11 December 2024
MCQST Community | Events
A quantum celebration and get-together of the MCQST community.
11 December 2024
MCQST Community | Events
A quantum celebration and get-together of the MCQST community.
10 December 2024
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Colloquium | X-mas edition with Lode Pollet (LMU) & Elena Blundo (WSI - TUM)
12 November 2024
Workshops | Events
Training session offering an introduction to research data management (RDM) by the TUM Research Data Hub.
22 November 2024
Public Events | Events
Dive in into the world of quantum physics with hands-on experiments in the PhotonLab!
21 November 2024
Workshops
In this seminar, David Abergel (Nature Physics) will give a talk on the publishing process and lead a seminar on how to write outstanding papers.
8 October -
 9 October 2024
Events
Meet us at the Quantum Effects conference to gain an insight into the German quantum landscape.
4 December 2024
Collaborations | Events
A networking event for the quantum science community.
16 October 2024
Distinguished Lecturer | MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Colloquium | Philip Kim (Harvard University)
14 October 2024
Distinguished Lecturer | Public Events
Public Talk by MCQST Distinguished Lecturer Prof. Philip Kim (Harvard University)
15 October 2024
Distinguished Lecturer
Specialized seminar by Distinguished Lecturer Prof. Philip Kim (Harvard University)
25 November 2024
MCQST Community
Onboarding event for new MCQST members, featuring a talk on mental health open to all MCQST community.
17 October 2024
Public Events
Scientists from the Munich excellence clusters take the stage to explain their research in a fun way!
12 November 2024
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Colloquium | Tilman Esslinger (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
1 October 2024
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Colloquium | Audrey Bienfait (École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France)
29 August 2024
MCQST Community | Events
Join us for the closing symposium of MCQST’s Summer Bachelor Program!
3 October 2024
Public Events
Meet us at the Maustag & Open House Day in Garching!
11 October 2024
MCQST Community
Welcome event for the new Master's in QST cohort -- meet the Munich quantum community.
30 July 2024
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Special Colloquium | Adam Kaufman (JILA, NIST)
15 July 2024
Public Events
Join us for an evening celebrating the intersection of art and quantum science at ARRI Kino in Munich!
19 June 2024
MCQST Community | Events
A celebration of the opening of the Light and Matter exhibit, together with all the people who contributed to bringing it to life!
18 June 2024
Public Events
On 18.06 we celebrate the opening of the "Light and Matter" special exibition at Deutsches Museum.
5 July 2024
Munich Quantum Alumni | MCQST Community
For the current and ex-members of our quantum community: Join the second networking event of Munich Quantum Alumni!
29 June -
 30 June 2024
Public Events | Events
Meet us at the Festival on the Museum Island on 29-30 June!
28 June -
 30 June 2024
Public Events | Events
Meet us at the FORSCHA at Deutsches Museum Verkehrszentrum!
5 June 2024
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Special Colloquium | Ting Cao (University of Washington)
26 August -
 29 August 2024
Events
Collective Phenomena Workshop: From out-of-equilibrium many-body states to bosonic codes and dynamical gauge fields
2 May 2024
Events
Special CeNS & MCQST colloquium talk by Prof. Andrew Mackenzie of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden
5 October 2023
Workshops | Events
Join us for an introductory Research Data Management (RDM) Workshop tailored for MCQST members.
14 May 2024
Workshops | Events
Training session offering an introduction to research data management (RDM) by the TUM Research Data Hub.
3 June 2024
Conferences | Events
Join the first International Workshop on CrSBr in Munich!
7 June 2024
Events
The Eduard Rhein Technology Award is presented annually for outstanding contributions to information technologies. In 2023, the recipients are Prof. Gilles Brassard and Charles H. Bennett.
7 October -
 8 October 2024
Workshops
Science Slam workshop offered jointly by the four Munich Clusters of Excellence.
25 April 2024
Public Events | Events
Tauche mit uns ab in die winzige Welt der Quanten und lass dich überraschen!
