  In this talk I describe some applications of random matrix models to the
study of N=1 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories with matter fields in the
fundamental representation. I review the derivation of the
Veneziano-Yankielowicz-Taylor/Affleck-Dine-Seiberg superpotentials from
constrained random matrix models (hep-th/0211082), a field theoretical
justification of the logarithmic matter contribution to the
Veneziano-Yankielowicz-Taylor superpotential (hep-th/0306242) and the random
matrix based solution of the complete factorization problem of Seiberg-Witten
curves for N=2 theories with fundamental matter (hep-th/0212212).
