W. Vincent Liu

Future and Recent Conference Invited Talks, Colloquiums & Seminars

• invited speaker, NORDITA MiniConference on Frontiers in Higher-Order Topological Matter (Nordita, Stockholm, Sweden, 5-7 May 2020 -- postponed due to COVID19). 
• "From Floquet Real to Imaginary Time Crystal", CM-AMO Seminar, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, 24 Sep 2019)
  
• "From real to imaginary time crystal in quantum gases", invited speaker, International Conference on Emerging Quantum Technology (Hefei, China, 15-20 Sep 2019).  Served as Opening Session Chair.
• "Non-equilibrium and topological phases of optical lattice cold gases", selected speaker, AFOSR 2019 Quantum Information Sciences and Atomic and Molecular Physics Program Review (Arlington, VA, July 18-19, 2019). Agenda
• "Symmetry-Protected-Topological phases of dipolar spins in optical lattices". Winter Symposium “Precision Measurement Physics with Atoms and Molecules”, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 17-21 December 2018
• “Cold atom Floquet time crystals”.  Invited Talk, Shenzhen Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering and Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Tech, Shenzhen, China, 10 December 2018
• MURI conference: "Topological inter-band pairing and spin liquids in optical lattices". (MURI  "Anyons in 2D materials and cold Atomic gases" Program annual review, California Inst of Tech, Pasadena, CA, 11 October 2018)
• "Topological pairing from s-wave interaction by spin imbalance". Invited talk in NORDITA Workshop "Quantum Connections 3: Quantum Topology and Time", Nordita, Stockholm, Sweden, 25-29 June 2018
  
• “Unique Topological Phases of Cold Atoms”. NYU-ECNU Institute of Physics Seminar,  NYU Shanghai, 11 Dec 2017.
• “p-wave topological superfluidity and anyons”, Invited talk, 2017 Winter Symposium on “Precision Measurement Physics with Atoms and Molecules,” Xiamen, China, 15-22 December 2017.
• “Superfluid and topological phases unique to interacting cold atoms”. Physics Department Invited Talk, Southern University of Science and Tech, Shenzhen, China, 15 Nov 2017
• "Clean Floquet time crystal of interacting old atoms", Invited talk, “Frontiers of Artificial Quantum Systems” Workshop, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, 27-29 Oct 2017
• “Clean Floquet Time Crystals in Interacting Cold Atomic Gases”, Invited talk,  Summer Symposium on “Precision Measurement Physics with Atoms and Molecules,” Dalian, China, 19-25 July 2017
  
• “Topological superfluid of interacting cold gases in optical lattices”, Invited talk, Workshop on “Quantum Connections in Sweden”, Stockholm University, Albanova University Center, Sweden, 3-7 Jul 2017
• “Clean time crystal in periodically driven cold atomic systems”, Seminar, Institut f¨ur Laser-Physik  University of Hamburg, Hamburg,  Germany, 28 Jun 2017.
• “Clean time crystal in periodically driven cold atomic systems”, Seminar, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 26 Jun 2017.

• “Dipolar Spins on Lattice: possible spin liquid phase for ions or dipoles?” Invited talk, Winter Symposium on “Precision Measurement Physics with Atoms and Molecules,” Fuzhou, China, 15-22 December 2016
  
• KITP: "Center-of-mass p+ip-wave fermion pairing" (invited seminar, KITP Program: Synthetic Quantum Matter, KITP, UC Santa Barbara, October 10, 2016)
  
• ISCAP Hangzhou: "Dirac bosons and topological edge excitations in an orbital optical lattice" (Invited talk, 7th International Symposium on Cold Atom Physics, Hangzhou, China, June 18-21, 2016)
• MURI conference: "Weyl superfluidity of a dipolar Fermi gas", (ARO/AFOSR MURI Annual Program Review, January 8-9, 2015, Rice University, Houston, TX)
  
• MPIPKS Dresden: "Chiral phases in orbital optical lattices" (invited talk,  International workshop on "Synthetic Quantum Magnetism", 31 August - 04 September 2015, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (MPIPKS) in Dresden, Germany)
  
• UW INT Program talk: “Chiral Bose and Fermi phases in optical lattices”, (INT Program INT 15-1 "Frontiers in Quantum Simulation with Cold Atoms", Institute for Nuclear Theory, University of Washington, Seattle, April 28, 2015)
  
• William & Mary Colloquium: "Topological orbital bands: from optical lattices to oxide interfaces" (colloquium, Department of Physics, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, Nov 14, 2014)
  
• SUNY Buffalo Colloquium: "Topological orbital bands: from optical lattices to oxide interfaces" (Colloquium, Department of Physics, State University of NY at Buffalo, NY,  Nov 6, 2014)
  
