Invited talks (recent, selected)

Frontiers of Quantum and Mesoscopic Thermodynamics 
.... " Energetics and efficiency of an information engine ",
.... Pyramida Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic (July 27-Aug. 1, 2015).

Department Seminar
.... " Information thermodynamics " ,
.... SNU, Seoul (June 11, 2015).

Department Colloquium
.... " Entropy and Thermodynamic 2nd laws : New perspective " ,
.... KAIST, Daejeon (Nov. 24, 2014).

27th Marian Smoluchowski Symposium on Statistical Physics
.... " Entropy production and fluctuation theorems with odd-parity variables " ,
.... Zakopane, Poland (Sep. 22-26, 2014).

Department Colloquium
.... " Thermodynamic 2nd laws and fluctuation theorems " ,
.... Hanyang U, Ansan (Sep. 17, 2014).

2014 Summer school on active systems  
.... " Introduction to fluctuation theorems ",
.... GIST, Gwangju (June 23-27, 2014).

Advances in nonequilibrium statistical mechanics: large deviations and long-range correlations, extreme statistics, anomalous transport and long-range interactions  
.... " Entropy production and fluctuation theorems with odd-parity variables ",
.... GGI, Florence, Italy (May 6- June 21, 2014).

Department Colloquium
.... " Thermodynamic 2nd laws and fluctuation theorems " ,
.... UNIST, Ulsan (April 16, 2014).

Department Colloquium
.... " Thermodynamic 2nd laws and fluctuation theorems " ,
.... Pukyong National U, Busan (April 15, 2014).

Inaugural Conference of Quantum Universe Center 
.... " Thermodynamics in quantum systems ",
.... KIAS, Seoul (Feb. 20-21, 2014).

Workshop on Dynamics of Complex Systems 2014  
.... " Fluctuation theorems and entropy production in stochastic processes with odd-parity variables ",
.... U. Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil (Feb. 9-13, 2014).

4th Workshop on Nonequilibrium Fluctuation Theorems  
.... " Introduction to fluctuation theorems and stochastic thermodynamics ",
.... SeeCloud Hotel, Busan (Jan. 12-14, 2014).

IAS Program on Frontiers of soft matter physics: from NEQ dynamics to active matter  
.... " Entropy production and fluctuation theorems ",
.... IAS, HKUST, Hong Kong (Jan. 6-10, 2014).

WFTCPC 2013  
.... " Entropy production and dynamic processes of small systems ",
.... Tide resort, Cholburi, Thailand (Dec. 9-12, 2013).

Small systems far from Equilibrium: Order, Correlations, and Fluctuations
.... " Entropy production and heat in stochastic processes with odd-parity variables ",
.... MPI, Dresden, Germany (Oct. 14-18, 2013).

Department Colloquium
.... " Entropy production and Thermodynamic 2nd laws " ,
.... Chonbuk National U, Jeonju (Sep. 12, 2013).

PTES 2013
.... " Entropy production and fluctuation theorems" ,
.... Tongji U, Shanghai, China (Aug. 29, 2013).

CCAST Summer School
.... " Introduction to fluctuation theorems" ,
.... Academia Sinica, Beijing, China (Aug. 8-9, 2013).

IBS Colloquium
.... " Recent developments in the NEQ statistical physics of small systems" ,
.... Chosun U, Gwangju (July 29, 2013).

APPC 12
.... " Entropy production and thermodynamic 2nd laws" ,
.... Chiba, Japan (July 16, 2013).

PSI Colloquium
.... " Introduction to fluctuation theorems" ,
.... Alpensia, Pyeongchang (July 10, 2013).

NATO Advanced Research Workshop: New Challenges in Complex System Physics
.... " Phase transitions on networks: synchronization as an example" ,
.... Samarkand, Uzbekistan (May 20, 2013).

APS March Meeting
.... " Fluctuation theorems and Entropy production in stochastic processes with odd-parity variables" ,
.... Baltimore, USA  (March 18, 2013).

Annual Meeting of Taiwan Physical Society
.... " Fluctuation theorems and entropy production  in  stochastic processes with odd-parity variables" ,
.... National Donghwa U, Hualien, Taiwan (Jan. 29, 2013).

