BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Drupal iCal API//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Events items teaser X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:68282483dd188 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250129T120000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250129T130000 URL:/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/funding-res earch-partnerships-iqc SUMMARY:Funding research partnerships at IQC CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nJoin Amanda Green\, Senior Advisor at Mitacs\, to l earn how to leverage\nMitacs funding for collaborative research at IQC. Th is session will\ncover key Mitacs programs that support partnerships with companies\,\nnonprofits\, municipalities\, hospitals\, and startups.\n DTSTAMP:20250517T055411Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:68282483ddd1e DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241107T113000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241107T123000 URL:/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/waterloo-rq i-seminar-featuring-jose-polo-gomez SUMMARY:ݮƵ RQI seminar featuring José Polo-Gómez CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nNo black holes from light\n\nLocation: QNC 1201\, Zoom\n DTSTAMP:20250517T055411Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:68282483de498 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191203 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191205 URL:/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/quantum-ill umination-theory-practice SUMMARY:Quantum Illumination: From Theory to Practice CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nSince its conception a decade ago\, interest in Qua ntum Illumination\, a\nform of long-range quantum sensing\, has grown stea dily.  Motivated by\napplications in defence\, quantum communications and other areas\,\ninterest has now spread from academia to industry and\ ngovernment. The goal of the IQC Workshop on Quantum Illumination is\nto bring together a wide range of participants from these various\ndomains t o discuss the state of the art in laboratory research\, the\nrange of poss ible applications\, and paths toward those applications.\n X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE DTSTAMP:20250517T055411Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:68282483de9c3 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240912T090000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240912T110000 URL:/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/masters-the sis-defence-camille-lacroix SUMMARY:Master's thesis defence - Camille Lacroix CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nDevelopment and Electronic Characterization of Grap hene-Based Hall\nEffect Devices\n\nLocation: C2-361\n DTSTAMP:20250517T055411Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:68282483df09c DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240501 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240503 URL:/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/quantum-con nections-2024-quantum-perspectives SUMMARY:Quantum Connections 2024: Quantum Perspectives CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nJoin us for Quantum Connections May 1-2\, 2024. Thi s year we’re\nhighlighting Quantum Perspectives: the impacts and outlook s driving\nour future.\n X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE DTSTAMP:20250517T055411Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:68282483df5ad DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231121T120000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231121T130000 URL:/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/quantum-tod ay-quantum-ethics-project SUMMARY:Quantum Today: The Quantum Ethics Project CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nLive on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J UnjsS4AHc]\n\nJoin us for Quantum Today\, where we sit down with researche rs from the\nUniversity of ݮƵ’s Institute for Quantum Computing (I QC) to\ntalk about their work\, its impact and where their research may le ad.\n\nIn this special session\, we’ll be joined by Joan Arrow and Özge \nGülsayin of the Quantum Ethics Project\n[https://www.quantumethicsproje ct.org/]\, a team of researchers\nexploring the intersection of quantum an d society. We’ll discuss how\nto advocate for the responsible and inclus ive development of quantum\ntechnologies through education and research\, and why an ethics lens is\nimportant in even the early stages of technolog ical innovation.\n\n \n DTSTAMP:20250517T055411Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:68282483dfca3 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231103T150000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231103T160000 URL:/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/iqc-amo-com munity-meeting SUMMARY:IQC-AMO Community Meeting CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nQuantum Nano Centre\, 200 University Ave W\, Room Q NC 0101\nݮƵ\, ON\, CA N2L 3G1\n\nJoin the AMO (Atomic\, Molecular an d Optical) science group for their\ncommunity meeting.\n\nFor this session \, Dr. Behrooz Semnani will present a talk on \"Flat\nOptics: A New Oppo rtunity in Quantum Photonics\"\, which will be\nfollowed by Q&A and discus sion. Coffee and snacks provided!