Speaker

Steven Gottlieb (Indiana University)

Description

Robert Louis Sugar, known to his friends and colleagues as Bob, played a major role in lattice field theory and, more generally, in theoretical physics. He developed algorithms for condensed matter problems and lattice QCD. He was one of the four founders of the Institute of Theoretical Physics at Santa Barbara funded by National Science Foundation, now known as the Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics or KITP. Bob was the leader of the MILC Collaboration, and a founder of USQCD. He was the initial chair of the Executive Committee (EC), serving for 8 years, and remaining on the EC for a total of 17 years. Finally, Bob was mentor and friend to many in this community. He was a modest man who truly lived up to his name.

Authors

Steven Gottlieb (Indiana University) CARLETON DETAR (University of Utah) Aida El-Khadra (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

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