aspuru-list February 2009

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by Ivan Kassal

Dear group, We are running out. To avert disaster, I'll be getting more next week. Which means pay me by next group meeting or face unbearable consequences. Last time, we had some complicated formula for who should pay how much that seemed to work fine. I'm feeling lazy and don't want to re-derive it (the horrors of not keeping a lab notebook), so we'll put our blind faith in the old recipe: everyone pays me $4 for each coffee they drink during an average week. For example, if you drink one coffee each day of the workweek, you pay me $20. That will keep you set for maybe six months. Also, if you have a brand/flavor preference, let me know. If no one says anything, we're buying Leslie's favorite, which is Lavazza Super Crema. Ivan

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] HUCE Weekly Calendar Update February 12 - 27

by Center for the Environment

Highlights: Wednesday, February 18: The new Geopolitics of Energy Seminar Series at HKS launches with a lecture by John Hess, Chairman and CEO of Hess Corporation, on "The Future of Oil and Gas." Thursday, February 19: Job seekers! The Environmental Business Council is hosting its Semiannual Environmental, Energy & Engineering Career Fair at the Lenox Hotel. Wednesday, February 25: Saul Griffith, a recently named McArthur Fellow and President and Chief Scientist at Makani Power, discusses innovative strategies to harness high altitude wind power at the second HUCE "Future of Energy" lecture. Calendar Listings: Thursday 2/12/2009 5:00p - 6:15p God and Global Warming: Scientists' and Evangelicals' Common Voice (Sperry Room, Andover Hall, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Ave, Cambridge, MA) Join Eric Chivian and Richard Cizik as they tell the story of their discovery that scientists and evangelical leaders shared a profound reverence for life on Earth and a deep sense of responsibility. Contact: Meg Thomsen, margaret_thomsen(a)hms.harvard.edu, 617-384-8533 , chge.med.harvard.edu 6:00p - 7:30p MIT Energy Club Lecture Series (MIT, Building 4, Room 163, Cambridge, MA) "Integrating Electric Vehicles Into New England's Grid and Electricity Markets." Panelists will discuss integrating electric vehicles into New England's grid and electricity market. Contact: John Kluza, jkluza(a)mit.edu , events.mit.edu/scripts/list_ext.pl?gr... 6:00p Looking into the Future of U.S. Energy Policy (First Parish Church, 3 Church St., Cambridge) Speaker: Vincent DeVito, Energy and Climate Change Attorney, Bowditch & Dewey, LLP. Contact: info(a)basea.org, www.basea.org/ 6:00p Harvard Museum of Natural History: Evolution Matters (Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Darwin at 200: Rethinking the Revolution." Janet Browne, Aramont Professor of the History of Science, Harvard. Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617-495-3045, www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_spe... 6:00p - 7:30p Human Rights Distinguished Lectures (Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South Building, Concourse Level, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA) "Promoting Human Rights and Protecting Human Dignity through the United Nations: The Impact of Development and Climate Change." Contact: humanrights(a)harvard.edu , www.humanrights.harvard.edu/ Friday 2/13/2009 9:00a - 12:30p Restructuring Roundtable (Foley Hoag, 155 Seaport Blvd, 13th Floor Conference Room, Boston, MA) "Integrating Electric Vehicles into a Smarter Electric Grid." Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioner John Wellinghoff. Contact: www.raabassociates.org/main/roundtabl... 2:30p - 4:30p MIT Seminar on Environmetnal and Agricultural History (Building E51, Room 095, MIT, Cambridge, MA) "She Sings (My Life as a Mosquito): The Story of Malaria's Unstable Agro-Ecology in Ethiopia." Jim McCann, Professor of History, Boston University. Contact: Margo Collett, mcollett(a)mit.edu Saturday 2/14/2009 2:00p Harvard Museum of Natural History Family Program (HMNH, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "One Beetle Too Many: The Extraordinary Adventures of Charles Darwin." Children's book author Kathryn Lasky and artist Matthew Trueman. Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617-495-3045, www.hmnh.harvard.edu Sunday 2/15/2009 2:00p - 12:45p Harvard Museum of Natural History Family Program (HMNH, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "An Afternoon with Charles Darwin." With Andrew Berry. Imagine meeting Charles Darwin! What stories would he tell? What would you ask him? Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617-495-3045, www.hmnh.harvard.edu/family_programs/... Monday 2/16/2009 11:30a Harvard Energy Journal Club (HUCE Seminar room, 24 Oxford St. 3rd floor, Cambridge, MA) Visit the Energy Journal website for current topics of discussion. Contact: Mark Winkler, mwinkler(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/index.html Tuesday 2/17/2009 9:00a - 10:30a Frontiers in Sustainability Science Seminar (Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA) "The role of trees in complex landscape systems: Carbon sequestration, water flows, and boundary organizations." Meine van Noordwijk, Chief Science Advisor, World Agroforestery Centre. Contact: Nancy Dickson, nancy_dickson(a)harvard.edu, www.cid.harvard.edu/sustsci 9:00a - 4:00p Planetary Science microSymposium (Hoffman Faculty Lounge, 20 Oxford St., 4th Floor, Cambridge, MA) Speakers from Harvard, CfA and NASA will presenting on a range of topics. Followed by a reception. Contact: Glenn Sterenborg, mgsteren(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.geophysics.harvard.edu/psm 12:00p - 1:00p Herbaria Seminar Series (Sherman Fairchild Lecture Hall, Room 102, 7 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA) "Boletus rubropunctus forms tuberculate ectomycorrhizae and sclerotia with Quercus spp. over a wide geographic range." Matt Smith, Pfister Lab, Farlow Fellow. Contact: Margaret Richards, prichards(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 496-8062 12:00p - 1:00p Energy 101: The ABC's of Energy (MIT, E51-335, Cambridge, MA) Are you confused by the multitudes of energy acronyms and buzzwords? Interested in breaking into energy but feel energy illiterate? Veronica Metzner, a Sloan MBA candidate. Contact: Ashleigh Hildebrand, ash456(a)mit.edu 3:00p - 4:00p ClimaTea Lecture/Journal Club (Geological Museum, Room 418, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA) Visit the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics website for current speakers and topics of discussion. Contact: Kate Dennis, kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu, 617-384-8398, www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars... 3:00p - 4:00p Building affordable Zero-Energy Houses (Aldrich 111, Harvard Business School, Allston, MA) Carter Scott, President of Transformations, Inc., a sustainable development and building company in Townsend, MA, will share with us how he uses an engineering approach to build affordable zero-energy houses. Contact: Paul Laszlo, plaszlo(a)mba2009.hbs.edu, www.Transformations-Inc.us 5:00p - 6:30p EEPIC Expert Speaker Engagement (Malkin Penthouse, Littauer, 4th Floor, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA) "Can We Afford the Future?: The Economics of a Warming World." Prof. Frank Ackerman, Tufts University. 5:30p MIT Faculty Club Seminar (MIT Faculty Club, 50 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA) "The Role of Battery Technology in the Electrification of Vehicles." Yet-Ming Chiang, Kyocera Professor of Ceramics, MIT. This month's Seminar will provide an insider’s v... Contact: alum.mit.edu/learn/SeminarSeries/Bost... Wednesday 2/18/2009 10:30a - 12:00p Geopolitics of Energy Seminar Series (Fainsod Room, Littauer 324, HKS, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA) "The Future of Oil and Gas." John Hess, Chairman and CEO of Hess Corporation. Contact: Louisa Lund, louisa_lund(a)harvard.edu, www.hks.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/cepr/index... 4:00p - 5:30p Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy (Littaur-382, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA) "The Price of Gasoline and the Demand for Fuel Efficiency: Evidence from Monthly New Vehicles Sales Data." Thomas Klier, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and Joshua Linn, University of Ilinois. Contact: Jason Chapman, Jason_Chapman(a)ksg.harvard.edu, 617-496-8054 8:00p Environmental Action Committee Meeting (Spindell Room, Quincy House, 58 Plympton St., Cambridge, MA) Everyone interested in learning about the EAC and/or learning how to help make a difference for the environment is welcome. Contact: Caitlin Rotman, caitlin.rotman(a)gmail.com Thursday 2/19/2009 11:00a - 3:00p EBC 5th Semiannual Environmental, Energy & Engineering Career Fair (Lenox