Physics Admitted Student Open House

3 Apr 2024, 01:30 → 5 Apr 2024, 17:00 America/New_York

4-315 (MIT)

Lindley Winslow (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Shannon Larkin (slarkin@mit.edu), Sydney Miller

Department Welcome Lunch for Open House 2024 - Agenda.docx

MIT Grad Housing 2024, cost.pdf

MIT Grad Housing 2024.pdf

MIT Physics Student Handbook (v 2024 FINAL).pdf

MKI Graduate Open House Schedule.pdf

NUPAX-Presentation-Schedule.pdf

Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions (IAIFI)

• IAIFI_MIT_Open-House_Recording.mp4
• IAIFI_Open-House_ MIT-Physics-2024.pdf
• IDPS_Open-House_ MIT-Physics-2024.pdf
• Physics_2024-Open-House_OnePage.pdf

Wednesday 3 April

09:30 → 11:20 AMO Events: Breakfast for Early Arrivers. All interested visitors invited. Room 26-201

09:30 → 11:00 Astrophysics Events: Breakfast in Kavli Solarium with Faculty and Students

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

9:30 – 11 AM Breakfast in Solarium with Faculty and Students

1:30 – 4 PM Astrophysics Research Talks, Marlar Lounge, 37-252

1:30 Gather in Marlar
1:45 Talk 1 (Welcome) Anna Frebel
2:00 Talk 2 Xinghui Yin
2:15 Talk 3 TBA
2:30 Talk 4 Mark Vogelsberger
2:45 ** break **
3:00 Talk 5 Sarah Millholland
3:15 Talk 6 Kiyo Masui
3:30 Talk 7 Rob Simcoe
3: 45 Talk 8 Erin Kara

5:30 PM Astrophysics Research Area Dinner for current and admitted students, faculty and research scientists in Marlar

Thursday, April 4, 2024

10:00 – 11:15 AM in Marlar Lounge (37-252)
Students-only informal discussion with current Astro students about the program and life in the division and department

11:15 AM – 12:00 Noon
Meet any Astro students, researchers or faculty with open office doors, or relax at the Coffee Nook, 6th floor of McNair Building 37

Student only Lunch Pappalardo Room 4-349

2-4 PM ASTROPHYSICS Lab tours and office hours are parallel events, running concurrently:

Lab tours around MIT Kavli Institute (MKI), leaving from Marlar Lounge (37-252)

MKI Graduate Open House Schedule.pdf

09:30 → 11:30 CMT Events: Breakfast for early arrivers for Condensed Matter in Duboc Room, #4-331

09:30 → 11:30 CMX Events: Breakfast for early arrivers for Condensed Matter in Duboc Room, #4-331

09:30 → 11:00 NUPAT Events: Breakfast in Room 6-310

09:30 → 11:20 NUPAX Events: Greetings and small gatherings Lourie Room (26-502)

9:30 - 11:20 Greetings and small gatherings, Lourie Room (26-502)

Afternoon Presentations - 1:30 - 4:00 PM

1:30 - 2:00 Welcome - LNS and NUPAX - Speakers: Boleslaw Wyslouch, Gunther Roland

2:00 - 2:15 Axion Dark Matter and Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay - Speaker: Lindley Winslow

2:15 - 2:45 Opportunities on the LHCb Experiment and in AI for Scientific Discovery - Speakers: Eluned Smith, Mike Williams

2:45 - 3:00 Electron Scattering to Study QCD and Beyond - Speaker: Richard Milner

3:00 - 3:15 Break

3:15 - 4:00 Interdisciplinary Studies: Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions (IAIFI) and Physics, Statistics, and Data Science PhD (PhysSDS) - Speakers: Jesse Thaler, Mike Williams

7:00 PM Dinner at Gunther Roland's House

20240328_MITOpenHouse.pdf

LHCb_Smith_OpenHouse_DRAFT.pdf

Milner-Open House- 2024.pptx

NUPAX-Presentation-Schedule.pdf

open-house.odp

open-house.pdf

Ronald_OH_2025_2.pdf

Williams-GradOpenHouse.pdf

09:30 → 11:30 Optional Events: Breakfast for Early Arrivers in Grad Lounge.

Coffee and light breakfast will be available in the Physics Grad Lounge and at several research areas for visitors who arrive on campus early.

11:30 → 13:30 Department events: Welcome Lunch

Official Department Welcome Lunch

Convener: Ms Shannon Larkin (slarkin@mit.edu)

Open House - Thurs Colloquium Speaker.docx

13:30 → 16:00 AMO Events: AMO Research Talks. (schedule to be posted)

13:30 → 16:00 Astrophysics Events: Astrophysics Research Talks, Marlar Lounge, 37-252

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

9:30 – 11 AM Breakfast in Solarium with Faculty and Students

1:30 – 4 PM Astrophysics Research Talks, Marlar Lounge, 37-252

1:30 Gather in Marlar
1:45 Talk 1 (Welcome) Anna Frebel
2:00 Talk 2 Xinghui Yin
2:15 Talk 3 TBA
2:30 Talk 4 Mark Vogelsberger
2:45 ** break **
3:00 Talk 5 Sarah Millholland
3:15 Talk 6 Kiyo Masui
3:30 Talk 7 Rob Simcoe
3: 45 Talk 8 Erin Kara

5:30 PM Astrophysics Research Area Dinner for current and admitted students, faculty and research scientists in Marlar

Thursday, April 4, 2024

10:00 – 11:15 AM in Marlar Lounge (37-252)
Students-only informal discussion with current Astro students about the program and life in the division and department

11:15 AM – 12:00 Noon
Meet any Astro students, researchers or faculty with open office doors, or relax at the Coffee Nook, 6th floor of McNair Building 37

Student only Lunch Pappalardo Room 4-349

2-4 PM ASTROPHYSICS Lab tours and office hours are parallel events, running concurrently:

Lab tours around MIT Kavli Institute (MKI), leaving from Marlar Lounge (37-252)

MKI Graduate Open House Schedule.pdf

13:30 → 16:00 BioPhysics Events: Faculty Talks in PLS Common Space (4-332)

13:30 → 16:00 CMT Events: One-on-one meetings with faculty and students in CMT. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1C75j3C__zdIwdF3EkD9_MjQUftRxZAhBgP49C-X99eI/edit#gid=0

13:30 → 16:00 CMX Events: One-on-one meetings with faculty and students in CMX, Building 13. signup link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1neKVlaX_zxKyPURnXhk2BRd6MwzCcRX2O--w12OfRsI/edit?usp=sharing

13:30 → 15:15 NUPAT Events: Faculty Presentations

13:30 → 15:00 NUPAX Events: NUPAX Research Presentations 26-414

9:30 - 11:20 Greetings and small gatherings, Lourie Room (26-502)

Afternoon Presentations - 1:30 - 4:00 PM

1:30 - 2:00 Welcome - LNS and NUPAX - Speakers: Boleslaw Wyslouch, Gunther Roland

2:00 - 2:15 Axion Dark Matter and Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay - Speaker: Lindley Winslow

2:15 - 2:45 Opportunities on the LHCb Experiment and in AI for Scientific Discovery - Speakers: Eluned Smith, Mike Williams

2:45 - 3:00 Electron Scattering to Study QCD and Beyond - Speaker: Richard Milner

3:00 - 3:15 Break

3:15 - 4:00 Interdisciplinary Studies: Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions (IAIFI) and Physics, Statistics, and Data Science PhD (PhysSDS) - Speakers: Jesse Thaler, Mike Williams

7:00 PM Dinner at Gunther Roland's House

20240328_MITOpenHouse.pdf

LHCb_Smith_OpenHouse_DRAFT.pdf

Milner-Open House- 2024.pptx

NUPAX-Presentation-Schedule.pdf

open-house.odp

open-house.pdf

Ronald_OH_2025_2.pdf

Williams-GradOpenHouse.pdf

13:30 → 16:00 Research Area Visits: Research area visits

Visits to different research areas

14:00 → 16:00 Plasma Events: Introduction to the Plasma Science and Fusion Center and discussion of research topics

