** This is a weekly seminar with research talks from local condensed matter theory students and postdocs, aimed at a broad quantum audience. Everyone is welcome! If you're interested in presenting at a future seminar, please send a message to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. ** Â Time:Â Thursday, February 26 - 4:00-5:00pm Location:Â Â ATL 3100A and Virtual Via Zoom:Â https://umd.zoom.us/j/94978519761 Â Speaker:Â Kyle Kawagoe, UMD Title:Â Knot your usual Hilbert spaces Abstract:Â In this pedagogical talk, we show how concepts originating in knot theory can be melded with category theory to produce Hilbert spaces (and relations between them) which are useful in the study of topological order.