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Pint of Science 2021: Quantum Technology
Virtual eventJoin leaders in quantum computing from across Canada, including SBQMI graduate student Parham Pashaei, at Pint of Science. Pint of Science is an international festival that has been organizing public talks in bars since 2013; given the current state of, well, everything, this popular event has moved online for you to enjoy wherever is convenient for you.
Moving Quantum Computing from Theory to Practice
Virtual eventQuantum computing is a disruptive technology that has the potential to revolutionize government, security, and the workings of society. It is estimated that the global market for quantum computing hardware will exceed $7.1 billion by 2026. Learn more about the relevance of this fascinating topic to the Government of Canada, and gain hands-on programming experience.
CM Seminar: Controlling Emergent Behavior in Quantum Matter from a Theory Perspective
Virtual eventSpeaker: Prineha Narang, Assistant Professor at Harvard University My group’s research focuses on how quantum matter behaves, particularly away from equilibrium, and how we can harness emergent effects in these systems. In this context, I will focus on our newly introduced approaches to describe excited-states in quantum matter, including electron-electron and electron-phonon interactions beyond […]
Returning Home and Pathways to Reconciliation
Chan Centre for the Performing Arts 6265 Crescent Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Orange Shirt Day
Virtual eventSeptember 30 is Orange Shirt Day and National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Wear orange to show your support for Survivors and their families.
Dark Matter Day
HR MacMillan Space Centre 1100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaLeading researchers from UBC Physics and Astronomy will take over the Planetarium Star Theatre at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre and present their research using novel visual displays to explain dark matter -- which is essentially invisible! If you can’t make it in person you can join in over Zoom.
Ars Scientia: An artist and a physicist walked into a glassblowing studio …
Virtual eventThe UBC Ars Scientia collaboration brings together artists and scientists to identify fruitful areas for interdisciplinary work. I'll describe how it plunged this theoretical physicist into a messy (and fun!) glassblowing studio, why it saw me capturing explosions at 100,000 frames per second at the hospital, and how some serendipitous physics observations have taken me […]
Unboxing Quantum: Seeing the World in a Different Light
Virtual eventEveryday, the interaction between light and matter is giving us information about the world that we live in through our eyes. But the range of frequencies that our eyes are sensitive to -- visible light -- is extremely limited. How does light interact with matter on other frequencies? And how can we leverage light-matter interaction […]
Unboxing Quantum: Tiny Devices and Huge Detectors
Virtual eventTalk summary: Gravitational-wave observatories based here on Earth let us see events in space, such as black holes merging. The two LIGO observatories in the U.S. have 4-kilometer-long arms and a range of sophisticated components, and they are undergoing upgrades over the next few years to improve their performance. What does the Stewart Blusson Quantum […]
Unboxing Quantum: Spooky Action
Virtual eventSpooky Action at a Distance Quantum Entanglement and Spooky Action won the Nobel Prize in physics this year. Once considered a boogieman in physicists' closets, quantum entanglement is one of the weirdest, most unintuitive phenomena in the natural world. Dubbed “spooky action at a distance” by Einstein himself, this quantum behavior puzzled scientists for years […]