September 6-September 10, 2004 THE BOSTON AREA PHYSICS CALENDAR The Boston Area Physics Calendar is published weekly during the academic year by the Department of Physics at Boston University. You may send your announcement by e-mail (bapc-events@cosmos.phy.tufts.edu ) or FAX (617-353-9393). We cannot accept announcements by telephone. Entries should reach us no later than 12:00 p.m. the Tuesday of the week proceeding the week of the event. ENTRIES RECEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINE WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED. Monday, September 6, 2004 Tuesday, September 7, 2004 Tuesday, September 7, 2004, 1:30pm Brandeis University Theory Seminar Physics Building, Room 229 "Black Hole Attractors and the Topological String" Professor Andrew Strominger Harvard University Wednesday, September 8, 2004 Wednesday, September 8, 4:30PM Massachusetts Institute of Technology Joint Theory Seminar Center for Theoretical Physics, Building 6, Third Floor seminar room ``Two-dimensional Yang-Mills theory, instantons, large N-limits and non-commutative geometry" Domenico Seminara University of Florence/INFN Refreshments will be served Thursday, September 9, 2004 9/9/2004 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Physics 4:15pm Building 10-250 Edward Farhi Massachusetts Institute of Technology Physics Based Approaches to Algorithm Design for Quantum Computers Friday, September 10, 2004