15:15 → 16:00 IAIFI Events: Interdisciplinary Studies: Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions (IAIFI) and Physics, Statistics, and Data Science PhD (PhysSDS)

Conveners: Jesse Thaler (MIT), Michael Williams (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

IAIFI_MIT_Open-House_Recording.mp4

IAIFI_Open-House_ MIT-Physics-2024.pdf

IDPS_Open-House_ MIT-Physics-2024.pdf

Physics_2024-Open-House_OnePage.pdf

16:00 → 17:30 'Cookie Social': Cake and liquid nitrogen ice cream, coffee, etc.

'Cookie Social'

17:30 → 20:30 AMO Events: Dinner: For AMO candidates, with faculty and students, location to be announced

17:30 → 20:30 Astrophysics Events: Astrophysics Research Area Dinner for current and admitted students, faculty and research scientists in Marlar

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

9:30 – 11 AM Breakfast in Solarium with Faculty and Students

1:30 – 4 PM Astrophysics Research Talks, Marlar Lounge, 37-252

1:30 Gather in Marlar
1:45 Talk 1 (Welcome) Anna Frebel
2:00 Talk 2 Xinghui Yin
2:15 Talk 3 TBA
2:30 Talk 4 Mark Vogelsberger
2:45 ** break **
3:00 Talk 5 Sarah Millholland
3:15 Talk 6 Kiyo Masui
3:30 Talk 7 Rob Simcoe
3: 45 Talk 8 Erin Kara

5:30 PM Astrophysics Research Area Dinner for current and admitted students, faculty and research scientists in Marlar

Thursday, April 4, 2024

10:00 – 11:15 AM in Marlar Lounge (37-252)
Students-only informal discussion with current Astro students about the program and life in the division and department

11:15 AM – 12:00 Noon
Meet any Astro students, researchers or faculty with open office doors, or relax at the Coffee Nook, 6th floor of McNair Building 37

Student only Lunch Pappalardo Room 4-349

2-4 PM ASTROPHYSICS Lab tours and office hours are parallel events, running concurrently:

Lab tours around MIT Kavli Institute (MKI), leaving from Marlar Lounge (37-252)

MKI Graduate Open House Schedule.pdf

17:30 → 20:30 BioPhysics Events: Dinner with PLS Faculty

17:30 → 20:30 NUPAT Events: NUPAT Dinner: Meet at CTP for Dinner at MuLan

17:30 → 21:00 Research Area Visits: Research Area Dinners. Visitors meet with a small group of people from their selected research area. A variety of locations. Details will be sent by each area.

Visits to different research areas

17:40 → 20:40 CMT Events: 5:40 PM (meet at Duboc) CMX & CMT Dinner with faculty at The Mad Monkfish-dinner at 6

17:40 → 20:40 CMX Events: Gather in Duboc for Condensed Matter Dinner at Monkfish (6pm)

18:00 → 21:00 NUPAX Events: NUPAX Dinner

9:30 - 11:20 Greetings and small gatherings, Lourie Room (26-502)

Afternoon Presentations - 1:30 - 4:00 PM

1:30 - 2:00 Welcome - LNS and NUPAX - Speakers: Boleslaw Wyslouch, Gunther Roland

2:00 - 2:15 Axion Dark Matter and Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay - Speaker: Lindley Winslow

2:15 - 2:45 Opportunities on the LHCb Experiment and in AI for Scientific Discovery - Speakers: Eluned Smith, Mike Williams

2:45 - 3:00 Electron Scattering to Study QCD and Beyond - Speaker: Richard Milner

3:00 - 3:15 Break

3:15 - 4:00 Interdisciplinary Studies: Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions (IAIFI) and Physics, Statistics, and Data Science PhD (PhysSDS) - Speakers: Jesse Thaler, Mike Williams

