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Summer School on Condensed Matter Physics
Princeton University, Princeton Center for Theoretical Science
PCTS, Jadwin Hall
August 11-14, 2008

Topics and Speakers
Leonid Levitov (MIT) Theoretical Aspects of Graphene
Shivaji Sondhi (Princeton) Topological Phases
Steve Simon (Alcatel-Lucent) Topological Phases
M. Zahid Hasan (Princeton) Quantum Spin Hall Effect and Topological Insulators
S. Torquato (Princeton) Packing Problems
Alexei Tsvelik (Brookhaven) Low-Dimensional Systems
Sergey Bravyi (IBM) Quantum Computation / Complexity (precise topic TBA)
Eva Andrei (Rutgers) STM and transport in Graphene

Some campus housing is available (for a fee) for participants that are not within commuting distance. Please see the following links for details.

This year's school will be held in the new PCTS facilities. Space will be more limited than in previous years. Registration is full.

Click here for Lecture Notes
Click here for Program and Speakers
Click here for Lodging and Local Restaurant Info
Click here for Directions and Parking Info


Contacts for Scientific Program: S. Parameswaran (sashok@Princeton.EDU), F. J. Burnell (fburnell@princeton.edu), or Chris Laumann (claumann@princeton.edu)
Faculty Advisor: S.L. Sondhi (sondhi@princeton.edu)
Conference Coordinator : Soonoo Aria (saria@princeton.edu) or Shannon Swilley (sswilley@princeton.edu)



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