Events on Friday, July 26th, 2019
- Thesis Defense
- Topics in Quantum Information: Error Correction and Mitigation
- Time: 9:00 am
- Place: 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Speaker: Vickram Premakumar, Physics Graduate Student
- Host: Robert Joynt (Advisor)
- Public Lecture – Hess Memorial Lecture by Alan Watson
- The Origins of the Highest Energy Particles in Nature - Where we've got to and where we go next
- Time: 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
- Place: Memorial Union, Shannon Hall
- Speaker: Alan Watson, University of Leeds
- Abstract: Prof. Alan Watson from the University of Leeds will discuss the current observations and our understanding of cosmic ray particles in the Universe today. What are cosmic rays? What are the accelerators in the Universe that can generate these extremely energetic particles? Prof. Watson is one of the world’s experts in this field. The Victor Hess public lecture is given as a highlight public event during the International Cosmic Ray Conference.
- Host: Tom Gaisser, University of Delaware; Albrecht Karle, University of Wisconsin–Madison