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December-2003

November-2003

November 25: IQI Seminar: CANCELLED
On the universality of adiabatic quantum computation
     Dorit Aharonov,
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract


 
November 18: IQI Seminar
Dynamic symmetry approach to entanglement
     Alexander Klyachko, Bilkent University, Turkey
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract


 
November 13: Group Meeting
Shor's Algorithm is Optimal
     Lawrence Ip, Berkeley
     5:30 p.m., 156 Jorgensen

     Abstract


 
November 12: Special IQI Seminar
Improving single photon sources via linear optics and photodetection
     Dominic Berry, Macquarie University, Australia
     1:00 p.m., 114 E Bridge
     Abstract



 
November 11 : IQI Seminar
The minimum distance problem for two-way entanglement
purification

     Daniel Gottesman, Perimeter Institute
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract


 
November 4: IQI Seminar
Efficient simulation of 1D quantum systems on a lattice
     Guifre Vidal, Caltech
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract


 
 
October-2003

October 28: IQI Seminar
Stabilities of switched systems
     Leonid Gurvits, LANL
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract


 
October 21: IQI Seminar
Recent progress in quantum Shannon theory
     Igor Devetak, IBM
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract


 
October 15: IQI Special Seminar *Wednesday*
Quantum mechanics on the simplex
     Christopher Fuchs, Bell Labs
     12:15 p.m., 102 Steele *different location*


 
October 14: IQI Seminar
In defense of the view that quantum states are states of
knowledge

     Rob Spekkens, Perimeter Institute
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract


 
October 7: IQI Seminar
Quantum information processing with oxygen impurities in silicon
     Philippe Pouliot, Queen Mary, University of London
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract

 
September-2003

September 25: Information Sciences Seminar
Quantum computers and cellular phones
     Robert Calderbank
     11:00 a.m., 74 Jorgensen

     Abstract

 
September 23: IQI Seminar
Multilinear formulas and skepticism of quantum computing   
     Scott Aaronson, Berkeley
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen

     Abstract

 
September 9: IQI Seminar
Frames in quantum and classical information theory
     Emina Soljanin, Bell Labs
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract
     Bio

 
September 2: IQI Seminar
     An optimal security proof for the BB84 QKD Protocol
     Michael Ben-Or, Hebrew University
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract

 
August-2003

July-2003

July 29: IQI Seminar
Spatial search by quantum walk
     Andrew Childs, MIT
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract

 
July 22: IQI Seminar
Protected qubits and decoherence free subspaces for chains of neutral atoms
     Dieter Jaksch, Oxford
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract

 
July 17: Preskill Group Meeting
Non-gaussian quantum cloning of gaussian states
     Nicolas Cerf, University of Brussels, Belgium
     5:30 p.m., 156 Jorgensen
     Abstract
     
 
July 15: IQI Seminar
Entanglement as an observer-dependent concept
     Gerardo Ortiz, LANL
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract

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July 8: IQI Seminar
Entanglement and correlation in ground states of many-body systems
     Michael Nielsen, University of Queensland
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract
June-2003

June 3: IQI Seminar
Quantum information and special relativity
     Daniel Terno, Perimeter Institute
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract

 
May-2003
 

 

May 27: IQI Seminar
Restrictions to quantum information processing
     Stephen Bartlett, Macquaire University, Australia
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract

 
May 22: Physics Research Conference,
What is information?
     Ben Schumacher, Caltech
     4:00 p.m., 201 E. Bridge
     Abstract

 
May 20: IQI Seminar
Quantum entanglement and fixed point bifurcations
     Gerard Milburn, University of Queensland
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract

 
May 6: IQI Seminar
Multipartite maximally entangled states, minimal entanglement generating sets and entropic inequalities
     Ashish Thapliyal, Berkeley
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract

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April-2003
 

 
April 29: IQI Seminar
Sharable, Copyable, Classical
     Ben Schumacher, Caltech
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract

 
April 22: IQI Seminar
Entanglement of formation for Gaussian states
     Michael Wolf, Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen

 
April 15: IQI Seminar
Decoherence from an unstable environment
     Robin Blume-Kohout, LANL
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract

 
April 10: IQI Special Seminar **Thursday**
A subexponential-time quantum algorithm for the dihedral hidden subgroup problem
     Greg Kuperberg, UC Davis
     2:00 p.m., 156 Jorgensen
     Abstract

 
April 10: Preskill Group Meeting
Hybrid quantum memory and its capacity
     Greg Kuperberg, UC Davis
     5:30 p.m., 156 Jorgensen
     Abstract

 
April 8: IQI Seminar
Implementation of discrete lattice gauge theories with topologically protected degenerate ground states in Josephson Junction arrays and their possible use as ideal qubits
     Lev Ioffe, Rutgers
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract

 
April 1: IQI Seminar
Mutual simulation of Hamiltonian dynamics on interacting quantum systems
     Pawel Wocjan, University of Karlsruhe
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract

 
March-2003
 

 
March 27: IQI Group Meeting
The tunneling salesman - Novel ideas on global optimization
     Oliver B. Downs (Olly), Princeton University & Analytical Insights Inc.
     10:00 a..m., 156 Jorgensen
     Abstract

 

March 20-21: Communications EE Tutorial
Tutorial on quantum error correction
     Alexander Barg, Harvard University
     10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., 080 Moore
     Abstract

 
March 18: IQI Seminar
Entanglement and dynamics in symmetric spin systems
     JM Geremia, Caltech
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract

 
March 11: IQI Seminar
Is the Holevo Capacity Additive?
     Michael Westmoreland, Denison University
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract 

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February-2003
 

 
February 25: IQI Seminar
Infinitely entangled states
     Dirk Schlingemann, TU-Braunschweig
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract   

 
February 18: IQI Seminar
Estimating quantum states with covariant observables
     Michael Keyl, TU-Braunschweig
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract 

 
February 11: IQI Seminar
An introduction to information space
     Jonathan Oppenheim, The Hebrew University
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract   

 
February 4: IQI Seminar
Composing quantum protocols
     Dominic Mayers, University of Sherbrooke, Canada
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract       

 
January-2003
 

 
   
January 28: IQI Seminar
Qubit assisted probing of micro-coherences in macroscopic systems
     Sougato Bose, Caltech
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract   

 

January 21: IQI Seminar
Remote state preparation
     Debbie Leung, Caltech
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract

 
January 14: IQI Seminar
Gentle tomography and universal quantum data compression
     Aram Harrow, MIT
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract      

 
January 13: IQI Special Seminar **Monday**
2-D lattice models leading to "designer anyons"
     Michael Freedman, Microsoft Research
     1:30 p.m., 139 Moore (bldg. #93)
     Abstract

 
January 7: IQI Seminar
The story of the preparation of entangled Gaussian states
     Jens Eisert, Imperial College, UK
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract

 
January 7: Special Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Nematically Ordered MOTT Insulating (NOMI) States of
     Cold Atoms

     Fei Zhou, Institute for Theoretical Physics, The Netherlands
     1:00 p.m., 469 Lauritsen

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