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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [Quantum Beer] Red Bones, Wednesday June 16th at 8pm

by Cesar A. Rodriguez-Rosario

Dear Quantum Scientists in the Boston Area: You are invited to Quantum Beer, Summer Edition, where Quantum Scientists from institutions all over the Boston Area socialize away from the blackboards. Calculations on napkins are permitted. Every Quantum Beer is at a different place. This time, we are going to Redbones. Quantum Beer Wednesday June 16th at 8pm Redbones BBQ <http://www.redbones.com/brews.html> (downstairs) 55 Chester Street Somerville, MA 02144<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=redbones&mrt=al…> Redbones has a beer roulette, and good southern-style BBQ. We will be * downstairs*. Just ask for the "Quantum Something" group. The Quantum Beer email list keeps growing. If you know people that would be interested in getting the Quantum Beer announcements, send me their email. Salud! 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

12 years, 6 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [qip] March 1

by Edward Farhi

Hi Quanta We will have our usual group meeting on Tuesday at 11:00 in 6-310. Sam Ocko is going to tell us stuff. I am now on my way to NYC and I will not be there. I will be back late on Wednesday so I will show up at MIT on Thursday. Best, Eddie Patrick Hayden will be speaking this coming Monday. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 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

13 years, 1 month

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [Aspuru-meetings-list] My practice talk on Monday

by Lee-Ping Wang

Hi everyone, I'll be giving a practice talk this Monday for my postdoc interviews at Stanford coming up in the following week. The topic of my presentation will be "Theoretical investigation of the water oxidation mechanism". The location on campus is the Amdur room (6-233), and the time of the talk will be 3:00 - 4:00 PM. Hope to see you there! - Lee-Ping _______________________________________________ Aspuru-meetings-list mailing list Aspuru-meetings-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/aspuru-meetings-list

13 years, 1 month

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: reminder PASI Electronic Structure Cartagena

by Alejandro Perdomo-Ortiz

Another option for summer school and conference during the summer. This one is in Cartagena, Colombia and the list of speakers looks great. Might be of interest to many members of the group. Cheers, -A ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Aldo Romero Castro <aromero(a)qro.cinvestav.mx> Date: Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 6:57 PM Subject: reminder PASI Electronic Structure Cartagena To: Igor Roshchin <roshchin(a)physics.tamu.edu>, Navdeep SIngh < navdeepsingh(a)tamu.edu>, Philip Allen <philip.allen(a)stonybrook.edu>, " pyyu(a)berkeley.edu" <pyyu(a)berkeley.edu>, "soory(a)physics.osu.edu" < soory(a)physics.osu.edu>, "Frederick W. Smith" <smith(a)sci.ccny.cuny.edu>, " aspnes(a)unity.ncsu.edu" <aspnes(a)unity.ncsu.edu>, "Robert_Giles(a)uml.edu" < Robert_Giles(a)uml.edu>, "jose.menendez(a)asu.edu" <jose.menendez(a)asu.edu>, David Snoke <snoke(a)pitt.edu>, Miguel Yacaman <miguel.yacaman(a)utsa.edu>, " ponce(a)asu.edu" <ponce(a)asu.edu>, "Mukherjee, Pritish" <pritish(a)usf.edu>, Werner Däppen <dappen(a)usc.edu>, "raymundo(a)fastmail.fm" <raymundo(a)fastmail.fm>, "Perdomo, Alejandro" <perdomo(a)chemistry.harvard.edu>, William Lopez Perez < wlopez(a)uninorte.edu.co>, "V. Barone" <v.barone(a)cmich.edu>, " weissman(a)cnea.gov.ar" <weissman(a)cnea.gov.ar>, "ruweht(a)cnea.gov.ar" < ruweht(a)cnea.gov.ar>, "ulloa(a)ohio.edu" <ulloa(a)ohio.edu> -----------------REMINDER ONLY TWO WEEKS LEFT ------------------------------- Dear Colleague: We would like to invite you to encourage your students, postdoctoral fellows and research scientists to participate in the Pan-American Advanced Study Institute on ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS to be held in the beautiful city of Cartagena, Colombia, between June 6-17 2011. This will have the format of a course/workshop given by leading experts in the field, and attended by a maximum of 65 participants from the US and Latin-America (one of the goals of this Institute, mostly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, is to strengthen the scientific connections between the US and Latin-America). You will find all information about the workshop in our Web page: * www.cursopasi.unal.edu.co* The following are the 3 major topics and 15 confirmed lecturers: I - Electronic transport: Latha Venkataraman (Columbia University, USA) Marcel Mayor (University of Basel, Switzerland) Gianluca Stefanucci (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy) Jeff Neaton (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., USA) Caio Lewenkopf (Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil) II - Spectroscopy of complex systems: Alex Fainstein (Instituto Balseiro, Argentina) Shaul Mukamel (University of California - Irvine, USA) Weitao Yang (Duke University, USA) Victor Batista (Yale University, USA) III - Laser chemistry and optimal control: E.K.U. Gross (Max Planck Institute - Halle, Germany) Herschel Rabitz (Princeton University, USA) Todd Martinez (Stanford University, USA) Leticia González (Friedrich-Schiller Universität Jena, Germany) Alberto Castro (BIFI-Zaragoza, Spain) Please alert prospective participants that they should present a poster on their ongoing work, and that the deadline to request support is March 15, 2011. We would also appreciate if you can circulate this information to any one interested. For inquiries, please e-mail: cursopasi(a)unal.edu.co Thanks, _The Organizing Committee_: Aldo Humberto Romero, CINVESTAV, Mexico Adam Wasserman, Purdue University, USA Todd Martinez, Stanford University, USA Andres Reyes, Universidad Nacional, Colombia -- Alejandro Perdomo-Ortiz 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] house cleaning