28 May 2024
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Colloquium | Mark Saffman (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
16 September -
 17 September 2024
Symposium for showcasing groundbreaking research and fostering scientific exchange.
17 April 2024
Postdoc Events | MCQST Community
Academic Chats: Meetings for MCQST PostDocs to share science and network.
3 March -
 8 March 2024
Events
Meet us at the APS March Meeting to get an insight into the German quantum landscape.
21 February 2024
MCQST Community
START Fellowship candidates are invited to present their research proposals. This also gives them the opportunity to discover the research environment in Munich and to get to know the MCQST community.
1 February 2024
Events
Special CeNS & MCQST colloquium talk by Prof. Georgios Katsaros (Institute for Science and Technology, Austria)
30 September -
 4 October 2024
Collaborations | Events
Pioneering joint workshop between renowned research institutions in Munich and Waterloo.
9 June -
 14 June 2024
Collaborations | Events
The school focuses on fostering collaboration between the quantum science communities across California and Bavaria.
24 January 2024
MCQST Community
Closed Meeting of MCQST Community, Excecutive Committee, and Principal Investigators.
14 May -
 17 May 2024
Registration is open! Our annual conference brings together the MCQST community with international scientists for ideas exchange on the latest research in QST.
6 December 2023
Events
A networking event for the quantum science community.
13 November 2023
MCQST Community | Events
Welcome event for new MCQST members: Exploring new horizons!
12 December 2023
MCQST Community | Events
A quantum celebration and get-together of the MCQST community.
4 December -
 5 December 2023
Workshops
Enhance your science communication skills with this exciting two-day workshop.
14 June 2023
Distinguished Lecturer | Events
Specialized seminar by Distinguished Lecturer Prof. Andreas Wallraff (ETH Zurich).
29 January 2024
Distinguished Lecturer | Public Events
Public Talk - "The Quantum Computing Revolution" by Distinguished Lecturer Prof. Dorit Aharonov.
5 October 2023
Diversity in Leadership | EDI
Former and current MCQST Diversity in Leadership participants join a talk on gender equity by Tana Joseph (AstroComms).
2 October 2023
Public Events
MCQST joins the other Munich Clusters of Excellence at Mouse Day 2023 and the Open Day at MPQ to give an insight into the world of quantum!
5 September -
 8 September 2023
MCQST Community | Events
Workshop functional renormalization group (fRG) organized by MCQST PhD students.
18 June 2024
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Colloquium | Elke Neu-Ruffing (Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität)
9 April 2024
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Colloquium | Leticia Tarruell (ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences)
6 February 2024
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Colloquium | Anders S. Sørensen (University of Copenhagen)
16 January 2024
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Colloquium | Ana Maria Rey (University of Colorado/JILA)
9 July 2024
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Colloquium | Roser Valentí (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main)
5 December 2023
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Colloquium | X-mas edition with Kirill Fedorov & Johannes Zeiher
21 November 2023
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Colloquium | Tracy Northup (Universität Innsbruck)
26 September 2023
MCQST Colloquium
Melissa Dancy | Western Michigan University - Rethinking strategies for STEM equity: How "good people" unintentionally maintain inequity and how we can leverage our privilege for justice.
16 October 2023
Events
Cornference organized by PhD students within the Quantum Alliance to connect and exchange ideas!
3 September -
 8 September 2023
Workshops | Events
Students from Israel and Germany are attending two one-week academies about quantum technologies in Tel-Aviv and Munich.
13 October 2023
MCQST Community | Events
Welcome event for the new Master's in QST cohort -- meet the Munich quantum community.
6 July 2023
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Special Colloquium | Andreas Heinrich (Ewha University)
6 July -
 9 July 2023
Public Events | Events
Meet us at the Festival of the Future at the Deutsches Museum in Munich.
3 July 2023
Women in QST | Events
Women in QST with Xie Chen - Quantum circuit and the hierarchy of many-body entanglement.
