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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/funding-res
 earch-partnerships-iqc
SUMMARY:Funding research partnerships at IQC
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Join Amanda Green\, Senior Advisor at Mitacs\, to learn how to 
 leverage\nMitacs funding for collaborative research at IQC. This session w
 ill\ncover key Mitacs programs that support partnerships with companies\,\
 nnonprofits\, municipalities\, hospitals\, and startups.
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/waterloo-rq
 i-seminar-featuring-jose-polo-gomez
SUMMARY:Waterloo RQI seminar featuring José Polo-Gómez
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:No black holes from light\n\nLocation: QNC 1201\, Zoom
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/quantum-ill
 umination-theory-practice
SUMMARY:Quantum Illumination: From Theory to Practice
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Since its conception a decade ago\, interest in Quantum Illumin
 ation\, a\nform of long-range quantum sensing\, has grown steadily.  Moti
 vated by\napplications in defence\, quantum communications and other areas
 \,\ninterest has now spread from academia to industry and\ngovernment.
  The goal of the IQC Workshop on Quantum Illumination is\nto bring toget
 her a wide range of participants from these various\ndomains to discuss th
 e state of the art in laboratory research\, the\nrange of possible applica
 tions\, and paths toward those applications.
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/masters-the
 sis-defence-camille-lacroix
LOCATION:C2 - Chemistry 2 200 University Avenue West Room 361 Waterloo ON N
 2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:Master's thesis defence - Camille Lacroix
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Development and Electronic Characterization of Graphene-Based H
 all\nEffect Devices\n\nLocation: C2-361
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/quantum-con
 nections-2024-quantum-perspectives
LOCATION:QNC - Quantum Nano Centre 200 University Avenue West Waterloo ON N
 2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:Quantum Connections 2024: Quantum Perspectives
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Quantum Connections May 1-2\, 2024. This year we’
 re\nhighlighting Quantum Perspectives: the impacts and outlooks driving\no
 ur future.
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/quantum-tod
 ay-quantum-ethics-project
SUMMARY:Quantum Today: The Quantum Ethics Project
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Live on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JUnjsS4AHc]\n
 \nJoin us for Quantum Today\, where we sit down with researchers from the\
 nUniversity of Waterloo’s Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) to\ntalk
  about their work\, its impact and where their research may lead.\n\nIn th
 is special session\, we’ll be joined by Joan Arrow and Özge\nGülsayin 
 of the Quantum Ethics Project\n[https://www.quantumethicsproject.org/]\, a
  team of researchers\nexploring the intersection of quantum and society. W
 e’ll discuss how\nto advocate for the responsible and inclusive developm
 ent of quantum\ntechnologies through education and research\, and why an e
 thics lens is\nimportant in even the early stages of technological innovat
 ion.\n\n 
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/iqc-amo-com
 munity-meeting
LOCATION:QNC - Quantum Nano Centre 200 University Avenue West Room 0101 Wat
 erloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:IQC-AMO Community Meeting
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Quantum Nano Centre\, 200 University Ave W\, Room QNC 0101\nWat
 erloo\, ON\, CA N2L 3G1\n\nJoin the AMO (Atomic\, Molecular and Optical) s
 cience group for their\ncommunity meeting.\n\nFor this session\, Dr. Behr
 ooz Semnani will present a talk on \"Flat\nOptics: A New Opportunity in Q
 uantum Photonics\"\, which will be\nfollowed by Q&A and discussion. Coffe
 e and snacks provided!
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/beyond-pipe
 line-fostering-equity-our-quantum-future
LOCATION:QNC - Quantum Nano Centre 0101 200 University Avenue West Waterloo
  ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:Beyond the Pipeline: Fostering Equity in Our Quantum Future
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:KIM DE LAAT\, UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO\n\nQuantum Nano Centre (QN
 C) Room 0101\, 200 University Avenue West\,\nWaterloo\, ON\n\nThe field of
  quantum computing has a unique opportunity to pre-empt\nmany of the inequ
 ities that have riddled AI and computer science. But\nradical technologies
  require new\, radical solutions. In this talk\, I\ntake issue with the le
 aky pipeline metaphor as a way of structuring\npolicy interventions concer
 ning inequality in STEM fields. I outline\nthree reasons why overreliance 
 on the leaky pipeline metaphor is\nproblematic: (1) it does not accurately
  represent the phenomenon it is\nmeant to describe\; (2) it is incomplete\
 ; and (3) it does not capture\nthe full heterogeneity of experiences with 
 inequality in STEM\ndisciplines. I conclude the talk by sharing feedback f
 rom the quantum\ntechnology community concerning potential pitfalls in the
  pursuit of\nequity in quantum\, and what we can do about it.
