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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: [ PSI-K ] Imperial College Lectureships

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear postdocs, Lecturer positions available at Imperial College! Alán Aspuru-Guzik | Associate 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: PSI-K <psik-coord(a)dl.ac.uk> Date: Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 9:09 AM Subject: [ PSI-K ] Imperial College Lectureships To: PSI-K <psik-coord(a)dl.ac.uk> An announcement has been added in the "PSI-K" site at PSI-K ( http://cselnx9.dl.ac.uk:8080/portal) Subject: Imperial College Lectureships Category: Job From: Peter Haynes Date: 28-Oct-2010 14:09 Message: Imperial College London intends to appoint a significant number of non-clinical Lecturers to our Faculties of Engineering, Medicine and Natural Sciences, with outstanding ability and potential. Our aim is to extend and consolidate our existing research interests, and also to embark upon new areas that fit within our academic strategy. With this in mind, we are seeking applications from candidates with a background in disciplines within, or complementary to, science, technology and medicine. We are looking to appoint those who will contribute to the College's mission, who will enhance our international reputation and who have the potential to become academic leaders. Imperial is a partner in the Thomas Young Centre<http://www.thomasyoungcentre.org/>(TYC), the London Centre for Theory and Simulation of Materials, which provides an outstanding environment for research with particular strength in first-principles electronic structure calculations. A list of academic staff associated with the Thomas Young Centre at Imperial may be found at: http://www.thomasyoungcentre.org/people/?institution=10 and prospective applicants are encouraged to contact the person working in the area closest to them or the TYC Director Prof. Mike Finnis before submitting an application. For more information about these positions please visit http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/employment/lectureships The closing date is 4th January 2011. ---------------------- This automatic notification message was sent by PSI-K ( http://cselnx9.dl.ac.uk:8080/portal) from the PSI-K site. You can modify how you receive notifications at My Workspace > Preferences.

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Group meeting by Kenta tomorrow

by Joel Yuen

Kenta is up for group meeting tomorrow. Time: Friday October 29 at 11:30 AM Place: Division Room. -- Joel Yuen-Zhou PhD candidate in Chemical Physics Harvard University CCB, 12 Oxford St. Mailbox 107, Cambridge, MA, USA.

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: Soft token

by Patrick Rebentrost

Dear group, Just thought you might find this info helpful. If you find it inconvenient to carry around the RSA key fob for odyssey, have a look at the software solution below. You can also use it on your smartphone. Please ask Suvendra (or rchelp) for the soft token. Best, Patrick -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Soft token Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:29:47 -0400 From: Dutta, Suvendra N. <suvendra_dutta(a)harvard.edu> To: Rebentrost, Frank Patrick <rebentr(a)fas.harvard.edu> Greetings Patrick, Attached is a ZIP file containing an RSA SoftToken for authenticating with Odyssey. The passcode for installing this token is: ****** In order to use the RSA Soft Token, you will need to download the appropriate software from RSA, since this works on several different platforms including Windows, Linux, Blackberry's and some other devices. Further information, including download links are available from the following RSA website: http://www.rsa.com/node.aspx?id=1313 Once you install the RSA Client, you can then install this soft token by double clicking it or importing the file. Best regards, Suvendra

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [qip] Today

by Edward Farhi

Dear Quanta We are meeting today at 11. Sergio Boixo will tell us what he is up to. Eddie ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Edward Farhi Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics Director Center for Theoretical Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology 6-300 Cambridge MA 02139 617 253 4871 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: _______________________________________________ qip mailing list qip(a)mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/qip

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Interesting positions.

