CIQC Events

04/19/24 Quantum Day

Quantum Day is intended to give high school physics students a glimpse into quantum physics and how the physics concepts they are studying in their classes relates to the research CIQC PIs and grad students conduct. The program's main purpose is to get high schoolers interested in physics. Our pilot program was with local high schools Mt. Diablo and Bayhill High School.

We aim to support and inspire URM students within this demographic who typically thrive with personal attention and new career ideas when offered job ideas that may traditionally not be prominent in their community...

5/31/24 Quantum Gathering - Siyuan Niu

Friday, May 31, 2024 3:30 - 4:30 pm 131 Campbell Hall

Please join us for this week's Quantum Gathering this Friday, 5/31. Dr. Siyuan Niu, who is a postdoctoral scholar at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, will give a 20 minute spark talk entitled "Quantum circuit resizing for resource optimization.” The spark talk will be in Campbell 131 at 3:30 pm. After the talk we will continue with Mediterranean platters on the terrace.

01/24/24 AMO/QI seminar Ken Brown Duke Quantum Center

Wednesday, January 24, 2024 11 am - 12 pm 375 Physics North

Please join us for this week’s AMO/QI seminar featuring Dr. Kenneth Brown from the Duke Quantum Center. He will give a talk titled: Simulating a conical intersection with a trapped ion quantum computer

Abstract:
Conical intersections often control the reaction products of photochemical processes and occur when two electronic potential energy surfaces intersect. Theory predicts that the conical intersection will result in a geometric phase for a wavepacket on the ground potential energy surface, and...

11/20/23 AMO/QI Seminar Dr. Lincoln Carr, Colorado School of Mines

Monday, November 20, 2023 11 am - 12 pm 375 Physics North

Please join us for this week’s AMO/QI seminar, on a special day, MONDAY Nov. 20 due to the Thanksgiving holiday.
Our speaker will be Dr. Lincoln Carr from the Colorado School of Mines. His talk is titled, Entangled quantum cellular automata, physical complexity, and Goldilocks rules

Abstract:
Cellular automata are interacting classical...

11/27/23 Special CIQC Seminar: Dr. Aziza Suleymanzade (Harvard)

Monday, November 27, 2023 2 pm - 3 pm

Please join us for a special CIQC Seminar featuring Dr. Aziza Suleymanzade (Harvard). She will give a talk titled: Quantum networking with solid-state defects in diamond nanophotonic cavities.

Abstract: Silicon-vacancy (SiV) defect centers in diamond coupled to nanophotonic crystal cavities offer a promising platform for quantum network applications. Our system utilizes long qubit coherence times, high optical...

11/29/23 AMO/QI Qual Club hosted by Prof. Alp Sipahigil

Wednesday, November 29, 2023 11 am - 12 pm 375 Physics North

The AMO Qual Club is meant for our early-career graduate students who are learning broadly about AMO physics in preparation for their qualifying examination. This event is for graduate students, and in an effort to keep the gatherings more informal and less stressful, we ask professors, postdocs, undergraduate students, and other researchers not to join us for this meeting.

1/19/24 Quantum Gathering - Hartmut Häeffner, UC Berkeley

Friday, January 19, 2024 3:30 - 4:30 pm 131 Campbell Hall

Please join us for this week’s Spark talk featuring a presentation by Prof. Hartmut Häeffner from UC Berkeley. He will be speaking on the topic of: What makes a good qubit?

Then join us after the talk on the patio for boba and empanadas as well as beverages and continued conversation.

1/26/24 Quantum Gathering - Dan Borgnia, UC Berkeley

Friday, January 26, 2024 3:30 - 4:30 pm 131 Campbell Hall

Please join us for this week’s Spark talk featuring a presentation by Dr. Dan Borgnia from UC Berkeley. He will be speaking on the topic of: Quantized Adiabatic Pumping without Spectral Gaps

Then join us after the talk on the patio for burritos as well as beverages and continued conversation.

2/9/24 Quantum Gathering - Barak Nehoran, Princeton University

Friday, February 9, 2024 3:30 - 4:30 pm 131 Campbell Hall

Please join us for this week’s Spark talk featuring a presentation by PhD candidate Barak Nehoran from Princeton University. He will be speaking on the topic of: Unconditional Quantum Bit Commitments: from Impossibility to Possibility

Then join us after the talk on the patio for Freshroll and beverages and continued conversation.

2/2/24 Quantum Gathering - Shimon Kolkowitz, UC Berkeley

Friday, February 2, 2024 3:30 - 4:30 pm 131 Campbell Hall

Please join us for this week’s Spark talk featuring a presentation by Prof. Shimon Kolkowitz from UC Berkeley. He will be speaking on the topic of: Erasure error conversion for quantum computing and quantum sensing

Then join us after the talk on the patio for mediterranean food as well as beverages and continued conversation.