Humboldt Kolleg in Vilnius

Schedule

Arrival and reception on July 29, departure on August 2, 2018.
Invited talks, panel discussions and a poster session in the Theater Hall of Vilnius University (Universiteto Street 3, Vilnius).
Welcome party and lunches at the Hotel Amberton (L. Stuokos-Gucevičiaus 1, Vilnius).
Conference Dinner at the restaurant Grey (Pilies Street 2, Vilnius). Map how to reach it.
Farewell party at Jazz Cellar 11 / Galo do Porto (Aušros vartų 11, Vilnius). Map how to reach it.

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Sunday, July 29th

15.30 – 17.30	Walking tour over the Old Town of Vilnius. The tour starts at the Bell tower of Vilnius Cathedral
18.00 – 18.30	Registration at the Hotel Amberton
18.30 – 22.00	Welcome party at the Hotel Amberton

Monday, July 30th

8.55 – 9.00
8.00 – 8.35	Registration
8.40 – 10.15	Session 1: Opening Session (Theater Hall of Vilnius University) Chair Iwo Białynicki-Birula (Center for Theoretical Physics, PAS, Warsaw, Poland), Humboldt Award winner Opening remarks; talks by Wolfgang Ketterle, Kazimierz Rzążewski, Gershon Kurizki
8.40 – 8.55	Opening Remarks Rector of Vilnius University Artūras Žukauskas, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Lithuania Anglika Viets, former Rector of University of Latvia Mārcis Auziņš, chairmen of the Humboldt Kolleg Maciej Lewenstein and Gediminas Juzeliūnas. Video The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation — Connecting academic excellence worldwide Andrea Alberti, (University of Bonn, Germany), Humboldt Fellow. Slides, Video
9.00 – 9.20	Talk 1: How to dress RF photons with tunable momentum, and magnetic spin-orbit coupling Wolfgang Ketterle (MIT, Cambridge, USA), Humboldt Award winner. Abstract, Slides, Video
9.25 – 9.45	Talk 2: Dipolar bosons: from solitons to rotons Kazimierz Rzążewski (Center for Theoretical Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland), Humboldt Award winner. Abstract, Slides, Video
9.50 – 10.10	Talk 3: Quantum and classical thermodynamic machines: performance criteria Gershon Kurizki (Weizman Institute, Israel), Humboldt award winner. Abstract, Slides, Video
10.15 – 10.45	Coffee Break
10.45 – 12.00	Session 2: New trends in controlling quantum matter Chair Gora Shlyapnikov (Universite Paris-Sud, CNRS, Orsay, France), Humboldt Award winner Speakers: Nir Davidson, Cheng Chin, Andrea Alberti
10.45 – 11.05	Talk 4: Solving hard computational problems with coupled lasers Nir Davidson (Weizman Institute, Israel), Humboldt Award winner. Abstract, Slides, Video
11.10 – 11.30	Talk 5: Super resolution imaging with ultracold atoms Cheng Chin (University of Chicago, USA), Humboldt Fellow. Abstract, Slides, Video
11.35 – 11.55	Talk 6: Fast atom transport at the quantum speed limit Andrea Alberti (University of Bonn, Germany), Humboldt Fellow. Abstract, Video
12.00 – 14.00	Lunch break
14.00 – 15.15	Session 3: Topolgy of non-equilibrium systems Chair Matteo Rizzi (Mainz University, Germany) Speakers: Nigel Cooper, Xiong-Jun Liu, Christof Weitenberg
14.00 – 14.20	Talk 7: Topology of quantum systems out of equilibrium Nigel Cooper (University of Cambridge, UK), Humboldt award winner. Abstract, Slides, Video
14.25 – 14.45	Talk 8: Non-equilibrium classification of topological quantum phases Xiong-Jun Liu (Peking University, Beijing, China). Abstract, Slides, Video
14.50 – 15.10	Talk 9: Measuring quantized circular dichroism in ultracold topological matter Christof Weitenberg (University of Hamburg, Germany) Humboldt Feodor Lynen Fellow. Abstract, Slides, Video
15.15 – 15.50	Coffee break
15.50 – 17.05	Session 4: Unconventional Optical Lattices Chair Henning Moritz (University of Hamburg, Germany) Speakers: Hannah Price, Leonardo Fallani, Ulrich Schneider
15.50 – 16.10	Talk 10: 4D Topological Physics with Synthetic Dimensions Hannah Price (University of Birmingham, UK). Abstract, Slides, Video
16.15 – 16.35	Talk 11: Synthetic quantum systems with multicomponent fermions Leonardo Fallani (Universita degli Studi di Firenze, Sesto-Fiorentino, Italy). Abstract, Slides, Video
16.40 – 17.00	Talk 12: Ultracold atoms in optical quasicrystals Ulrich Schneider (Cambridge University, UK). Abstract, Video
17.10 – 18.30	Panel Discussion 1: How being Humboldtian influenced my life Moderated by Humboldtians Mārcis Auziņš (University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia), Marek Kuś (Center for Theoretical Physics, PAS, Warsaw, Poland) and Florian Minert (Imperial College London, UK). Various Humboldtians will participate in the discussion. Video
18.30 –	Free evening for discussions

