Events at Physics |
Events During the Week of September 21st through September 28th, 2008
Monday, September 22nd, 2008
- Plasma Theory Seminar
- Role of Stable Modes in Electromagnetic ETG-Driven Turbulence
- Time: 4:00 pm
- Place: 514 ERB
- Speaker: Juhyung Kim, University of Wisconsin, Dept. of Physics/Plasma
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar
- Native American science, technology, engineering, and mathematics before 1492
- Time: 12:05 pm
- Place: 4274 Chamberlin (Refreshments will be served)
- Speaker: John Gustafson, Independent Scholar formerly of Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College, Cloquet, MN
- Abstract: A survey of Native Americans' accomplishments in what we call the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) reveals an impressive list, a list of accomplishments that can serve as a new and attractive perspective to teach STEM to STEM-phobic students. In addition, the perspective provides new insights into other problems. For example,Europeans arriving in 1492 were small in number, yet they soon dominated the Americas. Jared Diamond hypothesized that European technology had something to do with it. By looking at the pre-1492 Native American STEM-like accomplishments, we may be able to deduce more of why Europeans "went chaotic."
- High Energy Seminar
- High Mass Standard Model Higgs Searches at CDF
- Time: 4:00 pm
- Place: 4274 Chamberlin (Coffee and Cookies at 3:45 pm)
- Speaker: Jennifer Pursely, University of Wisconsin Madison
- Host: Matt Herndon
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
- No events scheduled
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar
- CNOT quantum logic with weakly coupled cubits
- Time: 10:00 am
- Place: 5310 Chamberlin
- Speaker: Mike Geller, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Georgia
- Abstract: Effective protocols for performing CNOT quantum logic with qubit devices coupled by particular high-symmetry (Ising or Heisenberg) interactions are well established. However, many architectures being considered for practical quantum computation involve qubits or qubits and resonators coupled by more complicated and less symmetric interactions. Here we investigate the general problem of weakly but otherwise arbitrarily coupled two-level systems, and present a simple and generally applicable CNOT gate construction. The design will be especially effective when applied to architectures with fast and accurate single-qubit control.
- Host: Joynt
Friday, September 26th, 2008
- Physics Department Colloquium
- GLAST first results
- Time: 4:00 pm
- Place: 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
- Speaker: David A. Smith, Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Bordeaux-Gradignan
- Host: Ogelman