California Institute for Quantum Entanglement virtual annual meeting

While we had planned an exciting in-person meeting at Berkeley in March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic rapidly required us to change course. Instead, the CaiQuE collaboration held a shorter, remote meeting on March 24th. We concentrated on the task of research coordination. Wes Campbell (UCLA), Andrew Jayich (UCSB), and David Weld (UCSB) gave provocative talks on joint experimental technology development, applications of quantum simulation tools to precision measurement, and driven many-body quantum systems. These led to breakout discussions on the three topics and then the refinement of plans to collaborate across CaIQuE on these topics. In spite of the unusual venue, the virtual annual meeting drew about 50 participants. We concluded with each of us grabbing our own slice of CaiQue and a cup of coffee.