Hotel, 61 Exeter St., Boston, MA) This Environmental & Energy Career Fair is one of the best opportunities to learn about environmental professions, and features EBC member companies. Contact: ebc.terranovum.com/index.php?id=77&am... 12:00p - 1:00p HSPH Community Forum: Green is the New Crimson: An Update on Environmental Responsibility at Harvard (Kresge G2, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA) Speakers: Danny Beaudoin, HSPH Manager of Energy & Utilities, and Heather Henriksen, Director of the Harvard Office for Sustainability. Part of the HSPH Community Forum Series. Contact: Audrey Harmon , aharmon(a)hsph.harvard.edu, 617-432-4397, www.hsph.harvard.edu/community/ 3:30p China Project Seminar (Pierce Hall 100F, 19 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Water Pollution and Digestive Cancers in China." Dr. Avraham Ebenstein, Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy, Harvard University. Contact: Chris Nielsen , nielsen2(a)fas.harvard.edu 6:00p - 7:00p MIT Energy: Wind Sub-Community Lecture Series (MIT, Building E51, Room 376, Cambridge, MA) Jack Clarke of Mass Audubon will give a lecture on wind energy and wildlife issues. Contact: events.mit.edu/scripts/event_ext.pl?e... 7:00p - 8:00p MIT Discussion Series: Gazprom's Politicization of Energy and the January Shutoff of Europe's Gas Supply (Stata Center, R&D Pub (4th Floor), Bldg. 32, MIT, 32 Vassar St., Cambridge, MA) Speaker: Mladen Ne'ic (Tufts Fletcher School). Contact: Addison Stark , addison(a)mit.edu , www.mitenergyclub.org/events-and-prog... Friday 2/20/2009 11:00a - 12:00p Harvard Forest Seminar Series (Seminar Room at Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, 324 North Main Street, Petersham, MA) "Understanding successful biological invasions: a perspective of exotic ants in Florida." Joshua King, Central Connecticut State University. Contact: Audry Barker Plotkin, aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu, 978-724-3302 x 268, harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/researc... 2:00p - 4:00p Unconventional Gas Technology (MIT, E19-319, Cambridge, MA) Speaker: Kent Perry, Director of Exploration & Production Research at the Gas Technology Institute in Des Plaines, Illinois. Contact: Megan Nimura , mnimura(a)mit.edu, events.mit.edu/scripts/event_ext.pl?e... 4:00p - 8:00p Boston University Energy Conference (8 Saint Mary's St., Boston, MA ) BU Energy Conference The BU Energy Club will be hosting a night full of interesting panel discussions from a diverse set of speakers. Contact: events.mit.edu/scripts/event_ext.pl?e... Monday 2/23/2009 11:30a Harvard Energy Journal Club (HUCE Seminar room, 24 Oxford St. 3rd floor, Cambridge, MA) Visit the Energy Journal website for current topics of discussion. Contact: Mark Winkler, mwinkler(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/index.html 4:00p EPS Spring Colloquium (Haller Hall, Geological Museum, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "A frozen ocean in a warming climate: Observing, understanding, and responding to a diminished Arctic sea ice cover." Donald Perovich, US Army Corps for Engineers. Contact: Ganna Savostyanova, savosty(a)fas.harvard.edu 4:15p Radcliffe Institute Lecture in the Sciences (Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA) "Tiny Conspiracies: Cell-to-Cell Communication in Bacteria." Bonnie Bassler, Princeton University. Cosponsored by the Microbial Sciences Initiative at Harvard. Contact: 617-495-8600 6:00p Darwin and the Consciousness of Others (Barker Center for the Humanities, Harvard University, 12 Quincy Street, Room 133, Cambridge, MA) Gillian Beer, University of Cambridge. Free and open to the public; seating is limited. Contact: www.fas.harvard.edu/~humcentr Tuesday 2/24/2009 9:30a - 11:00a Energy Technology Innovation Policy Seminar Series (Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, 79 JFK St., Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA) "Exploring Opportunities and Enabling Technologies for Carbon Capture and Storage in Chinese Context." Hengwei Liu, ETIP Research Fellow. Contact: Sam Milton, sam_milton(a)harvard.edu, (617) 496-5584, www.belfercenter.org/energy 12:00p - 1:00p Herbaria Seminar Series (Sherman Fairchild Lecture Hall, Room 102, 7 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA) "DNA Barcoding in Plants: From Genes to Genomics." John Kress, Smithsonian Institution. Contact: Margaret Richards, prichards(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 496-8062 2:00p State and Local Adaptation to Climate Change: What's Necessary, What's Possible, What's Next? ([This event will be hosted online.]) Environmental officials and political leadership at all levels of government are engaged in frequent dialogue regarding the impacts of climate variability and adverse weather on their economies, the health and welfare of their publics, and the fate of their jurisdictions. Contact: james_cooney(a)ksg.harvard.edu, www.innovations.harvard.edu/spotlight... 