Upcoming Talks
May 2009
Monday, May 4th, 2009
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
"An Optical Gas Microscope for Quantum Simulation"
Simon Foelling,
Harvard University,
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Multi Prover Interactive Proofs with Communicating Provers
Avinatan Hassidim,
postdoctoral associate,
Center for Theoretical Physics,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Semiconductor Nanowires for Electronics and Sensors
Ted Kamins,
principal scientist,
Quantum Science Research Group,
Hewlett-Packard Labs,
Thursday, May 7th, 2009
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Seeing the Beginning of the Universe
Benjamin Wandelt,
Associate Professor of Physics,
Departments of Physics and Astronomy,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, currently on sabbatical at Caltech and JPL,
Monday, May 11th, 2009
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Vortex Loops and the Superfluid Phase Transition
Gary A. Williams,
professor of physics,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium
Precision Measurement in Biology
Stephen Quake,
professor of bioengineering,
Stanford University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Fluid Approaches to Optics and Imaging
Jason Fleischer,
assistant professor of electrical engineering,
Princeton University,
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Superfluid ^4He Matter Wave Interferometers Physics and Applications
Yuki Sato,
postdoctoral researcher,
UC Berkeley,
Monday, May 18th, 2009
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Non-Evanescent Physics of Evanescent Waves: Polaritonic Effects from Nanotube Transistors to NEMS
Slava V. Rotkin,
professor of physics,
Lehigh University,
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Matthew Elliott,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
University of Southern Indiana,
Thursday, May 21st, 2009
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Nano-opto-mechanics: Utilizing Light Forces within Guided-Wave Nanostructures
Oskar Painter,
associate professor of applied physics,
Caltech,
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar & GALCIT Colloquium
The Many Faces of 'Discreteness': From Acoustic Crystals and Layered Optical Media to Multi-Component Bose-Einstein Condensates and Beyond
Panayotis Kevrekidis,
associate professor of mathematics,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst,
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
4:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Recent Advances in InP-Based Photonic Integrated Circuits
Larry Coldren,
professor of optoelectronics and photonics,
UC Santa Barbara,
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Order of Magnitude Biology
Rob Phillips,
professor of applied physics and mechanical engineering,
Caltech,