Colloquia 2013 - 2014

Fall Semester

October, 3

Probing the quantum superposition principle

Prof. K. Hornberger, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
October, 10

Star formation through the chemical lens

Prof. K. Tassis, Παν. Κρήτης
October, 17

Quartets of order parameters in domes preventing quantum criticality and quartet engineering in correlated nanostructures

Prof. G. Varelogiannis, National Technical University of Athens
October, 24

Quartets of order parameters in domes preventing quantum criticality and quartet engineering in correlated nanostructures

Prof. S. Tzamarias, Hellenic Open University
October, 31

From space to earth – spaceflight for new knowledge and innovations

Prof. E. Messerschmid, Universität Stuttgart, Germany
November, 7

From space to earth – spaceflight for new knowledge and innovations

Prof. P. Hänngi, University of Augsburg, Germany
November, 14

Magnetic vortex-antivortex dipoles in spin-transfer oscillators

Prof. S. Komineas, Univ. of Crete
November, 21

Metamaterials: new possibilities in electromagnetic wave control

Prof. M. Kafesaki, Univ. of Crete
November, 28

Communication and sensing beyond standard quantum limits

Prof. E. Polzik, Niels Bohr Institute, Denmark
December, 5

Rapid X-ray variability of quasars: the story so far

Prof. I. Papadakis, Univ. of Crete
December, 12

Physics in search of oil and gas

Dr. M. Luling, Schlumberger Paris, France
December, 19

Limits of In incorporation on In_1-xGa_xN {0001} surfaces: an ab initio approach

Dr. L. Lymperakis, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung, Germany

Spring Semester

February, 6

Relativistic Jet Astrophysics from Skinakas with a Unique Optical Polarimeter

Prof. Vasiliki Pavlidou, Univ. of Crete
February, 13

Chip-scale atomic devices: from atomic clocks to brain imaging and beyond

Dr. John Kitching, NIST, USA
February, 20

The physical properties of luminous infrared galaxies: unveiling the dust

Prof. Vassilis Charmandaris, Univ. of Crete
February, 27

High-energy neutrino astronomy: a first glimpse to the promised land

Dr. Christian Spiering, DESY Hamburg, Germany
March, 6

Neutron star instabilities due to rotation and/or magnetic fields

Prof. Kostas Kokkotas, Univ. of Tübingen, Germany
March, 13

Smaller is different and more: surprises in low dimensional superconductivity

Dr. Antonio Garcia-Garcia, Cambridge University, UK
March, 20

Quantum cryptography using practical photonic systems

Dr. Eleni Diamanti, CNRS, France
March, 27

The BICEP result and what it tells us

Prof. Richard Woodard, Univ. of Florida, USA
April, 3

Postponed for May 15, 2014

Prof. Jörg Wrachtrup, University of Stuttgart, Germany
April, 10

Data driven, molecular dynamics for nanoscale flow simulations

Prof. Petros Koumoutsakos, ETH, Switzerland
April, 30

100 years of gravitation

Prof. Vitor Cardoso, Tecnico, Portugal
May, 8

The MOND paradigm of modified dynamics as an alternative to a dark universe

Prof. Mordehai Milgrom, Weizmann Institute, Israel
May, 15

The quantum way of sensing

Prof. Jörg Wrachtrup, University of Stuttgart, Germany
May, 22

Measurement of Photon Statistics with Live Photoreceptor Cells

Dr. Leonid Krivitskiy, ASTAR, Singapore

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