27 June -
 30 June 2023
Public Events | Events
Meet us at World of QUANTUM 2023 at Messe Munich!
12 June 2023
Distinguished Lecturer | Public Events
Warum brauchen wir Quantencomputer? Wie funktionieren sie? Und wann werden wir sie endlich haben? Prof. Andreas Wallraff gibt Einblicke in der Welt der Quantencomputern.
29 January 2024
Distinguished Lecturer | Events
Specialized seminar by Distinguished Lecturer Prof. Dorit Aharonov.
19 May -
 21 May 2023
Public Events | Events
Meet Steffen Glaser and his team at the Quantum Days at the Science Communication Lab to learn more about quantum phenomena and current state of quantum technologies.
14 July 2023
Munich Quantum Alumni | MCQST Community | Events
We are kicking-off the MCQST & IMPRS-QST Alumni Network! Join the meeting to network with Alumni from all over the world.
17 May 2023
Women in QST | Events
Women in QST with Cindy Regal - University of Colorado / JILA
30 March 2023
Workshops | Events
MCQST media designer, Criss Hohmann, introduces you to the world of 3D modelling.
27 April 2023
Public Events | Events
Tauche mit uns ab in die winzige Welt der Quanten und lass dich überraschen!
5 May -
 7 May 2023
Public Events | Events
Meet us MCQST at the Forscha / Münchner Wissenschaftstage 2023
6 March -
 10 March 2023
Events
Meet us in Hannover at the DPG Spring Meeting of the Atomic, Molecular, Quantum Optics and Photonics Section.
15 February 2023
MCQST Community
START Fellowship candidates are invited to present their research proposals. This also gives them the opportunity to discover the research environment in Munich and to get to know the MCQST community.
23 September -
 27 September 2019
Events
Come meet the Quantum Alliance at the 1st DPG Fall Meeting!
17 January 2023
MCQST Community
Closed Meeting of MCQST Exceutive Committee, Advisory Board, and Principal Investigators.
8 December 2022
MCQST Community | Events
A quantum celebration and get-together of the MCQST community.
20 June -
 23 June 2023
Our annual conference brings together the MCQST community with international scientists for ideas exchange on the latest research in QST.
11 November 2022
Public Events | Events
Flash talks on quantum simulation and quantum computing. Discover quantum technologies bit by bit.
28 October 2022
Events
Öffentliches Symposium Werner Heisenberg und die Zukunft der Quantenphysik.
22 November 2022
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Colloquium | Andrei Bernevig (Princeton University)
19 February -
 26 February 2023
Workshops | Events
Students from Israel and Germany are attending two one-week academies about quantum technologies in Tel-Aviv and Munich.
26 October 2022
Workshops | Events
Introduction to quantum computing using PennyLane and matchmaking for the code camp.
13 June 2023
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Colloquium | Andreas Wallraff (ETH Zurich)
30 May 2023
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Colloquium | Yoshiro Takahashi (Kyoto University)
16 May 2023
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Colloquium | Cindy Regal (JILA/University of Colorado Boulder)
25 April 2023
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Colloquium | Barbara Terhal (TU Delft/RWTH Aachen)
Cancelled
28 March 2023
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Colloquium | Eugene Polzik (Niels Bohr Institute/University of Copenhagen)
7 March 2023
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Colloquium | Chetan Nayak (Microsoft Station Q/UCSB)
10 January 2023
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Colloquium | Hugo Zbinden (University of Geneva)
13 December 2022
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Colloquium | Iris Bohnet (Harvard University)
13 October 2022
MCQST Community | Events
Welcome event for the new Master's in QST cohort -- meet the Munich quantum community.
7 October 2022
Events
What does a patent protect? How can you get a patent? And, what should you consider in order to obtain patent protection for your invention?
3 October 2022
Public Events
MCQST macht beim Maustag 2022 mit den anderen Münchner Exzellenzclustern und PhotonLab mit, um einen Einblick in die Welt der Quanten zu geben!
