Archive 2010 – 2011

Colloquium – Archive

Fermilab Colloquium Calendar 2010-2011

Lectures begin at 4:00 p.m. in 1 West

Orange titles are more technical; Green titles are less technical.

Date	Speaker/Institute	Title	Host	Abstract	PDF	Video
1 Sep 2010	NOT HELD TODAY
8 Sep 2010	NOT HELD TODAY
15 Sep 2010	Joshua Frieman Fermilab and the University of Chicago	Fermilab’s Dark Energy Strategy: Past, Present, and Future	W. Merritt	Abstract	PDF	Video
22 Sep 2010	Raman Sundrum University of Maryland, College Park	Warped Dimensions	B. Dobrescu	Abstract	PPT	Video
29 Sep 2010	Joerg Jaeckel Durham University	Fundamental Physics at Low Energies	W. Wester	Abstract	PPT	Video
6 Oct 2010	Satish V. Kulkarni Georgetown University Formerly Counselor for Science, Technology, Environment and Health Affairs, US Embassy, New Delhi, India	US – India Partnership in Science and Technology, Environment and Health: Opportunities and Challenges	R. Lipton	Abstract	PPT	Video
13 Oct 2010	Vera Luth SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory	Wolfgang K.H. Panofsky – Physics, Science Policy, and Arms Control	R. Lipton	Abstract	PPTX	Video
20 Oct 2010	Giacomo Mauro D’Ariano University of Pavia	Physics as Information Theory	P. LeBrun	Abstract	PDF	Video
27 Oct 2010
29 OCT 2010	Steve Myers CERN	SPECIAL COLLOQUIUM in conjunction with the USLHC Users Organization Annual Meeting Note new location: Auditorium Status Report on the Large Hadron Collider	A. Para	Abstract
3 Nov 2010
10 Nov 2010	Bjarne Stroustrup Texas A&M University	Introducing C++0x	P. Lebrun	Abstract	PDF	Video
17 Nov 2010	Anders Nilsson SLAC	X-ray Shines Light on the Water Mystery	M. Kirby	Abstract	PPT	Video
24 Nov 2010	Thanksgiving	No Colloquium
1 Dec 2010	Asantha Cooray University of California, Irvine	The New Era of Sub-millimeter Cosmoloty: First Results from Herschel Space Observatory	F. DeJongh	Abstract	PDF	Video
8 Dec 2010	Taekjip Ha University of Illinois	Revisiting the Double Helix	R. Lipton	Abstract		Video
15 Dec 2010
22 Dec 2010	Christmas Holiday	No Colloquium
29 Dec 2010	New Year’s Holiday	No Colloquium
5 Jan 2011	Roland N. Horne Stanford University	The Deepwater Horizon Disaster: What Happened and Why	R. Lipton	Abstract	PPT	Video
12 Jan 2010	Tom Malzbender Hewlett Packard	Imaging the Antikythera Mechanism	R. Lipton	Abstract		Video
19 Jan 2011	Phillip Colella Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	High-resolution and Adaptive Methods for Plasma Physics	P. Lebrun	Abstract		Video
26 Jan 2011	Gigi Rolandi CERN	First Results of the CMS Experiment at the LHC	R. Lipton	Abstract		Video
2 Feb 2011	CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER Hugh Montgomery Jefferson Lab	JLAB Physics	R. Kephart	Abstract
9 Feb 2011	Leo P. Kadanoff The University of Chicago	Making a Splash – Breaking a Neck: The Making of Complexity in Physical Systems	V. Papadimitriou	Abstract	PDF	Video
16 Feb 2011	NO COLLOQUIUM SCHEDULED
23 Feb 2011	Linda Young Argonne National Laboratory	Frontiers in X-ray Science	E. Barzi	Abstract	PDF	Video
2 Mar 2011	Michael Ramsey-Musolf University of Wisconsin	Fundamental Symmetries of the Early Universe and the Precision Frontier	B. Dobrescu	Abstract		Video
9 Mar 2011	Alexander Zholents Argonne National Laboratory	The Quest for Ultra-Short X-Ray Pulses	E. Barzi	Abstract	PPTX	Video
16 Mar 2011	Adam Burrows Princeton University	A Key Role for Dimension in the Neutrino Mechanism of Core-Collapse Supernova Explosions	P. Lebrun	Abstract		Video
23 Mar 2011	Jonathan Feng University of California Irvine	In conjunction with ISECFI11 International Symposium on Experiments on the Cosmic Frontier 2011 The WIMP Paradigm: Curent Status	F. DeJongh	Abstract		Video
30 Mar 2011	Elliott Bloom SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory	The Search for Dark Matter with the Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope	B. Kayser	Abstract	PDF	Video
6 Apr 2011
13 Apr 2011
20 Apr 2011	Neil Shubin University of Chicago	Fossils, Genes and The Origin of Organs	T. Schwarz	Abstract	PDF	Video
27 Apr 2011
4 May 2011	Stewart Prager Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory	The Path to Magnetic Fusion Energy	W. Merritt	Abstract	PDF	Video
11 May 2011	Jonathan Almer Argonne National Laboratory	High-Energy X-ray Studies of Real Materials Under Real Conditions and in Real Time	F. DeJongh	Abstract	PPTX	Video
18 May 2011
25 May 2011
1 Jun 2011		No Colloquium due to User’s Meeting
8 Jun 2011
15 Jun 2011	Jonathan Fortney University of California Santa Cruz	The Structural and Thermal Evolution of Transiting Exoplanets: From Hot Jupiters to Kepler’s Super-Earths	F. Dejongh	Abstract		Video
22 Jun 2011	Michael Norman Argonne National Laboratory	High Temperature Superconductivity – After 25 Years, where are we at?	E. Barzi	Abstract	PPT	Video
29 Jun 2011
6 Jul 2011	Michael Golay MIT	The Fukushima Nuclear Event and its Implications for Nuclear Power	F. DeJongh	Abstract	PPTX	Video
13 Jul 2011	James Chin-wen Chou National Institute of Standards and Technology	Al+ Optical Clocks for Fundamental Physics and Geodesy	F. DeJongh	Abstract	PPTX	Video
20 Jul 2011	Toshiki Tajima Ludwig Maximilian University Munich	Laser Wakefield Acceleration and Fundamental Physics	R. Lipton	Abstract	PDF	Video
27 Jul 2011	David Ferrucci IBM	Building Watson – An Overview of the DeepQA Project	W. Merritt	Abstract
3 Aug 2011	Roland Johnson Muons, Inc	Accelerators for Subcritical Molten-Salt Reactors	R. Kephart	Abstract	PPT	Video
10 Aug 2011	Seth Darling Argonne National Laboratory	The Energy Challenge: The Current and Future Role of Solar Energy	E. Barzi	Abstract	PPTX	Video
17 Aug 2011	Ewa Rondio CERN	Non-LHC Physics Program at CERN	A. Para	Abstract	PPTX	Video
24 Aug 2011	Michael Lubell APS	Science: What the Public is Thinking, What Congress is Doing, and What You Can Contribute	R. Lipton	Abstract
31 Aug 2011