by Johannes Hachmann

Hi everybody, If there are any more old computers around, please dump them at my desk. We'll have a coordinated scavenging, wiping, and dumping session sometimes in the next week or so. Best Jo ----------------------------------------------- Dr. Johannes Hachmann Postdoctoral Fellow Aspuru-Guzik Research Group Harvard University Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology 12 Oxford St, Rm M104A Cambridge, MA 02138 USA eMail: jh(a)chemistry.harvard.edu -----------------------------------------------

13 years, 1 month

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] HUCE Weekly Calendar Email February 24 - March 10

by Center for the Environment

Highlights: Friday, February 25: HUCE co-sponsors the South Asia Initiative Water Seminar - a discussion on "Indus River Basin Research: Emerging Challenges and Directions" - led by Jim Wescoat, Aga Khan Professor of Architecture, MIT and chaired by John Briscoe, Professor of the Practice of Environmental Health, HSPH, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering, SEAS. Monday, February 28: Sarah Jordaan, HUCE Fellow, presents her research on "Quantifying Land Use Impacts of Energy Extractions" at the ETIP/Consortium on Energy Policy Seminar Series. Wednesday, March 2: Assistant Secretary of Defense Sharon Burke discusses the strategic imperatives for the Nation, the underlying challenges for Defense Department and will conclude with her thoughts about how energy will transform the way we fight in the next HUCE Future of Energy lecture. Note: The Biodiversity, Ecology, and Global Change lecture with Jon Chase, Professor of Biology; Director, Tyson Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis has been rescheduled for March 24. Calendar Listings: February 25, 2011 8:30am MSI Chalktalk: Lessons from Bacteria-Nematode Mutualisms Harvard University Center for the Environment (HUCE), 24 Oxford St, 3rd floor, Room 310 Speaker: Jason Crawford (HMS-BCMP); Postdoctoral Fellow in Professor Jon Clardy's lab. http://www.msi.harvard.edu/events/fridays.html 10:00am - 12:30pm Sawyer Seminar Series on Energy Transitions and Society Room 424, School of Management 595 Commonwealth Ave Boston University Boston, MA "Role of Energy in Avoiding Collapse" With Joe Tainter, Utah State University, Robert Kaufmann, Boston University, and Robert Weller, Boston University. http://www.bu.edu/pardee/2011/01/09/sawyer-seminars-spring/ pardee(a)bu.edu 12:00pm Atmospheric Sciences Seminar Pierce Hall, Room 100F 29 Oxford St Cambridge, MA Annele Virtanen, Tampere Univ. of Technology, Finland. Title TBA. Host: Scot Martin. http://www.as.harvard.edu/seminar.html 12:30pm - 2:00pm South Asia Initiative Water Seminar CGIS South, Room S020 (Belfer Case Study) 1730 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA "Indus River basin Research: Emerging Challenges and Directions." Jim Wescoat, Aga Khan Professor of Architecture, MIT. Chaired by John Briscoe, Professor of the Practice of Environmental Health, HSPH, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering, SEAS http://southasiainitiative.harvard.edu/ Contact Name: Megan Rajbanshi mrajbans(a)fas.harvard.edu 1:30pm - 4:00pm Harvard Energy & Environment Expo 18 Mason Street (Radcliffe Gym) Cambridge, MA 2nd Annual Harvard Energy & Environment Expo -- learn about exciting opportunities in these fields. Hear about new technologies, products and get advice from people working on cutting edge solutions. http://www.ocs.fas.harvard.edu/enviroexpostudent.html Contact Name: Anthony Arcieri arcieri(a)fas.harvard.edu February 28, 2011 Harvard Green Carpet Award Nominations Due The Harvard Office for Sustainability is once again rolling out the Green Carpet in honor of the many students, staff and faculty across Harvard who have made significant contributions to Harvard’s Greenhouse Gas/Energy Reduction Goal and other sustainability