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/quantum-mat
 ters-seminar-series-no-you-have-not-discovered
LOCATION:QNC - Quantum Nano Centre 200 University Avenue West QNC 1201 Wate
 rloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:Quantum Matters Seminar Series: No\, you have not discovered a Majo
 rana\nFermion
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:NO\, YOU HAVE NOT DISCOVERED A MAJORANA FERMION\n\nAbstract: Is
  what I tell myself. There was a time when I thought I may\nhave discovere
 d it\, others did too. Around 2012 several groups\nincluding ours found ev
 idence of these quantum excitations in\nelectrical circuits containing nan
 owires of semiconductor covered by a\nsuperconductor. The dramatic signatu
 res were peaks in conductance that\nappeared under conditions expected fro
 m theory for Majorana modes\,\nwhich are their own anti-modes and may poss
 ess non-Abelian properties.\nBut a few years later\, similar features in t
 he data were identified\ndue to an interesting\, but a more mundane effect
  - which we call\ntrivial states such as Andreev bound states. Over time m
 ore and more\ndata pointed at the trivial and not at the exotic explanatio
 n. But\nbecause Majorana claims kept coming\, this led to some digging and
  even\nretractions. What we learned after 10 years is that we have a much
 \nbetter handle on what effects show up in these nanowires\, which\npositi
 ons us well for the ultimate Majorana discovery which we should\nbe able t
 o tell apart from all the non-Majorana things we saw. The\nsecond lesson w
 e learned is that materials quality of device\nconstituents\, superconduct
 ors and semiconductors\, as well as how\nsamples are fabricated - are the 
 make-or-break factors for making this\nhappen. So while  I cannot report 
 an exciting physics discovery\, I\ncan walk you through the scientific pro
 cess that took place\, a 10-year\nevent of independent value which taught 
 me how to do science better.
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/quantum-mat
 ters-seminar-series-good-bad-and-strange
LOCATION:QNC - Quantum Nano Centre 200 University Avenue West QNC 1201 Wate
 rloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:Quantum Matters Seminar Series: The good\, the bad and the strange:
 \nUnconventional metallic behaviour in the vicinity of Mott insulators
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:DEBANJAN CHOWDHURY: THE GOOD\, THE BAD AND THE STRANGE: UNCONVE
 NTIONAL\nMETALLIC BEHAVIOUR IN THE VICINITY OF MOTT INSULATORS\n\nAbstract
 : In recent years\, we have witnessed remarkable experimental\nbreakthroug
 hs in uncovering the intriguing properties of correlated\nmetals in the vi
 cinity of Mott transitions. Describing these phenomena\ntheoretically rema
 ins an open challenge. This talk will focus on three\nrecent examples of p
 uzzling electronic behavior near Mott insulating\nphases and address the v
 arious conundrums. In the first part of the\ntalk\, I will discuss the mic
 roscopic origin of an unconventional\nT-linear resistivity with Planckian 
 scattering in a\nquasi-two-dimensional “good” metal with long mean-fre
 e path\,\nconsisting of highly conducting metallic and Mott insulating lay
 ers\,\nrespectively. In the second part\, I will address the origin of a\n
 low-temperature “bad” metallic behavior in the vicinity of a\ncontinuo
 us bandwidth-tuned metal-insulator transition in a moiré\nsemiconductor. 
 I will end by presenting some new theoretical insights\ninto the experimen
 tal observation of an anomalous particle-hole\ncontinuum and overdamped pl
 asmon in the density response of cuprate\n“strange” metals. 
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