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Air pollution levels in the US have decreased dramatically over the past several decades, yet racial-ethnic exposure disparities persist. There is a need to better understand the underlying causes of these disparities in order to develop more effective policies to address them. In the first part of this talk, I ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Kitaev materials and time-dependent Majorana mean-field theory - LivestreamAs a rare example of an exactly solvable 2D quantum spin system, the Kitaev model has generated considerable theoretical interest as a playground for anyonic, neither fermionic nor bosonic, physics. Engineering the peculiar bond-dependent Ising interactions in a material initially seemed challenging, but today there is a collection of “Kitaev ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Experimental demonstration of continuous quantum error correction - LivestreamGiven the inherent fragility of quantum systems, quantum error correction (QEC) promises to be a powerful tool in performing quantum computations. QEC traditionally consists of discrete rounds of error detection, where errors are detected using entangling gates and projective measurement. However, physical measurements consist of finite coupling strengths and are ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
A Dean's LifeSpeaker: Jeremy Qualls, University of Southern Maine
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Assembling, cutting and steering to construct polarized microtubule highways in neuronsMelissa Rolls is the Paul Berg Professor of Biochemistry at Penn State. Her research focus is the cell biology of neurons, particularly microtubule organization. She uses this long-term background in cell biology to understand how neurons respond to injury. She is also committed to training scientists and Chairs the Molecular, ...
Mainspring was founded in 2010 by three Stanford engineers seeking a new approach to generating clean, resilient, affordable electricity. Their research into high-efficiency methods of converting fuel to electricity led to the founding of the company and the development and prototype of their first linear generator. They also built a ...
Where: Cost: Free
Evolving Networks in Matter and Mind - LivestreamNetworks exist in both physical and conceptual spaces. Those networks can be treated as static and fixed, but in many cases evolve appreciably over a variety of time scales. In this talk, I will discuss the evolution of networks in matter and mind. I will separate my comments into three ...
