Each enrolled student is allowed to propose three topics and the corresponding titles as well as three preferred dates. This list should be sent to gothe@sc.edu by 8/28/08. The topics should not be strongly related to talks given previously by the student in any 730 course. All students are allowed to choose a topic that is either related to their research interests or a topic from the Nobel Prize list. All titles and dates will be assigned by 8/29/08, also to those who have not submitted a list with their preferences by then. Your presentation should follow the "Suggestions for Giving Talks" wherever you think that they are reasonable.
Learning outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, the student should have improved her/his discussion, constructive criticism, and presentation skills.
| What? | When? | Where? |
| Presentations | F 1:25-2:15 pm | PSC 409 |
| Office Hours | MWF 10:00-10:30 am | PSC 704d |
| 1. First Meeting | General Discussion | 8/22/08 | |
| 2a. Gerardus 't Hooft | The Quantum Structure of Electroweak Interactions in Physics | NP 1999 | 8/29/08 |
| 2b. David J. Gross | Discovery of Asymptotic Freedom in the Theory of the Strong Interaction | NP 2004 | 8/29/08 |
| 3a. Robert William Steinman | The Talking Heads: or How to Give a Talk on The Binary Star System Sigma Ori | Preparation | 9/5/08 |
| 3b. Rebecca Lyn Bowers | Spectral Evolution of Quiescent Gamma-Ray Bursts Observed by the "Swift" Burst Alert Telescope | Research | 9/5/08 |
| 4a. Julian Rodrigo Martinez | Quantum Entanglement: A General View | Research | 9/12/08 |
| 4b. Lei Zhao | Quantum Decoherence | Research | 9/12/08 |
| 5a. Yan Shu | One Hundred Years of Light Quanta | NP 2005 | 9/19/08 |
| 5b. Manlai Liang | Giant Magnetoresistance | NP 2007 | 9/19/08 |
| 6a. Hongyue Duyang | Discovery of the Blackbody form and Anisotropy of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation | NP 2006 | 9/26/08 |
| 6b. Zhelin Sun | Bose-Einstein Condensate | NP 2001 | 9/26/08 |
| 7a. Dong Xue | Cold Atoms in a Variety of Optical Lattice Potentials | Research | 10/3/08 |
| 7b. Robert William Steinman | The Talking Heads: or How to Give a Talk on The Binary Star System Sigma Ori | Preparation | 10/3/08 |
| 8a. Rebecca Lyn Bowers | Spectral Evolution of Quiescent Gamma-Ray Bursts Observed by the "Swift" Burst Alert Telescope | Research | 10/17/08 |
| 8b. Julian Rodrigo Martinez | Quantum Entanglement: A General View | Research | 10/17/08 |
| 9a. Lei Zhao | Quantum Decoherence | Research | 11/7/08 |
| 9b. Yan Shu | One Hundred Years of Light Quanta | NP 2005 | 11/7/08 |
| 10a. Manlai Liang | Giant Magnetoresistance | NP 2007 | 11/14/08 |
| 10b. Hongyue Duyang | Discovery of the Blackbody form and Anisotropy of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation | NP 2006 | 11/14/08 |
| 11a. Zhelin Sun | Bose-Einstein Condensate | NP 2001 | 11/21/08 |
| 11b. Dong Xue | Cold Atoms in a Variety of Optical Lattice Potentials | Research | 11/21/08 |