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear group members, Check out this new university (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology), which has very attractive openings in Physics. Read the history of the university, etc. http://www.oist.jp/en/news-archive/38-2010/654-faculty-positions-in-physics… Alan Alán Aspuru-Guzik | Associate 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

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Has anyone checked Breuer and Petruccione from CCB library?

by Sangwoo Shim

Hello, The CCB library copy of the theory of open quantum system by Breuer and Petruccione was found on my desk, and I haven't checked this out. Please come and claim it. Best, -S^2 -- Sangwoo Shim PhD student in Chemical Physics Harvard University 12 Oxford St #63, MA 02138, USA

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] URGENT: 13 computers have arrived

by Anna B. Shin

Dear Group, Todd from Shipping and Receiving just delivered the 13 new computers from Dell. A palette of 8 boxes is outside M104-105. Another palette of 5 boxes went to Cv-B21. The 13 group members who signed up for a new desktop need to pick them up IMMEDIATELY because the boxes are light enough to steal away. I am waiting for the Net Term agreement from NewEgg to purchase the 18 monitors. I hope to have that order placed and shipped sometime next week. Thanks, Anna Anna B. Shin Laboratory Administrator | Aspuru-Guzik Research Group Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology | Harvard University 12 Oxford Street | Cambridge, MA 02138 617.496.9964 office | 617.694.9879 cell | 617.496.9411 fax http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: workshop

by Anna B. Shin

FYI, by way of Mike. Since the workshop is more instructional, it doesn't seem to have an opportunity for research presentations. If Alan deems it necessary for someone to attend, please see me about the travel since FAS policy will consider this similar to a fellowship opportunity. Thanks, Anna Anna B. Shin Laboratory Administrator | Aspuru-Guzik Research Group Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology | Harvard University 12 Oxford Street | Cambridge, MA 02138 617.496.9964 office | 617.694.9879 cell | 617.496.9411 fax http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Michael Stopa <stopa(a)lsdiv.harvard.edu> Date: Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 2:28 PM Subject: workshop To: Anna Shin <anna(a)chemistry.harvard.edu> Cc: Derek Stewart <stewart(a)cnf.cornell.edu> Hi Anna, There is an NNIN workshop in Cornell that I think Alan’s group would be very interested in (Nov. 14-16). My Cornell-NNIN counterpart, Derek Stewart, is organizing it and he asks if we can scare up some more Harvard participants. I will go and I will probably drive, so expenses will not be so great. Anyway, I don’t want to bother Alan with this right now. I’m sure he would be okay with at least sending around the announcement (with a copy of this letter) . Can you do that for me ? I also am cc’ing Derek on this email. To Derek, Alan Aspuru-Guzik is one of the people whose group would definitely be interested. He is away right now with personal time off so I am sending this to his administrator Anna Shin. Thanks, Mike Dr. Michael Stopa Director: National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network Computation Project Laboratory for Integrated Science and Technology, room 316 Harvard University 11 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA 02138 617-496-6932

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] HUCE Weekly Calendar Email October 21 - November 4

