Quantum to Cosmos Festival - 2009

31 talks

October 15, 2009 - October 25, 2009

C09011

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Outreach

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Quantum to Cosmos Festival

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Quantum to Cosmos
- Lawrence Krauss
  Arizona State University
- Neil Turok
  University of Edinburgh
- David Tong
  University of Cambridge
- Anton Zeilinger
  Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) - Vienna
- Katherine Freese
  The University of Texas at Austin
- Sean Carroll
  California Institute of Technology (Caltech) - Division of Physics Mathematics & Astronomy
- Leo Kadanoff
- Gino Segrè
  University of Pennsylvania
- Andrew White
  University of Queensland
October 15, 2009

PIRSA:09100059
Quantifying Goethe

Gino Segrè
University of Pennsylvania

October 16, 2009

PIRSA:09100002
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Everyday Uses for Quantum Processors

David Cory
Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC)
October 17, 2009

PIRSA:09100005
Quantum Information
9 Billion People + 1 Planet = ?
- Andrew Revkin
  The New York Times
- Vaclav Smil
  University of Manitoba
October 17, 2009

PIRSA:09100153
PI: Past, Present, and Future

Neil Turok
University of Edinburgh

October 17, 2009

PIRSA:09100063
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - The Origin of the Universe and the Arrow of Time

Sean Carroll
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) - Division of Physics Mathematics & Astronomy
October 17, 2009

PIRSA:09100006
Cosmology
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Does Reality Have a Genetic Basis?

S. James Gates Jr.
University of Maryland, College Park

October 18, 2009

PIRSA:09100012
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Invent it Yourself!

Peter Diamandis
X PRIZE Foundation

October 18, 2009

PIRSA:09100072
Harnessing Quantum Physics
- Michele Mosca
  Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC)
- Daniel Gottesman
  University of Maryland, College Park
- Dorit Aharonov
  Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Ignacio Cirac
  Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics - Albert Einstein Institute (AEI)
- Peter Shor
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Mathematics
- Avi Wigderson
  Institute for Advanced Study (IAS)
October 18, 2009

PIRSA:09100032
Quantum Information
State of the Universes
- Lawrence Krauss
  Arizona State University
- Neil Turok
  University of Edinburgh
- Katherine Freese
  The University of Texas at Austin
- Jennifer Ouellette
  Freelance Writer
October 18, 2009

PIRSA:09100000
Cosmology
Seeing Science Through Fiction

Lee Smolin
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

October 18, 2009

PIRSA:09100169
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Life, the Universe and Nothing: Life, and Science, in an Ever Expanding Universe

Lawrence Krauss
Arizona State University
October 19, 2009

PIRSA:09100017
Cosmology

Quantum to Cosmos
- Lawrence Krauss
  Arizona State University
- Neil Turok
  University of Edinburgh
- David Tong
  University of Cambridge
- Anton Zeilinger
  Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) - Vienna
- Katherine Freese
  The University of Texas at Austin
- Sean Carroll
  California Institute of Technology (Caltech) - Division of Physics Mathematics & Astronomy
- Leo Kadanoff
- Gino Segrè
  University of Pennsylvania
- Andrew White
  University of Queensland
October 15, 2009

PIRSA:09100059

9 physicists discuss what lies ahead in physics, from the Quantum to the Cosmos. Drs. White and Zeilinger appear courtesy of Institute for Quantum Computing.
Quantifying Goethe

Gino Segrè
University of Pennsylvania

October 16, 2009

PIRSA:09100002

Performers: Penderecki String Quartet, Roman Borys, cello, Dancetheatre David Earl Quantifying Goethe presents an evening of music examining the influence of Wolfgang von Goethe on literature, music, and science. The program features the world premiere of award-winning composer Kotoka Suzuki s Quantum Quartet for the Penderecki String Quartet, plus interactive video, dancers, and a quantum computer!
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Everyday Uses for Quantum Processors

David Cory
Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC)
October 17, 2009

PIRSA:09100005
Quantum Information
Quantum computers hold the promise to revolutionize the way we secure information, compute and understand the quantum world. Although general-purpose quantum computers appear to be a long way off, we do have good test-beds of small quantum processors. One of the most versatile quantum test-beds is nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR): a version of which is familiar to many in the guise of the medical imaging modality, MRI. In fact NMR has broad importance to society: it is used in drug discovery, in oil exploration and to monitor the processing of cheese and chocolate. We will introduce NMR, show how it helps us understand quantum computing and we will look at how concepts based on quantum computing can improve NMR applications.
9 Billion People + 1 Planet = ?
- Andrew Revkin
  The New York Times
- Vaclav Smil
  University of Manitoba
October 17, 2009

PIRSA:09100153

This discussion explores the promise and perils of thenext 50 years. Can humanity, heading toward a population of approximatley 9 billion, advance economically without overheating the planet? Can food and water supplies be sustained without erasing what's left of wild nature?
PI: Past, Present, and Future

Neil Turok
University of Edinburgh

October 17, 2009

PIRSA:09100063

This 10th anniversary presentation with PI's Director, and many of the Institute's public and private partners will recap the past ten years of activity at Perimeter, will examine links between theoretical physics and innovation and will preview new, exciting initiatives to come from Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. Note: there is no on-site waiting line for this event.
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - The Origin of the Universe and the Arrow of Time

Sean Carroll
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) - Division of Physics Mathematics & Astronomy
October 17, 2009

PIRSA:09100006
Cosmology
One of the most obvious facts about the universe is that the past is different from the future. We can turn an egg into an omelet, but can't turn an omelet into an egg. Physicists have codified this difference into the Second Law of Thermodynamics: the entropy of a closed system always increases with time. But why? The ultimate explanation is to be found in cosmology: special conditions in the early universe are responsible for the arrow of time. This talk will be about the nature of time, the origin of entropy, and how what happened before the Big Bang may be responsible for the arrow of time we observe today.
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Does Reality Have a Genetic Basis?