NCTS Workshop on the soft matter and complex systems
.... " Phase transitions on networks: annealed versus quenched" ,
.... Hualien, Taiwan (Jan. 28, 2013).

Department Seminar
.... " Continuity of the explosive percolation transition" ,
.... IOP of Academia SInica, Taipei, Taiwan  (Jan. 24, 2013).

Workshop on the Open Problems of the Glass Transitions and Related Topics
.... " Entropy production and fluctuation theorems in general stochastic processes with odd-parity variables" ,
.... Kyushu U, Fukuoka, Japan (Dec. 18, 2012).

Workshop on the Open Problems of the Glass Transitions and Related Topics
.... " Phase transitions on networks: annealed versus quenched" ,
.... Kyushu U, Fukuoka, Japan (Dec. 17, 2012).

Workshop on Dynamics and Regulation of Biomolecular Networks
.... " Recent developments in the nonequilibrium statstical physics of small systems" ,
.... HKBU, Hong Kong, China (Dec. 14, 2012).

Capri Fall Workshop on "Nonequilibrium processes and fluctuation-dissipation theorems"
.... " Entropy production and heat in general stochastic processes with odd-parity variables" ,
.... Capri, Italy (Sep. 9-16, 2012).

CCAST Statphys Summer School
.... " Nonequilibrium fluctuation theorems and thermodynamic 2nd laws" ,
.... ITP, Beijing, China (Aug. 3, 2012).

XXIII Sitges Conference on Statistical Mechanics 2012
.... " Dynamic phase transitions in large work production of linear diffusion systems" ,
.... Sitges, Spain (Jun. 4-8, 2012).

Department Colloquium
.... " Nonequilibrium fluctuation theorems and thermodynamic 2nd laws: introductory review",
.... Fudan U., Shanghai, China (May 29, 2012).

East Asia Joint Seminars on Statistical Physics 2012
.... " Dynamic phase transitions in large work production of linear diffusion systems" ,
.... Suzhou, China (Mar. 17- 20, 2012).

CTP Seminar 
.... " Fluctuation theorems and thermodynamic 2nd laws: introductory review",
.... Phys. Dept., SNU, Seoul (Mar. 16, 2012).

APS March Meeting
.... " Dynamic phase transitions in large work production of linear diffusion systems" ,
.... Boston,  USA (Feb. 27- Mar. 2, 2012). [contributed]

KIAS-SNU Physics Winter Camp
.... " Fluctuation theorems and thermodynamic 2nd laws ",
.... Phoenix Park, Pyungchang (Jan. 20- Feb. 5, 2012).

Fluctuation Theorems and Interdisciplinary Applications
.... " Introductory review on fluctuation theorems: theoretical aspect",
.... KITPC, Beijing, China (Dec. 3-4, 2011).

Department Seminar 
.... " Synchronization and fluctuation in a large population of coupled random frequency oscillators",
.... U. Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany (Nov. 23, 2011).

Large Fluctuations of Nonequilibrium Systems
.... " Continuity of the explosive percolation transition ",
.... MPI, Dresden, Germany (July 4-15, 2011).

Interdisciplinary Applications of Statistical Physics & Complex Networks
.... " Phase transitions on networks: Annealed versus quenched ",
.... KITPC, Beijing, China (Mar. 14-31, 2011).

Interdisciplinary Applications of Statistical Physics & Complex Networks
.... " Continuity of the explosive percolation transition ",
.... KITPC, Beijing, China (Mar. 14-31, 2011).

KIAS-SNU Physics Winter Camp
.... " Real space renormalization ",
.... Phoenix Park, Pyungchang (Jan. 23-30, 2011).

Department Seminar
.... "  Relaxation dynamics of an elastic string in random media ",
.... Phys. Dept., Soongsil Univ., Seoul (Dec. 17, 2010).

NIMS Hot Topics Workshop on Applied dynamical systems
.... " Spontaneous current and negative mobility in a system of random frequency oscillators ",
.... NIMS, Daejeon (Dec. 8-11, 2010).