by Center for the Environment

Highlights: Tonight: The Harvard Museum of Natural History presents "RE: Design" - a unique one-act play dramatizing the correspondence of Charles Darwin and Asa Gray, one of the most influential scientists of the 19th century and founder of the Harvard Herbarium. Thursday, October 28: Nestlé Chairman Peter Brabeck, head of a consortium of private companies working with governments to develop solutions to the world’s emerging water crisis, discuses "Global Water and Food Security." November 2: Ashley Brown, the Executive Director of the Harvard Electricity Policy Group, discusses "Issues in Implementing the Smart Grid" at the next Energy Policy Seminar. Calendar Listings: October 21, 2010 4:00pm Dudley Herschbach Teach/Scientist Lecture Sever Hall "Why Harvard Needs to Lead a Redefinition of Science Education." Bruce Alberts, Editor-in-Chief of Science and past president of the National Academy of Sciences, with an introduction by Drew Faust. Contact Name: Office of Undergraduate Education undergrd(a)fas.harvard.edu 617-495-0450 4:00pm Program for Evolutionary Dynamics Seminar 1 Brattle Square 6th floor Cambridge, MA "Rubisco, the most abundant protein on Earth: An example for optimality of proteins." Yonatan (Yoni) Savir, Weizmann Institute of Science Israel. http://www.ped.fas.harvard.edu/events/seminar/ Contact Name: Lydia Liu lydia_liu(a)harvard.edu (617) 496 4737 6:00pm RE:Design: A Dramatization of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin and Asa Gray Harvard Museum of Natural History 26 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA This November marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Asa Gray, one of the most influential scientists of the 19th century and founder of the Harvard Herbarium. The one act play will be followed by a panel discussion with Re:Design director Paul Bourne; Janet Browne, the Aramont Professor of the History of Science at Harvard; and Donald Pfister, Asa Gray Professor of Botany and Director of the Harvard Herbaria. Free and open to the public http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures-classes-events/asa-gray-bicentennial.h… October 22 - 23, 2010 HBS Energy Symposium "Changing the Balance: Our Energy Future." This insightful, two-day event promises to broaden and deepen your understanding of the energy sector and is a must for those considering a career in the field. Click HERE to reserve your spot. http://hbsenergysymposium.com/ Contact Name: Kate Dennis kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu October 22, 2010 8:30am - 9:30am MSI Chalktalk HUCE Room 310, 24 Oxford Street 3rd Floor, Cambridge Will Harcombe, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard. "The evolution of social interactions in a model microbial community. 11:00am Harvard Forest Seminar Harvard Forest Seminar Room 324 North Main Street Petersham, MA "Genome-based approaches for understanding relationships between microbial forest soil community members." Jeff Blanchard. University of Massachusetts and Harvard Bullard Fellow http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminars.php Contact Name: Audrey Barker Plotkin aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu 12:15pm Climate Change and Korea’s Growth Paradigm Shift Asia Center, CGIS South Seminar Room S153, 1st Floor 1730 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA Dr. Han Seung-soo, Former Prime Minister, Republic of Korea, Former Korean Ambassador to the United States, Chairman, Board of Directors, Global Green Growth Institute. Contact Name: Holly Angell (617) 496-6824 2:00pm Solid Earth Physics Seminars 4th Floor Faculty Lounge Hoffman Laboratory 20 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA Jason Phipps Morgan, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University. "Two Subduction Stories: Importance of 3D Flow and Bend-faulting." http://esag.harvard.edu/rice/SOLID.EARTH.SEMINAR.html October 23, 2010 (All day) Students for a Just and Sustainable Future Meeting Worcester, MA State-wide SJSF groups gather for a sleep-out. Will be joined by the MA Climate Action Network meeting the next morning. Contact: Serena Zhao syzhao(a)fas.harvard.edu or John Beatty jbeatty(a)fas.harvard.edu October 25, 2010 (All day) Student Sustainability Grant Applications Due The Harvard Office for Sustainability is now accepting Student Grant applications for projects that reduce waste, cut energy use, promote sustainability in student life, and create a healthier and more environmentally friendly campus. http://www.green.harvard.edu/grants Contact Name: Rachel Johnson sustainability(a)harvard.edu 407.701.4357 October 25, 2010 11:45am - 12:45pm Harvard Energy Journal Club HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA Visit the Energy Journal website for updates and topics of discussion. http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hejc/ Contact Name: Kate Dennis kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu 12:00pm OEB Special Seminar Harvard University Herbaria Seminar Room 20 Divinity Ave Cambridge, MA James Mallet, University College of London. "From Jungle to Genome: Speciation in Heliconius Butterflies" http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/seminars.html 4:00pm EPS Fall Colloquium Haller