efforts. http://www.green.harvard.edu/greencarpet sustainability(a)harvard.edu 12:00pm Harvard Energy Journal Club HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA Facilitating discussion and furthering our understanding of the technical details of energy technology and science. Visit the Energy Journal website for updates and topics of discussion. http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hejc/ Contact Name: Dan Recht drecht(a)fas.harvard.edu 12:00pm - 1:30pm ETIP/Consortium Energy Policy Seminar Series Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building Harvard Kennedy School Cambridge, MA "Quantifying Land Use Impacts of Energy Extractions." Sarah Jordaan, HUCE Fellow. http://www.hks.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/events.htm 12:30pm - 1:45pm Tufts Energy and Climate Research Seminar Cabot 703, The Fletcher School Tufts University Medford, MA "Is IP Infringement a Barrier to the Transfer of Cleaner Energy Technology?" Kelly Sims Gallagher, Associate Professor Of Energy and Environmental Policy, The Fletcher School Contact Name: Jacqueline Deelstra Jacqueline.Deelstra(a)tufts.edu 1:00pm Atmospheric Sciences Seminar Pierce Hall, Room 100F, 29 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA "Globel modeling of bromine and iodine chemistry in the troposphere: Interactions with marine aerosol and oxidants" Tom Breider, Univ. of Leeds. Host: Daniel Jacob http://www.as.harvard.edu/seminar.html 4:00pm EPS Colloquium Series Haller Hall, Geo-Museum 102 24 Oxford St Cambridge, MA Oded Aharonson (Caltech). Title TBA. http://www.eps.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k58621&pageid=icb.page298425 6:30pm - 8:30pm The Good, the Bad, and Occasionally the Dead: Humanity's Relationship with Earth's Nitrogen Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University Hunnewell Building 125 Arborway Boston, MA Alan Townsend, University of Colorado, Boulder speaks about humanity’s relationship with phosphorous and nitrogen, the good these chemical elements do and the harm they cause, and ultimately, the reasons we can have hope for a better future. Registration required. http://environment.harvard.edu/my.arboretum.harvard.edu. Contact Name: Pam Thompson pam_thompson(a)harvard.edu 617-384-5277 March 1, 2011 1:00pm - 2:30pm “Addressing Climate Change: Korea’s Green-Growth Policy” Pound Hall 213 (John Chipman Gray Assembly Room) Harvard Law School Mass Ave Cambridge, MA Suh-Yong Chung, Associate Professor of Law and International Relations, Division of International Studies, Korea University. http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/5420/addressing_climate_change.h… Contact Name: Tyler Gumpright Tyler_Gumpright(a)harvard.edu 617-49 4-8415 March 2, 2011 7:30am - 10:00am "Transforming the Grid with Technology" The Colonnade Hotel 120 Huntington Ave Boston, MA 02116 MIT Enterprise Forum - Energy SIG Breakfast. Discounts available to Council Sponsors & Members. $10 students. http://www.mitforumcambridge.org/events/energy-sig-breakfast/ Contact Name: Walter Frick wfrick(a)cleanenergycouncil.org 11:00am OEB Weekly Seminar Series Main Lecture Hall BioLabs Building 16 Divinity Ave Cambridge, MA David Jackson, Cold Harbor Laboratory. Title TBD. Host: Kramer Lab. http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/seminars.html 5:00pm Future of Energy: "Energy for the War Fighter" Science Center D, One Oxford Street, Cambridge Sharon Burke, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs, U.S. Department of Defense. Contact Name: Brenda Hugot bhugot(a)harvard.edu 617-496-1788 8:00pm - 9:00pm Environmental Action Committee Meeting Quincy House Spindell Room Harvard University Cambridge, MA 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 March 3, 2011 11:45am - 1:00pm Ecology Journal Club HUCE Meeting Room 318 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 4:00pm - 5:30pm IOP Study Group Faculty Dining Room Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK Street Cambridge, MA Study with IOP fellow and Former U.S. Representative for South Carolina’s 4th District Bob Inglis. discussing ENERGY and ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY. http://www.iop.harvard.edu/Programs/Fellows-Study-Groups/Spring-2011-Study-…... 