7:00 PM Dinner at Gunther Roland's House

20240328_MITOpenHouse.pdf

LHCb_Smith_OpenHouse_DRAFT.pdf

Milner-Open House- 2024.pptx

NUPAX-Presentation-Schedule.pdf

open-house.odp

open-house.pdf

Ronald_OH_2025_2.pdf

Williams-GradOpenHouse.pdf

19:00 → 21:00 Plasma Events: Plasma Physics Dinner at Monkfish Restaurant

Thursday 4 April

08:30 → 09:00 Department events: Student Breakfast

Official Department Welcome Lunch

Open House - Thurs Colloquium Speaker.docx

09:00 → 10:00 Department events: Special interest group chats

Official Department Welcome Lunch

Open House - Thurs Colloquium Speaker.docx

10:00 → 12:00 AMO Events: AMO Office Hours and Lab Visits: sign-up for office hours at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yxixslLyp5wrp1_LqFmNPeBcGY99LtY-nakGvIhOk4g/edit?usp=sharing

10:00 → 11:15 Astrophysics Events: Students-only informal discussion with current Astro students about the program and life in the division and department

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

9:30 – 11 AM Breakfast in Solarium with Faculty and Students

1:30 – 4 PM Astrophysics Research Talks, Marlar Lounge, 37-252

1:30 Gather in Marlar
1:45 Talk 1 (Welcome) Anna Frebel
2:00 Talk 2 Xinghui Yin
2:15 Talk 3 TBA
2:30 Talk 4 Mark Vogelsberger
2:45 ** break **
3:00 Talk 5 Sarah Millholland
3:15 Talk 6 Kiyo Masui
3:30 Talk 7 Rob Simcoe
3: 45 Talk 8 Erin Kara

5:30 PM Astrophysics Research Area Dinner for current and admitted students, faculty and research scientists in Marlar

Thursday, April 4, 2024

10:00 – 11:15 AM in Marlar Lounge (37-252)
Students-only informal discussion with current Astro students about the program and life in the division and department

11:15 AM – 12:00 Noon
Meet any Astro students, researchers or faculty with open office doors, or relax at the Coffee Nook, 6th floor of McNair Building 37

Student only Lunch Pappalardo Room 4-349

2-4 PM ASTROPHYSICS Lab tours and office hours are parallel events, running concurrently:

Lab tours around MIT Kavli Institute (MKI), leaving from Marlar Lounge (37-252)

MKI Graduate Open House Schedule.pdf

10:00 → 12:00 BioPhysics Events: Individual meeting with PLS Faculty

10:00 → 12:00 CMT Events: One-on-one meetings with faculty and students in CMT. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1C75j3C__zdIwdF3EkD9_MjQUftRxZAhBgP49C-X99eI/edit#gid=0

10:00 → 12:00 CMX Events: One-on-one meetings with CMX faculty and current students, Building 13. signup link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1neKVlaX_zxKyPURnXhk2BRd6MwzCcRX2O--w12OfRsI/edit?usp=sharing

10:00 → 12:00 NUPAT Events: Office Hours

10:00 → 11:00 NUPAX Events: NUPAX Research Presentations

9:30 - 11:20 Greetings and small gatherings, Lourie Room (26-502)

Afternoon Presentations - 1:30 - 4:00 PM

1:30 - 2:00 Welcome - LNS and NUPAX - Speakers: Boleslaw Wyslouch, Gunther Roland

2:00 - 2:15 Axion Dark Matter and Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay - Speaker: Lindley Winslow

2:15 - 2:45 Opportunities on the LHCb Experiment and in AI for Scientific Discovery - Speakers: Eluned Smith, Mike Williams

2:45 - 3:00 Electron Scattering to Study QCD and Beyond - Speaker: Richard Milner