CSRC Workshop on High Performance Computing
.... " Relaxation dynamics of an elastic string in random media ",
.... CSRC, Beijing, China (Dec. 3-4, 2010).

APCTP Workshop on Current Progress of Simulations in Complex Systems
.... " Relaxation dynamics of an elastic string in random media ",
.... APCTP, Pohang (Nov. 15- 17, 2010).

Workshop on Dynamics of Complex Systems 2010
.... " Spontaneous current induced by symmetry breaking in a system of random frequency oscillators ",
.... U. Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil (Aug. 29- Sep. 3, 2010).

UKC 2010
.... " Current issues in nonequilibrium processes ",
.... Seattle, USA (Aug. 11-15, 2010).

24th IUPAP International Conference on Statistical Physics (STATPHYS 24)
.... " Spontaneous current induced by symmetry breaking in a system of random frequency oscillators ",
.... Cairns, Australia (July 19-23, 2010). [contributed]

StatPhysHK: Complexity, Computation, and Information: STATPHYS 24 satellite meeting
.... " Spontaneous current induced by symmetry breaking in a system of random frequency oscillators ",
.... HKBU, Hong Kong, China (July 13-16, 2010).

Department Colloquium
.... " Why nonequilibrium? Anything new? ",
.... Phys. Dept., Ewha Womans U., Seoul (May 12, 2010).

APS March Meeting
.... " Spontaneous current induced by symmetry breaking in a system of random frequency oscillators" ,
.... Portland,  USA (Mar. 15-19, 2010). [contributed]

Workshop on Consensus, Flocking, and Synchronization of Interacting Systems
.... " Synchronization and entrainment in coupled random frequency oscillators" ,
.... SNU, Seoul (Feb. 23-24, 2010).

Department Seminar
.... " Dynamic instability transitions in 1D diffusive flow with non-local hopping ",
.... Phys. Dept., Soongsil Univ., Seoul (Jan. 14, 2010).

22nd Marian Smoluchowski Symposium on Statistical Physics
.... " Collective synchronization in a large population of random frequency oscillators" ,
.... Zakopane, Poland (Sep. 12-17, 2009).

Department Colloquium
.... " Collective synchronizations and fluctuations ",
.... Phys. Dept., Bogazici Univ., Istanbul, Turkey (May 14, 2009).

Department Colloquium
.... " Nonequilibrium critical phenomena: fractals and self-organized criticality ",
.... Phys. Dept., Pusan National Univ., Busan (May 1, 2009).

Symposium " Physics beyond the Cutting Edge"
.... " Collective ratchets: Spontaneous current induced by symmetry breaking" ,
.... Sun Yat-sen Univ., Guangzhou, China (Apr. 14-17, 2009).

45th Statphys Monthly Meeting at KIAS
.... " Deterministic collective ratchets: Spontaneous current induced by symmetry breaking" ,
.... KIAS, Seoul (Mar. 21, 2009).

Many-body systems far from equilibrium: Fluctuations, slow dynamics, and long-range interactions
.... " Synchronization and Fluctuation in coupled random frequency oscillators" ,
.... MPI, Dresden, Germany (Feb. 16-27, 2009).

International Conference on Complex Networks: Past 10 Years and Future
.... " Finite size scaling in quenched and annealed scale-free networks" ,
.... SNU, Seoul (Dec. 19-22, 2008).

Noise in complex systems: From molecular dynamics to stochastic modeling
.... " Symmetry breaking, spontaneous current, and negative mobility in coupled random frequency oscillators" ,
.... KAIST, Daejeon (Oct. 6-8, 2008).

Dynamics Days Asia Pacific 5 (DDAP5): The 5th International Conference on Nonlinear Science
.... " Synchronization and fluctuation in populations of random frequency oscillators" ,
.... Nara, Japan (Sep. 9-12, 2008).

Department Colloquium
.... " Nonequilibrium phase transitions ",
.... Phys. Dept., Sogang Univ., Seoul (May 13, 2008).

Department Colloquium
.... " Nonequilibrium critical phenomena: fractals and self-organized criticality ",
.... Phys. Dept., Sungkyunkwan Univ., Suwon (May 9, 2008).

