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Events During the 2020 Fall Semester
August 2020
- Monday, August 3rd
- Thesis Defense; 10:00 am; Virtual
- Development of high-beta weakly magnetized plasma Couette flow in pursuit of electromagnetic instabilities in the Hall regime, Ken Flanagan, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Tuesday, August 4th
- Network in Neutrinos, Nuclear Astrophysics, and Symmetries (N3AS) Seminar; 3:30 pm; https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/91922781599
- Gamma rays from neutron star mergers: a unique signature of the r process, Xilu Wang, Notre Dame
- Wednesday, August 5th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; Virtual - coordinates to be sent soon
- Thesis Defense; 2:00 pm; virtual
- A study of Collective effects and Dark state based localization protocols in cold atoms, Diptaranjan Das, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Thursday, August 6th
- Thesis Defense; 3:00 pm; Virtual
- Precision measurements of the astrophysical neutrino flux, Austin Schneider, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Friday, August 7th
- M.S. In Physics – Quantum Computing Event; 12:00 pm; Virtual
- MSPQC Virtual Graduation
- Tuesday, August 11th
- Academic Calendar; 7:00 am;
- Election Day for Wisconsin, including same-day registration
- Network in Neutrinos, Nuclear Astrophysics, and Symmetries (N3AS) Seminar; 3:30 pm; https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/91922781599
- On massive neutrino emission from primordial black holes via Hawking radiation , Yuber F. Perez-Gonzalez, Northwestern
- Wednesday, August 12th
- Physics Meets ML; 11:00 am; Please register for this online event: http://physicsmeetsml.org
- Discovering new phases of matter with unsupervised and interpretable support vector machines , Lode Pollet, LMU Munich
- Thesis Defense; 12:00 pm; virtual
- Role of Stable Eigenmodes in Shear-flow Instability Saturation and Turbulence, Adrian Fraser, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Thesis Defense; 1:00 pm; Virtual
- Identifying and Exploiting Structure in Cosmological and String Theoretic Data, Alex Cole, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Academic Calendar; 4:00 pm;
- Masters in Learning Analytics Webinar
- Thursday, August 13th
- Department Coffee Hour; 3:00 pm; https://cern.zoom.us/j/98625439661?pwd=NmNMeit4aGNLOSs3eHl0RHk0ZHRKUT09
- Friday, August 14th
- Madison Astronomical Society monthly meeting; 7:30 pm; virtual, email to madisonastro.info@gmail.com by noon Friday August 14 to receive the zoom link
- A Brief History of Time(keeping): Optical atomic clocks and their applications, Shimon Kolkowitz
- Monday, August 17th
- Academic Calendar; 12:00 am;
- Faculty contract year begins
- Tuesday, August 18th
- Graduate Program Event, PGSC Professional Development Seminar;
2:30 pm; https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89134298386 - Nanoscale Metrology with Nitrogen Vacancy Centers in Diamond, Aedan Gardill, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Network in Neutrinos, Nuclear Astrophysics, and Symmetries (N3AS) Seminar; 3:30 pm; https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/91922781599
- The Sterile Neutrino is Dead; Long Live the Sterile Neutrino!, Jeffrey Berryman, Kentucky
- Thesis Defense; 4:00 pm; https://lbnl.zoom.us/my/kjpalladino?pwd=UDd3NURjL3pqdTVJL3RQZExzTTl5UT09
- Effective Field Theory Search Results from the LUX Run 4 Data Set, and Construction of the LZ System Test Platforms, Shaun Alsum, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Council Meeting
- 4:00 pm; Virtual
- Wednesday, August 19th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; Virtual see "abstract" for connection info
- Thesis Defense; 1:30 pm; Virtual
- High-Fidelity Measurement of a Superconducting Qubit using an On-Chip Microwave Photon Counter, Alex Opremcak, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Thesis Defense; 2:00 pm; virtual
- Flavored Gauge Mediation with Discrete Non-Abelian Symmetries, Neil Leonard, Physics MS Graduate Student
- Thursday, August 20th
- Department Coffee Hour; 3:00 pm; https://cern.zoom.us/j/98625439661?pwd=NmNMeit4aGNLOSs3eHl0RHk0ZHRKUT09