3:00 - 3:15 Break

3:15 - 4:00 Interdisciplinary Studies: Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions (IAIFI) and Physics, Statistics, and Data Science PhD (PhysSDS) - Speakers: Jesse Thaler, Mike Williams

7:00 PM Dinner at Gunther Roland's House

20240328_MITOpenHouse.pdf

LHCb_Smith_OpenHouse_DRAFT.pdf

Milner-Open House- 2024.pptx

NUPAX-Presentation-Schedule.pdf

open-house.odp

open-house.pdf

Ronald_OH_2025_2.pdf

Williams-GradOpenHouse.pdf

10:00 → 12:00 Research Area Visits: Research area visits

Visits to different research areas

11:00 → 12:00 NUPAX Event: Individual meetings with faculty and staff

Students may arrange to meet with various faculty and staff. Please view page https://web.mit.edu/lns/OpenHouse/2024/ for a listing of who will be available.

11:15 → 12:00 Astrophysics Events: 11:15 AM – 12:00 Noon Meet any Astro students, researchers or faculty with open office doors, or relax at the Coffee Nook, 6th floor of McNair Building 37

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

9:30 – 11 AM Breakfast in Solarium with Faculty and Students

1:30 – 4 PM Astrophysics Research Talks, Marlar Lounge, 37-252

1:30 Gather in Marlar
1:45 Talk 1 (Welcome) Anna Frebel
2:00 Talk 2 Xinghui Yin
2:15 Talk 3 TBA
2:30 Talk 4 Mark Vogelsberger
2:45 ** break **
3:00 Talk 5 Sarah Millholland
3:15 Talk 6 Kiyo Masui
3:30 Talk 7 Rob Simcoe
3: 45 Talk 8 Erin Kara

5:30 PM Astrophysics Research Area Dinner for current and admitted students, faculty and research scientists in Marlar

Thursday, April 4, 2024

10:00 – 11:15 AM in Marlar Lounge (37-252)
Students-only informal discussion with current Astro students about the program and life in the division and department

11:15 AM – 12:00 Noon
Meet any Astro students, researchers or faculty with open office doors, or relax at the Coffee Nook, 6th floor of McNair Building 37

Student only Lunch Pappalardo Room 4-349

2-4 PM ASTROPHYSICS Lab tours and office hours are parallel events, running concurrently:

Lab tours around MIT Kavli Institute (MKI), leaving from Marlar Lounge (37-252)

MKI Graduate Open House Schedule.pdf

12:00 → 14:00 Student-Led Events: Student Lunch Panel Q&A

14:00 → 16:00 AMO Events: AMO Office Hours and Lab Visits: sign up at sign-up sheet for office hours is here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yxixslLyp5wrp1_LqFmNPeBcGY99LtY-nakGvIhOk4g/edit?usp=sharing

14:00 → 15:45 Astrophysics Events: Lab tours around MIT Kavli Institute (MKI), leaving from Marlar Lounge (37-252)

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

9:30 – 11 AM Breakfast in Solarium with Faculty and Students

1:30 – 4 PM Astrophysics Research Talks, Marlar Lounge, 37-252

1:30 Gather in Marlar
1:45 Talk 1 (Welcome) Anna Frebel
2:00 Talk 2 Xinghui Yin
2:15 Talk 3 TBA
2:30 Talk 4 Mark Vogelsberger
2:45 ** break **
3:00 Talk 5 Sarah Millholland
3:15 Talk 6 Kiyo Masui
3:30 Talk 7 Rob Simcoe
3: 45 Talk 8 Erin Kara

5:30 PM Astrophysics Research Area Dinner for current and admitted students, faculty and research scientists in Marlar

Thursday, April 4, 2024

10:00 – 11:15 AM in Marlar Lounge (37-252)
Students-only informal discussion with current Astro students about the program and life in the division and department

11:15 AM – 12:00 Noon
Meet any Astro students, researchers or faculty with open office doors, or relax at the Coffee Nook, 6th floor of McNair Building 37

Student only Lunch Pappalardo Room 4-349

2-4 PM ASTROPHYSICS Lab tours and office hours are parallel events, running concurrently:

