MURI Meeting Schedule
Updated November 11, 2015
Talks will be held in 106 Stanley Hall. Registration and breaks will take place in the entrance lobby to Stanley Hall. Poster session will take place in 375 Leconte Hall . All locations can be found on the UC Berkeley campus map.
Tuesday, January 12
8:00 - 8:45
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Registration and morning schmoozing"
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8:45 - 9:00
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Welcome and meeting information
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9:00 - 10:30
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Fundamental issues in non-equilibrium dynamics: Part I
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10:30 - 11:00
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Break
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11:00 - 12:30
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Fundamental issues in non-equilibrium dynamics: Part II
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12:30 - 2:00
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Lunch (on your own, see Lunch Options)
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2:00 - 3:30
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Invited talk session I
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Wes Campbell, UCLA: Confessions of a CW laser addict
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Sid Parameswaran, UC Irvine: Quantum Criticality at Infinite Temperature
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4:00 - 6:00
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Poster session (in 375 LeConte Hall)
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Wednesday, January 13
8:15 - 9:00
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Morning schmoozing*
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9:00 - 10:30
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Advanced quantum materials – a new frontier for ultracold atoms: Part I
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10:30 - 11:00
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Break
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11:00 - 12:30
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Advanced quantum materials – a new frontier for ultracold atoms: Part II
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12:30 - 2:00
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Lunch (on your own, see Lunch Options)
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2:00 - 3:30
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Invited talk session II
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Norman Yao, UC Berkeley: Observing topological invariants in quantum random walks
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James Analytis, UC Berkeley: Emergent states of matter in quantum materials: topology, correlations and broken symmetry
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3:30 - 4:00
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Meeting wrap-up
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4:00 - 6:00
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Lab tours
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Yali's cafe is located in Stanley Hall right across from our seminar room. Feel free to come early, order a drink and something to eat, and plot the future of science.