Get ahead on your research skills! These workshops are designed for graduate students and faculty but also open to undergraduates. What’s the best way to organize your research files so you, or you and your collaborators, can find what you need when you need it? What are best practices for naming files? What is a README and why is it important? Attendees will come away with practical skills and tips for organizing research data in a way that is navigable across files and folders. Come to this...

Operators with compact imaginary part: A step furtherNorberto Clemente DelgadoIn this talk, we will analyse the properties of the self-adjoint operators obtained through the Aronszajn and Smith procedure for quasitriangular operators to determine non-trivial closed invariant subspaces for bounded operators $T$ on infinite-dimensional, separable, complex Hilbert spaces with compact imaginary part $Im T$. We will address a question posed by Foias, Hamid, Onica and Pearcy regarding the assumption...

Predicting the von Neumann Entanglement Entropy using a Graph Neural NetworkAnas SalehCalculating the von Neumann entanglement entropy from experimental data is challenging due to its dependence on the complete wavefunction, forcing reliance on approximations like classical mutual information (MI). We show that a neural network approach using a graph neural network is a suitable approach for predicting the von Neumann entropy from easily accessible experimental bitstrings.To join this event...

Probing the Milky Way’s Past: Challenges in Stellar Populations and ModelingJohn SilvaTo join this event virtually via ZOOM, go to https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/6449961139?omn=92272194517.

Isolated Defects in 2D-3D: Real Space Green's Functions ApproachJoe Sink, Ph.D.The behavior of dilute atomic or molecular defects, particularly in the limit of a single or a few interacting impurities within a host material, while challenging, is critical not only for developing methods to mitigate undesired effects[1] but also to allow better control in systems where these defects may be used as single atom/molecular quantum devices: such as magnetometers[2], transistors[3] and quantum emitters...

Precursor Science for HWO with the CRAFTS Sounding RocketFernando Cruz Aguirre, Ph.D.The Coronal Radiation of Active F-Type Stars (CRAFTS) Sounding Rocket Experiment is a rocket-borne mission concept designed to observe the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation environments of nearby (< 20 pc), active (R’HK ≳ -4.8, Prot ≲ 10 days) F-type stars identified as priority targets for the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO). HWO aims to study 100 main sequence F-, G-, and K-type stars, with the goal of...

UPDATE: Unfortunately, due to the weather forecast tonight, we will not be setting up telescopes. However, feel free to stop by Van Allen Hall from 8 to 10 p.m. to learn about the wonders of light and spectroscopy! We will have science talks and demonstrations in the 6th floor classrooms (accessible from the East Elevator).Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa–sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation...

UPDATE: Unfortunately, due to the weather forecast tonight, we will not be setting up telescopes. However, feel free to stop by Van Allen Hall from 8 to 10 p.m. to learn about the wonders of light and spectroscopy! We will have science talks and demonstrations in the 6th floor classrooms (accessible from the East Elevator).Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa–sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation...