The Annual Summer School 2024 took place in Toronto (April 30th – May 3rd) . It was co-organized with the CIFAR Quantum Materials program and had nearly 70 participants.
Trainees enjoyed inspiring tutorial lectures given by professors from Canadian and United States of America universities covering several area of quantum materials both theory and experiment.
Neutron Scattering from Exotic Magnetic Ground States I: 2D quantum magnetism and stripe physics in layered cuprates, Prof. Bruce Gaulin, McMaster University (Hamilton)
Transport and thermodynamic signatures of interacting phenomena in moiré materials, Prof. Sergio de la Barrera, University of Toronto
Probing the chemistry and physics in very tight places, Prof. Xiang Li, University of Toronto
Polarons, bipolarons and other consequences of electron-boson coupling, Prof. Mona Berciu, University of British Columbia
Analysis of Quantum Materials with Synchrotron Soft X-rays: Techniques and Theory, Prof. Robert Green, University of Saskatchewan
Non-Fermi liquid theories, Prof. Sung-Sik Lee, Perimeter Institute (Waterloo)
Detecting symmetry-broken states in low-dimensional materials using the scanning tunneling microscope, Prof. Christopher Gutiérrez, University of California (Los Angeles)
Two special events took place:
The Ethics Café discussion led by Prof. Peter Armitage (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore) with a case study of room temperature superconductivity claims.
A visit to the Acceleration Consortium at the University of Toronto, with an hands-on workshop on Artificial Intelligence for quantum materials.
Finally, MaQTech trainees had the opportunities to network and present their current research projects during lively and engaged poster sessions.