3:00p - 4:00p ClimaTea Lecture/Journal Club (Geological Museum, Room 418, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA) Visit the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics website for current speakers and topics of discussion. Contact: Kate Dennis, kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu, 617-384-8398, www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars... 5:00p Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity (Countway Library, Harvard Medical School, 10 Shattuck St., Boston, MA) Part of the Notable Books Series, featuring Eric Chivian. Booksigning and reception to follow in Lahey Room, fifth floor, 6 p.m. Contact: rvogel(a)hms.harvard.edu Wednesday 2/25/2009 10:30a Geopolitics of Energy Seminar Series (Fainsod Room, Littauer 324, HKS, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA) "Europe." Nick Butler, Chairman of the Cambridge University Center for Energy Studies; former VP for Strategy and Development for BP Contact: bcsia_ksg(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-1400 4:00p - 5:30p Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy (Littaur-382, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA) "Clearing the Air? The Effects of Gasoline Content Regulation on Air Quality." Maximilian Auffhammer, University of California, Berkeley, and Ryan Kellogg, University of Michigan. Contact: Jason Chapman, Jason_Chapman(a)ksg.harvard.edu, 617-496-8054 5:00p The Future of Energy (Science Center D, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) Saul Griffith, Ph.D., the President and Chief Scientist at Makani Power, a company developing high-altitude wind energy extraction technologies aimed at the most powerful wind resources. Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-8883 8:00p Environmental Action Committee Meeting (Spindell Room, Quincy House, 58 Plympton St., Cambridge, MA) Everyone interested in learning about the EAC and/or learning how to help make a difference for the environment is welcome. Contact: Caitlin Rotman, caitlin.rotman(a)gmail.com Thursday 2/26/2009 4:00p - 5:00p OEB Seminar Series (Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Harvard Campus, Cambridge) "Shark skeletons and sticky fish -- new materials from the sea." Adam Summers, University of California, Irvine. Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-5891 6:00p Harvard Museum of Natural History: Evolution Matters (Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Evolution in the Post-Genomic Age." Pardis Sabeti, Center for Systems Biology, Assistant Professor, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard. Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617-495-3045, www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_spe... Friday 2/27/2009 11:00a - 12:00p Harvard Forest Seminar Series (Seminar Room at Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, 324 North Main Street, Petersham, MA) "Generalized linear mixed models: a practical guide for ecology and evolution." Ben Bolker, University of Florida. The Harvard Forest is located approximately one hour west of Cambridg... Contact: Audry Barker Plotkin, aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu, 978-724-3302 x 268, harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/researc... ---- If you would like to submit an event to the calendar, contact Lisa Matthews at the Center for the Environment: lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu. Feel free to distribute this email to your students, faculty, colleagues, and anyone else who may be interested in environmental events around the community. ============================================== You are receiving this email because you indicated interest in Harvard University Center for the Environment events. 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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] ANNOUNCEMENT: Excitonics Seminar - February 18

