Events at Physics |
Events During May, 2020
- Friday, May 1st
- Atomic Physics Seminar, Virtual AMO Seminar Series;
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm; Register for zoom event: - TBD, Jonathan Simon, University of Chicago
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- *CANCELLED* TBD, David Weiss, Penn State
- Tuesday, May 5th
- Council Meeting
- 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm; Online
- Wednesday, May 6th
- Physics ∩ ML Seminar; 11:00 am - 12:00 pm; Please register for this online event:
- Natural Graph Networks, Taco Cohen, Qualcomm AI Research
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; Online
- Thursday, May 7th
- 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; Virtual
- Department Coffee Hour
- Awards; 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm; Blackboard Collaborate; see link and dial-in access below
- 2020 Scholarships & Awards
- Friday, May 8th
- Atomic Physics Seminar, Virtual AMO Seminar Series;
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm; register for the Zoom link at: - , Holger Muller, University of California, Berkeley
- Commencement; 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm;
- 2020 Virtual Commencement Ceremony
- Wednesday, May 13th
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute, Chicago Quantum Exchange Seminar Series;
11:00 am - 12:00 pm; - Mathematics of post-quantum cryptography & the CyberSecurity Non-Profit, Emily Stamm, Allstate & CyberSecurity Non-Profit
- Thursday, May 14th
- Thesis Defense; 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm; Virtual:
- Progress Towards an Atomic Metamaterial, Zachary Buckholtz, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; Virtual
- Department Coffee Hour
- Friday, May 15th
- Atomic Physics Seminar, Virtual AMO Seminar Series;
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm; register for the Zoom link at: - Virtual AMO Seminar — TBD, Vedika Khemani, Stanford University
- Wednesday, May 20th
- Physics ∩ ML Seminar; 11:00 am - 12:00 pm; Please register for this online event:
- Building symmetries into generative flow models, Phiala Shanahan, MIT
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; RSVP here for the virtual event:
- Career Opportunities in Quantum Technology at HRL Laboratories, Thaddeus Ladd, HRL Laboratories
- Thursday, May 21st
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute, Chicago Quantum Exchange Seminar Series;
11:00 am - 12:00 pm; Email quantum@uchicago.edu to request access; - Understanding sources of decoherence for nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond, Shimon Kolkowitz, UW–Madison Physics
- Department Coffee Hour; 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; Virtual
- Friday, May 22nd
- Board of Visitors; 10:00 am - 12:00 pm; Virtual
- Board of Visitors meeting, Craig Heberer, Chair, BoV
- 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm; register for the Zoom link at:
- Virtual AMO Seminar — TBD, Monika Aidelsburger, LMU
- Tuesday, May 26th
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute; 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm; RSVP here for the virtual event:
- Quantum Employer Spotlight: Atom Computing, TBA
- Wednesday, May 27th
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute; 11:00 am - 11:30 am; Join Virtually:
- CQE Research Briefing — Learning to Optimize Variational Quantum Circuits to Solve Combinatorial Problems, Yuri Alexeev, Argonne National Laboratory
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; Virtual - coordinates to be sent soon
- Thursday, May 28th
- Thesis Defense; 1:00 pm; Virtual
- Continuous-Wave Optical Modulation via Stimulated Raman Scattering, David Gold, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Department Coffee Hour; 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; Virtual
- Friday, May 29th
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; RSVP here for the virtual event:
- Quantum Employer Spotlight: IBM, TBA, IBM