4 September -
 9 September 2022
Events
Meet us in Regensburg at the DPG Condensed Matter Section Meeting!
18 October 2022
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Colloquium | Markus Oberthaler (University of Heidelberg)
17 November 2022
Events
Register now: A networking event for the quantum science community.
23 August 2022
Women in QST | Events
Women in QST with Layla Hormozi - Topological quantum compiling -- an introduction.
22 July -
 24 July 2022
Public Events | Events
Three days of summer, ideas, and technology for a better future. July 22-24 2022 at the Forum der Zukunft of the Deutsches Museum in Munich.
19 September -
 22 September 2022
MCQST Community | Events
This workshop brings together young researchers of CeNS and MCQST with experienced scientists from the fields of physics and chemistry.
24 June -
 26 June 2022
Public Events | Events
MCQST will be at Forscha / Münchner Wissenschaftstage 2022 with Munich Quantum Valley, PhotonLab, and the other Munich-based Excellence Clusters to give the public a look into the world of scientists!
12 September -
 16 September 2022
Events
The Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics at the LMU in Munich will host a school on “Physics meets Artificial Intelligence” in the period September 12-16, 2022.
10 June 2022
Distinguished Lecturer | Events
"Deterministic source of indistinguishable photons in a cluster state" by Prof. David Gershoni (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology)
18 May 2022
Distinguished Lecturer | Events
Special seminar at the Walter Schottky Institute by Prof. Mikhail Lukin
12 May 2022
Distinguished Lecturer | Events
POSTPONED - "Exploring topological matter and lattice gauge theories using programmable quantum simulators" by Distinguished Lecturer Prof. Mikhail Lukin
16 May 2022
Distinguished Lecturer | Public Events
"New Frontier of Quantum Science and Engineering" by Distinguished Lecturer Prof. Mikhail Lukin
19 May 2022
Events
Together with the Embassy of Brazil in Germany and with the support of BAYLAT, MCQST, and Munich Quantum Valley are hosting a joint symposium to promote scientific exchange and cooperation between Brazilian and German researchers.
8 October -
 10 October 2021
Public Events | Events
MCQST will be at Forscha / Münchner Wissenschaftstage 2021 with the other Munich-based Excellence Clusters to give the public a look into the world of scientists!
28 April 2022
Public Events | Events
Six quantum scientists take the stage to explain the unexplainable! Join us for a hilarious evening at Heppel & Ettlich in Munich.
4 July -
 6 July 2021
Conferences | Events
MCQST2022 brings together the Munich quantum community with international invited guests in academia and industry for three days of talks and poster sessions.
24 March 2022
Workshops
This interactive workshop builds awareness about the systematic unconscious biases that are at play in hiring and recruiting. Open to the entire MCQST community!
26 April 2022
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Colloquium | Scott Aaronson - Professor at UT Austin
21 June 2022
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Colloquium | Arno Rauschenbeutel - Professor at HU Berlin
11 December 2021
Public Events | Events
Quantum physicists share their research with the public. POSTPONED: Due to the current pandemic situation, we have decided to postpone this event until early 2022.
18 November 2021
Distinguished Lecturer | Public Events
Public talk by Distinguished Lecturer Prof. Pascale Senellart
17 November 2021
Distinguished Lecturer | Events
Specialized seminar by Distinguished Lecturer Prof. Pascale Senellart
9 November 2021
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Colloquium | Barbara Kraus - University of Innsbruck
26 October 2021
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Colloquium | Jie Shan - Cornell University
22 September 2021
MCQST Community | Events
This in-person poster session brings together researchers of the Center for NanoScience (CeNS) and MCQST from the fields of physics and chemistry, to foster networking and exchange between the different institutions.
26 October 2021
Conferences
attocube, in cooperation with MCQST, is organizing a full-day online ‘Quantum Optics’ conference. Leading scientists will present insights on recent advances and research results in magneto and quantum optics.
17 May 2022
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Colloquium | Mikhail Lukin - Professor of Physics at Harvard University
29 March 2022
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Colloquium | Susan Coppersmith - Professor at the University of New South Wales, Sydney
15 February 2022
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Colloquium | Dr. Eleni Diamanti - Researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research at Sorbonne University and Vice Director of the Paris Centre for Quantum Computing.
25 January 2022
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Colloquium | Leon Balents - Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara and member of the Kavili Institue for Theoretical Physics
7 December 2021
MCQST Colloquium
Online MCQST Colloquium | Valerie Dahl - Institute of Sociology, University of Münster.
19 October 2021
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Colloquium | Dorit Aharonov - Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
5 October -
 7 October 2021
Conferences
SymCorrel21 brings together experts to discuss theoretical and computational approaches to interacting many-electron quantum systems.
1 July 2021
Public Events | Events
What is the potential of quantum? Immanuel Bloch (MPQ&LMU), Stefan Filipp (Walther Meissner Institute) and Sebastian Luber (Infineon) will discuss on with Jeanne Rubner (BR) - on site and steamed live on www.badw.de
16 July -
 23 July 2021
Public Events
10 Jahre Schülerlabor „PhotonLab“! Das ist ein Grund zu feiern! Dafür haben wir zwei abwechslungsreiche Veranstaltungen auf die Beine gestellt.
19 July -
 23 July 2021
Conferences | Events
MCQST2021 featured top experts in QST, round tables, industry sessions, and much more.
11 May 2021
Public Events | Events
Quantum Key Distribution: useful or just fun? - on this Munich Quantum Stammtisch edition we look at one of the first wide spread application of quantum science Technologies. Follow the discussion live on YouTube.
27 April 2021
MCQST Community | Events
Are you looking for ways to take your research from the lab to the market? Join the online event on to find out more about the many opportunities for bringing your research to market, to meet the invited founders, and get inspired.
22 April 2021
Public Events
Am Girl's Day, dem 22. April, nehmen wir dich mit auf eine Reise von den Grundlagen der Quantenphysik bis hin zu aktuellen Fragen aus der Forschung, an denen unsere Wissenschaftlerinnen derzeit arbeiten.
16 March 2021
Public Events | Events
Is the moon there when nobody looks? - this question brings together our guests at the second Munich Quantum Stammtisch. Follow the discussion live on YouTube.
10 May 2021
Women in QST | Events
Women in QST with Stacey Jeffery - Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI).
4 March 2021
Public Events | Events
Startschuss für die zweite Quantenrevolution in Bayern - das Munich Quantum Valley Auftaktveranstaltung. Live auf YouTube.
2 February 2021
Quo vadis Quantum Computing? - the first Munich Quantum Stammtisch featuring experts in the field of quantum computing will premiere on February 3rd on our YouTube Channel.
21 November 2020
Events
MINT-enthusiastic young students get together to meet like-minded people, talk to experienced guests from the world of science, and present their own projects.
20 April 2021
Distinguished Lecturer | MCQST Colloquium
Online Colloquium | Pascale Senellart - Professor at CNRS-C2N Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Paris, France.
9 March -
 12 March 2021
Conferences | Events
This interdisciplinary workshop focusses on entanglement as a resource assisting classical communication systems.
16 December 2020
MCQST Community
Join us for a holiday celebration with online games and get-together. Open to the MCQST Community.
24 November 2020
Women in QST
Women in QST: Prof. Doerte Blume from University of Oklahoma, USA.
7 November 2020
Events
MINT-enthusiastic young students get together to meet like-minded people, talk to experienced guests from the world of science, and present their own projects.
4 November 2020
Events
Online talk held by Sebastian Krinner | ETH Zurich, Switzerland
5 November 2020
MCQST Community
Join us and learn how to cook Käsespätzle - a Bavarian favourite. An event for the MCQST Community.