by rtavilla＠rle.mit.edu

Center for Excitonics Seminar Series Announcement The Center for Excitonics has begun its seminar series of 2009 ( http://www.rle.mit.edu/excitonics). We invite you to join us and to forward this information on to others who might be interested in attending this and other seminars. Title: The importance of excitons in the science and technology of semiconductor nanocrystals Presenter: Professor Moungi G. Bawendi Organization: Department of Chemistry, MIT Date: February 18, 2009 Time: 3:00 - 4:00pm Place: 36-428 Refreshments: Yes URL: http://www.rle.mit.edu/excitonics/bawendi-021809.html Abstract The wish to understand and harness fundamental excitonic processes in semiconductor nanocrystals (aka quantum dots) has catalyzed much of the progress in the preparation of these nanoscale building blocks. In particular, the size dependent properties of excitons and multiexcitons in quantum dots, coupled with a material that can be processed from solution, has led to potential applications in fields that include emissive displays, solar energy conversion, and biological and biomedical fluorescence imaging. A fundamental understanding of exciton and multiexcitonic processes is critical for any of these applications to become realized. Synthesis of well characterized materials is also obviously key, not only of the functional inorganic particle itself, but also the ligand shell that protects it and couples it chemically to molecules and matrices of interest. This talk will focus on the role and properties of excitons and multiexcitons as drivers for understanding the electronic structure of these nanocrystals and for motivating their applications in both biological and opto-electronic areas. Bio Prof. Moungi Bawendi received his AB (1982) from Harvard University and his PhD in chemistry (1988) from The University of Chicago, working with Prof. Karl Freed and Prof. Takeshi Oka. His PhD research focused on the theory of polymers and the experimental infrared spectroscopy of molecular ions in the gas phase. This was followed by two years of postdoctoral research at Bell Laboratories, working with Dr. Louis Brus, where he began his studies on nanomaterials. Bawendi joined the faculty at MIT in 1990, becoming associate professor in 1995 and professor in 1996. He has followed an interdisciplinary research program that aims at probing the science and technology of chemically synthesized nanocrystals of semiconductor materials. His awards include MIT graduate and undergraduate teaching awards (1994, 1997), the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences (2001) for his work in nanotechnology, and the EO Lawrence Award in Materials Chemistry from the US Department of Energy (2006). He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2003) and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2004), and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (2007).

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: HUCE Summer Research Assistantships

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Hey all (especially Erica and Ari) See below. Let med know if you are interested. Alán Aspuru-Guzik | Assistant Professor Harvard University | Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology 12 Oxford Street, Room M113 | Cambridge, MA 02138 (617)-384-8188 | http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jim Clem <clem(a)fas.harvard.edu> Date: Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 2:05 PM Subject: HUCE Summer Research Assistantships To: Lisa Matthews <matthew(a)fas.harvard.edu> Dear HUCE Faculty Associates: The Center is once again offering opportunities to undergraduates to participate in summer research projects with HUCE Faculty Associates. Our Summer Research Assistantship Program provides funding for up to 10 weeks of an undergraduate research assistant position at a competitive hourly wage. We will also consider requests for funding additional research costs required by individual projects. To help undergrads understand what kinds of opportunities are available, we are asking our faculty to provide potential projects (essentially a short job description). We will then distribute these descriptions to students and post them on our website March 2nd. Once the list has been distributed, it will be the students' responsibility to approach faculty members whose work is of interest to them to see if their background is appropriate for a particular project. Students will apply to us for funding with a brief letter of support from the prospective faculty supervisor. Please send me your ideas for summer RA projects by *Friday, February 27*. If you have any questions about the program, please feel free to contact me. Thanks, Jim -- James I. Clem, Ph.D. Managing Director Harvard University Center for the Environment 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel: 617.496.5458 Fax: 617.496.0425 clem(a)fas.harvard.edu

