KIAS Workshop on "Quantum Magnetism"

at the Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS), Seoul, Korea

• Local Organizers
  Yunkyu Bang (Chonnam Nat'l Univ)
  Sung-Ik Lee (POSTECH)
  Han-Yong Choi (Sung-Kyun-Kwan Univ)
  Kwon Park (KIAS)


• Overseas Organizers
  Hae-Young Kee (Univ of Toronto and KIAS)
  Yong Baek Kim (Univ of Toronto and KIAS)


• List of Invited Speakers
  
  

  Frederic Mila (EPFL, Switzerland)	Supersolid Phases in Frustrated Quantum Magnets
  Gregoire Misguish (CEA-Saclay, France)	Entanglement entropy in the liquid phase of the quantum dimer model on the triangular lattice
  Matthias Troyer (ETH, Switzerland)	Simulations of quantum magnets and the ALPS project
  Fu-Chun Zhang (University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)	Charge and spin mudulated RVB states in high Tc superconductors
  Norio Kawakami (Kyoto University, Japan)	Finite Temperature Mott Transition in 2D Frustrated Hubbard Models
  Satoru Nakatsuji (ISSP, University of Tokyo, Japan)	Unusual spin freezing and transport phenomena due to geometrical frustration
  Sang-Wook Cheong (Rutgers University, USA)	Handedness in a Multiferroic
  Seung-Hun Lee (University of Virginia, USA)	Neutron scattering studies of kagomes and spinels
  Masashi Takigawa (ISSP, University of Tokyo, Japan)	New Phases in the Shasrty-Sutherland Spin System SrCu2(BO3)2
  Zenji Hiroi (ISSP, University of Tokyo, Japan)	Searching for novel materials of frustrated lattices
  Hae-Young Kee (University of Toronto, Canada)	Electronic nematic liquid and meta-magnetic transition in ruthenates
  Michael Lawler (University of Toronto, Canada)	Theory of Neel, Valence Bond Solid and Spin Liquid Phases in Zn-Paratacamite and Na4Ir3O8
  Eun-Ah Kim (Stanford Univ, USA)	Theory of the nematic quantum critical point in a nodal superconductor
  Sung-Ik Lee (POSTECH, Korea)	Concurrent Magnetic Metal-Insulator Transitions in Eu1-xSmxB6 Single Crystal
  Han-Yong Choi (Sung-Kyun-Kwan Univ, Korea)	Extraction of the pairing boson spectra from B2212 ARPES data
  Kee-Hoon Kim (Seoul National Univ, Korea)	Magnetic field tuned ferroelectric quantum phase transition in multiferroic BiMn2O5
  Kwon Park (KIAS, Korea)	Valence-Bond Solid Order and Superconductivity on Shastry-Sutherland Lattice.

  
  
  
  
• Place
  
  International Conference Hall on the First Floor, KIAS, Seoul, Korea
  
  
• "Tentative" Time Table
  
  

  	Mon(17)	Tue(18)	Wed(19)	Thur(20)
  9:15-9:30	Opening Remark	Refreshment	Refreshment	Refreshment
  9:30-10:30	Sung-Ik Lee	Frederic Mila	Sang W. Cheong	Michael Lawler
  10:30-11:15	Tea Time	Tea Time	Tea Time	Tea Time
  11:15-12:15	Zenji Hiroi	Masashi Takigawa	Seung-Hun Lee	Eun-Ah Kim
  12:15-2:30	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
  2:30-3:30	Matthias Troyer	Satoru Nakatsuji	Gregoire Misguish	Kwon Park
  3:30-4:15	Tea Time	Tea Time	Tea Time	Sightseeing
  4:15-5:15	Norio Kawakami	Fuchun Zhang	Han-Yong Choi	Sightseeing
  5:15-6:15	Hae-Young Kee	Kee-Hoon Kim	Free Time	Sightseeing
  6:30-	Organized Dinner	Organized Dinner	Organized Dinner	Sightseeing

  
  
  
• Housing
  Overseas speakers will stay at
  Holiday Inn Seongbuk
  
  
• Campus Maps   KIAS
• Travel Info
  
  General Info:
  
  The nearest airport is Incheon International Airport.
  
  General information for the travel from Incheon airport to KIAS (Limousine Bus/Subway/Taxi)
  (some information in this page is not correct. Taxi fare from the Incheon airport to the KIAS is now about $90 US dollars.)
  
  From Incheon Airport to Holiday Inn Seongbuk
  
  Limousine Bus:
  
  Taking a Limousine bus is one of the best ways to save your time and money, and you may find the following routes useful.
  
  1. Take the Limousine bus "Hotels(City Hall)" at the bus stop 4B or 11A.
  Get off at "Hotel Lotte".
  Then take a taxi to KIAS. Print this page and show it to the taxi driver.
  
  2. Take the Limousine bus "Dobong/Gangbuk" at the bus stop 3B or 10B.
  Get off at "Holiday Inn Seongbuk".
  Then move to the front of the Holiday Inn Seongbuk and take a taxi to KIAS.
  Print this page and show it to the taxi driver.
  
  You can find some details of the limousine bus routes from the following page.
  Limousine Bus Info
  
  Taxi:
  
  If you want to take a taxi, please print the page in the following link and show it to the taxi driver.
  Coming to KIAS
  Between Holiday Inn Seongbuk and KIAS
  
  
• Weather
  
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• Information on Seoul and Korea
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  Email: soyoung (at) kias.re.kr
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