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May 2010
Monday, May 3rd, 2010
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Astronomy Tea Talk
The Tidal Disruption of Stars by Massive Black Holes
Linda Strubbe,
graduate student in astronomy,
UC Berkeley,
4:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Philip Schuster,
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center,
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Exploring the Infrared Universe
Ned Wright,
professor of physics and astronomy,
UCLA,
Thursday, May 6th, 2010
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Physics Research Conference
Entropy in Quantum Information Theory and Condensed Matter Physics
Matthew Hastings,
senior research scientist,
Microsoft Research, Station Q, Santa Barbara ,
Friday, May 7th, 2010
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Fermi Seas from Black Hole Ergospheres
Tom Hartman,
graduate student in physics,
Harvard University,
Monday, May 10th, 2010
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High Energy Physics Seminar
The Bestest Little Higgs
Daniel Stolarski,
graduate student in physics,
UC Berkeley,
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
3:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Experimental Investigation of an Eight Qubit Unit Cell in a Superconducting Optimization Processor
Richard Harris,
senior experimental physicist,
D-Wave Systems,
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
12:15pm
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1:15pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Distinguishing Classical from Quantum Annealing in a Multi-qubit System
Mohammad Amin,
head theorist,
D-Wave Systems,
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Gas and Galaxy Evolution in the Local Universe
Jacqueline van Gorkom,
professor of astronomy,
Columbia University,
Thursday, May 13th, 2010
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Physics Research Conference
Soft Directions in Biology: What Can We Learn About from Networks?
Sharad Ramanathan,
assistant professor of molecular and cellular biology and of applied physics,
Harvard University,
Friday, May 14th, 2010
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Supercurrents and Supergravity
Zohar Komargodski,
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University,
Monday, May 17th, 2010
4:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Robo-AO: Robotic Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics on the Palomar 60-inch in 2011
Nicholas Law,
University of Toronto,
Christoph Baranec,
Caltech,
4:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Observing the Dimensionality of Our Parent Vacuum
Peter Graham,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
Stanford University,
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
3:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Hidden Quadratic Polynomials and Dihedral Subgroups
Pawel Wocjan,
assistant professor of computer science,
University of Central Florida,
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
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Astronomy Colloquium
Galaxies in the Epoch of Reionization: Galaxy Buildup in the First Gyr
Garth Illingworth,
Lick Observatory,
Friday, May 21st, 2010
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Monday, May 24th, 2010
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Astronomy Tea Talk
On the X-ray variability of Type 1, radio-quiet Seyferts
Iosif Papadakis,
University of Crete,
4:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
LHC and CMS
Marat Gataullin,
assistant scientist in high energy physics,
Caltech,
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
3:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Memories Based on Solid State Atomic Ensembles
Hugues de Riedmatten,
senior researcher in physics,
University of Geneva,
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
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Astronomy Colloquium
Stellar Archaeology: New Science with Old Stars
Anna Frebel,
Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
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Physics Research Conference
Biophysics of Hearing: Mechanical Detection by Inner Ear Hair Cells
Dolores Bozovic,
assistant professor of physics,
UCLA,