Departmental events

August 1st, 2013 to July 31st, 2014. Previous/next year.
Aug09
Dongdong Peng
Study on Polymer Thin Films Using Atomic Force Microscopy
Aug09
Wei Li
Statistical Physics Approaches to Complex Systems
Aug23
Wei Sun
Adaptive Optics in Nonlinear Microscopy Implemented with Open-Loop Control and EMCCD-Based Shack-Hartmann Wavefront Sensor
Aug28
Comprehensive Exams: Part I
Aug29
Incoming PhD Student Orientation
Aug30
Comprehensive Exams: Part II
Sep04
Tom Iadecola
Boston University, Physics
Rotating Kekulé mass in graphene: a 'hydrogen atom' for non-equilibrium quantum systems
Sep04
Faculty Meeting
Sep07
TF Workshop
Sep09
Joao Ricardo Santos
Application of Statistical Physics Methods to Quantify the Aging Process in the Brain
Sep11
Marin Bukov
Boston University
Bose-Fermi Mixtures: a Mean-Field Study
Sep11
Adrian Hutter
University of Basel
Enhanced thermal stability of the toric code through coupling to a bosonic bath
Sep11
Faculty Meeting
Sep13
Undergraduate Freshmen Orientation
Sep18
Ted Pudlik, Charles Fisher
Boston University
CMT Group Meeting
Sep23
Cory Fantasia
Search for Exotic Particles Decaying into WZ Boson Pairs at the CMS Experiement
Sep25
Dr. Kipton Barros
LANL
Efficient Langevin simulation of coupled classical fields and fermions Host: Luca D'Alessio
Sep25
Rain location: SCI 1st floor lounge Hours: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Annual Physics Department BBQ
Sep30
Gordon Baym
University of Illinois - Urbana Champagne
Special day, time: Monday, Sept. 30 at 2 PM
The Landau criterion for superfluidity is neither necessary nor sufficient Host: David Campbell
Oct02
Cheng-Wei Liu
Computational Studies of Thermal and Quantum Phase Transitions Approached through Non-Equilibrium Quenching
Oct08
Shuai Shao
Generalized Percolation on Random Graphs
Oct08
Duan Wang
Application of Statistical Physics in Financial Fluctuations
Oct09
Alan Gabel
Boston University
CMT Group Meeting
Oct16
Dries Sels
Universiteit Antwerpen
Wigner distribution functions for complex dynamical systems Host: Luca D'Alessio
Oct17
David Sperka
"Search for tb Resonances in the Leptonic Final State with the CMS Detector
Oct23
Luca D'Alessio
Boston University/Penn State University
Event at 11:00 AM
CMT Group Meeting
Oct23
Elsa Abreu
Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Strongly Correlated Systems Dynamics of the Insulator-Metal Transition
Oct30
Sebastian Remi
Measurement and Control of Electron-Phonon Interactions in Graphene
Oct31
Contests! Costumes! Music! Fun!
Pumpkins dropped from the roof of the 4 story building
Annual Pumpkin Drop
Nov05
Di Zhou
Percolation of Partially Interdependent Scale-Free Networks
Nov06
Victor Gurarie
University of Colorado - Boulder
Quenched p-wave topological superfluid Host: Anatoli Polkovnikov
Nov06
Na Xu
Dynamics of 2D Ising Model in Linearly Varying Magnetic Field
Nov08
Jingdi Zhang
Ultrafast Photonic Control of Strain Engineered CMR La2/3Ca1/3MnO3 Thin Films
Nov11
Ying Tang
Quantum Monte Carlo Studies of Quantum Criticality in Low-Dimensional Spin Systems
Nov13
Yariv Kafri
Technion
Statistical physics of fluctuations away from equilibrium Host: Anatoli Polkovnikov
Nov20
Phil Lawson
Measurement of the W Charge Asymmetry in Production with Jets Using 5 Inverse-Femtobarns of Data Measured at SQRT(S) = 7 TeV with CMS
Nov20
Bo Chen
Band Structure and Crystal-Field Excitations of La1-xLuxVO3 Crystals Studied by Soft X-ray Spectroscopies
Nov22
Alan Gabel
Emergent Phenomena and Fluctuations in Cooperative Systems
Nov25
Yiming Xu
Applying CFT to Solving 2D-QCD
Dec03
James Silva
Spinodal Nucleation Effects in Heterogeneous Systems with Long Range Interactions
Dec04
Adam Avakian
Statistical Physics Approach to Financial Networks
Dec11
Dr. Michael Kolodrubetz
Boston University
CMT Group Meeting
Dec12
Carsten Madler
TBA
Dec12
Nagendra Panduranga
Stability of Complex Networks under Random Node Failure
Dec13
57th New England Complex Fluids Workshop (Poster) Host: Rama Bansil, James Bird
Dec18
Carsten Madler
Amplification Methods for Silicon Nanowire Biosensors
Jan08
Comprehensive Exam - Part I
Jan10
Comprehensive Exam - Part II
Jan14
Clint Richardson
Search for Heavy WZ Resonances Decaying Leptonically and Jet Tagging Online
Jan15
Javad Noorbakhsh
Boston University
CMT Group Meeting
Jan22
Cheng-Wei Liu
Boston University
CMT Group Meeting
Jan23
Uttam Bhat
Emergence of Heterogeneity in Friendship Networks
Jan24
Alexander Kitt