Tuesday, July 31st

8.55 – 9.00	Conference information
9.00 – 10.15	Session 5: Quantum computation and quantum simulation Chair Jan Mostowski (Institute of Physics, PAS, Warsaw, Poland), Humboldt Fellow Speakers: Tilman Pfau, Martin B. Plenio, Krzysztof Sacha
9.00 – 9.20	Talk 13: Novel quantum devices based on atomic vapor cells Tilman Pfau (Stuttgart University, Germany), Humboldt Feodor Lynen Fellow. Abstract, Video
9.25 – 9.45	Talk 14: A Two Dimensional Quantum Simulator in Diamond Martin B. Plenio (Ulm University, Germany), Humboldt professor. Abstract, Slides, Video
9.50 – 10.10	Talk 15: Time crystal platform Krzysztof Sacha (Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland), Humboldt Fellow. Abstract, Slides, Video
10.15 – 10.45	Coffee Break
10.45 – 12.25	Session 6: Topological and quantum properties of light Chair Andrey Kolovsky (L.V.Kerinsky Institute of Physics, RAS, Krasnoyarsk, Russia), Humboldt Fellow Speakers: Oded Zilberberg, Da-Wei Wang, David Petrosyan, Natalia Korolkova
10.45 – 11.05	Talk 16: Accessing topological boundary phenomena using photonic waveguide arrays Oded Zilberberg (ETH Zurich, Switzerland). Abstract, Slides, Video
11.10 – 11.30	Talk 17: Observation of chiral edge currents in superradiance lattices with hot atoms Da-Wei Wang (Zhejiang University, China). Abstract, Slides, Video
11.35 – 11.55	Talk 18: Single photons sources using a coherently driven Rydberg atom gas David Petrosyan (Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser, FORTH, Heraklion, Crete, Greece), Humboldt Bessel Research Award winner. Abstract, Slides, Video
12.00 – 12.20	Talk 19: Coherent diffusive photonics and the photon gun Natalia Korolkova (University of St Andrews, UK), Humboldt Fellow. Abstract, Slides, Video
12.25 – 12.30	Photo of the Kolleg
12.30 – 14.00	Lunch break
14.00 – 15.30	Poster Session. Abstracts
15.45 – 18.00	Excursion to the Old Campus of Vilnius University. Meeting point - Old library of Vilnius University (next to the main entrance)
19.00 – 22.00	Conference Dinner at the restaurant Grey (Pilies Street 2, Vilnius)

Wednesday, August 1st

8.55 – 9.00	Conference information
9.00 – 10.15	Session 7: Interaction Effects in Optical lattices Chair Chair Peter Krüger (University of Sussex, UK), Humboldt Feodor Lynen Fellow Speakers: Fabrice Gerbier, Christian Gross, Takashi Oka
9.00 – 9.20	Talk 20: Anomalous momentum diffusion of strongly interacting bosons in optical lattices Fabrice Gerbier (CNRS, Paris, France). Abstract, Slides, Video
9.25 – 9.45	Talk 21: Probing the stability of many-body localization Christian Gross (Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany). Abstract, Slides, Video
9.50 – 10.10	Talk 22: Floquet engineering in Mott insulators and control of scalar spin chirality Takashi Oka (Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany). Abstract, Slides, Video
10.15 – 10.45	Coffee Break
10.45 – 12.25	Session 8: Many body effects, gauge fields Chair Dmitry Petrov (Universite Paris-Sud, CNRS, Orsay, France) Speakers: Chris Greene, Joachim Brand, Fred Jendrzejewski, AnChun Ji
10.45 – 11.05	Talk 23: Creating and detecting ultra-long-range Rydberg molecules and their ghosts Chris Greene (Perdue University, USA), Humboldt award winner. Abstract, Slides, Video
11.10 – 11.30	Talk 24: Quantum dark solitons in the one-dimensional Bose gas Joachim Brand (New Zealand Institute for Advanced Study, Auckland, New Zealand), Humboldt Feodor Lynen Fellow. Abstract, Slides, Video
11.35 – 11.55	Talk 25: On the road to cold atom gauge theories Fred Jendrzejewski (Heidelberg University, Germany). Slides Video
12.00 – 12.20	Talk 26: Larkin-Ovchinikov superfluidity in laser-assisted bilayer Fermi gases AnChun Ji (Capital Normal University, Beijing, China). Abstract, Slides, Video
12.25 – 14.20	Lunch break
14.20 – 14.45	Chair: Mariusz Gajda (Institute of Physics, PAS, Warsaw, Poland) Talk 27: Trapping of bodies by gravitational waves endowed with angular momentum Speaker: Iwo Białynicki-Birula (Center for Theoretical Physics, PAS, Warsaw, Poland), Humboldt award winner. Abstract, Slides, Video
14.50 – 16.10	Panel Discussion 2: Controlling quantum matter: From ultracold atoms to photons and solids Moderated by the following Humboldtians: Maciej Lewenstein (ICFO, Barcelona, Spain), Evgeny Sherman (University of Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain), Peter Schlagheck (Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium) Slides, Robert Spreeuw (Van der Waals-Zeeman Instituut, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Slides. Video Closing remarks at the end of the Panel discussion
16.10 – 16.45	Coffee break
16.45 – 17.45	Public lecture: Cooling close to absolute zero temperature: a recipe for discoveries Wolfgang Ketterle (Nobel prize and Humboldt award winner, MIT, USA). Abstract, Slides, Announcement, Video1, Video2 Chair: Lauriane Chomaz (Innsbruck University, Austria)
19.00 – 22.00	Farewell party at Jazz Cellar 11 / Galo do Porto (Aušros vartų 11, Vilnius). Petras Vyšniauskas and band; Portuguese food