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January-2001

Jan. 8: IQI Seminar
Entangled atoms: from generation to continuous quantum information processing
     Alex Kuzmich, NEC Research Institute
     
1:30 p.m., 102 Steele

 
Jan. 19: IQI Seminar
Making decoherence run uphill
     Dave Bacon, Berkeley
     3:30 p.m., 102 Steele

 
Jan. 26: IQI Seminar
Quantum lower bound for sorting
     Yaoyun Shi, Princeton
     3:30 p.m., 102 Steele

 
   
February-2001

Feb. 2: IQI Seminar
Quantum computation by adiabatic evolution
     Edward Farhi, MIT
     3:30 p.m., 102 Steele

 
Feb. 9: IQI Seminar
Disappointing properties of coherent states
     Steven van Enk, Bell Labs
     3:30 p.m., 102 Steele

 
Feb. 16: IQI Seminar
Peeking and poking: Mixed states, quantum sources, and information gain
     Patrick Hayden, Oxford
     3:30 p.m., 102 Steele

 
Feb. 23: IQI Seminar
The quantum Bayes rule
     Todd Brun, IAS Princeton
     3:30 p.m., 102 Steele

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March-2001
 

 
Mar. 2 - Mar. 5: SQuInT Workshop
Third Annual Workshop
     Various speakers; <Workshop schedule>
     Beckman Institute Auditorium & Winnett
     Talks begin at 9:00 a.m.
     Click here for
     registration information

 
Mar. 9: IQI Seminar
Separability and disorder
     Julia Kempe, Berkeley
     3:30 p.m., 102 Steele

 
Mar. 29: Special Seminar
Lower bounds on quantum computing
     Andris Ambanis, Berkeley
     4:00 p.m., 102 Steele
     Abstract

 
April-2001
 

 
Apr. 6: IQI Seminar
Markovian processes on a quantum computer
     Ashwin Nayak, Caltech
     3:30 p.m., 102 Steele

 
Apr. 20: IQI Seminar
Chaos, decoherence, measurement and the quantum-classical transition
     Salman Habib, LANL
     3:30 p.m., 102 Steele

 
Apr. 27: IQI Seminar
Theory (and practice) of noiseless quantum subsystems
     Lorenza Viola, LANL
     3:30 p.m., 102 Steele
     Abstract


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May-2001
 

 
May 4: IQI Seminar
Quantum computation in linear bosonic and fermionic interferometers
    Gerard Milburn, University of Queensland
     3:30 p.m., 102 Steele
     Abstract


 
May 11: IQI Seminar
Hiding classical data in quantum states
     Debbie Leung, IBM Watson Research Center
     3:30 p.m., 102 Steele
     Abstract


 

May 25: IQI Seminar
Some results on parallel quantum computation
     Alexei Kitaev, Microsoft Research
     3:30 p.m., 102 Steele
    
 Abstract

 
June-2001
 

 
June 1: IQI Seminar
Some results on parallel quantum computation
     Michael Nielsen, University of Queensland
     3:30 p.m., 102 Steele
    
 Abstract

 

 June 29: IQI Seminar
The optimal identification of molecular quantum
 Hamiltonians from time-dependent      measurements of physical observables
     JM Geremia, Princeton
     3:30 p.m., 102 Steele

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July-2001
 

 
   
August-2001
 

 

August 3: IQI Seminar
Generation and detection of triggered single photons
     
Yoshihisa Yamamoto, Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford
     3:30 p.m., 102 Steele
     Abstract

 
August 24: IQI Seminar
Holonomic quantum computation with quantum optical systems
     Dr. Tommaso Calarco, University of Innsbruck
     3:30 p.m., 102 Steele
     Abstract

 
September-2001
 

 
September 14: IQI Seminar
 Quantum information processing in optical lattices
     
Ivan Deutsch, University of New Mexico
     
3:30 p.m., 102 Steele


 
September 19: IQI Seminar *WEDNESDAY*
Exploring quantum control and chaos with laser cooled atoms
     
Poul Jessen, The University of Arizona
     
3:00 p.m., 102 Steele

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October-2001
 

 
Wednesday, October 3:

     
               IQI Open House!!
     Please join us in celebrating the opening of the
     Institute for Quantum Information's new space.
     156 Jorgensen 4:00-5:30 pm

 

October 5 : IQI Seminar
Proof of security of quantum key distribution (with two-way classical communications)
     
Hoi-Kwong Lo, MagiQ Technologies, Inc.
     2:00 p.m., 102 Steele

 
October 10: IQI Seminar
Adiabatic quantum algorithms
     
Umesh Vazirani, Berkeley
     3:00 p.m., 102 Steele

 
October 19: IQI Seminar
Quantum information processing: Is it always quantum?
     Carl Caves, University of New Mexico
     2:00 p.m., 102 Steele

 
October 24: IQI Seminar
Efficient quantum algorithms for shifted quadratic character problems
     
Sean Hallgren, Caltech
     3:00 p.m., 102 Steele
     Abstract

 
October 31: IQI Seminar
Quantum digital signatures
     Daniel Gottesman, Berkeley
     3:00 p.m., 102 Steele
     Abstract

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November-2001
 

 
November 1: Physics Research Conference
Quantum cryptography
     Daniel Gottesman, Berkeley
     4:00 p.m., 201 E. Bridge
     Abstract

 
November 7: IQI Seminar
Quantum communication complexity: some recent results
     Ronald de Wolf, Berkeley
     3:00 p.m., 102 Steele
     Abstract

 
November 13: IQI Seminar
Playing games against theories: the statistical strength of arguments against locality
     Wim van Dam, Berkeley
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen **NOTE NEW LOCATION**
     Abstract

 
November 21: Mathematical Physics Seminar
Capacity of noisy quantum channels

     Mary Beth Ruskai, University of Massachusetts Lowell
     12:00 - 1:00 p.m., 351 Sloan (Lounge)
     Abstract

 

November 27: IQI Seminar
Generating quantum states and quantum communication complexity
     
Andris Ambainis, Berkeley
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract

 
November 29: IQI Seminar
Quantum Lower Bound for the Collision Problem
     Scott Aaronson, Berkeley
     2:00 p.m., 100 Powell-Booth
     Abstract

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December-2001
 

 
December 11 : IQI Seminar
Conflicting quantum state assignments
     Ruediger Schack, University of London

     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     
 
December 18 : IQI Seminar
Variational principles of physics from the point of view of inductive inference
     
Andrei Soklakov, University of London
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract
     

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