• ISCAP Taiyuan Conference: "Orbital phases in beyond-standard optical lattices" (Invited talk, 6th International Symposium on Cold Atom Physics, Taiyuan, China, June 14-17, 2014)
• Renmin Univ Seminar: "Orbital phases beyond standard optical lattices" (Renmin University of China, Beijing, May 21, 2014)
  
• FSU Seminar: "Orbital phases in beyond-standard optical lattices" (Condensed Matter Physics Seminar, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and Department of Physics, Florida State University, Oct 25, 2013)
  
• Army Science Planning and Strategy Meeting: "Topological orbital physics of cold atoms in novel lattice geometries – a possible future direction" (invited speaker, Army Science Planning & Strategy Meeting: Quantum Information and Sensing, Bolger Conference Center in Potomac, Maryland (Washington DC sub), September 24-25, 2013)
• Tsinghua Summer School: "Selected Topics in Modern Many-Body Theory" (lecture given in "Cold Atoms" Summer School of Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, July 8-10. Lecture notes in PDF.)
  
• 7th Cross-Strait and International Conference: ``Topological phases of fermions in the p-orbital band of optical lattices'' (invited talk, 7th Cross-Strait and International Conference on Quantum Manipulation, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, June 28-30, 2013)
• Wuhan International Workshop: ``Orbital phase transitions in low dimensional beyond-standard optical lattices'' (invited talk, International Workshop on `Quantum Many-Body Systems in Low Dimensions, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China, June 19-21, 2013)
• Dallas/ARO Symposium on Novel Topological Quantum Matter, The University of Texas at Dallas campus, February 25-26, 2013 (co-organizer and discussion leader for session "Future Directions")
• NORDITA Stockholm: "Topological phases of fermions in the p-orbital band of optical lattices" (Invited talk, given on Feb 4, 2013 in Workshop on "Pushing the Boundaries with Cold Atoms", NORDITA, KTH and Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, Jan 21 - Feb 15, 2013)

• Tsinghua: "Orbital dance beyond standard optical lattices" (Colloquium, Department of Physics, Tsingua University, China, December 6, 2012)
  
• UC Santa Cruz: "Topological phases of fermions in the higher orbital bands of optical lattices" (Condensed Matter Seminar, Department of Physics, U of California Santa Cruz, Oct 26, 2012)
  
• UT Dallas: "Orbital dance beyond standard optical lattices" (Physics Colloquium, Department of Physics, U of Texas Dallas, Oct 24, 2012)
  
• KITP: "Topological Orbital Phases Beyond Standard Optical Lattices"(Seminar in "Quantum Dynamics in Far from Equilibrium Thermally Isolated Systems" Program, KITP, UC Santa Barbara, October 18, 2012)
  
• ISCAP-V Three Gorges: "Topological orbital gases in optical lattices" (Invited talk, The 5th International Symposium on Cold Atom Physics, Three Gorges, China, June 23-27, 2012)
  
• Peking University: ICQM Weekly Seminar: "Topological Orbital States in Optical Lattices" (International Center for Quantum Materials, Peking University, China, June 20, 2012)
  
• Kent State: "Ultracold atoms tuned to many-body regimes previously impossible" (Physics  Colloquium,  Department of Physics, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, April 26, 2012)
• WSU:"Ultracold atoms in new quantum matter regimes (previously impossible!)" (Colloquium of Physics and Astronomy, Washington State University, Apr 10, 2012)
  
• UNB: Physics Colloquim,  University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada, 14 Oct 2011
  
• Penn State U: "Novel p-band superfluid and insulator phases in optical lattices" (CAM seminar, Department of Physics, Penn State University, University Park, PA, Sep 27, 2011)
  
• Trieste: "p-band superfluid and insulator phases in optical lattices" (Invited talk, Workshop on “Non-standard superfluids and insulators”, organized by B.L. Altshuler, I. Bloch, N. V. Prokof’ev, P. Weichman, and M.N. Kiselev, at ICTP, Trieste, 18-22 July 2011)
  
• Brown: (Condensed Matter Seiminar, Department of Physics, Brown Univeristy, 17 Feb 2011.)
• NORDITA Stockholm: International Conference “Frontiers of Condensed Matter Physics”, Stockholm, Sweden, January 3-8, 2011, invited speaker

• Boston:  "Beyond the s-orbital band of optical lattices: from finite-momentum px+ipy BEC to topological semi-Fermi liquids" (Seminar, Department of Physics, Boston College, 14 Dec 2010.)
• LMU Munich:  "Orbital phases of the optical lattice p-band." (Bloch Quantum Optics Group Seminar, Department of Physics, LMU, Munich, Germany, 27 Jul 2010.)
• NORDITA Stockholm: "p-orbital ultracold particles and Bose-Einstein crystal." (Invited talk, 22 July 2010, NORDITA Program "Quantum solids, liquids, and gases," Stockholm, Sweden. Note: invited participant from 20 July 2010 to 4 August 2010.)
• CAS International Symposium: "Novel p-orbital quantum phases in cold atom optical lattices" (Invited talk in The 4th International Symposium on Cold Atom Physics, July 5-8, 2010, Zhoushan Islands, Zhejiang, China. Sponsored by Center for Cold Atom Physics (Shanghai), Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
• Maryland CM colloquium: “Exotic superfluidity of spin imbalanced fermions: from three to one dimension,” (CNAM Condensed Matter Colloquium, Department of Physics, Univ of Maryland, College Park, 25 Feb 2010) 
• CECAM ETH Zurich: "Cold atoms and molecules in elongated Wannier orbitals."  (Invited participant/speaker, Workshop on Ab-initio Modeling of Cold Gases, ETHZ, Zurich, Switzerland, November 11-13, 2009.)
• Co-organizer of  KITPC "cold atoms", Beijing, China, Sep 21- Nov 6, 2009
• Sant Feliu BEC 2009: "Analytic thermodynamics and thermometry of 1D imbalanced Fermi gases at strong interaction." ( Invited short talk, Conference: Bose-Einstein Condensation 2009, Frontiers in Quantum Gases, Sant Feliu de Guixols (Costa Brava), Spain 05 - 11 September 2009.)
• APS March: "Non-zero momentum Bose-Einstein condensation of orbital atoms." (Invited talk in the invited session on "Novel orbital quantum phases in cold atom optical lattices", APS March Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16-20, 2009.)
• PQE 2009: "Crystalline superfluidity of cold atoms in lattice p-bands". (Invited talk in the "Optical Lattice" Session on Thursday, 39th Winter Colloquium on the Physics of Quantum Electronics, Snowbird, Utah, January 4-8, 2009) 

• Purdue: "Crystalline superfluidity of ultracold Bose and Fermi gases." (Condensed Matter and Biological Physics Seminar, Department of Physics, Purdue University, Nov  7, 2008)
• Aspen: "Orbital physics of optical lattices". (Seminar in the Summer Workshop, "Frontiers in Strongly Correlated Systems",  Aspen Center for Physics,  19 August  2008)
• NIST Gaithersburg: "Orbital order in optical lattices". (Quantim Information/BEC (QIBEC) Seminar, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8410, Aug 22, 2007. Host: Dr. Bill Phillips) 
• IHP Quantum Gases Program: "Some unconventional phases of cold  atomic matter with or without an optical lattice".  (Informal talk at Centre Emile Borel,  Henri Poincare Institute, Paris, France, 10 July 2007. Note:  Invited to participate from  June 24--July 20  in the Paris Programme Quantum Gases  April 23--July 20, 2007.)
• APS DAMOP/DAMP 2007:  "Orbital phases of the lattice p-band bosons".  (Invited talk in the "Optical Lattice Session",  at 38th annual meeting of  APS DAMOP and Cana­dian Association of Physi­cists DAMPΦ jointlyt, Calgary, Canada, 5-9 June 2007)
• KITP Santa Barbara:"Exploring New Phases of Cold Atomic Matter with or without an Optical Lattice",  ( "Cold Atoms" Program talk, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP),  UC Santa  Barbara, CA, 8 May 2007)

• UMass Amherst: "Exotic condensed matter phases of ultracold atoms"    (Condensed matter seminar, Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Dec 14, 2006)
• APCTP: Exotic superfluids for ultracold atomic gases. [PDF]  (Focus Program Search for Exotic State of Dense Matter, Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics, POSTECH, Pohang, Korea. Lectures on June 28 and 29, 2006)
• U Toronto: Novel phases and anomaly of ultracold atoms in Feshbach resonance. (Condensed Matter Physics Seminars, Department of Physics, University of Toronto, March 6, 2006.)

• JHU: Novel pairing and quantum anomaly in ultracold atomic gases. (Condensed Matter Physics Seminar, Johns Hopkins University, Nov 16, 2005.)
• UBC: Breached pair superfluidity for cold fermionic atoms. (Theory Seminar, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Nov 7, 2005.)
• Washington INT: Breached pair superfluidity [PDF]  (Invited session main talk, Workshop on Pairing in Fermionic Systems at INT, University of Washington, Seattle (September 19 - 23, 2005).
• Aspen: Anomalous quantum flow of atoms near p-wave resonance. (Talk given on June 16, 2005 at Blackboard Discussion Session, Workshop on Ultracold atomic gases, Aspen Center for Physics, May 29--June 18, 2005)
• Ohio State: Anomalous quantum flow of atoms near p-wave resonance [PDF]  (Invited talk in Strongly Interacting Quantum Gases Workshop, Ohio Center for Theoretical Science (OCTS) at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, April 18-21, 2005)
• APS: Quantum phases and an anomaly of interacting fermionic atoms [PDF]  (Invited talk in "Focus Session: Novel States of Matter in Atomic Gases", APS March Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, March 21-25, 2005)