\n DTSTAMP:20250517T055411Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:68282483e01ff DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231002T140000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231002T150000 URL:/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/beyond-pipe line-fostering-equity-our-quantum-future SUMMARY:Beyond the Pipeline: Fostering Equity in Our Quantum Future CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nKIM DE LAAT\, UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO\n\nQuantum Nan o Centre (QNC) Room 0101\, 200 University Avenue West\,\nݮƵ\, ON\n\n The field of quantum computing has a unique opportunity to pre-empt\nmany of the inequities that have riddled AI and computer science. But\nradical technologies require new\, radical solutions. In this talk\, I\ntake issue with the leaky pipeline metaphor as a way of structuring\npolicy interven tions concerning inequality in STEM fields. I outline\nthree reasons why o verreliance on the leaky pipeline metaphor is\nproblematic: (1) it does no t accurately represent the phenomenon it is\nmeant to describe\; (2) it is incomplete\; and (3) it does not capture\nthe full heterogeneity of exper iences with inequality in STEM\ndisciplines. I conclude the talk by sharin g feedback from the quantum\ntechnology community concerning potential pit falls in the pursuit of\nequity in quantum\, and what we can do about it.\ n DTSTAMP:20250517T055411Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:68282483e073c DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230426T110000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230426T120000 URL:/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/quantum-mat ters-seminar-series-no-you-have-not-discovered SUMMARY:Quantum Matters Seminar Series: No\, you have not discovered a Majo rana\nFermion CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nNO\, YOU HAVE NOT DISCOVERED A MAJORANA FERMION\n\n Abstract: Is what I tell myself. There was a time when I thought I may\nha ve discovered it\, others did too. Around 2012 several groups\nincluding o urs found evidence of these quantum excitations in\nelectrical circuits co ntaining nanowires of semiconductor covered by a\nsuperconductor. The dram atic signatures were peaks in conductance that\nappeared under conditions expected from theory for Majorana modes\,\nwhich are their own anti-modes and may possess non-Abelian properties.\nBut a few years later\, similar f eatures in the data were identified\ndue to an interesting\, but a more mu ndane effect - which we call\ntrivial states such as Andreev bound states. Over time more and more\ndata pointed at the trivial and not at the exoti c explanation. But\nbecause Majorana claims kept coming\, this led to some digging and even\nretractions. What we learned after 10 years is that we have a much\nbetter handle on what effects show up in these nanowires\, w hich\npositions us well for the ultimate Majorana discovery which we shoul d\nbe able to tell apart from all the non-Majorana things we saw. The\nsec ond lesson we learned is that materials quality of device\nconstituents\, superconductors and semiconductors\, as well as how\nsamples are fabricate d - are the make-or-break factors for making this\nhappen. So while  I ca nnot report an exciting physics discovery\, I\ncan walk you through the sc ientific process that took place\, a 10-year\nevent of independent value w hich taught me how to do science better.\n DTSTAMP:20250517T055411Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:68282483e0c98 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230412T110000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230412T120000 URL:/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/quantum-mat ters-seminar-series-good-bad-and-strange SUMMARY:Quantum Matters Seminar Series: The good\, the bad and the strange: \nUnconventional metallic behaviour in the vicinity of Mott insulators CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nDEBANJAN CHOWDHURY: THE GOOD\, THE BAD AND THE STRA NGE: UNCONVENTIONAL\nMETALLIC BEHAVIOUR IN THE VICINITY OF MOTT INSULATORS \n\nAbstract: In recent years\, we have witnessed remarkable experimental\ nbreakthroughs in uncovering the intriguing properties of correlated\nmeta ls in the vicinity of Mott transitions. Describing these phenomena\ntheore tically remains an open challenge. This talk will focus on three\nrecent e xamples of puzzling electronic behavior near Mott insulating\nphases and a ddress the various conundrums. In the first part of the\ntalk\, I will dis cuss the microscopic origin of an unconventional\nT-linear resistivity wit h Planckian scattering in a\nquasi-two-dimensional “good” metal with l ong mean-free path\,\nconsisting of highly conducting metallic and Mott in sulating layers\,\nrespectively. In the second part\, I will address the o rigin of a\nlow-temperature “bad” metallic behavior in the vicinity of a\ncontinuous bandwidth-tuned metal-insulator transition in a moiré\nsem iconductor. I will end by presenting some new theoretical insights\ninto t he experimental observation of an anomalous particle-hole\ncontinuum and o verdamped plasmon in the density response of cuprate\n“strange” metals . \n DTSTAMP:20250517T055411Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR