During 2024–25, the CMSA will host a seminar on Quantum Matter in Mathematics and Physics, organized by Ahsan Khan, Robert Moscrop, and Sunghyuk Park.
This seminar will take place on Fridays at 9:00–10:30 am (Eastern Time) through October. In November, seminars will be held from 10:00–11:30 am. To learn how to attend this seminar, please fill out this form.
The schedule will be updated as talks are confirmed.
Videos are available at the Quantum Matter in Mathematics and Physics Youtube Playlist
Quantum Matter in Mathematics and Physics Seminar Speaker: Daniel Harlow (MIT) Title: Gauging spacetime inversions Abstract: Spacetime inversion symmetries such as parity and time reversal play a central role in […]
Quantum Matter in Mathematics and Physics Seminar Speaker: Anurag Anshu (Harvard) Title: Quantum Circuits to local Hamiltonian: role in quantum complexity and new constructions Abstract: At the heart of the theory […]
Quantum Matter in Mathematics and Physics Seminar Speaker: Yuta Hamada (KEK, Tsukuba) Title: Flavor hierarchy from smooth confinement & Towards a complete classification of 6d supergravities Abstract: The talk consists […]
Quantum Matter in Mathematics and Physics Seminar Speaker: Soonwon Choi (MIT) Title: Quantum Algorithms to Recognize Phases of Matter and Exactly Solvable 2D Models with Anomalous Entanglement Entropy Abstract: In […]
Quantum Matter in Mathematics and Physics Seminar Speaker: Sen Hu (Shanghai Institute for Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Study) Title: Quantum Algebra of Chern-Simons Matrix Model and Large N Limit Abstract: In […]
Quantum Matter in Mathematics and Physics Seminar Speaker: Susanne Yelin (Harvard) Title: Programmable Simulations of Molecules and Materials with present-day Reconfigurable Quantum Processors Abstract: Simulations of quantum chemistry and quantum […]
Quantum Matter in Mathematics and Physics Seminar Speaker: Motoo Suzuki (Harvard) Title: Spontaneously Broken (-1)-form symmetries Abstract: Spontaneous breaking of symmetries leads to universal phenomena. We extend this notion to […]
Quantum Matter in Mathematics and Physics Seminar Speaker: Semeon Valgushev (Iowa State University) Title: A model for studying the sign problem on quantum computers: Z(3) gauge theory with three fermion […]
Quantum Matter in Mathematics and Physics Seminar Speaker: Shu-Heng Shao (SUNY Stony Brook) Title: Cluster state as a noninvertible SPT phase Abstract: We will point out a non-invertible symmetry of […]
Quantum Matter in Mathematics and Physics Seminar Speaker: Diego Delmastro (Simons Center for Geometry and Physics) Title: Monopoles, scattering, generalized symmetries Abstract: Gauge theory is a very mature subject by now. […]
Quantum Matter in Mathematics and Physics Seminar Speaker: Sungwoo Hong, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Title: Non-Invertible Peccei-Quinn Symmetry and the Massless Quark Solution to the Strong […]
Quantum Matter in Mathematics and Physics Seminar Speaker: Henry Cohn (MIT and Microsoft) Title: Discrete geometry and the modular bootstrap Abstract: In this talk, I'll discuss the remarkable connections between […]