The Grainger College of Engineering Physics

Phys Test Master calendar

Monday, October 6, 2025

- 9:00 am
- Discovery Partners Institute (DPI), 200 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL
Gul Agha Festschrift Symposium

Join us for a symposium honoring the groundbreaking career of Professor Gul Agha.
- Festival/Celebration
- 10:00 am
- 3401 Siebel Center
Theory Seminar: Soumik Ghosh, "Peaked quantum advantage using error correction."
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- ESB 190
Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Zohar Nussinov (WashU), "Inhomogeneous phases and glasses- a many-body perspective"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- Coordinated Science Lab 1308 W Main st, Urbana, 61801 CSL B02
Prof. Ketan Rajawat & Prof. Indranil Saha - AI Research and Education at IIT Kanpur
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 243 Altgeld Hall
Symplectic and Poisson Geometry Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

- 9:00 am
- Discovery Partners Institute (DPI), 200 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL
Gul Agha Festschrift Symposium

Join us for a symposium honoring the groundbreaking career of Professor Gul Agha.
- Festival/Celebration
- 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
- 0216 Siebel Center
Computing Startup Seminar Series: Vijay Chander
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center Room 208
Food For Thought | Ripan Malhi and Yurii Vlasov
- Lecture
- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: "Quantum computing and simulation with multimode superconducting random-access memories," Srivatsan Chakram, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University

Speaker: Srivatsan Chakram, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- ESB Lab 3110
Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Bruno Uchoa (University of Oklahoma), "Quantum geometry in flat bands"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- 303 English Building
Best Practices for Effective Classroom Teaching Observations
- Conference/Workshop
- 4:00 pm
- 2405 Siebel Center
CAP Seminar: Dr. Brandon Reagen, "Towards Practical Cryptographic Computing."
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
- Coble Hall (801 S. Wright Street, Champaign) - Room 108
Deli Yang - Jeremiah Sullivan Fellowship Awardee
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

- 10:00 am
- Siebel Center 2405
Physics-guided mmWave/sub-THz Wireless Systems: From Energy-Aware PHY Layer to Exotic Beam Shaping
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: "Faithful quantum teleportation via a nanophotonic nonlinear Bell state analyzer," Joshua Akin, Fang Group

Speaker: Joshua Akin, Fang Group
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1304 Siebel Center
Human-Computer Interaction Lightning Talks
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Ballroom, Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 S. Lincoln Ave, Urbana
Climate Change and the Urgency of Hope, Action, and Joy

Professor Reyes Mason's presentation is grounded in a belief that our collective work on climate change can indeed lead to a healthier and thriving world for all in the midst of disaster and devastation, from our own backyards to communities across the globe.
- Lecture
- 4:00 - 4:50 pm
- 1022 Lincoln Hall
Quantum Working Group Seminar: Improving quantum communication rates with permutation-invariant codes

Speaker: Sujeet Bhalerao
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 141
The Physics Colloquium Eric Kuo (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign) “Developing the Skills and Mindsets for Future Success Through Physics Education”
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 9, 2025

- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- 165 Noyes; reception in 300 Harker at 3pm
Colloquium
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 2244 Siebel Center
Computer Vision Seminar Series: Jieneng Chen, "Towards Generative Worlds for Deeper Reasoning and Informed Embodiment."
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- 4401 Siebel School
CS CARES Coffee Social
- Social/Informal Event
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- 3102 Siebel Center
CS Compiler Seminar: Arya Vohra & Leo Seojun Lee, "Mind the Abstraction Gap: Bringing Equality Saturation to Real-World ML Compilers."
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- 3102 Siebel Center
CS Compiler Seminar: Avaljot Singh, "Automated Verification of Soundness of DNN Certifiers."
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 2405 Siebel Center
IMMERSE Seminar Series: Dr. Katryna Starks, "The PLAYlab: Games and Interactive Research for Social Good."
- Seminar/Symposium
- 7:00 - 8:30 pm
- Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
CAS Annual Lecture | Catherine Murphy, The Golden Future of Nanotechnology

Catherine Murphy | The Golden Future of Nanotechnology
- Lecture

Friday, October 10, 2025

- All Day
University Appointments Refresh

UIF pulls updated Faculty Staff data each month from University Banner System
- Other
- 1:00 pm
- ESB 190
Condensed Matter Seminar - "Observation of constructive interference at the edge of quantum ergodicity"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 1:00 pm
Robotics Seminar: Dr. Farshid Alambeigi, "Surgineering Using Intelligent and Flexible Robotic Systems."
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:15 - 3:00 pm
- Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom
Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato
- Other
- 3:00 pm
- Altgeld 347
Geometric Topology Reading Seminar (Graduate)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:00 pm Every Friday of the semester
- NHB 2078
GRupoid Seminar
- Meeting
- 5:00 - 6:00 pm CST
- ECEB 3015
IEEE Trivia Night
- Social/Informal Event

Saturday, October 11, 2025

- All Day
University Appointments Refresh

UIF pulls updated Faculty Staff data each month from University Banner System
- Other
- 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets
Science at the Market: Graduate Students in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (GEEB)
- Community Service

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