Hall - Geo Museum 102 24 Oxford St Cambridge, MA Jim Head, Brown University. "Mars: History of Climate Change and Evolution of the Water Cycle." Contact Name: Sabinna Cappo scappo(a)fas.harvard.edu 6:30pm - 7:30pm US Energy Policy: Where do we go from here? MIT 56-114 Cambridge, MA Steve Isakowitz, CFO of the DOE. Discussion on how the Department of Energy is facing our nation’s energy challenges through a difficult fiscal outlook, the end of stimulus funding, and a cloudy future for energy legislation. http://events.mit.edu/scripts/event_ext.pl?event=12785589&location=http://w…... energyclub(a)mit.edu October 26, 2010 12:00pm Harvard Herbaria Seminar Harvard University Herbaria Seminar Room 20 Divinity Ave Cambridge, MA Chris Sthultz, Pringle Lab, Harvard University. "Influences of genes, herbivory and drought in understanding population and community level consequences of climate change." http://www.huh.harvard.edu/seminar_series/ Contact Name: Erin A. Ciccone eciccone(a)oeb.harvard.edu 617-495-7504 3:00pm - 4:30pm ClimaTea HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA Visit the Climatea website for updates and topics of discussion. http://www.deas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars/climatea.html Contact Name: Sierra Petersen speters(a)fas.harvard.edu October 27, 2010 8:00am - 10:00am New England Clean Energy Council Finance Series Goodwin Procter Conference Center 53 State Street Boston, MA "Understanding the Structure of Your Deal" Experts discuss the various components that a project manager should consider when structuring a new deal. http://financeseries2.eventbrite.com/ Contact Name: Melissa Rick, Program Manager mrick(a)cleanenergycouncil.org. 11:00am OEB Weekly Seminar Series Main Lecture Hall BioLabs Building 16 Divinity Ave Cambridge, MA Peter Wainwright, University of California, Davis. "Innovations and diversity in coral reef fishes." http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/seminars.html 4:10pm - 5:30pm Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy Harvard Kennedy School Room L-382 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA Kelsey Jack, MIT. "Allocation in Environmental Markets: A Field Experiment in Malawi." Contact Name: Jason Chapman jason_chapman(a)harvard.edu 617-496-8054 5:30pm - 7:00pm Data-Driven Energy Management MIT E51-315 Cambridge, MA Tom Atkinson, EnerNOC. Come find out what's in store for v2.0 of data-driven energy manangement from EnerNOC. http://events.mit.edu/scripts/event_ext.pl?event=12785689&location=http://w…... 7:00pm - 9:00pm Bringing Home the Global Water Crisis: International Journalism 2.0 Walter Lippmann House 1 Francis Avenue Cambridge, MA A discussion of how news media collaboration and innovative online tools can bridge the foreign reporting gap. 8:00pm - 9:00pm Environmental Action Committee Meeting Quincy House Spindell Room Harvard University Cambridge, MA The best way to get involved with the EAC is to attend the general meetings. Everyone interested in learning about the EAC and/or learning how to help make a difference for the environment is welcome. http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~eac/ Contact Name: Jackson Salovaara jsalov(a)fas.harvard.edu October 28, 2010 11:45am - 1:00pm Ecology Journal Club HUCE Seminar Room 310 24 Oxford St. 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA Reading and discussion group on diverse topics in ecology. Visit the website for topics of discussion. All interested researchers are welcome and lunch is provided. http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pringle/journalclub.htm Contact Name: Primrose Boynton pboynton(a)fas.harvard.edu 6:00pm "Global Water & Food Security: A New Role for the Private Sector" with Nestlé Chairman Peter Brabeck Harvard Kennedy School Starr Auditorium Mr. Brabeck leads the Water 2030 Group, a consortium of private companies working with governments to develop solutions to the world’s emerging water crisis. Introductions by: Julio Frenk, Dean, Harvard School of Public Health. Panelists: Rebecca Henderson, Harvard Business School; Rob Paarlberg, Harvard Kennedy School & Wellesley College; and John Briscoe, Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard, School of Engineering & Applied Sciences. Contact Name: Lisa Matthews lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu 617-495-8883 6:15pm - 7:30pm Energy 101: China and Climate Change - the Role of Energy MIT 4-370 Cambridge, MA Leader: Hengwei LIU. This talk will focus on the challenges facing China as well as China’s efforts to combat climate change. The talk will also look at ways to break the international climate negotiation deadlock. http://www.mitenergyclub.org/events-and-programs/energy-101/china-and-clima…... October 29, 2010 9:00am - 12:15pm The 119th New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable Foley Hoag LLP 155 Seaport Boulevard, 13th Floor Boston, MA 02210 The 119th New England Electric Restructuring Roundtable with the U.S. EPA's Gina McCarthy and Curt Spalding: "Impacts of Major New Environmental Regulations on New England's Electricity Future" Contact Name: Susan Rivo susan(a)raabassociates.org 11:00am Harvard Forest Seminar Harvard Forest Seminar Room 324 North Main Street Petersham, MA "Improving the quality of forest-tree