Upcoming Talks
May 2006
Monday, May 1st, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium
Nanoshells: From Plasmon Physics to Cancer Therapy
Naomi Halas,
professor of electrical and computer engineering and professor of chemistry,
Rice University,
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Bose-Einstein Condensates in Optical Lattices and Superlattices
Mason Porter,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
Caltech,
Thursday, May 4th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
How to Represent Movie Stars in the Human Brain
Christof Koch,
Troendle Professor of Cognitive and Behavioral Biology,
and professor of computation and neural systems,
Caltech,
Tuesday, May 9th, 2006
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Gravity from Quantum Computation: Observational Consequences
Seth Lloyd,
professor of mechanical engineering,
MIT,
Thursday, May 11th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Quantum Back-Action in Mesoscopic Physics: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Aashish Clerk,
assistant professor of physics,
McGill University,
Friday, May 12th, 2006
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Nigel R. Cooper,
department of physics,
University of Cambridge,
Thursday, May 18th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Monday, May 22nd, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium
Computing at the Nanoscale
R. Stanley Williams,
senior HP fellow and director of the Quantum Science Research group,
Hewlett-Packard Laboratories,
Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006
10:30am
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11:30am
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium
I prefer the title "Mad Scientist": Reflections on Building an Industrial Laboratory for Fundamental Research in the Age of Short-Term Management
R. Stanley Williams,
senior HP fellow and director of the Quantum Science Research group,
Hewlett-Packard Laboratories,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Reversible Universal Quantum Computation within Translation Invariant Systems
Karl Vollbrecht,
Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics,
Thursday, May 25th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Quantum Computers—Dream and Realization
Rainer Blatt,
director of the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information,
Austrian Academy of Sciences,