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December-2008
 

 
December 9: IQI Seminar
Spectral gap in adiabatic quantum computation
     
Mohammad Amin, D-Wave Systems
      3:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen
      Abstract


 
December 2: IQI Seminar
A periodic table for topological insulators and superconductors
     
Alexei Kitaev, Caltech
      3:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen
      Abstract


 
November-2008
 

 
November 18: IQI Seminar
Accurate and decoherence-protected adiabatic quantum computation
      Daniel Lidar, USC

      3:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen
      Abstract
    
 
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August-2008
 

 
August 19: IQI Seminar

      Luming Duan, University of Michigan
 
      3:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen


 
July-2008
 

 
July 23: Group Meeting
      Zhengcheng Gu, MIT

      5:30 pm, 156 Jorgensen

      Abstract
    
 
June-2008
 

 
June 24: IQI Seminar
Quantum networking with atomic ensembles
      Hui Deng, Caltech
 
      3:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen
      Abstract
    
 
June 17: IQI Seminar
The fastest rate
      Jonathan Oppenheim, University of Cambridge
 
      3:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen
      Abstract
    
 
June 11: IQI Group Meeting **Wednesday**
      Yi Zhao, University of Toronto
 
      5:30 pm, 156 Jorgensen
      
 
June 4: IQI Seminar
The Quantum spin Hall effect and the topological magneto-electric effect
      Shou-Cheng Zhang, Stanford University
 
      4:00 pm, 107 Downs
      Abstract
     

 
May-2008
 

 
May 20: IQI Seminar
Quantum communication with two zero-capacity channels
      Graeme Smith, IBM, Watson Research Center
 
      3:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen
      Abstract
     
 
May 13: IQI Seminar
Anyonic interferometry and protected memories in atomic spin
      Liang Jiang, Harvard University
 
      3:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen
      Abstract
      
 
May 6: IQI Seminar
Secure optical key generation using an ultra-long fiber laser

      Avi Zadok, Caltech  
      3:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen
      Abstract


 
April-2008
 

 
April 29: IQI Seminar
Speed-Up via quantum sampling
      Pawel Wocjan, University of Central Florid
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      3:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen
      Abstract     
     
 
April 15: IQI Seminar
Algebraic quantum circuits
      Wim van Dam, UCSB  
      3:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen
      Abstract 
      
 
April 8: IQI Seminar
Out-of-equilibrium ultracold atoms in optical lattices
      Ulrich Schollwock, Technical University of Aachen 
      3:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen
      Abstract      
     
 
April 3: Group Meeting **Thursday**
      Aram Harrow, University of Bristol
      5:30 pm, 156 Jorgensen



 
April 1: IQI Seminar
The physical underpinnings of privacy
      Jean Christian Boileau, University of Toronto
      3:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen
      Abstract
     
 
March-2008
 

 
March 18: IQI Seminar
The quantum cost of a nonlocal measurement
      William Wootters, Williams College
      3:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen
      Abstract
     
 
March 4: IQI Seminar
Measurement-only topological quantum computation
      Parsa Bonderson, Microsoft Station Q
      3:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen
      Abstract



 
February-2008
 

 
February 26: IQI Seminar
Complementarity and wave-particle duality
      Berge Englert, National University of Singapore
      3:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen
      Abstract 


 
February 19: IQI Seminar
How to quantum compute against biased noise
      Panos Aliferis, IBM, Watson Research Center
      3:00 pm, 74 Jorgensen

      Abstract


 
February12 : IQI Seminar
Nanoscale quantum optics: from single-photon devices to strongly correlated systems
      Darrick Chang, Harvard University
      3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen     

      Abstract
      
 
January-2008
 

 
January 30: Group Meeting
Dissipation-error tradeoff in tape copying with imperfect discrimination
      Charles Bennett, IBM, Watson Research Center
      5:30 pm, 156 Jorgensen

      Abstract


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January 29: IQI Seminar
Quantum simulated annealing
      Sergio Boixo, University of New Mexico
      3:00 p.m., 74 Jorgensen     

      Abstract