Events
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Events on Thursday, October 29th, 2026
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar
- Quantum algorithms for differential equations
- Time: 10:00 am - 11:00 am
- Place: 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Speaker: Xiangyu Li, PNNL
- Abstract: Multiscale nonlinear complex systems are ubiquitous in nature and engineering and are often cursed by high dimensionality. Predicting their emergent behavior across scales has been a longstanding challenge. Quantum computing promises an exponential speedup in dimension for solving linear systems. However, it cannot efficiently solve strongly nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs) governing those complex systems due to the linear nature of quantum mechanics. In this talk, we will discuss how to harness the power of quantum computing to break the dimensionality curse of multiscale nonlinear complex systems, such as fluid dynamics, biosciences, and fusion energy science. In turn, we will discuss the fundamental limit of quantum advantage/disadvantage in solving nonlinear dynamics by utilizing the domain-driven development of quantum algorithms.
- Host: Vladimir Zhdankin
- Graduate Program Event
- How to Prelim
- Time: 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
- Place: 5310 Chamberlin or
- Abstract: This is the Fall 2026 iteration of the How to Prelim workshop. All are welcome, but if you are planning to prelim in the next 6-9 months, I recommend that you attend!
- Host: Sharon Kahn
- Graduate Program Event
- How to Finish
- Time: 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
- Place: 5310 Chamberlin or
- Abstract: This is the Fall 2026 iteration of the How to Finish workshop that I present every Oct and March. All are welcome, but if you are planning to prelim or finish in the next 6-9 months, I recommend that you attend!
- Host: Sharon Kahn
- Astronomy Colloquium
- Time: 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
- Place: 4421 Sterling Hall
- Speaker: Lewis McCallum, Harvard-CfA
- Abstract: TBD
- Host: Bob Benjamin