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December-2007
 

 
December 14: IQI Special Seminar
NMR and quantum information processing
      Raymond Laflamme, IQC, University of Waterloo
      4:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen     

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December 7: IQI Special Seminar
Verifying multimode entanglement
      Pavel Lougovski, University of Oregon
      1:30 p.m., 214 Steele      

      Abstract


 
December 4: IQI Seminar
An overview of quantum expanders
      Matthew Hastings, LANL
      3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen     

      Abstract


 
November-2007
 

 
November 20: IQI Seminar
Resilient quantum computation in correlated environments
      Eduardo Novais, Duke University
      3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen

      Abstract


 
November 13: IQI Seminar
The quantum phase transition to topological order and topological entropy
      Alioscia Hamma, USC
      3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen

      Abstract


 
November 6: IQI Seminar
The power of quantum systems on a line
      Sandy Irani, UCI
      3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen

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October-2007
 

 
October 26: Special IQI Seminar
Rotating photons
      Steven van Enk, University of Oregon
      4:00p.m., 114 E. Bridge
      Abstract


 
October 16: IQI Seminar
Simple universal Hamiltonians
      Peter Love, Haverford College
      3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
      Abstract


 
**WEDNESDAY**October 10: IQI Seminar
Direct product theorems for communication complexity via sub-distribution bounds with application to communication-entanglement trade-offs in quantum communication protocols
      Rahul Jain, University of Waterloo
      4:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
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August-2007
 

 
August 7: IQI Seminar
Perfect parallel repetition theorem for quantum XOR proof systems
      Falk Unger, CWI
      3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
      Abstract


 
July-2007
 

 
July 10: IQI Seminar
Gaussian protocols for quantum key distribution
      Nicolas Cerf, University of Brussels
      3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
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June-2007
 

 
  
May-2007
 

 
May 22: IQI Seminar
Quantum algorithms for identifying hidden polynomial functions graphs
      Pawel Wocjan, University of Central Florida
      3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
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May 15: IQI Seminar
Finding braids for topological quantum computation
      Nick Bonesteel, Florida State University
      3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
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May 8: IQI Seminar
Geometry of quantum criticality

      Paolo Zanardi, USC
      3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
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May 1: IQI Seminar
Practical error correction for quantum key distribution

      Jim Harrington, LANL
      3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
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April-2007
 

 
April 24: IQI Seminar
Toward photonic crystal quantum circuit boards and networks
      Durdu Guney, UCSD
      3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
      Abstract


 
April 3: IQI Seminar
Entanglement-assisted quantum error correction
      Todd Brun, USC
      3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
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March-2007
 

 
  

March 13: IQI Seminar
Contextuality and nonclassicality
     Robert Spekkens, University of Cambridge
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
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March 6: IQI Seminar
Decoherence in Josephson qubits: noise phenomenological model and its microscopic origin
     Lara Faoro, Rutgers    
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
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February-2007
 

 
February 21: Group Meeting
Recent advances in the quantum adversary method
      Robert Spalek, UC Berkeley
      5:30 pm, 156 Jorgensen
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February 20: IQI Seminar
Cloning and broadcasting in generalized probabilistic theories
     Matthew Leifer, Perimeter Institute    
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
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February 6: IQI Seminar
The quantum Chernoff bound and asymptotic error exponents in quantum hypothesis testing
     Frank Verstraete, University of Vienna    
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen

 
 
January-2007
 

 
January 31: Group Meeting
     Graeme Smith, University of Bristol 
      5:30 pm, 156 Jorgensen


 
January 23: IQI Seminar
Superpolynomial speedups using almost any quantum circuit
     Aram Harrow, University of Bristol    
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
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January 16: IQI Seminar
Quantum copy-protection
     Scott Aaronson, University of Waterloo
     3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen
     Abstract 

January 9: IQI Seminar
Error correcting codes for adiabatic quantum computation
     Stephen Jordan, MIT
     3:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen
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