IMPORTANT UPDATES as of 12/17/2021 Due to the sharp increase in the number of COVID-19 cases a list of measures delivered by the President of the University of Maryland have been put into action in order to ensure your safety. Mask Mandate Masks are required in all indoor facilities for vaccinated & non-vaccinated individuals in Prince George's County. The University of Maryland specifically has emphasized the effectiveness of wearing a KN95 mask against the spread of the virus. To-Go Meals We are happy to still provide you with the scheduled meals on Friday and Saturday; however they will be served in convenient to-go containers which will allow you to either return to your hotel room (if you are staying overnight) or to other locations within the hotel or outside.   December 18, 2021 University of Maryland College Park, MD USA   We are pleased to announce the 2021 Janet Das Sarma Memorial CMTC Conference, a scientific conference in memory of Janet Das Sarma, who played a crucial behind-the scene role in making the Condensed Matter Theory Center at the University of Maryland (www.physics.umd.edu/cmtc/) a success and profoundly affected all aspects of the center. Janet was the only administrative assistant CMTC ever had, until her death on December 2, 2019 (http://umdphysics.umd.edu/about-us/news/department-news/1532-janet-dassarma-1971-2019.hml) This one-day conference will be held at The Hotel at UMD on December 18, 2021, and will include 9 scientific talks covering frontier areas of Condensed Matter physics that have been the center of activity at CMTC delivered by scientists who knew Janet the longest. The talks will be followed by a dinner and formal remembrances of Janet by the attendees, celebrating her role in the success of CMTC. The plan is for attendees to arrive on Friday, December 17 and depart on Sunday, December 19.   This conference is by invitation-only.  All local expenses (hotel, food, coffee breaks, etc.) will be covered by CMTC. For those who want to spend a few extra days at CMTC doing physics, the appropriate office space will be made available. Organizing Committee   Jay Deep Sau [jaydsau@umd.edu] University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA Jason Kestner [jkestner@umbc.edu] University of Maryland - Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA Rebecca Cawthorne [rcawthor@umd.edu] University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

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