S. James Gates Jr.
University of Maryland, College Park

October 18, 2009

PIRSA:09100012

The ultimate construction, as a basis for fundamental theoretical physics is an imperfectly understood structure called "M-Theory" or "Superstring/M-Theory" (SSMT). In a quest to create a rigorous mathematical background for SSMT, new mathematical structures called "Adinkras" have been proposed as the appropriate objects to study. This study has led to the possibility that there exist a "DNA of Reality" which will be presented in this talk.
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Invent it Yourself!

Peter Diamandis
X PRIZE Foundation

October 18, 2009

PIRSA:09100072

Based on the success of the Ansari X PRIZE (which stimulated the creation of billion-dollar private spaceflight industry) and more recently the launch of the $30M Google Lunar X PRIZE and the $10M Progressive Automotive X PRIZE, this talk explains how to incentivize breakthroughs. Traditional thinking, risk-aversion and incrementalism will cause the demise of companies unable to cope with the coming decades of disruptive innovation, while the rapid growth of key exponential technologies (Nano, Info, Bio) are empowering individuals and companies to do what only governments were able to achieve in past decades. Such technologies will drive a period of significant disruption and opportunity.
Harnessing Quantum Physics
- Michele Mosca
  Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC)
- Daniel Gottesman
  University of Maryland, College Park
- Dorit Aharonov
  Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Ignacio Cirac
  Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics - Albert Einstein Institute (AEI)
- Peter Shor
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Mathematics
- Avi Wigderson
  Institute for Advanced Study (IAS)
October 18, 2009

PIRSA:09100032
Quantum Information
This panel will explore some of the deepest questions facing those who would harness the power of quantum mechanics in new quantum technologies: What are the newest and most interesting discoveries researchers have made about quantum information? What progress has been made in recent years towards experimentally harnessing quantum devices for quantum computation? What are the main motivations for building quantum information processing technologies? Drs. Aharonov and Shor appear courtesy of Institute for Quantum Computing.
State of the Universes
- Lawrence Krauss
  Arizona State University
- Neil Turok
  University of Edinburgh
- Katherine Freese
  The University of Texas at Austin
- Jennifer Ouellette
  Freelance Writer
October 18, 2009

PIRSA:09100000
Cosmology
What do we really know about the universe? What mysteries are today's top cosmologists investigating? Join a discussion with leading cosmologists to hear fresh perspectives on some of the deepest questions in modern science: What is the mysterious dark matter that fills intergalactic space? Was there another universe before the big bang, and what will happen to ours in the distant future?
Seeing Science Through Fiction

Lee Smolin
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

October 18, 2009

PIRSA:09100169

You've heard the physicists speculate on parallel universes, space travel, and time travel. Now come and hear a physicist interview the real experts in these subjects: a bestselling science fiction writer and pioneer of virtual reality discuss what you get when you look at science through fiction.
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Life, the Universe and Nothing: Life, and Science, in an Ever Expanding Universe

Lawrence Krauss
Arizona State University
October 19, 2009

PIRSA:09100017
Cosmology
Over the last decade our picture of the universe has changed almost as much as it had in the preceding century. As a result, our picture of the future, both of the universe, and life within it, has dramatically altered as well. This talk will begin by reviewing the recent revolutionary developments in cosmology, and then address several fascinating questions that have arisen as a result of our discovery that the dominant energy of the universe resides in empty space: Can life be eternal in an eternally expanding universe,? Are the laws of physics tailored for the existence of life? What will science in the far future tell us about the universe?

Title	Speaker(s)	Date	Info
Quantum to Cosmos	Lawrence Krauss, Neil Turok, David Tong, Anton Zeilinger, Katherine Freese, Sean Carroll, Leo Kadanoff, Gino Segrè, Andrew White	2009-10-15	View details
Quantifying Goethe	Gino Segrè	2009-10-16	View details
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Everyday Uses for Quantum Processors	David Cory	2009-10-17	View details
9 Billion People + 1 Planet = ?	Andrew Revkin, Vaclav Smil	2009-10-17	View details
PI: Past, Present, and Future	Neil Turok	2009-10-17	View details
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - The Origin of the Universe and the Arrow of Time	Sean Carroll	2009-10-17	View details
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Does Reality Have a Genetic Basis?	S. James Gates Jr.	2009-10-18	View details
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Invent it Yourself!	Peter Diamandis	2009-10-18	View details
Harnessing Quantum Physics	Michele Mosca, Daniel Gottesman, Dorit Aharonov, Ignacio Cirac, Peter Shor, Avi Wigderson	2009-10-18	View details
State of the Universes	Lawrence Krauss, Neil Turok, Katherine Freese, Jennifer Ouellette	2009-10-18	View details
Seeing Science Through Fiction	Lee Smolin	2009-10-18	View details
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Life, the Universe and Nothing: Life, and Science, in an Ever Expanding Universe	Lawrence Krauss	2009-10-19	View details

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