Scientific Program

Workshop on Ultra-Quantum Matter
October 25-26, 2021

Main Menu      Speakers and Abstracts

Talks will take place in Wolfensohn Hall. The poster session will be held in the outdoor tent. 
*NOTE: Lunch is available between 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm (Dining room closes at 1:30 pm SHARP!) 
Lunch options: (1) Entrée or vegetarian entrée, or (1) sandwich, or (1) salad, or (1) soup and (1) soft drink or water

 

Monday, October 25, 2021

8:15 am

Shuttle pickup from Nassau Inn to Fuld Hall

8:30 am - 9:15 am

Registration - Fuld Hall Common Room

8:30 am - 9:30 am

Breakfast - Simons Hall & Outdoor Tent

9:30 am - 10:30 am

Short talks - Wolfensohn Hall 
(Balents, Chen, Galitski, Vishwanath) 
 

10:30 am - 11:30 am

Coffee Break/Informal Discussion - Simons Hall & Outdoor Tent
 

11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Short Talks - Wolfensohn Hall 
(Hermele, Karch, Senthil) 
 

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Lunch - Simons Hall & Outdoor Tent

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Break 
 

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Lecture - Michael Levin 
"Lattice Edge Theories for Topological Phases of Matter" 
Wolfensohn Hall 
 

3:30 pm - 4:45 pm

Poster Session - Outdoor Tent

4:45 pm - 6:00 pm

Short Talks - Wolfensohn Hall 
(Granet, Mukhametzhanov, Shirley, Spodyneiko, Stephen, Verresen) 
 

6:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Break

6:30pm

Dinner - Simons Hall & Outdoor Tent

8:00 pm

Shuttle return from Fuld Hall to Nassau Inn

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

8:15 am

Shuttle pickup from Nassau Inn to Fuld Hall

8:30 am - 9:30 am

Breakfast - Simons Hall & Outdoor Tent
 

9:30 am - 10:30 am

Short talks - Wolfensohn Hall 
(Levin, Gurarie, Seiberg, Son) 
 

10:30 am - 11:30 am

Coffee Break/Informal Discussions - Simons Hall & Outdoor Tent
 

11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Short talks - Wolfensohn Hall 
(Fisher, McGreevy, Sachdev, Wen) 
 

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Lunch - Simons Hall & Outdoor Tent

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Lecture: Nima Arkani-Hamed 
"Spacetime and Quantum Mechanics; Particles and "Strings"; Polytopes, Binary Geometries and Quiver Categories" 
Wolfensohn Hall
 

2:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Free Time/Break for Informal Discussions

6:30 pm

Dinner - Simons Hall & Outdoor Tent

8:00 pm

Shuttle return from Fuld Hall to Nassau Inn