Seminar Calendar
February 2021
Monday, February 1st, 2021
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021
11:00am
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1:00pm
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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Online Event
Circumnuclear Molecular Disks: Role in AGN Fueling and Feedback
Francoise Combes,
Professor,
Paris Observatory, College de France,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Online Event
Understanding and Enhancing Li-Ion Transport in Solids and at Interfaces for All-Solid-State Electrochemical Energy Storage
Linda Nazar,
Professor,
Departments of Chemistry and Physics, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology; Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Waterloo,
Thursday, February 4th, 2021
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online Event
Pushing the limits of hydrodynamics
Pavel Kovtun,
University of Victoria,
Friday, February 5th, 2021
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online Event
Axions, Higher Groups, and Emergent Symmetry
Clay Córdova,
University of Chicago,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Monday, February 8th, 2021
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Astronomy on Tap
Online Event
"Intergalactic Immigrants" and "Exploring the Virtual Universe"
Zach Hafen,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
University of California, Irvine,
Tuesday, February 9th, 2021
6:00pm
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8:00pm
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Wednesday, February 10th, 2021
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Online Event
Stellar Interactions and Transients
Silvia Toonen,
Assistant Professor,
Anton Pannekoek Institute,
University of Amsterdam,
1:30pm
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2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online Event
Global Anomalies on the Hilbert Space
Diego Delmastro,
Perimeter Institute,
Thursday, February 11th, 2021
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online Event
Quantum Field Theory and Beyond
Nathan Seiberg,
Institute for Advanced Study,
Friday, February 12th, 2021
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online Event
Confinement in 4d N=1 from 6d N=(2,0)
Lakshya Bhardwaj,
Oxford University,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Online Event
From quantum error correction to critical theories: A holographic journey
Alexander Jahn,
Postdoctoral Scholar, Preskill Group,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2021
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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IQI Weekly Seminar
Online Event
Classical and quantum communication through quantum fields
Eduardo Martin-Martinez,
Associate Professor,
University of Waterloo,
Wednesday, February 17th, 2021
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Online Event
A Golden Age of Asteroseismology with Kepler and TESS
Tim Bedding,
Professor,
Sydney Institute for Astronomy,
University of Sydney,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Online Event
Order-Disorder-Property Relationships in Structural Materials: Guided by Randomness
Thursday, February 18th, 2021
11:00am
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online Event
Stacking van der Waals atomic layers: quest for new quantum materials
Philip Kim,
Harvard University,
Friday, February 19th, 2021
9:00am
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10:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online Event
Recent Developments on the Swampland Distance Conjecture
Irene Valenzuela,
Harvard University,
Monday, February 22nd, 2021
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online Event
New Roles of the (QCD) Axion in Dark Matter and Baryogenesis
Raymond Co,
University of Minnesota,
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online Event
Dark Matter Photography with DAMIC
Daniel Baxter,
University of Chicago/KICP,
Wednesday, February 24th, 2021
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online Event
Neutrinos in High Definition: MicroBooNE and the Road Ahead
David Caratelli,
Fermilab,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Online Event
NIR microlensing exoplanet search by PRIME and Roman
Takahiro Sumi,
Professor,
Department of Earth and Space Science,
Osaka University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Online Event
New Bio-inspired Materials: When Chemistry Meets Optics, Mechanics and Surface Science
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thursday, February 25th, 2021
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online Event
Precision Instrumentation Enabled Physics at the LHC & QIS Enabled Discovery for High Energy Physics
Cristian Peña,
Lederman Fellow,
Fermilab,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Stargazing Lecture
Online Event
Searching for the Violent Births and Deaths of Stars with Night-Vision Goggles
Friday, February 26th, 2021
11:00am
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12:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Online Event
Fundamental aspects of solving quantum problems with machine learning
Hsin Yuan (Robert) Huang,
Graduate Student, Preskill,Vidick Groups,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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