Upcoming Seminars
Spring 2010-2011
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
The First Room Temperature Continuous Wave (CW) Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSELs) and High Efficiency Blue and Green GaN LEDs
Chun-Yen Chang,
professor,
National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan,
Friday, April 1st, 2011
11:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Spin-dependent Transport and Magnetic Response in Topological Insulators
Anton Burkov,
professor of physics and astronomy,
University of Waterloo, Canada,
Monday, April 4th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Geometry of Quantum Response in Open Systems
Yosi (Joseph) Avron,
professor of physics,
Israel Institute of Technology,
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Visualization of Two Qubits
Yosi Avron,
Department of Physics,
Technion,
Friday, April 8th, 2011
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Monday, April 11th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Lattice Bosons: a paradigm strongly fluctuating superconductors and "bad metals"
Assa Auerbach,
Professor,
Physics Department ,
Technion,
Friday, April 15th, 2011
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Improving Telescopes with Quantum Repeaters
Daniel Gottessman,
Perimeter Institute,
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
1:15pm
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2:30pm
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Friday, April 22nd, 2011
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Eternal Inflation in the Light of Quantum Cosmology
James Hartle,
UC Santa Barbara,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Monday, April 25th, 2011
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Transforming Light Polarization into Matter-spin-qubits and Back, Using Single, Semiconductor Quantum Dots
David Gershoni,
Technion,
Israel Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
A Variational Understanding of the Spin Liquid State of the Hubbard Model on the Honeycomb Lattice
Bryan Clark,
postdoctoral fellow in condensed matter physics,
Princeton University,
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Spacetime Could be Simultaneously Continuous and Discrete, in the Same Way that Information Can Be
Achim Kempf,
University of Waterloo,
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
1:15pm
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2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Sphere Partitions Functions and the 3D Superconformal R-charge
Daniel Jafferis,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Chiral Symmetry Breaking Order Parameters from Renormalization Group Optimized Perturbation
Andre Neveu,
University of Montpellier,
Friday, April 29th, 2011
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Supergravity Counterterms Versus Infinity Calculations
Kelly Stelle,
Imperial College,
Monday, May 2nd, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Emulating Quantum Magnetism and t--J Models in Systems of Ultracold Polar Molecules
Salvatore Manmana,
JILA,
University of Colorado, Boulder,
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Parallel Repetition of Entangled Games
Thomas Vidick,
UC Berkeley,
Friday, May 6th, 2011
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
The Harmony of Superstring Amplitudes: Implications from/to Field Theory
Stephan Stieberger,
MPI Munich,
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Thermal Stability of Topological Order and Feasibility of Efficient Self-Correcting Quantum Memory
Beni Yoshida,
UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Magnetic Quasiparticle Scattering Mechanism of Spin-resonance Behavior and Its Relationship with Quasiparticle Interference Pattern in High-Tc Superconductors
Tanmoy Das,
Postdoctoral research associate in theoretical condensed matter physics ,
Los Alamos National Lab,
Friday, May 13th, 2011
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
U-duality, Minimal Unitary Representations and AdS/CFT Duality
Munat Gunaydin,
Pennsylvania State University,
Friday, May 20th, 2011
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
The Binomial Geometry of SU(5) GUTs in F-theory
Mboyo Esole,
Harvard University,
Monday, May 23rd, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Modulated Interface Lithography {MIL}: The Nanoworld Beyond Bénard Instability
Sandra M. Troian,
professor of applied physics,
Caltech,
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
What Can We Learn from Quantum Entanglement Spectra?
Daniel Arovas,
UC San Diego,
Friday, May 27th, 2011
11:00am
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5/28
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Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Shangyu Zhang,
Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Friday, June 3rd, 2011
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Phononics: A New Science and Technology in Controlling Heat Flow and Processing Information with Phonons
Baowen Li,
professor of physics and director of the Centre for Computational Science & Engineering,
National University of Singapore,
Friday, June 10th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
QND Measurement of Phonon & Photon Shot Noise: Full Statistics
Aash Clerk,
professor of physics,
McGill University,