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December-2005
 

 
December 20: IQI Seminar
A quantum de Finetti representation theorem and applications to QKD
     Renato Renner, University of Cambridge
     3:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract 
     

 
December 13: IQI Seminar
Wasting away in hidden subgroup ville
     Dave Bacon, University of Washington
     3:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract     


 
December 6: IQI Seminar
New upper and lower bounds for randomized and quantum Local Search
     Shengyu Zhang, Princeton
     3:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract


 
November-2005
 

 
November 29: IQI Seminar
High-fidelity linear optical quantum computing with polarization encoding
     Federico Spedalieri, JPL
     3:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract


 
November 22: IQI Seminar
Simulating quantum computation by contracting tensor networks
     Yaoyun Shi, University of Michigan
     3:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract


 
November 16: Group Meeting
     Maarten Van den Nest, KU Leuven
     3:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen


 
November 15: IQI Seminar
Quantum information's first family, revisited
     Patrick Hayden, McGill University
     3:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract


 
November 8: IQI Seminar
Quantum computing, zeroes of zeta functions & approximate counting
     Wim van Dam, UCSB
     3:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract


 
November 1: IQI Seminar
On the quantum hardness of solving isomorphism problems as nonabelian hidden shift problems
     Pawel Wocjan, Caltech
     3:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract


 
October-2005
 

 
October 25: IQI Seminar
A reference probability approach to quantum filtering
     Lucas Bouten, Caltech
     3:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract


 
October 18: IQI Seminar
The quantum algorithm for approximating the Jones polynomial
     Dorit Aharonov, Hebrew University
     3:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract


 
October 15: SURF Seminar
Quantum accuracy threshold for concatenated perfect distance-7 code and polynomial codes
     Yingkai Ouyang, Caltech
     11:20 am, 239 Moore



 
October 15: SURF Seminar
Asymptotic behavior of translation invariant quantum algorithms for ordered searching
     Michael Kolodrubetz, Caltech
     11:00 am, 239 Moore



 
October 11: IQI Seminar
Quantization of discrete breathers in doped alkali halides
     Lawrence Schulman, Clarkson University
     3:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract


 
October 4: IQI Seminar
Threshold for the distance three Steane quantum code
     Ben Reichardt, Berkeley
     3:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract


 
September-2005
 

 
September 30: Special Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Some thoughts about 2 dimensional physics in general and the nu=5/2 fractional quantum Hall state in particular
     Michael Freedman, Microsoft Research
     4:00 pm, 114 East Bridge
     Abstract


 
September 27: IQI Seminar
Are the assumptions of fault-tolerant quantum error correction
internally consistent?

     Daniel Lidar, USC
     3:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract


 
August-2005
 

 
August 2: IQI Seminar
From quantum computers to identification of molecules
     Tal Mor, Technion, Israel
     3:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract


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July-2005
 

 
July 26: IQI Seminar
New Tales of the Mean King
     Martin Roetteler NEC Laboratories
     3:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract


 
July 20: IST Seminar
DNA Origami
     Paul Rothemund, Caltech
     4:00 pm, 070 Moore
     Abstract



 
July 19: IQI Seminar
A tour of variational quantum field theory
     Henri Verschelde, Ghent University
     3:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract


 
July 12: IQI Seminar
Capacity of bosonic Gaussian channels with memory
     Nicolas Cerf, University of Brussels
     3:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract


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June-2005
 

 
June 30: Group Meeting
Nonlocality and secrecy
     Jonathan Barrett, Perimeter Institute
     5:30 pm, 156 Jorgensen
     Abstract



 
June 8: IST Seminar
The symmetric group defies Fourier sampling:
Finding hidden subgroups requires non-separable measurement

     Alexander Russell, University of Connecticut
     4:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract



 
June 7: IQI Seminar
Multiregister Fourier sampling and subexponential-time algorithms for the Hidden Subgroup Problem
     Cristopher Moore, University of New Mexico
     1:30 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract



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May-2005
 

 
May 31: IQI Seminar
Quantum adiabatic computation: From Hilbert's tenth problem to the Superfluid-Mott insulator quantum phase transition
     Tien Kieu, Swinburne University of Technology
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract


 
May 24: IQI Seminar
Quantum state reconstruction via continuous measurement
     Andrew Silberfarb, University of New Mexico
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract


 
May 17: IQI Seminar
A theory of quantum gravity based on quantum computation
     Seth Lloyd, MIT
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract


 
May 10: IQI Seminar
Bipartite entanglement in the stabilizer formalism
     David Fattal, Stanford
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract


 
May 6: IQI Special Seminar
     Enhancing practical security of quantum key distribution with a few decoy states
     Jim Harrington, LANL
     2:00 p.m., 156 Jorgensen
     Abstract



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April-2005
 

 
April 19: IQI Seminar
Topological phases for quantum computation: their properties and physical realization
     Jiri Vala, UC Berkeley
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract


 
April 5: IQI Seminar
Quantum information with optical lattices
     Jiannis Pachos, University of Cambridge
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract


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March-2005
 

 
March 29: IQI Seminar
The spectra of quantum states and representation theory
     Matthias Christandl, University of Cambridge
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract


 
March 22: Group Meeting **Tuesday**
A review of POVM compression and its applications
     Aram Harrow, MIT
     5:30 p.m., 156 Jorgensen


 
March 15: IQI Seminar
Generalized entanglement as a resource for efficient computation
     Rolando Somma, Los Alamos National Laboratory
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen

     Abstract


 
March 8: IQI Seminar
Applications of quantum information to theories of unconventional antiferromagnets and superconductors
     Joel Moore, Berkeley
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen

   
 
March 1: IQI Seminar
Practical decoy state quantum key distribution
     Hoi-Kwong Lo, University of Toronto
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen

     Abstract


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February-2005
 

 
February 22: IQI Seminar
Entangled-pair projected states: Properties and applications
     Ignacio Cirac, Max Planck Institute, Germany
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen

   
February 15: IQI Seminar
Capacity theorems for quantum multiple access channels
     Jon Yard, Stanford University
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract

   
 
February 1: IQI Seminar
Bell inequalities and the communication cost of simulating non-locality
     Stefano Pironio, Caltech
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract

   
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January-2005
 

 
January 25: IQI Seminar
CANCELLED
     Wim van Dam, UCSB
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen

   
 
January 20: IQI Special Seminar
Reflection positivity for smooth manifolds fails in dimension four and higher
     Michael Freedman, Microsoft Research
     1:30 p.m., 239 Moore
     Abstract   


 

January 11: IQI Seminar
Thermodynamical cost of erasure of correlations in quantum systems
     Michal Hordecki, University of Gdansk, Poland
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract  

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