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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Video | |
16 Feb 2011 | NO COLLOQUIUM SCHEDULED | |||||
23 Feb 2011 | Linda Young Argonne National Laboratory |
Frontiers in X-ray Science | E. Barzi | Abstract | 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 | 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 | Video | |
27 Apr 2011 | ||||||
4 May 2011 | Stewart Prager Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory |
The Path to Magnetic Fusion Energy | W. Merritt | Abstract | 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 | 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 |