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Physics Colloquium

Colloquia time and location: 3:10 pm, McLennan Physics MP102 with coffee beforehand at 2:45 pm in MP110.

Starting Fall 2022, the Physics Colloquium will start at a new time of 3:10 pm (instead of 4:10 pm). Colloquium speakers will either present in-person or online, and both formats will be live streamed. Whether the colloquium speaker is presenting in-person or online, we will hold an in-person coffee, starting at 2:45 in MP110, and then move to MP102 for the 3:10 pm start of the colloquium.

Even if the colloquium speaker is presenting remotely, we will use MP102 as a room to watch the live stream, for those attendees who want to watch the live stream as a group.

For all colloquia, attendees are free to watch the live stream from another location. 

Recordings of the colloquia will be posted.

Our colloquium series reflects the diverse research interests and pursuits of the department.
Please forward your suggestions for speakers to Colloquium Chair Nicolas Grisouard (email: nicolas.grisouard at utoronto.ca) or to Colloquium Secretary Joane Magnaye (email: joan.magnaye at utoronto.ca). To get up-to-date announcements about upcoming colloquia, please subscribe to the Colloquium mailing list (see link below).

Links

  • Online Physics Colloquia - related material archive from 2005 - 2019. From 2020 onward see button "related materials" below.
    All physics colloquia held at the University of Toronto will now be available online. If you'd like just the PDF file, you can download the PDF file only (if available). To view the voice-synchronized version, just click on the *.ppt file for the talk, and click on open at the prompt. If you have difficulty opening the file in your browser, you can download both *.ppt file and *.mp3 file in your computer under the same directory.
  • The talks are also live streamed to the Youtube Channel.
  • Directions to the Department of Physics
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Upcoming Events Physics Colloquium

17
Sep 2026
3:10 p.m. - 4 p.m.
60 St. George Street, Room MP 102
Robert Spekkens
On achieving realism in quantum theory
24
Sep 2026
3:10 p.m. - 4 p.m.
60 St. George Street, Room MP 102
Field Rogers
The First Flight of the GAPS Dark Matter Experiment : Dispatches from Antarctica
01
Oct 2026
3:10 p.m. - 4 p.m.
60 St. George Street, Room MP 102
Zohar Ringel
Big Boxes, Not Black Boxes: What we can compute about LLMs
08
Oct 2026
3:10 p.m. - 4 p.m.
60 St. George Street, Room MP 102
Ed Garnero
When the planet becomes the dataset: A paradigm shift in illuminating Earth’s dynamic interior
15
Oct 2026
3:10 p.m. - 4 p.m.
60 St. George Street, Room MP 102
Tadashi Tokieda
Talk on Oct. 15, 2026
22
Oct 2026
3:10 p.m. - 4 p.m.
60 St. George Street, Room MP 102
Antoine Georges
Talk on Oct. 22, 2026
05
Nov 2026
3:10 p.m. - 4 p.m.
60 St. George Street, Room MP 102
Jennifer Mackinnon
Talk on Nov. 5, 2026
12
Nov 2026
3:10 p.m. - 4 p.m.
60 St. George Street, Room MP 102
Moumita Das
Talk on Nov. 12, 2026
19
Nov 2026
3:10 p.m. - 4 p.m.
60 St. George Street, Room MP 102
David Hathcock
Talk on Nov. 19, 2026
26
Nov 2026
3:10 p.m. - 4 p.m.
60 St. George Street, Room MP 102
David Sinclair
Talk on Nov. 26, 2026
03
Dec 2026
3:10 p.m. - 4 p.m.
60 St. George Street, Room MP 102
Erez Berg
Talk on Dec. 3, 2026
14
Jan 2027
3:10 p.m. - 4 p.m.
60 St. George Street, Room MP 102
Diana Parno
The Unbearable Lightness of Neutrinos
28
Jan 2027
3:10 p.m. - 4 p.m.
60 St. George Street, Room MP 102
Yaowei Li
Talk on Jan. 28, 2027
04
Feb 2027
3:10 p.m. - 4 p.m.
60 St. George Street, Room MP 102
David Sivak
Talk on Feb. 4, 2027
11
Feb 2027
3:10 p.m. - 4 p.m.
60 St. George Street, Room MP 102
Kater Murch
Talk on Feb. 11, 2027
25
Feb 2027
3:10 p.m. - 4 p.m.
60 St. George Street, Room MP 102
Emilia Morosan
Talk on Feb. 25, 2027
04
Mar 2027
3:10 p.m. - 4 p.m.
60 St. George Street, Room MP 102
Rebecca Jackson
Talk on March 4, 2027
11
Mar 2027
3:10 p.m. - 4 p.m.
60 St. George Street, Room MP 102
Nadir Jeevanjee
Talk on March 11, 2027
18
Mar 2027
3:10 p.m. - 4 p.m.
60 St. George Street, Room MP 102
Alexey Gorshkov
Talk on March 18, 2027
25
Mar 2027
3:10 p.m. - 4 p.m.
60 St. George Street, Room MP 102
HOLD
Talk on March 25, 2027
01
Apr 2027
3:10 p.m. - 4 p.m.
60 St. George Street, Room MP 102
Jo-Anne Brown
Talk on April 1, 2027
08
Apr 2027
3:10 p.m. - 4 p.m.
60 St. George Street, Room MP 102
Jesse Thaler
Talk on April 8, 2027
Event series  Physics Colloquium