4:00pm Masdar Institute Info Session Maxwell Dworkin 119 33 Oxford St Cambridge, MA An info session for the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Masdar is the world's first graudate-level university dedicated to research in alternative energy and sustainable technologies. Contact Name: Brian Warshay bashay48(a)gmail.com 4:00pm Climate Seminar Haller Hall Geo Museum 102 24 Oxford St Cambridge, MA Peter deMenocal, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University. Title TBA. http://www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars/climateseminar.html March 4–5, 2011 MIT Energy Conference: Confronting Limits with Fact-Based Analysis Westin Copley Place Boston, MA This year’s conference theme – Confronting Limits with Fact-based Analysis – leverages MIT’s core strengths to explore the limits of specific technologies, funding mechanisms, and other proposed energy system transformations. http://www.mitenergyconference.com/index.php 510-759-1174 March 4, 2011 10:00am - 3:00pm All Ivy Environmental and Sustainable Development Fair Columbia University Low Memorial Library New York, New York The eight Ivy League schools have teamed up again this year to provide representatives from public agencies, consulting firms, nonprofit organizations and business and industry an opportunity to connect with top undergraduate and graduate students interested in careers in energy, environment, or sustainability. http://www.earth.columbia.edu/education/ivy_career_fair/. Contact Name: Anthony Arcieri arcieri(a)fas.harvard.edu 11:00am Harvard Forest Seminar Harvard Forest Seminar Room Petersham, MA "Sustainable mortality limits for seabirds." Peter Dillingham – University of Otago, New Zealand http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminars.php March 5, 2011 Bio-inspired Robots at Insect Day Harvard Museum of Natural History 26 Oxford St Cambridge, MA Attendees will get a chance to see and play with robots designed to move and act like real insects: from flying like a bee to crawling like a cockroach to working together to build a nest like termites. http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_special_events/index.php March 7, 2011 12:00pm Harvard Energy Journal Club HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA Facilitating discussion and furthering our understanding of the technical details of energy technology and science. Visit the Energy Journal website for updates and topics of discussion. http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hejc/ Contact Name: Dan Recht drecht(a)fas.harvard.edu 12:00pm - 1:30pm Energy Technology Innovation Policy/Consortium for Energy Policy Research Energy Policy Seminar Series Bell Hall, Ground Floor, Belfer Building, HKS 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA Greg Nemet, Visiting Scholar. "Where do new energy technologies come from? Using patent data to identify the importance and sources of knowledge flows from other industries." http://www.hks.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/cepr/events.html Contact Name: Louisa Lund Louisa_Lund(a)harvard.edu 4:00pm EPS Colloquium Haller Hall Geo Museum 102 24 Oxford St Cambridge, M Tom Jordan (USC). Title TBA. http://www.eps.