Events

In this month’s KPL astronomy talk, Dustin Lang will discuss the technology behind this innovative experiment, and how these advances have allowed cosmologists to make insights that change our view of the Universe.

Insights from a Random Language Model

Dr. Fatemeh Lalegani Dezaki
Toronto Metropolitan University

Friday, August 1, 2025
1:30 p.m.

In-person: QNC 1201

Explore the night sky with astronomers from the Faculty of Science and Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. The Perseids meteor shower will be at its most spectacular, so let's gather to learn something and then enjoy the view!

This event has been cancelled due to weather, apologies for any inconvenience. 

From Supersonic Currents to Cavity-Altered Superconductors

Abhay Pasupathy
Columbia University

Wednesday, September 24, 2025
2:00 p.m.

In-person: QNC 1201

The first three minutes after the Big Bang shaped the entire history of our Universe. In this month’s KPL astronomy talk, Encieh Erfani will take us on a journey back to these formative moments, exploring how matter, light, and the building blocks of today’s cosmos first emerged, all in just 180 seconds of cosmic history.

Bringing the world’s largest annual global hackathon to Waterloo 

On October 4–5, 2025, this two-day hackathon will bring together a diverse community of technologists, scientists, engineers, designers, and storytellers in the Waterloo region to build innovative projects and prototypes that address real-world problems using NASA’s open data.  

Generalized hydrodynamics and hydrodynamization in ultracold 1D gases

Marcos Rigol
Pennsylvania State University

Monday, October 20, 2025
2:30 p.m.

In-person: QNC 0101

Shaved by Occam’s Razor: Minimal Fractional Topological Insulator

Cenke Xu
University of California, Santa Barbara

Wednesday, October 22, 2025
2:00 p.m.

In-person: QNC 1201

Novel approaches in quantum sensing and probing atomic-scale quantum transport

Raffi Budakian
Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Institute for Quantum Computing
University of Waterloo

Monday, October 27, 2025
2:30 p.m.

In-person: QNC 0101

Globular clusters are ancient groups of stars found in every single galaxy, and they are key tools for studying the evolution of the Universe. These dense cosmic cities contain some of the oldest stars in existence, offering us a glimpse back in time.

In this month’s KPL astronomy talk, Ana Ennis will teach us what globular clusters are, how we think they are made, and all the things we can learn from them, from black hole formation to galaxy evolution.