KITPC Program: Collective dynamics in information systems
.... " Collective synchronization in coupled random frequency oscillators" ,
     KITPC, Beijing, China (Mar.12-25, 2008).

cnet2007 Workshop on Complex Networks
.... " Finite size scaling in complex networks: Ising, contact process, and synchronization" ,
.... Amares-Braga, Portugal (Dec. 3-5, 2007).

10th anniversary memorial workshop in remembrance of Prof. Haeyong Pak
.... " 1D driven diffusive flow with non-local hopping" ,
.... Soongsil Univ., Seoul (Nov. 24 2007).

Department Colloquium
.... " Collective synchronization in coupled random frequency oscillators" ,
.... Phys. Dept., Univ. Henry Poincare, Nancy, France (Oct. 29, 2007).

Recent progress in statistical physics: 36th statphys monthly meeting
.... " Collective synchronization in coupled random frequency oscillators" ,
.... Jungmoon, Jeju (Oct. 19, 2007).

Fluctuation and Dissipation Phenomena in Driven Systems far from Equilibrium: STATPHYS 23 satellite meeting
.... " Dynamic instability transitions in 1D driven diffusive flow with non-local hopping" ,
     MPI, Dresden, Germany (July 16-18, 2007). [contributed]

23rd IUPAP International Conference on Statistical Physics (STATPHYS 23)
.... " Nonequilibrium phase transitions into absorbing states" ,
.... Genova, Italy (July 9-13, 2007).

Physics of Fluctuations far from Equilibrium: STATPHYS 23 satellite meeting
.... " Synchronization transitions in populations of random frequency oscillators" ,
     MPI, Dresden, Germany (July 2-6, 2007).

3rd China-Singapore Joint Symposium on Reserach Frontiers in Physics
.... " Pair contact process with diffusion (PCPD) at present",
.... Xiamen U., Xiamen, China (May 25-27, 2007).

Department Seminar
.... " Finite size scaling in complex networks ",
.... Phys. Dept., Seoul National Univ., Seoul (Feb. 6, 2007).

2007 KIAS-SNU Physics Winter Camp
.... " Nonequilibrium critical phenomena ",
.... KIAS, Seoul (Jan. 8-19, 2007).

Department Colloquium
.... " Nonequilibrium phase transitions: fractals and self-organized criticality ",
.... Phys. Dept., Chonbuk National Univ., Jeonju (Nov. 23, 2006).

CTP Colloquium
.... " Recent trends in nonequilibrium statistical physics: scale-invariant phenomena",
.... CTP, Seoul National Univ., Seoul (Oct. 24, 2006).

International Conference on Recent Advances in the Interdisciplinary Applications of Statistical Physics
.... " Finite size scaling in complex networks",
.... ICTS, Beijing, China (Sep. 20-22, 2006).

Asian-Pacific School on Statistical Physics and Interdisciplinary Applications
.... " On absorbing phase transitions ",
     ICTS, Beijing, China (Sep. 11-19, 2006). [school lecturer]

International Conference on the Frontiers of Nonlinear and Complex Systems
.... "Asymmetrically coupled directed percolation systems",
    HKBU, Hong Kong (May 24-26, 2006).

2nd China-Singapore Joint Symposium on Reserach Frontiers in Physics
.... " Finite size scaling in complex networks",
.... Zhejiang U., Hangzhou, China (May 19-21, 2006).

Department Colloquium
.... " Overview of absorbing phase transtions ",
.... Phys. Dept., HKBU, Hong Kong (Dec. 5, 2005).

3rd NEXT Singma-Phi International Conference - News, Expectations, and Trends in Statistical Mechanics
.    " Asymmetrically coupled directed percolation systems",
.    OAC, Kolymbari, Greece (Aug. 13-18, 2005). [keynote speaker]

Lorentz Center Workshop on Collective Aspects of Stochastic Nonequilibrium Phenomena at Surfaces and Interfaces
.    " Overview of absorbing critical phenomena",
.    Lorentz Center, Leiden, Netherlands (June 14-25, 2004).