The first quantum revolution brought us the great technological advances of the 20th century—the transistor, the laser, the atomic clock and GPS, the global positioning system. We now realize that this 20th century hardware does not take full advantage of the power of quantum machines.
Events Archive
Donald R. Hamilton Lecture
Donald R. Hamilton Lecture, Thurs. April 21, 2022, Steven M. Girvin (Yale University), "Progress and Prospects for the Second Quantum Revolution"
Thu, Apr 21, 2022, 8:00 pm
Speaker(s):
Steven M. Girvin
Yale University
"Progress and Prospects for the Second Quantum Revolution"
Donald R. Hamilton Lecture:Elena Aprile,Columbia University,"The Xenon Project:At the Forefront of Dark Matter Direct Detection" McDonnell A01
Thu, Apr 11, 2019, 8:00 pm
Audience:
A free lecture open to the public.
Speaker(s):
Elena Aprile
Columbia University
"The Xenon Project:At the Forefront of Dark Matter Direct Detection"
Donald R. Hamilton Lecture - Kip Thorne, Caltech: “Exploring the Universe with Gravitational Waves: From the Big Bang to Black Holes and Colliding Stars”
Thu, Apr 12, 2018, 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Audience:
A free lecture open to the public.
Speaker(s):
“Exploring the Universe with Gravitational Waves: From the Big Bang to Black Holes and Colliding Stars”
41st Annual Donald R. Hamilton Lecture: Gary Horowitz, UC-Santa Barbara, "Strange Views of Space and Time: From Einstein to String Theory"
Thu, Apr 7, 2016, 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm
Audience:
This event is free and open to the public.
40th annual Donald Hamilton Lecture: Deborah Jin, University of Colorado; "Fun with Ultracold Atoms"
40th annual Donald Hamilton Lecture: Deborah Jin, University of Colorado; "Fun with Ultracold Atoms"
Thu, Apr 30, 2015, 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm
Audience:
A free lecture open to the public.
Hamilton Lecture - Samuel Ting, MIT, "The Latest Results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station"
Thu, Apr 3, 2014, 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm
Hamilton Lecture - Joe Incandela, University of California-Santa Barbara and CERN, "The Search for the Higgs Boson: Discovery at the LHC"
Thu, Apr 25, 2013, 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Hamilton Lecture-Sir Michael Berry-"Making light of mathematics"
Thu, Feb 17, 2011, 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm