David Tong: Talks and Presentations
Below is a collection of presentations and conference proceedings.
All are aimed at research physicists. More accessible, popular talks, together with
some videos and essays can
be found on my
outreach page.
Community Service
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How to Give a Good Talk
This was given at a summer school for PhD students. It contains simple, basic advice on how to avoid some common pitfalls when giving a talk. -
Here is an update for the covid age: a short (100s) video with some tips on how to teach and give seminars online.
Videos
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An introduction to the 2019 Dirac Medalists
Comments on 3d dualities at MIT.
Chiral Fermions, at Harvard on Zoom.
Boundary Conditions for Fermions, on Zoom.

Supersymmetry and the Quantum Hall Effect, at ICTS, Bangalore.
Conference Proceedings
- Zakopane Lectures on Holographic Conductivity
PDF
- The Innards of an Instanton (Shifmania,
Minnesota,
2009)
PostScript
PDF
- Open-Closed String Duality in Field Theory? (CAQCD,
Minnesota,
2006)
PostScript
PDF
- TASI Lectures on Solitons
PostScript
PDF
- Vortices, Strings and Vortex Strings: (SUSY 2004 Plenary Talk)
PostScript
PDF
- The DBI Model of Inflation: (SUSY 2004 Parallel Talk) PostScript PDF