aspuru-list September 2009

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Schedule for BBN visit to Aspuru-Guzik Group

by Cesar Rodriguez

Dear Alan, Alejandro, James, Ivan, Man Hong, Saikat, Ville, Zach (and anyone else interested in Quantum Computation that I might have forgotten): This Friday October 2nd, we will have the pleasure of a visit from Zach Dutton and Saikat Guha from BBN <http://www.bbn.com/>. The purpose of this meeting is to share ideas between BBN and the Aspuru-Guzik group about quantum computation, simulation, walks and more. We will have informal discussions and talks through out the day. The schedule for the day is the following: 9:30am Zach Dutton and Saikat Guha arrive to Mallinckrodt 116 (lobby area). 10:00am Cesar's Talk - Quantum Stochastic Walks (Mallinckrodt 102 - Division Room) 10:45am Saikat Guha's Talk (TBA) (Mallinckrodt 102 - Division Room) 11:15am Discussion (Mallinckrodt 102 - Division Room) 12:00pm Lunch Break 1:00pm Ville's Talk - TBA (Mallinckrodt 102 - Division Room) 1:30pm Ivan's Talk - Quantum Simulation (Mallinckrodt 102 - Division Room) 2:00pm Wrap up (Mallinckrodt 102 - Division Room) If there are any questions, you can call my cellphone, 617-710-4231. See you all (that are into QC) there. Cesar -- Cesar A. Rodriguez-Rosario, Postdoctoral Fellow Harvard University Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Box#34 12 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA rodriguez(a)chemistry.harvard.edu

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Whitesides

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Whitesides talk in pfizer now will be Cool Alan Aspuru-Guzik (Sent from my mobile phone and might contain typos. Thanks for understanding.)

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] my copy of Breuer Open Quantum Systems?

by Cesar Rodriguez

Dear Group: Can you please look around your desks to see if anyone has my copy of Breuer and Petruccione of the book Theory of Open Quantum Systems? I write my name on markers around the edges of the pages. I've been missing this book at least many weeks now, and I really need it. Thanks Cesar -- Cesar A. Rodriguez-Rosario, Postdoctoral Fellow Harvard University Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Box#34 12 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA rodriguez(a)chemistry.harvard.edu

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [iic-colloquium] Reminder: Idit Harel Caperton speaks today on "Social Networks+Game-Making: Rethinking Education"

by Rosalind Reid

We hope you'll join us for today's IIC Colloquium: Social Networks+Game-Making: Rethinking Education September 30, 2009, 4:00pm Room G115, Maxwell Dworkin, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge Idit Harel Caperton Founder and President, World Wide Workshop Abstract How can we cultivate and nurture today’s disengaged learners so that they become more creative and computationally capable? How can we help them to prosper in the high-tech global economy, able to manage complex communication and large-scale projects that are collaborative and computational? “We cannot wait for higher education or special professional training to do this,” asserts our speaker. “We must start young!” Using a groundbreaking new learning network called Globaloria, the World Wide Workshop Foundation has demonstrated that practicing the making of games and simulations, within a virtual design studio embedded in a social learning system, can help students develop sophisticated contemporary learning abilities. Bio Idit Harel Caperton, Ph.D., is a pioneer in using new-media technology for creative learning, innovation and globalization through constructionist learning theory. She founded the World Wide Workshop (www.worldwideworkshop.org ) in 2004 to leverage her unique blend of award-winning research, business acumen and leadership in new-media learning projects around the world. Most recently, the foundation launched Globaloria to invent ways of using social networking and Web 2.0 tools to teach game-making and project-based learning to youth worldwide. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Dr. Caperton conducted breakthrough research at the MIT Media Lab that led to publishing the book Constructionism with Seymour Papert. Her book Children Designers received the 1991 Outstanding Book Award by the American Education Research Association. In 1995, she founded MaMaMedia and launched MaMaMedia.com, ConnectedFamily.com, and Papert.org. Pioneering kids' Internet media, MaMaMedia established global distribution and advertizing partnerships and won numerous honors, including: the Computerworld-Smithsonian Award (1999), the Internet industry's coveted Global Information Infrastructure Award (1999), and the 21st-Century Achievement Award from the Computerworld Honors Program (2002). In 2002, she was honored by the Network of Educators in Science and Technology and MIT "for devotion, innovation and imagination in science and technology on behalf of children and youth around the world." Selected MaMaMedia activities were recently re-programmed for OLPC. Idit holds degrees from Tel Aviv University (BA, 1982), Harvard University (EdM 1984; CAS 1985) and MIT Media Lab (PhD, 1988). . --------------- For more information about IIC colloquia and other events : http://iic.harvard.edu/events/upcoming -------------- Initiative in Innovative Computing Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences_______________________________________________ iic-colloquium mailing list iic-colloquium(a)seas.harvard.edu https://lists.deas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/iic-colloquium

