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From scientific seminars to public outreach activities, we host a number of engaging academic, industry, student and public events throughout the year.

If you are interested in visiting the Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute as a speaker or scholar, or if you would like to invite our faculty as keynote speakers at your event, or if you represent a school group interested in visiting our labs, please email contact@qmi.ubc.ca.

 

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  • June 2024

  • Wed 12

    Dawn VII

    June 12, 2024 @ 8:00 am - June 13, 2024 @ 5:00 pm
    Neville Scarf 2125 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Every 2-3 years, the community of physicists working with ground-based gravitational wave (GW) detectors holds a discussion-based “Dawn” meeting to plan for the future of the field. This year the […]

  • Wed 19

    Quantum Computing: Building Bridges Between Academia, Industry, and Government

    June 19, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

    In recent years, quantum computing has made continuous progress from improvements in scalability to advancements in error correction codes. This has motivated an increasing focus on exploring use cases and […]

  • July 2024

  • Wed 3

    Special Seminar: Solids with random stacking: the curious case of lithium

    July 3, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
    BRIM 311 2355 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Abstract: Close-packing of spheres is a problem with a long, beautiful history that spans centuries. To achieve maximal density, we must first arrange spheres into triangular layers and stack them. […]

  • Wed 17

    Special Seminar: Wolf Widdra – Institute of Physics, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg: Laser-based double photoemission spectroscopy at surfaces

    July 17, 2024 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am

    Abstract: With the recent progress in high-order harmonic generation (HHG) using femtosecond lasers, laboratory photoelectron spectroscopy with an ultrafast, widely tunable vacuum-ultraviolet light source has become available. Whereas HHG-based photoemission […]

  • Wed 31

    Special Seminar: David Abergel – Chief Editor of Nature Physics: Inside Nature Physics

    July 31, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
    BRIM 311 2355 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Abstract: What happens to your paper after you submit it to a journal is not always clear from the outside, but it’s helpful for authors to understand the editorial process so […]

  • September 2024

  • Thu 5

    CM Seminar: Quantum Skyrmion Hall Effect, Ashley Cook

    September 5, 2024 @ 10:00 am
    BRIM 311 2355 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Location: BRIM 311 Abstract: A great variety of topological phases have been classified as a consequence of discovery of the quantum Hall effect, but […]

  • Thu 12

    CM Seminar: Ziliang Ye, Sliding Ferroelectricity in Rhombohedral MoS2: A New Approach to Nonvolatilely Switch the Interaction between Light and Matter

    September 12, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
    BRIM 311 2355 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Location: BRIM 311 Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Abstract: The tunability in the stacking of layered materials with van der Waals bonding provides a new and powerful approach to […]

  • Thu 19

    CM Seminar: Quantum Anomalous Hall Effects in Rhombohedral Graphene Moiré Structures , Adarsh Patri, UBC

    September 19, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

    Speaker: Adarsh Patri, UBC. Time: 10:00-11:00am Location: BRIM 311 Title: Quantum Anomalous Hall Effects in Rhombohedral Graphene Moiré Structures  Abstract: A recent series of experiments in two-dimensional moiré materials have discovered the […]

  • Thu 26

    CM Seminar: Impact of Josephson junction materials on the performance of superconducting qubits, Josh Mutus, Rigetti Computing

    September 26, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
    BRIM 311 2355 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Speaker: Josh Mutus, Rigetti Computing Time: 10:00-11:00am Location: BRIM 311 Title: Impact of Josephson junction materials on the performance of superconducting qubits Abstract: Superconducting qubits are a leading modality for […]

  • October 2024

  • Thu 3

    CM Seminar: Rogerio de Sousa, University of Victoria

    October 3, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
    BRIM 311 2355 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Speaker: Rogerio de Sousa, University of Victoria Time: 10:00-11:00am Location: BRIM 311   CM Seminars take place every Thursday morning at BRIM 311. More information about the talk and speaker […]

  • Thu 10

    CM Seminar: Atomic Cluster Expansion for “Learning” Many-Body Interaction, Christoph Ortner, UBC

    October 10, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
    BRIM 311 2355 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Speaker: Christoph Ortner, UBC. Time: 10:00-11:00am Location: BRIM 311 Title: Atomic Cluster Expansion for "Learning" Many-Body Interaction Abstract: The integration of machine learning (ML) into the traditional modeling workflows is replacing […]

  • Thu 17

    CM Seminar: Quantum Sensation: a journey through arts and quantum physics, Catherine Deletoille, Quantum Studio

    October 17, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
    BRIM 311 2355 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Speaker: Catherine Deletoille, Quantum Studio Artist from Paris, France   Time: 10:00-11:00am Location: BRIM 311 Title: Quantum Sensation: a journey through arts and quantum physics Abstract: After a presentation of her artistic […]

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