- Friday, August 21st
- Academic Calendar; 4:00 pm;
- Graduate School Summer 2020: Master’s Degree Deadline
- Sunday, August 23rd
- Academic Calendar; 12:00 am;
- Official degree conferral date on diploma for students graduating at the end of Summer term 2020
- Academic Calendar; 11:55 pm;
- Graduate School Summer 2020: Doctoral Degree Deadline
- Tuesday, August 25th
- Network in Neutrinos, Nuclear Astrophysics, and Symmetries (N3AS) Seminar; 3:30 pm; https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/91922781599
- Constraining cold dense matter using multi-wavelength & multi-messenger observations of merging neutron stars, Ben Margalit , Berkeley
- Wednesday, August 26th
- Physics ∩ ML Seminar; 11:00 am; Please register for this online event: http://physicsmeetsml.org
- The large learning rate phase of deep learning , Yasaman Bahri, Google Brain
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; Virtual see "abstract" for connection info
- Thursday, August 27th
- Department Coffee Hour; 3:00 pm; https://cern.zoom.us/j/98625439661?pwd=NmNMeit4aGNLOSs3eHl0RHk0ZHRKUT09
- Friday, August 28th
- Thesis Defense; 10:00 am; Virtual
- Reconnection in the Age of the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission, Blake Wetherton, Physics PhD Graduate Student
September 2020
- Tuesday, September 1st
- 2:30 pm; Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81494001278
- PGSC Seminar, Ben Harpt, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Network in Neutrinos, Nuclear Astrophysics, and Symmetries (N3AS) Seminar; 3:30 pm; https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/91922781599
- Diffuse supernova neutrinos: ubiquitous and driving fundamental physics , Manibrata Sen, Northwestern
- Academic Calendar; 4:00 pm;
- Graduate School Fall 2020: Fall degree window period deadline for master's students
- Council Meeting
- 4:00 pm; Virtual
- Academic Calendar; 11:55 pm;
- Graduate School Fall 2020: Doctoral Degree Window Period Deadline
- Wednesday, September 2nd
- Academic Calendar; 12:00 am;
- Instruction begins
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; Virtual see "abstract" for connection info
- Friday, September 4th
- Graduate Introductory Seminar (Physics 701); 12:05 pm; BBCollaborate
- Introduction to Research in the Department, Sridhara Dasu, UW Madison Department of Physics
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; Virtual
- State of the Department , Sridhara Dasu, UW-Madison
- Monday, September 7th
- Academic Calendar; 12:00 am;
- Labor Day
- Tuesday, September 8th
- Network in Neutrinos, Nuclear Astrophysics, and Symmetries (N3AS) Seminar; 3:30 pm; https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/91922781599
- Dark matter , Tongyan Lin, UCSD
- Wednesday, September 9th
- Physics ∩ ML Seminar; 11:00 am; Please register for this online event: http://physicsmeetsml.org
- Insights on gradient-based algorithms in high-dimensional learning, Lenka Zdeborova, Université Paris-Saclay
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute; 11:00 am; Join Virtually: https://uchicagogroup.zoom.us/j/99566603797?pwd=amFxMHcvZndseDFUUlU4a3ZDZGhhUT09
- CQE Briefing: Universal Coherence Protection in a Solid-State Spin Qubit, David Awschalom and Kevin Miao UChicago, UChicago, Argonne
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; Virtual see "abstract" for connection info
- Friday, September 11th
- Graduate Introductory Seminar (Physics 701); 12:05 pm; BBCollaborate
- Science Opportunities with New Ultrafast X-ray Sources, Uwe Bergmann, UW Madison Department of Physics
- Department Coffee Hour; 3:00 pm; https://cern.zoom.us/j/98625439661?pwd=NmNMeit4aGNLOSs3eHl0RHk0ZHRKUT09
- Monday, September 14th
- Graduate Program Event; 12:00 pm; Online-https://honeywellrandstad.recsolu.com/external/events/zRziEFSOj1tWSNIWPsg1jQ
- Honeywell Info Session, Panel discussion featuring UW Physics Alumni-Trevor Knapp, Honeywell
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; VIRTUAL
- Electron Scattering by Low-frequency Whistler Waves at Earth’s Bow Shock, Mitsuo Oka, Scientist at Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Tuesday, September 15th
- Council Meeting
- 4:00 pm; Virtual
- Academic Calendar; 5:00 pm;
