Mon., Tues., Wed., Thurs., Fri., Sat., Sun.

Monday, Nov 23

10:30 AM - Excitations in Condensed Matter: From Basic Concepts to Real Materials

Neepa Maitra, CUNY

Some Challenges in TDDFT and Some Possible Solutions in Phase-space

Auditorium

11:00 AM - Quantum Information Science

Lin Tian, UC Merced & KITP

Superconducting Resonators and Their Applications in Quantum Engineering

Small Seminar Room

1:30 PM - Quantum Information Science

Welcome and Discussion

Founders' Room

2:00 PM - Excitations in Condensed Matter: From Basic Concepts to Real Materials

Tom Berlijn, Stony Brook & KITP

Wannier Function Based First-Principles Method for Disordered Systems

Small Seminar Room

Tuesday, Nov 24

10:30 AM - Excitations in Condensed Matter: From Basic Concepts to Real Materials

Timo Thonhauser, Wake Forest University & KITP

Berry-phase Modern Theory of Orbital Magnetization

Auditorium

11:00 AM - Quantum Information Science

Andrew Briggs, University of Oxford & KITP

Outstanding Problems in Using Spin States for Practical Quantum Information Science

Small Seminar Room

2:00 PM - Special Seminar

Kieron Burke, UC Irvine & KITP

The Unreasonable Accuracy of Asymptotic Expansions: Why Density Functional Theory Works

Auditorium

4:00 PM - Physics Department Colloquium

Daniel Loss, University of Basel

Spin-Qubits in Nanostructures

Broida 1640

Wednesday, Nov 25

10:30 AM - Excitations in Condensed Matter: From Basic Concepts to Real Materials

Carla Molteni, King's College & KITP

Modelling Excited States in Biological Chromophore: from TDDFT to GW+BSE

Auditorium

11:00 AM - Quantum Information Science

Frank Wilhelm-Mauch, University of Waterloo & KITP

Optimal Contol of Imperfect Qubits

Small Seminar Room

2:00 PM - Excitations in Condensed Matter: From Basic Concepts to Real Materials

Discussion

Small Seminar Room

Thursday, Nov 26

8:00 AM - Administrative Holiday

Staff Offices Closed

Friday, Nov 27

8:00 AM - Administrative Holiday

Staff Offices Closed

Saturday, Nov 28

No talks scheduled for this day.

Sunday, Nov 29

No talks scheduled for this day.

Seminar Rooms, Commons Room, and Founders' Room are located on the 1st floor of Kohn Hall. Coffee and cookies are served daily in Kohn Hall Commons Room at 3:15 p.m. except on those Tuesdays when there is a Physics Department Colloquium.
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