Manipulating Graphene's Lattice
Jan29
Tatsuhiko Ikeda
University of Tokyo and Boston University
CMT Group Meeting
Jan30
Titus Neupert
Princeton University
Note: Special Day-Thursday; 3:00 PM
Simple manipulation of Majorana zero modes on a necklace
Jan31
Nima Dehmamy
Dissipative Dynamics in Financial Networks
Feb05
Dmitry Abanin
Perimeter Institute
Many-body localization: Local integrals of motion, area-law entanglement, and quantum dynamics Host: Anatoli Polkovnikov
Feb12
Prof. Stefan Kehrein
Georg-August-Universitat Goettingen
Undephasing the generalized Gibbs ensemble Host: Anatoli Polkovnikov
Feb19
Alex Lang
Boston University
CMT Group Meeting
Feb24
Chester Curme
Statistically-Validated Networks
Feb25
Antonio Majdandzik
Spontaneous Recovery in Dynamical Networks
Feb26
Dr. David Luitz
Laboratoire de Physique Theorique, Toulouse
Shannon-Renyi entropies and participation spectra in quantum many body systems Host: Thomas Lang
Mar10
Derek Lee
Imperial College, London
Note Special Day - Monday; Special Time - 2 PM
Dynamics of Thermalization in nanoscale systems Host: Luca D'Alessio
Mar12
Dr. Paula Bienzobaz and Dr. Pedro Gomes
Boston University
CMT Group Meeting
Mar19
Dr. Thomas Lang
Boston University
CMT Group Meeting
Mar25
Javad Noorbakhsh
Nonlinearity and Stochasticity in Biochemical Networks
Apr01
David Sperka
A Search for a Heavy Resonance Decaying to a Top Quark and A bottom Quark with the CMS Experiment
Apr02
Jung Hoon Han
Sungkyunkwan University
Emergence of Orbital Chirality in Multi-orbital Surface Bands Host: Claudio Chamon
Apr04
Claudio Chamon/Karl Ludwig/Kevin Black
Prospective Graduate Student Open House
Apr07
Amir Bar
Weizman Institute
Note special day, time: Monday at 2:30 PM
Mixed order phase transitions in one dimension Host: Yariv Kafri
Apr09
Qian Li
Opinion Models on Complex Networks
Apr09
Shainen Davidson
Boston University
CMT Group Meeting
Apr09
Di Zhou
Interdependent Networks - Topological Percolation Research and Application in Finance
Apr09
Jingdi Zhang
Ultrafast Photonic Control of Strain Engineered CMR La2/3Ca1/3MnO3 Thin Films
Apr10
Elsa Caroline Souto Gonçalves de Abreu 
Electronic and Structural Dynamics of Vanadates and Nickelates: Effect of Temperature, Strain and Photoexcitation
Apr16
Dr. Michael Kolodrubetz
Boston University
CMT Group Meeting
Apr17
Shain Davidson
SU(3) Classical Representation of Quantum Dynamics of Interacting Spins
Apr23
Will Morrison
Clues to the Brain’s Development and Function from Axon Orientations
Apr23
Pankaj Mehta
Boston University
Note special time: 10:30 AM
CMT Group Meeting
Apr30
Prof. Ribhu Kaul
University of Kentucky/Boston University
CMT Group Meeting
May01
Evan Weinberg
Scalars on the Lattice: Targeting the Conformal Window
May05
Michael Kruskal
Dark Matter + Heavy Quark Production at ATLAS
May07
Maksym Serbyn
MIT
How to probe many-body localized phase? Host: Claudio Chamon
May07
Adam Iaizzi
1D Valence Bond Solids in a Magnetic Field
May08
George Keiser
Near-Field Interactions in Terahertz Metamaterials: Complex, Tunable, and Nonlinear Material Responses at Terahertz Frequencies
May09
John Quirk
AlCap: Quantifying Backgrounds for the Mu2e Experiment
May12
Luis Ibáñez
Muon Capture on the Deuteron: The MuSun Experiment
May14
Naomichi Hatano
Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo
Arrow of time in quantum mechanics Host: Anders Sandvik
May15
Kyle Vigil
High Numerical Aperture Microscopy with Non-Gaussian Beams
May19
Bo Chen
Study of the Electronic Structure of Transition-metal Oxides by Synchrotron-based X-ray Spectroscopies
May20
David Newby
Soft X-ray Studies of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathodes
May28
Dr. Garry Goldstein
Rutgers University
Generalized Gibbs ensemble (GGE) and applications for integrable systems Host: Claudio Chamon
May30
John Ogren
Vibrational Studies of Optogenetic Rhodopsins: Elucidating Molecular Mechanisms
Jun06
Yiming Xu
Applying Conformal Field Theory Techniques to Solving 2D QCD Analytically
Jun18
Marin Bukov
Universal High-Frequency Limits of Periodically Driven Systems: from Classical Dynamical Stabilization to Quantum Floquet Engineering
Jun19
Clare Bernard
Standard Model and Exotic Physics with the Top Quark at ATLAS
Jul08
Marc McGuigan
Characterization of Electromagnetic Hot Spots Using Apertureless Near-field Scanning Optical Microscopy
Jul09
Erik Lascaris
Liquid-Liquid Phase Transitions and Water-Like Anomalies in Liquids