Upcoming Talks
May 2007
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Practical Error Correction for Quantum Key Distribution
James Harrington,
Los Alamos National Laboratory,
Thursday, May 3rd, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Recent Results from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe and Future Directions
Lyman Page,
Henry De Wolf Smyth Professor of Physics,
Princeton University,
Friday, May 4th, 2007
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Mechanical Quantum Resonators: A Proposal to Create and Detect Single Phonons in a Bulk Mechanical Resonator
Andrew Cleland,
professor of physics,
UC Santa Barbara,
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Geometry of Quantum Criticality
Paolo Zanardi,
associate professor of physics,
USC,
Thursday, May 10th, 2007
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
MicroRNAs: From Scale Invariance to Stem Cells
Jonathan Miller,
assistant professor,
Human Genome Sequencing Center,
Baylor College of Medicine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Probing Chemical Reactions with Force, One Bond at a Time
Julio Fernandez,
professor of biological sciences,
Columbia University,
Friday, May 11th, 2007
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Measurements of Electron Correlation Effects in Nanotubes and Nanowires
David Cobden,
assistant professor of physics,
University of Washington,
Monday, May 14th, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium
The Perfect Lens: Resolution Beyond the Limits of Wavelength
Sir John Pendry,
professor of physics,
Imperial College London,
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Finding Braids for Topological Quantum Computation
Nick Bonesteel,
professor of physics,
Florida State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Ordered Quantum and Dot Systems for Nano-Photonics Applications
Eli Kapon,
professor of physics,
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland,
Thursday, May 17th, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Visualization of Quantum Phenomena
Wilson Ho,
Donald Bren professor of physics, astronomy, and chemistry,
University of California, Irvine,
Friday, May 18th, 2007
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Polariton Condensation in CdTe Microcavities: From Theory to Practice
Francesca Marchetti,
Dr.,
Cavendish Laboratory,
University of Cambridge,
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Algorithms for Identifying Hidden Polynomial Functions Graphs
Pawel Wocjan,
assistant professor of computer science,
University of Central Florida,
Thursday, May 24th, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Numerical Simulations of Black Hole Spacetimes
Lee Lindblom,
senior research associate in theoretical astrophysics,
Caltech,
Friday, May 25th, 2007
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Violation of the Wiedemann-Franz Law at a Quantum Critical Point
Johnpierre Paglione,
postdoctoral researcher in physics,
UC San Diego,
Thursday, May 31st, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Viscosity, Black Holes, and Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions
Dam Thanh Son,
senior fellow and associate professor,
Institute for Nuclear Theory,
University of Washington,