We review some recent progress in quantum field theory in non-commutative
space, focusing onto the fuzzy sphere as a non-perturbative regularisation
scheme. We first introduce the basic formalism, and discuss the limits
corresponding to different commutative or non-commutative spaces. We present
some of the theories which have been investigated in this framework, with a
particular attention to the scalar model. Then we comment on the results
recently obtained from Monte Carlo simulations, and show a preview of new
numerical data, which are consistent with the expected transition between two
phases characterised by the topology of the support of a matrix eigenvalue
distribution.Comment: This is a contribution to the Proc. of the O'Raifeartaigh Symposium
on Non-Perturbative and Symmetry Methods in Field Theory (June 2006,
Budapest, Hungary), published in SIGMA (Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry:
Methods and Applications) at http://www.emis.de/journals/SIGMA