5/19/26

• All grades for the course are now posted online.
• The letter grades will not be posted online, and will be made available through the registrar.
• Wishing you all a productive and enjoyable summer.

5/15/26

• Grades for Problem Sets #1-6 and the midterm have been posted online.
• Please Email your final projects to  kardarATmit  by the end of Friday, unfortunately I have no flexibility as grades are due to the department by beginning of next week.
• As default, I post projects to the class website. If for any reason you don't wish your project to be posted, please let met know.
• Please complete course evaluation forms.

4/30/26

• Grades for Problem Sets #1-5 and the midterm have been posted online.

4/23/26

• Marked exams are available on gradescope (access code ZJBY3N).

4/22/26

• Grades for the mid-term test have been posted online.

4/12/26

• The midterm test will take place on Friday 4/17 in the usual class time (2:30-4pm) and classroom (2-150).
• The material covered spans lectures 1 through 20 (including the XY model)
• Reviewing problems/solutions PS1-PS4, and as posted for recitations 1 through 4 should help your preparation.
• The exam will be Open book (limited to material posted on the class website), but looking up material online is not permitted.

4/12/26

• Grades for Problem Sets #1-3 have been posted online.

4/3/26

• Final project proposals are due; please send them by Email to kardar@mit.edu.

4/1/26

• Grades for Problem Sets #1-2 have been posted online.

3/3/26

• Grades for Problem Set #1 have been posted online.

2/22/26

• The in class lecture 9 for 2/23/26 is cancelled as MIT is closed due to snow emergency
• Please view this prerecorded lecture

2/8/26

• Problem sets should be submitted on Gradescope. You can access the course Gradescope through the 8.334 Canvas page (canvas.mit.edu). If you cannot access Canvas for whatever reason, you can enroll in the 8.334 Gradescope directly at gradescope.com using entry code ZJBY3N.

2/8/26

• The class has been assigned four part time graders:

  Sergio Eraso seraso@mit.edu

  Amer Al-Hiyasat hiyasat@mit.edu

  Jessica Metzger jessmetz@mit.edu

  Kaylie Hausknecht kaylie@mit.edu

• They will hold office hours in room 8-303 on Wednesdays 4-5pm

1/28/26

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