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] FREE APS membership

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Hey all! Free APS memberships!! See below. Alán Aspuru-Guzik | Assistant Professor Harvard University | Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology 12 Oxford Street, Room M113 | Cambridge, MA 02138 (617)-384-8188 | http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <dcp(a)aps.org> Date: Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 3:22 PM Subject: APS Division of Chemical Physics Announcements To: alan(a)aspuru.com Message to the American Physical Society's Division of Chemical Physics, Authorized by Eric Heller, Chair-Elect, DCP *************************************************************** Dear DCP Member, Are you aware that free one-year trial memberships in APS are available to graduate and undergraduate students, and this may include two free memberships in APS Units such as the Division of Chemical Physics? I encourage you to alert any students who are not already APS members to this generous offer. Please forward this message to your students and encourage them to sign up. The application is available online at http://www.aps.org/membership/upload/Free-Student-App08-09.pdf or for more information, see http://www.aps.org/membership/student.cfm . Please note also that there are many exciting DCP sessions at the March meeting. Please see the list of DCP focus topics appended below. We hope to see you in Pittsburgh! Eric Heller Chair-Elect, DCP APS March Meeting DCP Focus Topics (several half day sessions each): I. Fundamental Developments In Density Functional Theory II. Structure and dynamics of interfacial water III. Theory of Electron Transport Through Molecules IV. Nanomaterials for Energy Applications V. Spectroscopic Probes of Biomolecular Structure and Function. VI. The chemical physics of biological and biologically-inspired solar energy harvesting VII. Physico-Chemical Bases of Biological Ion Channel Function VIII. The Transition State in Physics, Chemistry, and Astrophysics http://www.aps.org/units/dcp/newsletters/200811.cfm To stop receiving email of this nature from APS, click on the link below. http://ultron.aps.org/cgi-bin/scrconf.pl?MID=61025338&UNIT=DCP&ACTION=-1

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: Call for Submissions. Mathematical Structures in Computer Science (CUP) on QC

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear Group, Salvador is editor of this special issue. If you are interested in submitting, let me know :) Alan *Call for submissions Special issue of Mathematical Structures in Computer Science, Cambridge University Press, on Quantum Algorithms and Quantum Cryptography* Dear Professor Aspuru-Guzik, It is indeed a pleasure to get in touch with you again. The purpose of this e-mail is to share with you that I am currently handling as guest editor a special issue on quantum algorithms and quantum cryptography of the journal Mathematical Structures in Computer Science (MSCS), Cambridge University Press. MSCS is a journal of theoretical computer science which focuses on the application of ideas from the structural side of mathematics and mathematical logic to computer science. The journal publishes original papers of a high standard and broad surveys with original perspectives in all areas of computing, provided that ideas or results from logic, algebra, geometry, category theory or other areas of logic and mathematics form a basis for the work. MSCS welcomes applications to computing based on the use of specific mathematical structures as well as on proof-theoretic notions or results. The journal will also accept contributions in new interdisciplinary fields bridging computer science, quantum physics, mathematics and information theory. In particular, papers on quantum information processing and communication are welcomed. More information on MSCS can be found in http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=MSC Our goal for this special issue is to publish a selected collection of papers on quantum algorithms and quantum cryptography with a strong mathematical flavor. We particularly welcome articles on quantum algorithms (design, computability, computational speedup, and the potential computational impact of decoherence), languages for quantum computers, mathematical formulation and simulation of quantum cryptography protocols, mathematical properties of the simulation of quantum algorithms/computers on classical computers, and the design and simulation of Hamiltonians employed in the development of quantum algorithms and quantum simulation of quantum systems. The purpose of this e-mail is to invite you and your group members to submit a paper presenting original and unpublished research results. Publishing policies for MSCS can be found on the link http://assets.cambridge.org/MSC/MSC_ifc.pdf (note that, since MCSC is an online journal, there is no limit on the number of pages per article.) - All submissions must be made through the online submission system by 1 July, 2009 at the following link: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=qcmscs2009 - All submitted manuscripts will be peer-reviewed, be judged by at least two referees on technical merit, and be handled by the editor in charge of the issue. Notification of Acceptance/Rejection will be made in November 2009. - Authors should revise their papers within one month of acceptance. Thus, revised and final version of your manuscript(s) should be submitted online in December 2009. Please do feel free to contact me and/or Professor Giuseppe Longo ( Giuseppe.Longo(a)ens.fr), Editor-in-chief of MSCS, if further information is needed. Cordially yours, Salvador Venegas-Andraca, DPhil (Oxon) Guest Editor of MSCS, special issue on quantum algorithms and quantum cryptography Assistant Professor, Monterrey Institute of Technology-State of Mexico campus Tels: +52(55)58645555 x 2488 and +52(55)32324130 http://www.mindsofmexico.org/sva | svenegas(a)itesm.mx

