Upcoming Seminars
Fall 2009-2010
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Ultracold Collisions in an Optically Trapped Gas of Polar Molecules
Kang-Kuen Ni,
graduate student,
JILA research institute,
Unviersity of Colorado at Boulder,
Friday, October 9th, 2009
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Monday, October 12th, 2009
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Ground States and Excitations of Spatially Anisotropic Quantum Antiferromagnets
Oleg Starykh,
associate professor of physics,
University of Utah,
Friday, October 16th, 2009
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
AdS/CFT with small extra dimensions
Eva Silverstein,
Kavli Insitute for Theoretical Physics,
UC Santa Barbara,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
The Superstring in AdS4xCP3
Linus Wulff,
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Rome,
Monday, October 19th, 2009
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Quantum Phases of a Supersymmetric Model of Lattice Fermions
Liza Huijse,
graduate student,
University of Amsterdam,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Quantum Phases of a Supersymmetric Model of Lattice Fermions
Liza Huijse,
University of Amsterdam,
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information
Measurement-Based Quantum Computation in Realistic Spin-1 Chains
Joe Renes,
postdoctoral scholar,
Technical University of Darmstadt,
Friday, October 23rd, 2009
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Supersymmetric Wilson Loops in N=4 SYM and Pure Spinors
Anatoly Dymarsky,
Institute for Advanced Study,
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
The Positive Semidefinite Grothendieck Problem with Rank Constraint
Frank Vallentin,
postdoctoral scholar,
Delft University of Technology,
Friday, October 30th, 2009
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Aspects of Symmetric Product Orbifolds
Shlomo Razamat,
research associate in physics,
SUNY Stony Brook,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Alexander Westphal,
postdoctoral scholar,
Stanford University,
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Random Quantum Satisfiability: Statistical Mechanics of Quantum Optimization
Chris Laumann,
graduate student in theoretical physics,
Princeton University,
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Categorically Isolating Quantum Properties
Chris Heunen,
graduate student,
University of Oxford,
Friday, November 6th, 2009
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Perturbative Spectra in Gauge Theories with Gravity Duals at Four Loops and Beyond
Christoph Sieg,
Neils Bohr Institute,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Monday, November 9th, 2009
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Infinite-Randomness Quantum Critical Points Induced by Dissipation
Thomas Vojta,
associate professor of physics,
Missouri University of Science and Technology,
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Optimizing the Layout and Error Properties of Quantum Circuits
John Kubiatowicz,
UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Quantum Spin Liquid with Fermi-surface: Exact Solution of Kitaev-type Model
Misha Feigelman,
Landau Intitute,
Friday, November 13th, 2009
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Fractional Charge in Time-Inversion Invariant Systems
Roman Jackiw,
MIT Center for Theoretical Physics,
Monday, November 16th, 2009
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Tunneling Spectral Dip: A Universal Feature of High TC Superconductors
John Zasadzinski,
professor of physical sciences,
Illinois Institute of Technology,
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Faster Quantum Algorithm for Evaluating Game Trees
Ben Reichardt,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
School of Computer Science,
University of Waterloo,
Friday, November 20th, 2009
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Holography of Charged Dilaton Black Holes
Shamit Kachru,
Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics, UC Santa Barbara,
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Quantum Kinetic Approach to the Calculation of Thermal Transport and the Nernst Effect
Karen Michaeli,
Department of Condensed Matter Physics,
Weizmann Institute of Science ,
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Dynamically Corrected Gates
Kaveh Khodjasteh,
Dartmouth College,
Monday, November 30th, 2009
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Infrared Spectroscopy of Correlated Electron Matter at the Nanoscale
Dimitri N. Basov,
professor of physics,
UC San Diego,
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Emulation of a Quantum Spin using a Superconducting Phase Qudit
Matthew Neeley,
graduate student,
UC Santa Barbara,
Friday, December 4th, 2009
11:00am
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11:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Ayan Mukhopadhyay,
Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI), India,
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Photonic Non-equilibrium Quantum Transport in a Nonlinear Medium
Mohammad Hafezi,
postdoctoral scholar,
University of Maryland,
Friday, December 11th, 2009
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Clifford Cheung,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
UC Berkeley,
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Topological Quantum Order: Stability Under Local Perturbations
Spiros Michalakis,
postdoctoral scholar,
Los Alamos National Laboratory,