Winnipeg Institute
for Theoretical Physics

WITP

WITP 2023 Summer School and Student Symposium 2023
14-16 Aug 2023, UManitoba & Online

August 14

Time Speaker Title
9:30-9:45 Evan McDonough (Director, WITP),
Sean McKenna (Dean of Programs, U of M),
and Doug Goltz (Dean of Science, UW)
Opening Remarks
9:45-11:00 Michael Toomey (MIT) Lecture: Machine Learning for Physics and Astrophysics I
11:00-11:30Coffee
11:30-11:50 Naman Agarwal (U of M) Moduli Stabilisation of the Volume Modulus in String Theory
11:50-12:10 Phil Gregoryanz (UW) The making of black holes in AdS space-time using parallel computing
12:10-12:30 Hermie Monterde (U of M) The mathematics of quantum state transfer
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:45 Alex May (Perimeter Institute) Lecture: Quantum Information and Holography I
2:45-3:15Coffee
3:15-3:35 Bryce Friesen (BU) Early Time Dynamics in Heavy Ion Collisions
3:35-3:55 Shane Sangster (BU) Color Glass Condensate
3:55-4:15 Arghya Mukherjee (BU) [via Zoom] Heavy Quark Potential
4:15 Group photo and BBQ

August 15

Time Speaker Title
9:30-10:45 Hermie Monterde (U of M) Lecture: Quantum Walks I
10:45-11:15Coffee
11:15-12:30 Michael Toomey (MIT) Lecture: Machine Learning for Physics and Astrophysics II
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:30 Panel Discussion Strategies for success in grad school and beyond
2:30-3:00Coffee
3:00-3:20 Kyle Wittmeier (UW) Primordial Black Holes from Cosmic Inflation
3:20-3:40 Fergus Henstridge (UW, Durham U) Cosmological Perturbations in Multifield Cosmic Inflation
3:40-4:00 Christian Capanelli (McGill) [via Zoom] Freeze-In Production of Kalb-Ramond Dark Matter

August 16

Time Speaker Title
9:30-10:45 Alex May (Perimeter Institute) Lecture: Quantum Information and Holography II
10:45-11:15Coffee
11:15-12:30 Hermie Monterde (U of M) Lecture: Quantum Walks II
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-1:50 Arka Chatterjee (U of M) Coronal Properties of Low-Accreting AGNs
1:50-2:10 Isabel Sander (U of M) Pulsar Wind Nebulae as potential galactic PeVatrons
2:10-2:30Lucas Victor da Conceição (U of M) Ionizing radiation of [WR] stars: models of atmospheres and photoionization
2:30-3:00Coffee
3:00-3:20 Zunaira Arif (U of M) Origin of Nucleon's mass
3:20-3:40 Craig McRae (U of M) Electromagnetic Unit systems
3:40 Closing Words (Evan McDonough, Director, WITP)