Program Schedule

Date

Time

Speakers

Event

7 Jan
(Tue)

2:00 – 3:00
pm

Xiaogang Wen
 (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics)

An Introduction to Highly Entangled States of Quantum Matter

3:10 - 4:10
pm

Li Lu
(Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Proximity-effect Induced Superconductivity and Cooper Pair Interference on the Surfaces of Bi₂Se₃ and Bi₂Te₃

8 Jan
(Wed)

2:00 - 3:00
pm

Roger Mong
 (California Institute of Technology)

Universal Topological Quantum Computation from A Superconductor / Abelian Quantum Hall Heterostructure

3:30 - 4:10
pm

Cenke Xu
(University of California, Santa Barbara)

Wave Function and Strange Correlator of Short Range Entangled States

4:10 - 4:50
pm

Xavier Leyronas
(Universite Pierre et Marie Curie)

Equation of State for Ultracold Fermions

9 Jan (Thur)

2:00 – 3:00
pm

Carlo Beenakker
(Leiden University)

Majorana Zero-modes in A Quantum Spin Hall Insulator

3:30 – 4:30
pm

Rui Rui Du
(Rice University)

Aspects of Proximity-Coupled InAs/GaSb as a Platform of Majorana Fermions

10 Jan
(Fri)

3:30 – 4:10
pm

Bernd Braunecker
(University of St Andrews)

Majorana States by Self-organization of Magnetic Moments in A One Dimensional Conductor

11 Jan
(Sat)

2:00 – 3:00
pm

Yukio Tanaka
(Nagoya University)

Theory of Superconducting Topological Insulator

Date

Time

Speakers

Event

13 Jan
(Mon)

3:30 – 4:10
pm

Zheng-Yu Weng
(Tsinghua University)

Hole Binding in Antiferromagnets: A DMRG Study

14 Jan
(Tue)

2:00 - 3:00
pm

Liang Fu
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Topological Crystalline Insulators

4:40 - 5:20
pm

Ziyang Meng
(University of Toronto)

Measurements of Superconductivity in DMFT Simulations at the Two-particle Level

15 Jan
(Wed)

11:00 am - 12:00 nn

Patrick Lee
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Amperean Pairing and the Pseudo Gap Phase of Cuprate Superconductors

2:00 - 3:00
pm

Sankar Das Sarma
(The University of Maryland)

Has (the) Majorana Really Returned?

4:30 - 5:10
pm

Fa Wang
(Peking University)

Half Dirac Semimetal and Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect in Chromium Dioxide Thin Films 

16 Jan
(Thur)

2:00 - 3:00
pm

Naoto Nagaosa
(The University of Tokyo)

Berry Phase Phenomena of Non-collinear Spins

4:30 - 5:30
pm

Shinsei Ryu
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) 

Generalized Laughlin's Argument for Symmetry Protected Topological Phases

17 Jan
(Fri)

10:00 - 11:50
am

Michael Wimmer
(Leiden University)

Tutorial on Kwant - for computing transport properties of electronic systems

2:00 - 2:40
pm

Zhengcheng Gu

(California Institute of Technology)

Majorana Ghosts: From Topological Superconductor to the Origin of Neutrino Masses, Three Generations and their Mass Mixing

2:40 - 3:20
pm

Michael Wimmer
(Leiden University)

3:50 - 4:30
pm

Hong Yao
(Tsinghua University)

Topological Superconductivity at Type-II Van Hove Singularity

Date

Time

Speakers

Event

20 Jan
(Mon)

Bertrand Halperin

(Harvard University)

3:00 - 3:40
pm

Kam Tuen Law

(HKUST)

Majorana Fermions in Gapped and Nodal Topological Superconductors

4:00 - 5:00
pm

Sankar Das Sarma
(The University of Maryland)

Quantum Reality (IAS Distinguished Lecture)

21 Jan
(Tue)

2:00 - 3:00
pm

Duncan Haldane
(Princeton University)

Topology and Geometry in Condensed Matter Quantum Physics: General Thoughts and Some Examples

3:00 - 4:00
pm

Xiao-liang Qi

(Stanford University)

Defects in Abelian Topologically Ordered States

4:30 - 5:30
pm

Yayu Wang

(Tsinghua University)

Transport Properties of Magnetically Doped Topological Insulator Thin Films

22 Jan
(Wed)

2:00 - 3:00
pm

Ady Stern

(Weizmann Institute of Science)

Engineering Non-abelian Defects Beyond Majorana Fermions

Jason Alicea

(California Institute of Technology)

A New Application of Non-Abelian Anyons: Exotic Circuit Elements from Majorana (And Other) Zero-modes

4:30 - 5:10
pm

Bernd Rosenow

(University of Leipzig)

23 Jan
(Thur)

2:00 - 3:00
pm

Masatoshi Sato

(Nagoya University)

Majorana Fermions in Spinful Crystalline Superconductors
 

3:30 - 4:30
pm

Andrew Potter

(University of California, Berkeley)

Interacting Electron Topological Insulators - Beyond Band Theory

Chong Wang
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Gapped Symmetric Surfaces of Symmetry-protected Topological States

24 Jan
(Fri)

2:00 - 2:40
pm

Tai Kai Ng
(HKUST)

Non-Fermi Liquid Behavior in Bose-Fermi Mixtures in Two Dimensions

4:00 - 5:00
pm

Bertrand Halperin
(Harvard University)

Defects with Character: Zero-Energy Majorana Modes in Condensed-Matter Systems (IAS Distinguished Lecture)

Date

Time

Speakers

Event

27 Jan
(Mon)

2:00 - 2:40
pm

Jeffrey Teo

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Twist Defects in Topological Systems with Anyonic Symmetries

3:10 - 3:50
pm

Ming-Chiang Chung

(National Chung Hsing University)

A Memory of Majorana Fermions through Quantum Quench