Lab tours around MIT Kavli Institute (MKI), leaving from Marlar Lounge (37-252)

MKI Graduate Open House Schedule.pdf

14:00 → 15:45 Astrophysics Events: Meetings with Astrophysics faculty and current students: Faculty office hours (by arrangement or look for Open House door signs). Current Astro Students: Look for Open House signs or at the Coffee Nook 6th Floor

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

9:30 – 11 AM Breakfast in Solarium with Faculty and Students

1:30 – 4 PM Astrophysics Research Talks, Marlar Lounge, 37-252

1:30 Gather in Marlar
1:45 Talk 1 (Welcome) Anna Frebel
2:00 Talk 2 Xinghui Yin
2:15 Talk 3 TBA
2:30 Talk 4 Mark Vogelsberger
2:45 ** break **
3:00 Talk 5 Sarah Millholland
3:15 Talk 6 Kiyo Masui
3:30 Talk 7 Rob Simcoe
3: 45 Talk 8 Erin Kara

5:30 PM Astrophysics Research Area Dinner for current and admitted students, faculty and research scientists in Marlar

Thursday, April 4, 2024

10:00 – 11:15 AM in Marlar Lounge (37-252)
Students-only informal discussion with current Astro students about the program and life in the division and department

11:15 AM – 12:00 Noon
Meet any Astro students, researchers or faculty with open office doors, or relax at the Coffee Nook, 6th floor of McNair Building 37

Student only Lunch Pappalardo Room 4-349

2-4 PM ASTROPHYSICS Lab tours and office hours are parallel events, running concurrently:

Lab tours around MIT Kavli Institute (MKI), leaving from Marlar Lounge (37-252)

MKI Graduate Open House Schedule.pdf

14:00 → 16:00 BioPhysics Events: Individual meeting with PLS Faculty, some earlier times available.

14:00 → 16:00 CMT Events: One-on-one meetings with faculty and students in CMT. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1C75j3C__zdIwdF3EkD9_MjQUftRxZAhBgP49C-X99eI/edit#gid=0

14:00 → 16:00 CMX Events: One-on-one meetings with CMX faculty and current students, Buildin. signup link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1neKVlaX_zxKyPURnXhk2BRd6MwzCcRX2O--w12OfRsI/edit?usp=sharing g 13

14:00 → 16:00 NUPAT Events: Office Hours

14:00 → 16:00 NUPAX Event: Individual meetings with faculty and staff

Students may arrange to meet with various faculty and staff. Please view page https://web.mit.edu/lns/OpenHouse/2024/ for a listing of who will be available.

14:00 → 16:00 Research Area Visits: Research area visits

Visits to different research areas

16:00 → 17:00 Department events: David and Edith Harris Physics Colloquium Series, Speaker: Tanya Zelevinsky, Columbia. Host: Wolfgang Ketterle. Abstract is in Materials.

Official Department Welcome Lunch

Open House - Thurs Colloquium Speaker.docx

17:00 → 18:30 Student-Led Events: Indoor Campus Tour and Graduate Housing Descriptions

18:30 → 19:45 Student-Led Events: Supper Social

20:00 → 21:00 Student-Led Events: Student-Led Social Events: Lord Hobo's or Games Night

Friday 5 April

08:30 → 09:00 Optional Events: Light Breakfast

Coffee and light breakfast will be available in the Physics Grad Lounge and at several research areas for visitors who arrive on campus early.

09:00 → 11:00 NUPAX Event: Breakfast with NUPAX graduate students

Breakfast with the current NUPAX students.

09:00 → 11:30 Optional Events: Optional Zoom meetings or other interviews

Coffee and light breakfast will be available in the Physics Grad Lounge and at several research areas for visitors who arrive on campus early.

09:00 → 10:30 Research Area Visits: Physics department staff available to answer questions

Visits to different research areas

13:30 → 14:30 BioPhysics Events: Student-led lunch