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] group meeting tomorrow @ 10AM

by Alejandro Perdomo

We will meet in the Division Room M102. Roberto is up!-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-Guzik group list] Squash ladder

by Jacob J Krich

There are squash racquets around the lab, so there must be squash players, too. We could be informal about trash-talking and squash-playing, but why not make it technological and on the record? If you want to play squash, please join the ladder here http://squash-ladder.net/aspuru/ All levels welcome, and we'll sort ourselves out. Feel free to invite more players from outside the group. Jacob

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Grad Students: Group Joining Panel

by Leslie Vogt

Dear Grad Students, The GPC's group joining panel is this Friday from 3:20 - 4ish. If one of you is interested in sharing your group joining insight and advice with this year's G1s, please let me know. Thanks for your help, Leslie -- Leslie Vogt Aspuru-Guzik Group Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] TODAY: Excitonics Seminar - Professor Ian Mercer - September 29

by rtavilla＠rle.mit.edu

Center for Excitonics Seminar Series Announcement The Center for Excitonics (http://www.rle.mit.edu/excitonics) invites you to join us at the first seminar of the Fall 2009 series. Please forward this information on to others who might be interested in attending this seminar. Title: Quantum Dimension of Photosynthesis Revealed by Angular Resolved Coherent Imaging Presenter: Professor Ian Mercer Organization: Department of Physics, University College Dublin Date: September 29, 2009 Time: 3:00 - 4:00pm Place: 36-428 Refreshments: Yes URL: http://www.rle.mit.edu/excitonics/mercer-092909.html abstract Understanding the role of coherent electronic motion is expected to resolve general questions of importance in macromolecular energy transfer, in nature and in devices. Significant progress has been made using coherent optical four wave-mixing, however the interpretation of measurements is difficult in particular where multiple quantum transitions are strongly coupled, and new methods are required for an improved feedback to molecular simulation. We will look at a novel laser method, Angle-Resolved Coherent (ARC) imaging, that separates quantum coherences from energy transfers in to orthogonal dimensions, in an instantaneous two-dimensional mapping. The power of the new method is demonstrated with the light harvesting complex II (LH2) of purple bacteria. We reveal an evolving quantum coherence with a time-ordered matter-selection of transition energies at ambient temperature. We also reveal a coherent component to the energy transfer between macromolecular rings and a correlation between excitation and emission energies within a ring at ambient temperature. bio Ian Mercer is currently lecturing in Physics at University College Dublin in Ireland. He has previous experience as a laser company CTO (UK), a lecturer in Chemistry at Imperial College (UK) and a PI and Team Leader at LLNL (US). His has interests in combining new laser methods, laser technology and molecular-optical simulation for revealing biomolecular and electronic device function. energies within a ring at ambient temperature.

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] On the linear response and scattering of an interacting molecule-metal system

by Patrick Rebentrost

On the linear response and scattering of an interacting molecule-metal system Authors: David J. Masiello, George C. Schatz http://arxiv.org/abs/0909.4809

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Currently serving: Starbucks

by Ivan Kassal

Dear Group, Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor (just kidding, it was Leslie), the coffee machine is now brewing Ethiopian sun-dried Sidamo(R) by Starbucks. *With incredible layers of intense black cherry & exotic spice flavors, Ethiopia Sun-Dried Sidamo(R) is truly a cup of coffee like no other. And it is all thanks to a deep-red coffee cherry.*

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