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<span style="margin:0px;font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:medium">I am writing to let you know about this exciting virtual colloquium by</span><span style="margin:0px"><font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:medium">Leonard
Susskind this upcoming Tuesday hosted by the Simons Institute </span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:medium">in Berkeley. The talk is on a subject at the intersection of </span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:medium">complexity
theory and quantum field theory/gravity but promises to be </span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:medium">accessible to a wide range of scientific backgrounds.</span></div>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:medium">Umesh and I would very much like to get broad participation from the</span><span style="margin:0px"><font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:medium">CS
theory community in this area, and we hope to see you there! See </span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:medium">the forwarded email for more information and the Zoom link.</span></div>
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<span style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">From: Simons Institute Events <</span><a href="mailto:simonsevents@berkeley.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">simonsevents@berkeley.edu</a><span style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">></span><br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<span style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">Date: Fri, May 6, 2022 at 12:02 PM</span><br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<span style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">Subject: [quantumcolloquium] Quantum Colloquium next Tuesday, May 10</span><br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<span style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">by Leonard Susskind, followed by panel featuring Scott Aaronson,</span><br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<span style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">Geoffrey Penington, and Edward Witten</span><br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<span style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">Dear Quantum Colloquium participants,</span><br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<span style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">Our final Quantum Colloquium of the spring semester is scheduled for</span><br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<span style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">next Tuesday, May 10. Leonard Susskind (Stanford University) will</span><br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<span style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">present a talk on "Black Holes and the Quantum-Extended Church-Turing</span><br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<span style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">Thesis" starting at 11 a.m. Pacific Time. Please see below for the</span><br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<span style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">full title and abstract details.</span><br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<span style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">Following the colloquium at 12 p.m. Pacific Time, we are pleased to</span><br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<span style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">present a panel discussion featuring Scott Aaronson (UT Austin),</span><br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<span style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">Geoffrey Penington (UC Berkeley), and Edward Witten (IAS). Moderated</span><br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<span style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">by Umesh Vazirani (UC Berkeley).</span><br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<span style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">Further details about the colloquium can be viewed here:</span><br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<a href="https://simons.berkeley.edu/events/quantum-colloquium" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://simons.berkeley.edu/events/quantum-colloquium&source=gmail&ust=1652138316381000&usg=AOvVaw2MJbke2LXBgqD3AXId-Gm-" style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">https://simons.berkeley.edu/ev<wbr>ents/quantum-colloquium</a><br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
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<span style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">You may use the public Zoom link to join these events:</span><br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<a href="https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/95040632440" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/95040632440&source=gmail&ust=1652138316381000&usg=AOvVaw1zYyNv_PoDVIh4CSZ3A96S" style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/950<wbr>40632440</a><span style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">.
If you are registered for full</span><br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<span style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">access, please make sure you are logged in to Zoom (or use your unique</span><br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<span style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">Zoom panelist link from last semester) to ensure you are added as a</span><br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<span style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">panelist.</span><br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
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<span style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">See you there!</span><br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<span style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">Umesh</span><br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
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<span style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">Title: Black Holes and the Quantum-Extended Church-Turing Thesis</span><br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<span style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">Speakers: Leonard Susskind (Stanford University)</span><br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<span style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">Abstract: A few years ago three computer scientists named Adam</span><br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<span style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">Bouland, Bill Fefferman, and Umesh Vazirani, wrote a paper that</span><br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<span style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">promises to radically change the way we think about the interiors of</span><br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<span style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">black holes. Inspired by their paper I will explain how black holes</span><br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<span style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">threaten the QECTT, and how the properties of horizons rescue the</span><br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<span style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">thesis, and eventually make predictions for the complexity of</span><br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<span style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">extracting information from behind the black hole horizon. I'll try my</span><br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<span style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">best to explain enough about black holes to keep the lecture self</span><br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<span style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">contained.</span><br style="caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
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