Condensed and Living Matter Seminar: "Designer quantum materials for new sensing paradigms"

Shengxi Huang , Penn State
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, A4 - also see Zoom link below

Emerging quantum materials, such as novel two-dimensional (2D) materials and topologically nontrivial materials, have gained increasing attention due to their unique electronic and…



High Energy seminar: "Far forward neutrino detectors at the high luminosity LHC"

Dr. Milind Diwan (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, 4C2

The Forward Physics Facility (FPF) is  a cavern with the space and infrastructure to support a suite of far-forward experiments at the Large Hadron Collider during the High Luminosity era. Located…



DIP x PSPDG Workshop: Science Policy for Physicists!

- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, 3W2

Diversity and Inclusion in Physics at Penn (DIP) is hosting the Penn Science Policy and Diplomacy Group (PSPDG) for a specially curated workshop, Science Policy for Physicists



Condensed and Living Matter Seminar: "Information bottleneck approaches to representation learning"

David Schwab (CUNY)
- See Zoom link below

Extracting relevant information from data is crucial for all forms of learning. The information bottleneck (IB) method formalizes this, offering a mathematically precise and conceptually appealing…



Special Seminar: “Data-Driven Cosmology with the Next Generation of CMB and Galaxy Surveys”

Mathew Madhavacheril (Perimeter Institute)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, A6

Ground-based cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments are now pushing into discovery space where new insights on inflation, dark matter, dark energy and neutrino physics will be obtained…



High Energy seminar: "Embracing both Wigner and `t Hooft in matrix models of 2D gravity"

Clifford V. Johnson (USC)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, 4C6

The main purpose of this talk is to urge us to more carefully consider how random matrix models capture theories of 2D gravity. The key is to emphasize a Wignerian view alongside the more…



Thesis Defense: "Cosmology via the Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect"

John Orlowski-Scherer
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, 3C8 - Plus see Zoom link below



Thesis Defense: "NANOFABRICATION ENGINEERING FOR MOLECULE SENSING BEYOND SINGLE SOLID-STATE NANOPORE MEASUREMENTS"

Killian Yung-Chien Chou, University of Pennsylvania
- Berger Auditorium - Skirkanich Hall; Plus see Zoom link below

Committee Members: Alan T. Charlie Johnson, Marija Drndić, Eleni Katifori, Dimitri S. Monos, Bo Zhen

Committee Chair (not your…



Thesis Defense: "Probing the Dark Universe from Galactic to Cosmological Scales"

Farnik Nikakhtar, University of Pennsylvania
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, A6 - Plus see Zoom link below



Astronomy on Tap: “The Future Of Cosmology"

"The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope”
Dr. Rebekah Hansel of NASA’s Goddard Spaceflight Center
- Fergie’s Pub (Upstairs), 1214 Sansom Street