- Masters in Learning Analytics Webinar
- Wednesday, September 16th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; Virtual see "abstract" for connection info
- Thursday, September 17th
- 2:30 pm; Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87918166465
- PGSC Seminar, Rob Morgan, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Friday, September 18th
- Graduate Introductory Seminar (Physics 701); 12:05 pm; BBCollaborate
- Particle Astrophysics, Justin Vandenbroucke
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:00 pm; For zoom link, sign up at: https://groups.google.com/a/g-groups.wisc.edu/d/forum/theoryseminars/join
- Classical aspects of black hole interiors, Jorrit Kruthoff, Stanford University
- Department Coffee Hour; 3:30 pm; https://cern.zoom.us/j/98625439661?pwd=NmNMeit4aGNLOSs3eHl0RHk0ZHRKUT09
- Monday, September 21st
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; Zoom Meeting
- Using Fundamental Turbulence Saturation to Improve Fast Transport Frameworks, M.J. Pueschel, Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research & Eindhoven University of Technology
- Tuesday, September 22nd
- Graduate Program Event; 2:30 pm; https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82686938703
- PGSC Professional Development Event , Angela Zito (from the UW Writing Center), Justin Vandenbroucke, Victor Brar, Uwe Bergmann
- Network in Neutrinos, Nuclear Astrophysics, and Symmetries (N3AS) Seminar; 3:30 pm; https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/91922781599
- Microscopic black holes in neutrino telescopes, colliders and cosmology, Ningqiang Song , Queen’s University
- Wednesday, September 23rd
- Physics ∩ ML Seminar; 11:00 am; Please register for this online event: http://physicsmeetsml.org
- Science is a verb: adopting the scientific method and best practices in AI research, Michela Paganini, Facebook AI Research
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; Virtual see "abstract" for connection info
- Thesis Defense; 1:00 pm; https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/95478776831?pwd=a2x0c0NzSWVrcWNGamxpeU5QNWtQQT09
- Observations of helical plasma dynamics using complementary x-ray diagnostics in the MST, Patrick VanMeter, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Friday, September 25th
- Graduate Introductory Seminar (Physics 701); 12:05 pm; BBCollaborate
- TBD, Jeff Parker, UW Madison Department of Physics
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:00 pm; For zoom link, sign up at: https://groups.google.com/a/g-groups.wisc.edu/d/forum/theoryseminars/join
- Title to be announced, Horng Sheng Chia, Institute for Advanced Studies
- Department Coffee Hour; 3:30 pm; https://cern.zoom.us/j/98625439661?pwd=NmNMeit4aGNLOSs3eHl0RHk0ZHRKUT09
- Monday, September 28th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; Zoom Meeting
- in present experiments , Dr. Alberto Loarte, Head of Science Division of the ITER Organization
- Tuesday, September 29th
- Council Meeting
- 4:00 pm; Virtual
- Wednesday, September 30th
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute; 11:00 am; Virtual; contact quantum@uchicago.edu for login info
- CQE Seminar Series: TBD, Warren Grice, Quibitekk
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; Virtual see "abstract" for connection info
October 2020
- Friday, October 2nd
- Graduate Introductory Seminar (Physics 701); 12:05 pm; BBCollaborate
- Astrophysics and Cosmology Experiment, Peter Timbie, UW Madison Department of Physics
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:00 pm; For zoom link, sign up at: https://groups.google.com/a/g-groups.wisc.edu/d/forum/theoryseminars/join
- Title to be announced, Juan S. Cruz, Technical University Munich
- Department Coffee Hour; 3:30 pm; https://cern.zoom.us/j/98625439661?pwd=NmNMeit4aGNLOSs3eHl0RHk0ZHRKUT09
- Tuesday, October 6th
- Network in Neutrinos, Nuclear Astrophysics, and Symmetries (N3AS) Seminar; 3:30 pm; https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/91922781599
- Properties of r-Process-Producing Neutron Star Mergers: What We Can Learn from Metal-Poor Stars, Erika Holmbeck , University of Notre Dame
- Wednesday, October 7th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; Virtual see "abstract" for connection info
