Upcoming Seminars
Spring 2009-2010
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Nano- and Opto-Mechanical Transducers for Quantum Information Processing
Peter Rabl,
research scholar in physics,
Harvard University,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Diamagnetism and Pairing in Hole-Doped High Tc Superconductors
Lu Li,
research fellow in condensed matter physics,
MIT,
Friday, April 2nd, 2010
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Towards a Construction of Holographic Superconductors
Wen-Yu Wen,
visitor in physics,
Caltech,
Monday, April 5th, 2010
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Landau-Zener Problem in Many Body Systems: Applications to Cold Atoms, Cavity QED and Superconductivity
Victor Gurarie,
professor of physics,
University of Colorado, Boulder,
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Mesoscopic Glassy Orders in a Manganite Thin Film Observed by Microwave Imaging
Keji Lai,
postdoctoral scholar in applied physics,
Stanford University,
Friday, April 9th, 2010
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Gauge Threshold Corrections for Local String Models
Joseph Conlon,
University of Oxford,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Two-dimensional Electron Liquid State at Oxide Interfaces
Jochen Mannhart,
professor of physics,
University of Augsburg, Germany ,
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Topological Quantum Computers Work with a Quarter of Their Bits Missing
Tom Stace,
postdoctoral research fellow,
University of Queensland,
Friday, April 16th, 2010
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Strings at the TeV Scale
Dieter Luest,
chair for mathematical physics, LMU-München,
and director,
Max-Planck-Institute for Physics,
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Cluster Expansions and the Stability of Topological Phases
Israel Klich,
assistant professor of physics,
University of Virginia,
Friday, April 23rd, 2010
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Monday, April 26th, 2010
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Odd-parity Topological Superconductors: Theory and Application to Cu_xBi_2Se_3
Erez Berg,
postdoctoral scholar in condensed matter physics,
Harvard University,
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Numerical Algorithms for Simulating Interacting Fermionic Lattice Systems
Christina Kraus,
Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics,
Friday, April 30th, 2010
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Instanton Effects in F-theory
Ralph Blumenhagen,
Max Planck Institute for Physics and Astrophysics,
Monday, May 3rd, 2010
4:10pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Measurement of the Electronic Compressibility of Bilayer Graphene
Erik Henriksen,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
Caltech,
Friday, May 7th, 2010
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Fermi Seas from Black Hole Ergospheres
Tom Hartman,
graduate student in physics,
Harvard University,
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Experimental Investigation of an Eight Qubit Unit Cell in a Superconducting Optimization Processor
Richard Harris,
senior experimental physicist,
D-Wave Systems,
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
12:15pm
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1:15pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Distinguishing Classical from Quantum Annealing in a Multi-qubit System
Mohammad Amin,
head theorist,
D-Wave Systems,
Friday, May 14th, 2010
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Supercurrents and Supergravity
Zohar Komargodski,
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Superconductivity and Quantum Hall States on the Surface of a Topological Insulator
Ashvin Vishwanath,
associate professor of physics,
UC Berkeley,
Monday, May 17th, 2010
4:10pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Fun on the Honeycomb Lattice: Luttinger Liquids and Frustrated Magnetism
Arun Paramekanti,
assistant professor of physics,
University of Toronto,
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Hidden Quadratic Polynomials and Dihedral Subgroups
Pawel Wocjan,
assistant professor of computer science,
University of Central Florida,
Friday, May 21st, 2010
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Memories Based on Solid State Atomic Ensembles
Hugues de Riedmatten,
senior researcher in physics,
University of Geneva,
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
More Fun With Coisotropic Branes
Edward Witten,
Institute for Advanced Study,