Searching for Topological Majorana Zero Modes

Sankar Das Sarma, UMD10:00 AM - 10:55 AM”Searching for Topological Majorana Zero Modes”
Tadashi Machida, RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science11:00 AM - 11:55 AM"Searching for Majorana quasiparticle in Iron-based superconductors"
Erik Bakkers,  Eindhoven University of Technology12:00 PM - 12:55 PM“Reducing disorder in Semiconductor/supercondu ctor nanowires”

Quantum

Immanuel Bloch, Ludwig-Maximilians University"Realizing and probing quantum matter using large scale quantum simulations"
Ignacio Cirac,Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics“Simulations with analog and digital quantum computers”
Lieven Vandersypen, Delft University“Analog quantum simulating of Fermi-Hubbard physics using quantum dot arrays”

December 2021 Janet Das Sarma Memorial Conference

We are pleased to announce the 2021 Janet Das Sarma Memorial CMTC Conference, a scientific conference in memory of Janet Das Sarma, who played a crucial behind-the scene role in making the Condensed Matter Theory Center at the University of Maryland (www.physics.umd.edu/cmtc/) a success and profoundly affected all aspects of the center.

Twisted: Physics of 2D Twisted Moiré Systems

The third conference in the Janet Das Sarma Conference Series, featuring the following talks:
10 AM: Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, “Moiré Magic 3.0”
11 AM: Ashvin Vishwanath, “Moire' magic near charge neutrality:  From sign-free numerics to fractional vortices”
12 PM: Andrea Young, “Easy as ABC”
1 PM: Michael Zaletel, “DMRG evidence for skyrmion-mediated superconductivity”
2 PM: Oskar Vafek, “Correlations and topology in the magic angle twisted bilayer graphene”
3 PM: Cory Dean, “TBA”
4 PM: Kin Fai Mak, “Semiconductor moiré 2.0"