Highlights of FIAP program at the March Meeting- a personal view
The March Meeting was in Minneapolis March 4-8. FIAP Vice Chair Abram Falk and the organizing committee put together a substantial program and we appreciate their hard work and dedication. A listing of all the sessions sponsored or organized by FIAP can be found here which included the ten Invited Sessions listed below, sharing some with other Units:
B30 Data Science, AI and ML for Industry and Applied Physics (with GDS)
G30 Commercial Applications of Quantum Computing (with DQI)
K30 Quantum Sensing and Information Processing for Biomedical Applications (with DBIO)
M30 Caloric Technologies for Energy-Efficient Refrigeration
N30 Microwave and Optical Physics Applications in Telecommunications
Q30 FIAP Prize Symposium
S30 High performance computing in materials science
T30 What Do Early Career Scientists Do? (with FECS)
T44 Harnessing the Power of Machine Learning in Studying Biomolecular Dynamics (with DBIO)
Y43 Industry, Innovation, and National Security: Finding the Right Balance (with FPS)
In most of the talks the speaker’s remarks were recorded along with images of the slides (but not Y43 which was livestreamed but apparently no recording.) Clicking on the links above will take you to the session Agenda, then click View Recording. You can find other session recordings by clicking on one of these links and then typing the session ID into the Search Agenda box. You must be logged in to APS.org and have registered for the conference to access the recordings.
The major buzz in this conference was Quantum Information Science as evidenced by the large number of sessions on this topic, the large proportion of QIS suppliers in the exhibit hall, and the sizeable crowds outside the doors of many QIS sessions. Certainly an exciting time for this growing branch of physics!
At the risk of offending the many speakers who gave excellent talks, I’ll mention a few talks I particularly enjoyed and two events:
Q30.2 A vision for the next 75 years -- from a transistor to AI enabler Abstract Recording (starts at 34:58) Chih-Yuan Lu, Macronix International, Hisn-Chu, Taiwan
Dr. Lu is the 2024 winner of the George E. Pake Prize He gave an insider’s view of the history of semiconductor structures and processing, ending with thoughts about the future including materials for quantum computing.
G38.4 Gait switching enables body pitch modulation during legged burrowing in granular media
Abstract Recording (starts at 1:00:45) Amber Young, UC Berkeley “Robophysics” was the title of four sessions where living creatures provide the inspiration for robot motion. Many interesting talks, great topics for physics research.
Q30.3 Laser-Material Interactions in Metal Additive Manufacturing Abstract Recording (starts at 1:21:28)
Manyalibo Matthews, Lawrence Livermore National Lab
High speed video of lasers melting a thin powder layer of Ti and Al alloys to make 3-D printed metal objects.
Surprisingly violent interactions, also modeling of melting to help understand voids.
2B Meet Your Future: An Interactive Panel on Industry Careers Abstract An annual event led by Crystal Bailey, the Head of APS Careers. A panel of physicists working in the private sector share their experiences and answer many audience questions about nonacademic career paths. Unfortunately, no recording, but plan to attend next year!
5A Industry Day Reception Abstract FIAP and a number of cosponsors hosted this event on Thursday evening. Great networking opportunity, made more congenial with finger food and beverages. We’ll do it again in Anaheim in 2025
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