Invited Presentations [Upcoming presentations marked with an asterix]
2019
- Machine learning supported auto-tuning of quantum dot devices: Two dots and beyond, Special Seminar at the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM (December 2019).
- Machine learning supported auto-tuning of quantum dot devices: Beyond two dots, presented at AI/Materials Working Group Meeting at the Natioanl Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (November 2019).
- Machine learning for automated formation of quantum dot arrays, presented at the Northwest Workshop on Quantum Transduction, Seattle, WA (November 2019).
- Students experiences in a classroom. The Social Network Perspective, presented at the Institutional Change through Faculty Advancement in Instruction and Mentoring Workshop, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS (May 2019).
- CNN-supported auto-tuning of devices in quantum dot experiments, Materials Department Seminar at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom (May 2019).
- True machine learning for quantum dot tune-up, presented at the APS March Meeting 2019, Boston, MA, USA (March 2019).
2018
- Rays-based learning and auto-tuning of devices in quantum dot experiments, R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA (December 2018).
- Auto-tuning and rays-based learning of quantum dot devices, a seminar given at the Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology, Sydney, Australia (November 2018).
- Applying machine learning to quantum-dot experiments, a seminar given at the Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland (September 2018).
- A machine-learning approach to understanding the charge states in quantum dot experiments, presented at the 42nd International Conference of Theoretical Physics: Correlations and Coherence at Different Scales, Ustroń, Poland (September 2018).
- QFlow lite: A machine-learning approach to understanding the charge states in quantum dot experiments, the “Quantum Lunch Seminar” presented at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA (August 2018).
- QFlow lite: A machine-learning approach to understanding the charge states in quantum dot experiments, presented at the Information Engines at the Frontiers of Nanoscale Thermodynamics workshop, Telluride, CO, USA (July 2018).
- QFlow lite: A machine-learning approach to understanding the charge states in quantum dot experiments, presented at the 1st International Workshop on Quantum Software and Quantum Machine Learning, Sydney, Australia (July 2018).
- Educational commitment and attitudes: The Social Network Perspective, presented at the APS April Meeting 2018, Columbus, OH, USA (April 2018).
- Machine learning for experimental quantum dot control, a seminar given at University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA (March 2018).
- Machine learning for experimental quantum dot control, a seminar given at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA, USA (March 2018).
2017
- Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we interact so as not to leave!, a seminar given at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA, USA (February 2017).
2015
- The Impact of Network Embeddedness on Student Persistence, a seminar given at University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA (October 2015).
- Network Analytic Methods with R, a seminar given at Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA (October 2015).
- Through the Ages: A Story of Curriculum, a colloquium given at Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA (February 2015).
- Recurrent construction of optimal entanglement witnesses for 2N-qubit systems, a seminar given at National Center for Theoretical Sciences, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu City, Taiwan (January 2015).
2014
- Revealing differences between curricula using the Colorado Upper-Division Electrostatics Diagnostic, presented at the Workshop on the Status of the Upper-Division Physics Curriculum, Corvallis, OR, USA (June 2014).
2013
- Higher dimensional witnesses for bipartite entanglement in 2N-qubit chains, a seminar given at the AlbaNova Stockholm University Center, Stockholm, Sweden (June 2013).
- Higher dimensional witnesses for entanglement in 2N-qubit chains, presented at the 18th Conference of the International Linear Algebra Society, Providence, RI, USA (June 2013).
2010
- A new class of optimal entanglement witnesses, a seminar given at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA (March 2010).
2009
- A new class of optimal entanglement witnesses, a seminar given at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, The Republic of South Africa (August 2009).
Contributed Presentation [Upcoming presentations marked with an asterix]
2020
- (*) Learning the states of double quantum dot systems: a ray-based approach, to be presented at the APS March Meeting 2020, Denver, CO (March 2020).
2019
- Ray-based state learning of double quantum dot systems, presented at the Silicon Quantum Electronics Workshop 2019, San Sebastian, Spain (October 2019).
2018
- Rays-based learning and auto-tuning of devices in quantum dot experiments, presented at the Silicon Quantum Electronics Workshop 2018, Sydney, Australia (November 2018).
- Applying Machine Learning to Quantum-Dot Experiments: Learning from the Data, presented at the APS March Meeting 2018, Los Angeles, CA, USA (March 2018).
