aspuru-list August 2007

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] QC Literature Review 1: introduction to quantum oracles

by Jacob D. Biamonte

Dear all, Today at 5:30 p.m. marks the first QC Lit. Review meeting. These meetings are open lectures/discussions that are designed to i.) increase synergy and ii.) provide a comfortable forum to share important techniques and methods in the area of quantum algorithm design. Today I will present the first part of a 2 part lecture series about quantum oracles. Please bring your note books. Sincerely, Jake-

16 years, 8 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Transportation Fuels and Vehicle Technologies at KSG on Friday

by Jenny MacGregor

Hello all, I have been asked to forward this message on about a presentation at the Kennedy School this Friday. Please contact Gustavo Collantes (Gustavo_Collantes(a)ksg.harvard.edu, 617-496-6743) if you have any questions. Best, Jenny ** *Well-to-Wheels Analysis of Advanced Vehicle Technologies and Transportation Fuels with the GREET Model * Dr. Michael Wang Center for Transportation Research Argonne National Laboratory * Friday, August 10, 2007, 12 PM, Library, Belfer Center, Kennedy School of Government, Belfer Bldg 3rd floor* In order to fully evaluate energy and emission benefits of advanced vehicle technologies and new transportation fuels, well-to-wheels (WTW) analysis becomes necessary, since energy losses and emissions occur during the fuel production stage as well the vehicle operation stage. With DOE support, Argonne National Laboratory has been developing the Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Transportation (GREET) model for WTW analyses since 1995. The GREET model enables analysts to evaluate WTW energy and emission effects of various vehicle/fuel systems by including fuel production activities and vehicle operation activities. In addition, the GREET model helps examine energy and emission effects of producing different materials such as steel and aluminum for vehicle production. With the GREET model, Argonne has analyzed WTW energy and emissions of advanced vehicle/fuel systems for Department of Energy and industries. Argonne applied the GREET model to analyze energy use and emissions of propulsion systems such as hybrid electric vehicles and fuel-cell vehicles and fuels such as gasoline, diesel, hydrogen, and biofuels. In particular, Argonne has examined emissions of greenhouse gases and criteria pollutants and energy use for petroleum and fossil energy use for various vehicle/fuel options. This presentation summarizes updated results of Argonne 's well-to-wheels energy and emission evaluations with the GREET model for biofuels and other fuels such as coal to liquids. -- Jenny MacGregor Events and Publications Coordinator Harvard University Center for the Environment ph: 617-495-8883

16 years, 8 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] group meeting on Thursday

by Masoud Mohseni

Dear All, We have a group meeting talk by Cesar A. Rodriguez (University of Texas at Austin) on Thursday at 5 pm. Completely Positive Maps and Classical Correlations Cesar A. Rodriguez, University of Texas at Austin We study the set of initial states of a system and its environment that are known to guarantee completely positive reduced dynamics for the system when the combined state evolves unitarily. We characterize the correlations in the initial state in terms of information theory. We prove that initial states that have only classical correlations lead to completely positive reduced dynamics. The induced maps can be not completely positive when quantum correlations including, but not limited to, entanglement are present. We outline the implications of our results to quantum process tomography experiments. http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/quant-ph/0703022 Cheers, Masoud -- *********************************************************** Masoud Mohseni, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology 12 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA, 012138, USA Office: M 111, Telephone: (617) 496-9964, Fax: (617) 496-9411 Email: masoud(a)chemistry.harvard.edu URL: http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/People/Masoud%20Mohseni/ **************************************************************

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Input on web design

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear all, A first beta test of the web-design of the clean energy website has arrived. It of course doesn't work yet (although we are advancing in the background thanks to Ivan and Roberto to get it going). The only link that works is "Cleanenergy@Harvard" which will also contain more information and text. If you have any feedback about how the site "feels" and looks, let us know. We will have many applications like the "Scipplet" you see on the right (play with it) which explain many aspects of the project, energy policy, ecology, etc. to the users. Cheers, and thanks to all of you for providing early feedback, design suggestions, etc. Here is the URL http://cleanenergy.harvard.edu/go -- Alan Aspuru-Guzik Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology 12 Oxford Street Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel: (617)384-8188 Group URL: http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu

16 years, 8 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] our next meeting

by Edward Farhi

Dear All Our next meeting will be on Monday August 20 at 1:00. Try to stay amused till then. Eddie *********************************************** Edward Farhi Professor of Physics Director Center for Theoretical Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology Building 6 Room 304 Cambridge MA 02139 617 253 4871 ***********************************************

16 years, 9 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: Q-Chem 3.1 is available on Bassi, Jacquard, and Seaborg

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear Group members, We have 20,000 hours of Q-chem still available for us at the NERSC supercomputer center. We should probably use them. Alan ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Zhengji Zhao <zzhao(a)lbl.gov> Date: Aug 3, 2007 3:05 PM Subject: Q-Chem 3.1 is available on Bassi, Jacquard, and Seaborg To: mpp-users(a)nersc.gov Dear NERSC users, Q-Chem 3.1 is now available on Bassi, Jacquard, and Seaborg now. To use it, type: module load qchem/3.1 If no problems are reported, this version will become the default version in one month (Sept. 3). The current default version is 3.0. On Jacquard, we have also installed serial version of Q-Chem 3.1. To use it, type: module load qchem/3.1s -- Best regards, Zhengji Zhao User Services Group email: ZZhao(a)lbl.gov NERSC Division phone: (510) 495-2540 Lawrence Berkeley Lab fax: (510) 486-4316 -- Alan Aspuru-Guzik Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology 12 Oxford Street Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel: (617)384-8188 Group URL: http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu

16 years, 9 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Evan-talk

by Ali Najmaie

Dear all, Evan will be giving a talk about his summer-research project, next Monday at noon (M114). This can be a brown bag lunch for the interested people. Ali

16 years, 9 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Printer Maintenance Kit

by James D Whitfield

The printer is operational. JDW -- James D Whitfield Aspuru-Guzik Group Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University tel: 301-520-7847

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