Events at Physics |
Events During March, 2025
- Saturday, March 1st
- Graduate Program Event; 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm; Sub-Zero Ice Rink, Bakke Recreation & Wellbeing Center,1976 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706
- Physics Ice Skating Social
- Monday, March 3rd
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm; 1227 Engineering Hall
- "Multi-fidelity digital models for fusion energy device optimization, design, and operation", Michael Churchill, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- Cavendish Tests of Millicharged Relics, Asher Berlin, Fermilab
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm; 5280 CH &
- Towards Differentiable Physics Analysis at the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider and Beyond, Dr. Matthew Feickert, University of Wisconsin - Madison
- Wednesday, March 5th
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm; 5280 CH &
- Invisible Cities: Imagining the next era of AI-enabled fundamental physics research, Dr. Mariel Pettee, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
- Thursday, March 6th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am - 6:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- Quantum many-body scars in Rydberg atom simulators, Ian Mondragon Shem, Northwestern
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- The Milky Way as a Prototypical Disk Galaxy: Galactic Archeology and Chemical Evolution in Context, Boquan Erwin Chen, Ohio State University
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm; 5280 CH &
- Seeing with Structure: Physics and The Art of Model-Building, Dr. Garrett Merz, University of Wisconsin - Madison
- Friday, March 7th
- Graduate Program Event; 8:30 am; all over Chamberlin
- Prospective Visit Days
- Climate & Diversity; 9:00 am - 10:30 am; in Chamberlin 5310 & Zoom
- Diversity Forum Fridays: Fostering Psychological Safety to Enhance Belonging and Community
- HXS Group Meeting; 2:30 pm - 3:10 pm; 106 Engineering Research Bldg
- "Real-Time Plasma Control of LHD by Data Assimilation System: ASTI", Prof. Sadayoshi Murakami, Kyoto University
- HXS Group Meeting; 3:15 pm - 3:55 pm; 106 Engineering Research Bldg
- "Status of design activity of QA-QI flexible stellarator at NIFS", Prof. Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, National Institute for Fusion Studies
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 2241 CH
- Investigating cosmic origin and evolution with the oldest photons, Zeeshan Ahmed, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- Monday, March 10th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm; 1227 Engineering Hall
- "Structure-exploiting sparse grid approximations for efficient uncertainty quantification and surrogate model construction", Ionut Farcas, Virginia Tech
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- Quantum-corrected Black Hole Entropy and EFT Transitions, Alberto Castellano, Chicago University
- Graduate Program Event; 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm; B343 Sterling
- How to Prelim, Sharon Kahn, Graduate Program Manager
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm; 5280 CH &
- Overcoming challenges of quantum interference in Higgs physics with high-dimensional statistics, Dr. Aishik Ghosh, University of California - Irvine
- Plasma Theory Seminar, Journal Club;
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm; 514 Engineering Research Bldg - "A gyrokinetic simulation model for 2D equilibrium potential in the scrape-off layer of a field-reversed configuration", Aaron Tran, UW-Madison, Physics
- Tuesday, March 11th
- Physics Education Innovation Seminar; 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm; B343 Sterling Hall and on Zoom
- Physics Education Research Projects in the Department of Physics, Ayshea Banes, Isaac Barnhill, and Mihir Manna, UW Madison, Department of Physics
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute; 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; Rm.5294, Chamberlin Hall
- Quantum Coffee Hour
- Wednesday, March 12th
- Physics ∩ ML Seminar; 10:00 am - 11:00 am; Chamberlin 5280 &
- Thinking Fast & Slow with AI, Sash Sarangi, EMAlpha
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm; B343 Sterling Hall
- Thursday, March 13th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am - 6:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Recent research progress in making quantum computers useful for finance, Ruslan Shaydulin, JPMChase
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Mapping the Milky Way in n-Dimensions, Andrew Saydjari, Harvard University
- Friday, March 14th
- Graduate Program Event; 8:30 am; all over Chamberlin
- Prospective Visit Days
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; Discovery Building, DeLuca Forum
- Point Defects in Crystals: Trapped Atoms for Quantum Technologies, Kai-Mei Fu, University of Washington
- Monday, March 17th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm; 1227 Engineering Hall
- "Uncertainty quantification in fusion power plant design”, Enrique Miralles-Dolz , PPPL/UW-Madison
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm; VIRTUAL - Lefkow will send link
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- Observable CMB B-modes from Cosmological Phase Transitions, Gordan Krnjaic, Fermilab
- Tuesday, March 18th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm; VIRTUAL - Lefkow will send link
- Graduate Program Event, Mental Health for Graduate Students - Part 1 (of 3);
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm; B343 Sterling - Self-Care in Grad School + Overview of Mental Health Services (MHS), Neeti Shenoy, MA and Sara Beachy Waters, JD, Mental Health Services/University Health Services
- Thursday, March 20th
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Towards a Unified picture of Planet Formation, Songhu Wang, Indiana University
- Friday, March 21st
- Climate & Diversity; 9:00 am - 10:30 am; in Chamberlin 5310 & Zoom
- Diversity Forum Fridays: The Islamophobia Sniff Test
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 2241 CH
- Telescope Array and the Dawn Goddess of the North, Doug Bergman, University of Utah
- Saturday, March 22nd
- Academic Calendar
- Spring recess
- Sunday, March 23rd
- Academic Calendar
- Spring recess
- Monday, March 24th
- Academic Calendar
- Spring recess
- Graduate Program Event; 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm; B343 Sterling
- How to FInish, Sharon Kahn, Graduate Program Manager
- Tuesday, March 25th
- Academic Calendar
- Spring recess
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute; 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; Rm.5294, Chamberlin Hall
- Quantum Coffee Hour
- Wednesday, March 26th
- Academic Calendar
- Spring recess
- Thursday, March 27th
- Academic Calendar
- Spring recess
- Friday, March 28th
- Academic Calendar
- Spring recess
- Saturday, March 29th
- Academic Calendar
- Spring recess
- Sunday, March 30th
- Academic Calendar
- Spring recess
- Monday, March 31st
- Academic Calendar
- Spring Semester classes resume
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- Generalized symmetry constraints on deformed 4d (S)CFTs, Craig Lawrie, DESY, Hamburg
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- Astrophysical Neutrinos Uncover Neutrino Properties and Decode New Physics, Anna Suliga , New York University