2017
- The Tangled Web we Weave – Interact to Not Leave!, presented at the AAPT Summer Meeting 2017, Cincinnati, OH, USA (July 2017).
- Students’ network integration vs. persistence in introductory physics courses, presented at the APS April Meeting 2017, Washington, DC, USA (January 2017).
2016
- The Impact of Network Embeddedness on Student Persistence, presented at the APS March Meeting 2016, Baltimore, MD, USA (March 2016).
2015
- Free Response vs. Multiple Choice CUE at Oregon State University, presented at the APS April Meeting 2015, Baltimore, MD, USA (April 2015).
- Assessing student reasoning in upper-division electricity and magnetism at Oregon State University, presented at the APS March Meeting 2015, San Antonio, TX, USA (March 2015).
- Assessing student reasoning in upper-division electricity and magnetism, presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of PSROC, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City, Taiwan (January 2015).
2014
- Re-thinking the Rubric for grading the Colorado Upper-Division Electrostatics Diagnostic, presented at the APS March Meeting 2014, Denver, CO, USA (March 2014).
2013
- Entanglement witnesses for many qubit systems, presented at the APS March Meeting 2013, Baltimore, MD, USA (March 2013).
2011
- Optimal entanglement witnesses from generalized reduction and Robertson maps, presented at the 43rd Symposium on Mathematical Physics, Toruń, Poland (June 2011).
Posters Presented at Conferences
- Machine learning for automated formation of quantum dot arrays, presented at the QuICS Five-Year Anniversary Symposium, College Park, MD, USA (January 2020).
- Machine learning for automated formation of quantum dot arrays, presented at the ITL Science Day, Gaithersburg, MD, USA (November 2019).
- Rays-based learning and auto-tuning of devices in quantum dot experiments, presented at the At the Crossroad of Physics and Machine Learning Conference, Santa Barbara, CA, USA (February 2019).
- Student perceptions of the value of out-of-class interactions: Attitudes vs. Practice, presented at the APS March Meeting 2018, Los Angeles, CA, USA (March 2018).
- Student perceptions of the value of out-of-class interactions: Attitudes vs. Practice, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2017, Cincinnati, OH, USA (July 2017).
- The impact of social integration on student persistence in introductory Modeling Instruction courses, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2015, College Park, MD, USA (July 2015).
- Recurrent construction of optimal entanglement witnesses for 2N-qubit systems, presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of PSROC, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City, Taiwan (January 2015).
- Revealing differences between curricula using the Colorado Upper-Division Electrostatics Diagnostic, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2014, Minneapolis, MN, USA (July 2014).
- Re-thinking the Rubric for Grading the CUE: The Superposition Principle, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2013, Portland, OR, USA (July 2013).
- Investigating entanglement in 2N-qubit chains via entanglement witnesses, presented at the 44th Symposium on Mathematical Physics, Toruń, Poland (June 2012).
- New tools for constructing positive maps in matrix algebras. Investigating entanglement via entanglement witnesses, presented at the Highlights of Quantum Optics, Bad Honnef, Germany (May 2012).
- Stability of Frustration-Free Hamiltonians, presented at the Quantum Information Processing 2012 Conference, Montreal, Canada (December 2011).
- Optimal entanglement witnesses, presented at the International Conference on Quantum Information and Quantum Computation, Stockholm, Sweden (October 2010).
- Optimal entanglement witnesses, presented at the 42nd Symposium on Mathematical Physics, Toruń, Poland (June 2010).
- A new class of optimal entanglement witnesses, presented at the Twelfth Annual SQuInT Workshop, Santa Fe, NM, USA (February 2010).
- A new class of optimal entanglement witnesses, presented at the Quantum Information School and Workshop II, Paraty, Brazil (September 2009).
- A new class of optimal entanglement witnesses, presented at the 41st Symposium on Mathematical Physics, Toruń, Poland (June 2009).
- A new class of optimal entanglement witnesses, presented at the Quantum Information and Many-Body Systems International School, Cortona, Italy (May 2009).
Presentations to Students
- Quantum Spookiness: EPR and beyond, a guest lecture for “Spin and Quantum Measurements” students, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA (February 2013).