1 June 2021
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Colloquium | Bella Lake - Head of Institute EM-IQM at Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin.
23 February 2021
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Online Colloquium | Jun Ye - Professor at JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and University of Colorado.
22 October 2020
Women in QST
Women in QST: "Black holes and quantum computers" with Johanna Erdmenger
6 July 2021
MCQST Colloquium
Online Colloquium | Monika Schleier-Smith - Associate Professor of Physics, Stanford University
18 May 2021
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Colloquium | Eugene Polzik - Professor of Physics at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen and the leader of QUANTOP – Quantum Optics Center.
26 January 2021
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Colloquium | Aram Harrow - Associate Professor of Physics, Center for Theoretical Physics, MIT
2 March 2021
MCQST Colloquium
Online Colloquium | Andrea Cavalleri - Professor at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter & University of Oxford
10 November 2020
MCQST Colloquium
Online Colloquium - Ataç İmamoğlu - Professor at the Department of Physics at the ETH Zurich, Switzerland
1 December 2020
MCQST Colloquium
MCQST Colloquium Online | Vladan Vuletić - Lester Wolfe Professor of Physics, MIT.
5 October 2020
MCQST Colloquium
ONLINE Special Colloquium - Manuel Endres | Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, Caltech
28 September 2020
MCQST Colloquium
ONLINE Special Colloquium - Dmitry Abanin | Department of Theorerical Physics, University of Geneva
12 September 2020
Events
MINT-enthusiastic young students get together to meet like-minded people, talk to experienced guests from the world of science, and present their own projects.
1 February -
 5 February 2021
Events
Together with TUM, we are excited to host the QIP 2021, the 24th premier conference on theoretical quantum information research.
23 April -
 24 April 2020
Workshops | Events
Bring your ideas to life with this introduction to 3D modelling.
30 April 2020
Events
New weekly seminar on Quantum Science for an international audience oferring an overview on the latest results in QST research.
16 May 2020
Public Events | Events
The 16th of May offers many reasons for celebration: 60 Year Laser Anniversary, International Day of Light, and the 25th Birthday of the Cirac-Zoller Gate.
6 July -
 8 July 2020
Conferences | Events
Our annual QST conference brings together the MCQST community, international scientists, and QST industry. Join the #MCQST2020 experience!
4 February 2020
Time-resolved magneto-spectroscopy of interlayer excitons in hBN-encapsulated TMDC heterostructures
7 December -
 11 December 2020
Events
The 11th International Conference on Quantum Dots takes place ONLINE on 7 - 11 December, 2020.
29 August -
 2 September 2022
Workshops | Events
Summer School in Mathematical Physics: 31 August - 2 September 2022.
20 September -
 23 September 2021
MCQST Community | Events
This workshop brings together young researchers of the Center for NanoScience (CeNS) and the Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST) with experienced scientists from the fields of physics and chemistry.
16 June 2020
MCQST Colloquium
Online Colloquium | Claudia Felser - Director at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids in Dresden, Germany
19 May 2020
MCQST Colloquium
CANCELLED.
Kang-Kuen Ni - Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard, USA
4 February 2020
MCQST Colloquium
Lieven Vandersypen - Professor at the Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.
21 April 2020
MCQST Colloquium
CANCELLED
Markus Aspelmeyer - Professor at Universität Wien, Austria.
29 March -
 2 April 2020
Conferences | Events
CANCELLED
Bringing together leading scientists working on topological phases in condensed matter systems.
11 December 2019
MCQST Community | MCQST Colloquium
MCQST and IMPRS-QST present a special Christmas colloquium edition with short and engaging talks.
7 January 2020
MCQST Colloquium
Atac Imamoglu - Professor at the Department of Physics at the ETH Zurich, Switzerland
12 November 2019
MCQST Colloquium
Erez Berg - Associate Professor at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
8 October 2019
Distinguished Lecturer | MCQST Colloquium
Visiting Caltech Professor, John Preskill will kick-off the MCQST Colloquium Series.