IQI: Quantum Information Science

Seminars & Workshops - 2002
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January 2002

January 8 : IQI Seminar Quantum Reverse Shannon Theorem Peter Shor, AT&T Labs-Research 3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
January 9: IQI Informal Talk Quantum Adiabatic Algorithms versus Simulated Annealing Edward Farhi, MIT 1:30 p.m., 156 Jorgensen
January 15: IQI Seminar Distinguishing Separable and Entangled States Andrew Doherty, Caltech 3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen Abstract
January 22 : IQI Seminar Distillability and Bell inequalities in N qubit systems Antonio Acin, University of Geneva 3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen Abstract
January 29 : IQI Seminar How Much Information is Obtained by a Quantum Measurement? Andreas Winter, University of Bristol 3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen Abstract	top
February-2002

February 5: IQI Seminar Anyons for quantum computation Alexei Kitaev, Caltech 3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen Abstract
February 11: Informal talk Search for fractionalization in 2D quantum magnets Kirill Stengel, UC Irvine 156 Jorgensen, 2:00 pm
February 12: IQI Seminar How to generate complicated quantum superpositions with classical Markov chains Dorit Aharonov, Hebrew University of Jerusalem 3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen Abstract
February 14: Computer Science Seminar Quantum interactive proofs Alexei Kitaev, Caltech 4:00 p.m., 102 Steele Abstract
February 19: IQI Seminar Quantum information and relativity theory Daniel Terno, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology 3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen Abstract
February 26: IQI Seminar Implementation of quantum repeaters and long-distance quantum communication through laser manipulation of atomic ensembles Luming Duan, Caltech 3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen Abstract
February 28: Physics Research Conference Alternatives for building a quantum computer David DiVincenzo, IBM Watson 4:00 p.m., 201 E. Bridge Abstract Powerpoint slides as a web presentation (Presentation looks best with Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher.)	top
March-2002

March 5: IQI Seminar Perfect and near-perfect quantum error correction Ben Schumacher, Kenyon College 3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
March 11: JOINT GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE AND INSTITUTE FOR QUANTUM INFORMATION Intracavity schemes for quantum nondemolition gravitational wave detectors Farid Ya. Khalili, Moscow State University 3:00-4:00 p.m., 114 East Bridge
March 12 : APh Seminar Unconventional nonlinearity in optical quantum information technology Eugenio Del Re, University of L'Aquila 1:30 p.m., 139 Moore Abstract
March 12: IQI Seminar Separable, distillable and activatable states Barbara Kraus, University of Innsbruck 3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen Abstract
March 19: IQI Seminar Quantum data hiding: the rest of the story David DiVincenzo, IBM Watson 3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen Notes (JPEG format): Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5, Page 6, Page 7, Page 8, Page 9	top
April-2002

April 2: IQI Seminar Topological quantum memory John Preskill, Caltech 3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
April 9: IQI Seminar Quantum search by measurement Andrew Landahl, Caltech 3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen Abstract
April 16: IQI Seminar Quantum Computation and Lattice Problems Oded Regev, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton 3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen Abstract
April 23: IQI Seminar Trading quantum and classical resources in data compression Patrick Hayden, Caltech 3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen Abstract
April 30: IQI Seminar A tracial quantum central limit theorem Greg Kuperberg, UC Davis 3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen Abstract	top
May-2002

May 2: Physics Research Conference, Quantum Information Processing with Trapped Atomic Ions D. J. Wineland, NIST, Boulder, CO 4:00 p.m., 201 E. Bridge Abstract
May 7: IQI Seminar Sub-Planck Structure and Decoherence Mark Srednicki, UCSB 3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
May 21: IQI Seminar Quantum computation by measurements (only) Debbie Leung, IBM Watson Research Center 3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen Abstract
May 24: IQI Seminar FRIDAY Gaussian maps: characterization and applications Ignacio Cirac, Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Germany 3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen Abstract	top
June-2002

June 4: IQI Seminar Projective Measurements and Linear Optics: For Fun and Profit Jonathan Dowling, JPL 3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen Abstract
June 5: CS Theory Reading Group Constant-depth quantum circuits and Arthur Merlin games David DiVincenzo, IBM Watson 10:30 a.m., 156 Jorgensen Notes (JPEG format): Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5, Page 6, Page 7, Page 7.1, Page 8, Page 9, Page 10, Page 11, Page 12
June 11: IQI Seminar Quantum Walks on the Hypercube Cristopher Moore, University of New Mexico and Alexander Russell, University of Connecticut 3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen Abstract
June 18: IQI Seminar Quantum steering Frank Verstraete, KU Leuven, Belgium 3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen Abstract
June 25: IQI Seminar Bell inequalities and bound entanglement Barbara Terhal, Caltech 3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen	top
July-2002

July 16: IQI Seminar What is possible without disturbing partially known quantum states? Masato Koashi, SOKEN, School of Advanced Sciences, Japan 3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen Abstract
July 30: IQI Seminar Local operations, subspaces and a measure of entanglement Peter Stelmachovic, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia 3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen Abstract
August-2002


September-2002

September 17 : Informal IQI Seminar Quantum state discrimination of coherent states Steven van Enk, Bell Labs 3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
September 24: IQI Seminar Constraining spectra with puzzles Allen Knutson, Berkeley 2:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen Abstract
September 27: IQI Special Seminar *Friday* Majorization and quantum algorithms Jose Latorre, University of Barcelona 2:00 p.m., 125 Steele Abstract	top
October-2002

October 8: IQI Seminar Entanglement generation and Hamiltonian simulation in continuous variable systems Geza Giedke, Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Germany 3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen Abstract
October 15: Physics Graduate Student Seminar Bell tolls: measuring the communication cost of quantum correlations Ben Toner, Caltech 5:00 p.m., 107 Downs Abstract
October 16: IQI Seminar Wednesday A semidefinite program for distillable entanglement Eric Rains, AT&T Labs-Research 3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen Abstract
October 22: IQI Seminar Entanglement transfer and entanglement concentration using particle statistics Yasser Omar, University of Oxford 3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen Abstract
October 29: IQI Seminar Exponential algorithmic speedup by quantum walk Andrew Childs, MIT 3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen Abstract	top
November-2002

November 5: IQI Seminar Generalizations of Tsirelson's Inequality John Watrous, University of Calgary 3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen Abstract
November 12: IQI Seminar Generalizations of Entanglement to Lie groups and convex cones Howard Barnum, LANL 3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen Abstract
November 19: IQI Seminar Quantum and relativistic Bit Commitment Adrian Kent, University of Cambridge 3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen Abstract
November 26: IQI Seminar Quantum authentication and uncloneable encryption Daniel Gottesman, Berkeley 3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen Abstract
December-2002

December 3: IQI Seminar Is Decoherence useful in quantum walks? Viv Kendon, Imperial College, UK 3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen Abstract
December 10: IQI Seminar Computational model underlying the one-way quantum computer Robert Raussendorf, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich 3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen Abstract	top