seedling production in the Philippines: an application of systems thinking integrating science, social science and policy." John Herbohn, The University of Queensland and Harvard Bullard Fellow http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminars.php Contact Name: Audrey Barker Plotkin aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu November 1, 2010 11:45am - 12:45pm Harvard Energy Journal Club HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA Visit the Energy Journal website for updates and topics of discussion. http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hejc/ Contact Name: Kate Dennis kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu 4:00pm EPS Fall Colloquium Haller Hall - GeoMuseum 102 24 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA David Noone, Unviersity of Colorado. Title TBA. Host: Dave Johnston. Contact Name: Sabinna Cappo scappo(a)fas.harvard.edu November 2, 2010 2:30pm - 4:00pm Energy Policy Seminar Series Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building, HKS 79 JFK St Cambridge, MA Ashley Brown, HK. "Issues in Implementing the Smart Grid." http://www.hks.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/cepr/events.html Contact Name: Louisa Lund louisa_lund(a)hks.harvard.edu (617) 495-8693 3:00pm - 4:30pm ClimaTea HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA Visit the Climatea website for updates and topics of discussion. http://www.deas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars/climatea.html Contact Name: Sierra Petersen speters(a)fas.harvard.edu November 3, 2010 11:00am OEB Weekly Seminar Series Main Lecture Hall BioLabs Building 16 Divinity Ave Cambridge, MA Jarmila Pittermann University of California, Santa Cruz. "The evolution of water transport in conifers and ferns." http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/seminars.html 8:00pm - 9:00pm Environmental Action Committee Meeting Quincy House Spindell Room Harvard University Cambridge, MA The best way to get involved with the EAC is to attend the general meetings. Everyone interested in learning about the EAC and/or learning how to help make a difference for the environment is welcome. http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~eac/ Contact Name: Jackson Salovaara jsalov(a)fas.harvard.edu November 4, 2010 9:00am - 5:00pm Cross Currents: Water and Energy Challenges in the 21st Century Winthrop Street Function Hall 51 Winthrop Street, Tufts University Medford, MA Stockholm Environment Institute 2010 Symposium will explore how perspectives on water and energy can be assembled into a useful framework that can support the development of sustainable water and energy management policies in a changing world. Free; advance registration requested. http://www.sei-us.org/about/symposium2010 617.627.3786 11:45am - 1:00pm Ecology Journal Club HUCE Seminar Room 310 24 Oxford St. 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA Reading and discussion group on diverse topics in ecology. Visit the website for topics of discussion. All interested researchers are welcome and lunch is provided. http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pringle/journalclub.htm Contact Name: Primrose Boynton pboynton(a)fas.harvard.edu 6:00pm Darwin's "Abominable Mystery" and the Search for the First Flowering Plants Harvard Museum of Natural History 26 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA Part of the Asa Gray Bicentennial Celebration at Harvard Museum of Natural History. William (Ned) Friedman, newly appointed Director of the Arnold Arboretum and Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard, explores the evolutionary origin of flowering plants. http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures-classes-events/asa-gray-bicentennial.h… ----- The first HUCE talk in the Future of Energy Lecture series is now available online. Dr. Steven Koonin, Under Secretary for Science, US Department of Energy, presented "Energy Innovation at Scale." Always check the calendar on the website for updated information. 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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Group meeting by Sergio tomorrow

by Joel Yuen

Besides today's special group meeting by Matt Broome, we have Sergio presenting in regular group meeting tomorrow. Time: Friday October 22 at 11:30 AM Place: Naito 030 Here's the abstract: Preparing thermal states of quantum systems by dimension reduction We present an algorithm that prepares thermal Gibbs states of one dimensional quantum systems on a quantum computer without any memory overhead, and in a time significantly shorter than other known alternatives. Specifically, the time complexity is dominated by the quantity N^(|h|/T) where N is the size of the system, |h| is a bound on the operator norm of the local terms of the Hamiltonian (coupling energy), and T is the temperature. Given other results on the complexity of thermalization, this overall scaling is likely optimal. For higher dimensions, our algorithm lowers the known scaling of the time complexity with the dimension of the system by one. -- Joel Yuen-Zhou PhD candidate in Chemical Physics Harvard University CCB, 12 Oxford St. Mailbox 107, Cambridge, MA, USA.

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