Particle and heat transport in cold gases
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The last few years have seen a growing experimental and theoretical activity
aiming at extending the simulation potential of cold atoms to transport
properties.  In this presentation, I will show how one can benefit from the high
tunability of cold atom setups to engineer optimal transport properties. In this
framework, I will discuss the proposal and experimental realization of the
investigation of thermoelectric effects with ultracold atoms, and the
possibility to use well designed transport properties to cool Fermi gases deep
into the degeneracy regime.