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: lunch with Prof. Arieh Warshel tomorrow (Thursday, 12 February)

by Anna B. Shin

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Wei Min <min.harvard(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 3:32 PM Subject: lunch with Prof. Arieh Warshel tomorrow (Thursday, 12 February) To: anna(a)chemistry.harvard.edu, Adam Cohen <cohen(a)chemistry.harvard.edu> Dear All, We have Prof. Arieh Warshel from University of Southern California coming tomorrow (Thursday, 12 February) as an invited P-Chem seminar speaker. We have about 10 spots for student/postdoc lunch (sandwiches and salads) with him in the Division room starting from 12 pm. Could you please pass this message to your group members to see who will be interested in joining this lunch? People who are interested can contact me directly (weimin(a)fas.harvard.edu), as I am the student host for this event. Thank you! Wei -- Wei Min Ph.D. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard Univeristy -- Anna B. Shin Aspuru-Guzik Group Administrator Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University 12 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 617.496.9964 phone 617.496.9411 fax anna(a)chemistry.harvard.edu Aspuru-Guzik Group URL: http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] REMINDER: Group meeting, today @ noon (in ten minutes)

by Alejandro Perdomo

We will meet in the Division room today @ 12 noon. -- Alejandro Perdomo Ph.D. Candidate in Chemical Physics. Harvard University 12 Oxford St #482, Cambridge, MA, 02138. perdomo(a)fas.harvard.edu

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: Woodward Memorial Symposium

by Anna B. Shin

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Cheryl Ryder <ryder(a)chemistry.harvard.edu> Date: Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 5:00 PM Subject: Woodward Memorial Symposium To: faculty_staff(a)chemistry.harvard.edu Hi everyone, I would like to bring the following symposium (flyer attached) in honor of Professor R. B. Woodward to your group's attention. It is taking place on April 9th down at the Royal Sonesta and features many CCB alumni and former faculty Paul Wender and David Dolphin. Please note that attendance is limited, so any students or postdocs who want to attend should register with the NESACS as soon as possible. Cheryl -- ____________________________________ Cheryl K. Ryder Special Projects Administrator Harvard University Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology 12 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 617.496.0816 (office) 617.496.5618 (fax) ryder(a)chemistry.harvard.edu ckryder(a)post.harvard.edu www.chem.harvard.edu -- Anna B. Shin Aspuru-Guzik Group Administrator Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University 12 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 617.496.9964 phone 617.496.9411 fax anna(a)chemistry.harvard.edu Aspuru-Guzik Group URL: http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] colombian candies

by Alejandro Perdomo

Dear group, I put next to the the printer some chocolates filled with coffee beans for you to try. Cheers, -A -- Alejandro Perdomo Ph.D. Candidate in Chemical Physics. Harvard University 12 Oxford St #482, Cambridge, MA, 02138. perdomo(a)fas.harvard.edu

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aspuru-list February 2009