Seminar Calendar
May 2022
Monday, May 2nd, 2022
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online Event
Was There an Electroweak Phase Transition
Michael Ramsey-Musolf,
T.D. Lee Institute/Shanghai Jiao Tong U., U Mass Amherst, Caltech,
Wednesday, May 4th, 2022
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The IllustrisTNG Project
Lars Hernquist,
Mallinckrodt Professor of Astrophysics,
Center for Astrophysics,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thursday, May 5th, 2022
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online and In-Person Event
Playing with quantum toys: Atomic Newton's cradles and Archimedes' screws
Benjamin Lev,
Stanford University,
Friday, May 6th, 2022
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Multi-way cuts from reflected entropy in random tensor networks
Tom Faulkner,
UIUC,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Quantum computation in a hybrid array of molecules and Rydberg atoms
Chi Zhang,
David and Ellen Lee Postdoctoral Scholar,
Hutzler Group,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Monday, May 9th, 2022
10:00am
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11:00am
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Quantinuum and TKET
Mark Jackson,
Senior Quantum Evangelist,
Quantinuum,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
An experimental overview of effective field theory exploration at the LHC
Saptaparna Bhattacharya,
Northwestern University,
Wednesday, May 11th, 2022
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Astrophysical Lessons from LIGO-Virgo's Black Holes
Maya Fishbach,
NASA Einstein Fellow,
CIERA,
Northwestern University,
Thursday, May 12th, 2022
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Physics Colloquium - CANCELED
Online and In-Person Event
Towards a theory of strange quantum metals
Senthil Todadri,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Friday, May 13th, 2022
11:00am
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12:00pm
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12:15pm
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1:15pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Encoded Silicon Qubits: A High-Performance & Scalable Platform for Quantum Computing
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Monday, May 16th, 2022
10:00am
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11:00am
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Online Event
Unravelling binary and multiple star formation
Rajika Lakmali Kuruwit,
University of Copenhagen,
Tuesday, May 17th, 2022
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Tackling the electronic structure problem on near-term quantum devices: algorithmic improvements and error mitigation techniques
Mario Motta,
research staff scientist,
IBM,
Wednesday, May 18th, 2022
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Online Event
Event Horizon Telescope Imaging of Sagittarius A*
Geoff Bower,
Research Astronomer,
ASIAA,
Thursday, May 19th, 2022
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online and In-Person Event
Searches for New Physics with Quantum Sensors in the Laboratory and in Space
Marianna Safronova,
University of Delaware,
Friday, May 20th, 2022
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Quantum Error Correcting Codes in CFTs
Al Shapere,
University of Kentucky,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Narrow transparency and collective emission in an ensemble of rare-earth ions coupled to a nanophotonic cavity
Mi Lei,
Graduate Student, Faraon Group,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Monday, May 23rd, 2022
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Online Event
Optical variability of intermediate-mass black holes and implications for their identification
Colin Burke,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Wednesday, May 25th, 2022
11:00am
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11:45am
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Online Event
Machine Learning for Cosmic Explosions: Algorithms to Applications
Edo Berger,
Professor of Astronomy,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thursday, May 26th, 2022
9:00am
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10:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
"Self-heating of HEMT low-noise amplifiers in liquid cryogenic environments and the limits of microwave noise performance"
Anthony Ardizzi,
Graduate Student,
Applied Physics,
Caltech,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online and In-Person Event
Quantum Many-body theory in the Quantum Information era
Matthew Fisher,
KITP, UC Santa Barbara,
Friday, May 27th, 2022
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Firewalls from wormholes
Zhenbin Yang,
Stanford University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
2D topological order on a hollow thin sphere and a non-Clifford gate without magic state distillation
Arpit Dua,
UQM-IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar,
Xie Chen Group,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Black Hole Populations in Globular Clusters: Observational Validation, Modeling Uncertainties, and Massive Mergers
Newlin Weatherford,
Riedel Family Graduate Fellow,
Department of Physics & Astronomy,
CIERA, Northwestern University,