- Friday, October 9th
- Graduate Introductory Seminar (Physics 701); 12:05 pm; BBCollaborate
- Linking the theory and observation of astroparticles , Ke Fang, UW Madison Department of Physics
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:00 pm; For zoom link, sign up at: https://groups.google.com/a/g-groups.wisc.edu/d/forum/theoryseminars/join
- Title to be announced, Ben Stefanek, Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics
- Department Coffee Hour; 3:30 pm; https://cern.zoom.us/j/98625439661?pwd=NmNMeit4aGNLOSs3eHl0RHk0ZHRKUT09
- Tuesday, October 13th
- Council Meeting
- 4:00 pm; Virtual
- Wednesday, October 14th
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute; 11:00 am; Virtual; contact quantum@uchicago.edu for login info
- CQE Seminar Series: TBD, Marco Pistoia, JPMorgan Chase
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; Virtual see "abstract" for connection info
- Academic Calendar; 4:00 pm;
- Masters in Learning Analytics Webinar
- Friday, October 16th
- Graduate Introductory Seminar (Physics 701); 12:05 pm; BBCollaborate
- Probing the early universe with new data and new computational methods, Moritz Munchmeyer, UW Madison Department of Physics
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:00 pm; For zoom link, sign up at: https://groups.google.com/a/g-groups.wisc.edu/d/forum/theoryseminars/join
- Title to be announced, Arjun Kar, University of British Columbia
- Department Coffee Hour; 3:30 pm; https://cern.zoom.us/j/98625439661?pwd=NmNMeit4aGNLOSs3eHl0RHk0ZHRKUT09
- Tuesday, October 20th
- Network in Neutrinos, Nuclear Astrophysics, and Symmetries (N3AS) Seminar; 3:30 pm; https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/91922781599
- Double bang cascades from atmospheric neutrinos , Ivan Martinez-Soler , Northwestern University
- Wednesday, October 21st
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; Virtual see "abstract" for connection info
- Friday, October 23rd
- Graduate Introductory Seminar (Physics 701); 12:05 pm; BBCollaborate
- Semiconductor qubits, Mark Eriksson, UW Madison Department of Physics
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:00 pm; For zoom link, sign up at: https://groups.google.com/a/g-groups.wisc.edu/d/forum/theoryseminars/join
- Title to be announced, Jeff Dror, UC Berkeley
- Department Coffee Hour; 3:30 pm; https://cern.zoom.us/j/98625439661?pwd=NmNMeit4aGNLOSs3eHl0RHk0ZHRKUT09
- Tuesday, October 27th
- Council Meeting
- 4:00 pm; Virtual
- Wednesday, October 28th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; Virtual see "abstract" for connection info
- Friday, October 30th
- Graduate Introductory Seminar (Physics 701); 12:05 pm; BBCollaborate
- Using physics to understand and save coral reefs from climate change, Pupa Gilbert, UW Madison Department of Physics
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:00 pm; For zoom link, sign up at: https://groups.google.com/a/g-groups.wisc.edu/d/forum/theoryseminars/join
- Title to be announced, Marija Tomašević, Universitat de Barcelona
- Department Coffee Hour; 3:30 pm; https://cern.zoom.us/j/98625439661?pwd=NmNMeit4aGNLOSs3eHl0RHk0ZHRKUT09
November 2020
- Tuesday, November 3rd
- Academic Calendar; 7:00 am;
- Election Day, including same-day registration
- Wednesday, November 4th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; Virtual see "abstract" for connection info
- Friday, November 6th
- Graduate Introductory Seminar (Physics 701); 12:05 pm; BBCollaborate
- The Energy Frontier at the LHC, Kevin Black, UW Madison Department of Physics
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:00 pm; For zoom link, sign up at: https://groups.google.com/a/g-groups.wisc.edu/d/forum/theoryseminars/join
- Title to be announced, Kevin Kelly, Fermilab
- Department Coffee Hour; 3:30 pm; https://cern.zoom.us/j/98625439661?pwd=NmNMeit4aGNLOSs3eHl0RHk0ZHRKUT09
- Tuesday, November 10th
- Council Meeting
- 4:00 pm; Virtual
- Wednesday, November 11th
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute; 12:00 am;
- Chicago Quantum Summit
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; Virtual see "abstract" for connection info
- Thursday, November 12th
