Hokkaido University - Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Joint Symposium on Topological Phase and Disorder

This joint symposium brings together researchers from Hokkaido University and IIT Bombay to discuss cutting-edge topics in topological phases and disorder.

Event Details

Place Hokkaido University, Department of Engineering, Academic Lounge 3
Dates August 23(Sat), 24(Sun), 30(Sat), 2025

Program Schedule

Time Speaker Title
8/23(Sat): Kick-off Symposium Day 1
10:30 - 12:00 Hideaki Obuse (Hokkaido U) Topological phases of quantum walks
(Lunch)
13:30 - 15:00 Ravichandran Ranjith Kumar (IIT Bombay) Gapless phases and topological transition in fermionic chains
(Break)
16:00 - 16:30 Yuto Tada (Hokkaido U) Gapless topological phases in junction systems
16:30 - 17:00 Yuto Karube (Hokkaido U) High-harmonic generation due to topological edge states
18:00 - 20:00 Banquet (Hokkaido-style BBQ with lamb and vegetables)
8/24(Sun): Kick-off Symposium Day 2
10:30 - 12:00 Soumya Bera (IIT Bombay) Interacting Anderson Insulator
(Lunch)
13:30 - 15:00 Ishita Modak (IIT Bombay) A Fock Space Perspective of an Interacting Disordered System
(Break)
16:00 - 16:30 Ryu Frieson (Hokkaido U) Quasi-Hermitian Landau-Zener transition
16:30 - 17:00 Yuuki Kanda (Hokkaido U) Moving topological edge states
17:00 - Free Discussions
8/30(Sat): Concluding Symposium
10:30 - 12:00 Hideaki Obuse (Hokkaido U), Ravichandran Ranjith Kumar (IIT Bombay) Gapless topological phases of quantum walks
(Lunch)
13:30 - 15:00 Hideaki Obuse (Hokkaido U), Soumya Bera, Ishita Modak (IIT Bombay) Many-body localization in non-Hermitian systems
15:00 - 17:00 Free Discussions

Acknowledgements

This symposium is supported by the Japan Science and Technology Agency's (JST) 2025 International Youth Science Exchange Program (Sakura Science Program) and the Faculty of Engineering at Hokkaido University.

JST Sakura Science Program
Hokkaido University Group photo