Peter Scherk Lectures in Geometry

2nd Lecture: Edward Witten (IAS), An Overview of Knots and Gauge Theory, November 16, 2021, University of Saskatchewan (Video)
Inaugural Lecture: Dan Freed (UT Austin), An Application of Homotopy Theory to Condensed Matter Physics, September 16, 2019, University of Saskatchewan (Video)

quanTA Seminars

*All times are in CST. For online or hybrid seminars, please contact Steven Rayan to request access details. To view abstracts and to see the schedule in your time zone, please visit researchseminars.org.

Sigurd Flagan (University of Calgary), Nonlinear optics in diamond nanophotonic devices, March 18, 2025, 3:30-4:30 pm, PHYSICS 103, University of Saskatchewan
Mao Yoshii (University of Tokyo), Invitation to heterolayer systems: towards an extension to the superconducting phase, March 12, 2024, 3:30-4:30 pm, PHYSICS 103, University of Saskatchewan
Christopher Mahadeo (University of Illinois at Chicago), Something old, something new, something borrowed, and something quantized, February 13, 2024, 3:30-4:30 pm, PHYSICS 103, University of Saskatchewan
Barry Sanders (University of Calgary), Kittens, cats, and compasses: superposing coherent states for quantum sensing, quantum communication, quantum computing, and quantum fun, February 6, 2024, 3:30-4:30 pm, PHYSICS 103 University of Saskatchewan / Zoom
Lindsay LeBlanc (University of Alberta), Light-matter interactions in cold and ultracold neutral atomic gases: applications to quantum technologies, November 28, 2023, 3:30-4:30 pm, PHYSICS 103, University of Saskatchewan
Sean Lawton (George Mason University), What is a character variety?, July 12, 2023, 2:30-3:30 pm, St. Thomas More 1002, University of Saskatchewan
Thomas Chen (UT Austin), On the emergence of Boltzmann equations from quantum dynamics, March 10, 2023, 2:30-3:30 pm, Zoom
Matthew Rupert (University of Saskatchewan), Recent progress on the Kazhdan-Lusztig correspondence for vertex operator algebras and quantum groups, March 6, 2023, 4:00-5:30 pm, PHYSICS 126, University of Saskatchewan / Zoom
Gordon Sarty (University of Saskatchewan), MRI as an example of quantum engineering, January 24, 2023, 3:30-4:30 pm, PHYSICS 103, University of Saskatchewan / Zoom
Jonas Fransson (Uppsala University), A correlated view of chiral-induced spin selectivity, September 27, 2022, 3:30-4:30 pm, PHYSICS 103, University of Saskatchewan
Steven Rayan (University of Saskatchewan), New models of quantum matter inspired by geometry, February 15, 2022, 3:30-4:30 pm, PHYSICS 103, University of Saskatchewan
Artur Sowa (University of Saskatchewan), New Application of Harmonic Analysis to Quantum Theory and Engineering, January 25, 2022, 3:30-4:30 pm, Zoom
Maria Emelianenko (George Mason University), Random walks and graphs in materials, biology, and quantum information science, April 14, 2021, 2:30-4:00 pm, Zoom (Video)
Igor Boettcher (University of Alberta), Crystallography of hyperbolic lattices: from children's drawings to Fuchsian groups, March 17, 2021, 2:30-4:00 pm, Zoom (Video)
Karen Yeats (University of Waterloo), Combinatorial structures in perturbative quantum field theory, January 22, 2021, 3:30-5:00 pm, Zoom (Video)
Anton Kapustin (Caltech), The topology and geometry of the space of gapped lattice systems, December 9, 2020, 2:30-4:00 pm, Zoom (Video)
Monica Jinwoo Kang (Caltech), The infinite HaPPY code, November 4, 2020, 3:30-5:00 pm, Zoom (Video)
William Witczak-Krempa (Université de Montréal), Conformal field theories and quantum phase transitions: an entanglement perspective, September 30, 2020, 1:30-3:00 pm, Zoom (Video)
Jonas Fransson (Uppsala University), March 17, 2020, 3:30-4:30 pm, PHYSICS 103, University of Saskatchewan – CANCELLED due to COVID-19-related travel advisories
Joseph Maciejko (University of Alberta), Topological semimetals: from anomalies to instabilities, January 13, 2020, 2:30-4:00 pm, PHYSICS 175, University of Saskatchewan

Scientific Sessions and Symposia

Quantum Computing for Human Health Research Symposium, November 9, 2023, University of Saskatchewan
quanTA Junior Symposium, June 29, 2023, University of Saskatchewan / Zoom
Quantum Computation Parallel Session, Quantum Days, February 9, 2022, Zoom / Whova (Videos)
Scientific Session on Quantum Mathematics, Canadian Mathematical Society (75+1)th Anniversary Meeting, June 9 and 11, 2021, Zoom / Whova (Videos)
Canadian Photonics Online Meetup (canPOM), December 4, 2020, Zoom / Gather Town
Saskatoon Summer Symposium: Quantum Engineering Meets Harmonic Analysis, August 12-16, 2019, University of Saskatchewan
Scientific Session on Mathematical Techniques for Analyzing Quantum Structures and Materials, Canadian Mathematical Society Summer Meeting, June 8, 2019, Regina

Workshops

Quantum Days Satellite Series - Saskatoon, June 13-14, 2025, University of Saskatchewan
International Workshop on Hyperordered Structures and Quantum Materials, July 7-10, 2024, University of Saskatchewan
Flows on the Saskatchewan: A Workshop on Integrability and Inverse Problems, April 5-7, 2019, University of Saskatchewan
Workshop on Geometry and Physics of Gauge Theories at Infinity, August 3-6, 2018, Elk Ridge Resort, Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan

Summer Schools

PIMS Math2PowerQuantum Summer School on Quantum Computing, May 29-30, 2024, University of Saskatchewan (satellite event of the Canadian Mathematical Society Summer Meeting)
2nd PIMS Summer School on Algebraic Geometry in High-Energy Physics, August 23-26, 2021, Zoom
PIMS Summer School on the Topology and Geometry of Quantum Matter, August 10-14, 2020, Theoretical Physics Institute, University of Alberta – POSTPONED due to COVID-19-related travel advisories
PIMS-Fields Summer School on Algebraic Geometry in High-Energy Physics, June 24-28, 2019, University of Saskatchewan

Other Events

Copenhagen by Michael Frayn: A Reading, collaboration between the quanTA Centre, the USask School for the Arts, and the Entangled Spaces Theatre Collective, January 31, 2025, University of Saskatchewan for the UNESCO International Year of Quantum Science and Technology
Illuminare, collaboration between Greystones Singers and the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra, featuring the quanTA Centre's Projection Project, February 4, 2024, St. John's Cathedral, Saskatoon
quanTA, collaborative exhibition between the quanTA Centre, the University of Saskatchewan Art Galleries and Collections, and the Museum of Natural Sciences, November 1-15, 2023, University of Saskatchewan
Projection Project, Nuit Blanche Eve, September 22, 2023, University of Saskatchewan
Math + Jazz: Sounds from a Quantum Future, September 20, 2023, University of Saskatchewan