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute; 12:00 am;
- Chicago Quantum Summit
- Friday, November 13th
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute; 12:00 am;
- Chicago Quantum Summit
- Graduate Introductory Seminar (Physics 701); 12:05 pm; BBCollaborate
- Atomic, molecular, and optical physics research overview. , Shimon Kolkowitz, UW Madison Department of Physics
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:00 pm; For zoom link, sign up at: https://groups.google.com/a/g-groups.wisc.edu/d/forum/theoryseminars/join
- Title to be announced, Oliver Janssen
- Department Coffee Hour; 3:30 pm; https://cern.zoom.us/j/98625439661?pwd=NmNMeit4aGNLOSs3eHl0RHk0ZHRKUT09
- Tuesday, November 17th
- Network in Neutrinos, Nuclear Astrophysics, and Symmetries (N3AS) Seminar; 3:30 pm; https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/91922781599
- Wednesday, November 18th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; Virtual see "abstract" for connection info
- Thursday, November 19th
- Academic Calendar; 5:00 pm;
- Masters in Learning Analytics Webinar
- Friday, November 20th
- Graduate Introductory Seminar (Physics 701); 12:05 pm; BBCollaborate
- Neutrino Oscillations - A Door To New Physics, Brian Rebel, UW Madison Department of Physics
- Department Coffee Hour; 3:30 pm; https://cern.zoom.us/j/98625439661?pwd=NmNMeit4aGNLOSs3eHl0RHk0ZHRKUT09
- Tuesday, November 24th
- Council Meeting
- 4:00 pm; Virtual
- Wednesday, November 25th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; Virtual see "abstract" for connection info
- Thursday, November 26th
- Academic Calendar; 12:00 am;
- Thanksgiving recess
- Friday, November 27th
- Academic Calendar; 12:00 am;
- Thanksgiving recess
- Saturday, November 28th
- Academic Calendar; 12:00 am;
- Thanksgiving recess
- Sunday, November 29th
- Academic Calendar; 12:00 am;
- Thanksgiving recess
December 2020
- Wednesday, December 2nd
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; Virtual see "abstract" for connection info
- Friday, December 4th
- Graduate Introductory Seminar (Physics 701); 12:05 pm; BBCollaborate
- Anomalous Quantum Transport: Interactions, Disorder, Topology, Alex Levchenko, UW Madison Department of Physics
- Department Coffee Hour; 3:30 pm; https://cern.zoom.us/j/98625439661?pwd=NmNMeit4aGNLOSs3eHl0RHk0ZHRKUT09
- Tuesday, December 8th
- Network in Neutrinos, Nuclear Astrophysics, and Symmetries (N3AS) Seminar; 3:30 pm; https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/91922781599
- Impact of Fast Flavor Oscillations on Neutrino-driven Winds, Andre Sieverding , University of Minnesota
- Council Meeting
- 4:00 pm; Virtual
- Wednesday, December 9th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; Virtual see "abstract" for connection info
- Thursday, December 10th
- Academic Calendar; 12:00 am;
- Last class day
- Friday, December 11th
- Academic Calendar; 12:00 am;
- Study day
- Department Coffee Hour; 3:30 pm; https://cern.zoom.us/j/98625439661?pwd=NmNMeit4aGNLOSs3eHl0RHk0ZHRKUT09
- Saturday, December 12th
- Academic Calendar; 12:00 am;
- Summary period (exams)
- Sunday, December 13th
- Academic Calendar; 12:00 am;
- Summary period (exams)
- Academic Calendar; 12:00 am;
- Commencement
- Monday, December 14th
- Academic Calendar; 12:00 am;
- Summary period (exams)
- Tuesday, December 15th
- Academic Calendar; 12:00 am;
- Summary period (exams)
- Wednesday, December 16th
- Academic Calendar; 12:00 am;
- Summary period (exams)
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; Virtual see "abstract" for connection info
- Thursday, December 17th
- Academic Calendar; 12:00 am;
- Summary period (exams)
- Friday, December 18th
- Academic Calendar; 12:00 am;
- Summary period (exams)
- Department Coffee Hour; 3:30 pm; https://cern.zoom.us/j/98625439661?pwd=NmNMeit4aGNLOSs3eHl0RHk0ZHRKUT09
- Academic Calendar; 4:00 pm;
- Graduate School Fall 2020: Master's degree deadline
- Sunday, December 20th
- Academic Calendar; 11:55 pm;
- Graduate School Fall 2020: Doctoral Degree Deadline
- Tuesday, December 22nd
- Council Meeting
- 4:00 pm; Virtual
- Thursday, December 24th
- Academic Calendar; 12:00 am;
- Official degree conferral date on diploma for students graduating at the end of Fall term 2020