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k58621&pageid=icb.page298425 4:00pm OEB Special Seminar Main Lecture Hall BioLabs Building 16 Divinity Ave Cambridge, MA Michael Foote, University of Chicago. "The evolution of geographic range within species and general." http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/seminars.html March 8, 2011 12:00pm OEB Special Seminar Haller Hall Geological Museum 102 24 Oxford St Cambridge, MA "Evolutionary dynamics of genus size-frequency distributions." Michael Foote, University of Chicago. http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/seminars.html March 9, 2011 2011 Science, Technology and Policy Crossroads Symposium A student led symposium exploring the intersection of science, technology and policy. This year’s symposium will comprise an introductory address by a DC senior policy practitioner, a panel discussion by senior faculty members in the field of science and technology policy from both MIT and Harvard, break-out sessions on a variety of policy questions, and a reception with time for socializing and networking. http://stpcrossroads.org/ 11:00am OEB Weekly Seminar Series Main Lecture Hall BioLabs Building 16 Divinity Ave Cambridge, MA "Genomic architecture of ecological speciation." Patrik Nosil, University of Colorado. http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/seminars.html 4:10pm Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy L-382 Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St Cambridge, MA David HerberichUniversity of Chicago "How Many Economists Does it Take to Change a Light Bulb? A Natural Field Experiment on Technology Adoption" http://www.hks.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/events.htm 5:00pm Future of Energy: "Responsible Stewardship of U.S. Offshore Oil and Natural Gas Development" Northwest Building B103, 52 Oxford Street, Cambridge Michael R. Bromwich, Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Michael_R._Bromwich Contact Name: Brenda Hugot bhugot(a)fas.harvard.edu 6:00pm There and Back Again: Deep-Sea Exploration to the Earth's Most Extreme Habitats Geological Lecture Hall 24 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA Harvard biologist Peter Girguis, Loeb Associate Professor of the Natural Sciences at Harvard, will highlight some of amazing deep-sea explorations and discuss current research, including the role of deep-sea microbes in mitigating oil spill disasters. http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_special_events/index.php 8:00pm - 9:00pm Environmental Action Committee Meeting Quincy House Spindell Room Harvard University Cambridge, MA 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 March 10, 2011 11:45am - 1:00pm Ecology Journal Club HUCE Meeting Room 318 24 Oxford St. 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA Reading and discussion group on diverse topics in ecology. 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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: [QIP-Sem] QIP seminar, Thu 2/24, 11:00, 6-310, Sanders, Barry

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear all, Very interesting seminar today @11 AM ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Peter Shor <shor(a)math.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 02:31:28 -0500 Subject: [QIP-Sem] QIP seminar, Thu 2/24, 11:00, 6-310, Sanders,Barry To: qip-sem(a)mit.edu MIT Quantum Information Processing seminar Thursday 2/24 at 11:00 in 6-310 ------------------------------------------------- Sanders,Barry (University of Calgary) Simulating Time-Dependent Quantum Dynamics On A Quantum Computer Abstract: Since 1982, when Feynman first proposed efficiently simulating Hamiltonian dynamics on a quantum computer as a way around classical- computer intractability, great advances have been achieved in developing general-purpose quantum-simulation algorithms for bounded- error solutions that fully account for all consumed computational resources. The primary focus has been on time-independent Hamiltonian evolution, but time-dependent Hamiltonian evolution is also important as it is central to quantum control and adiabatic processes. I report our efficient quantum algorithm for simulating time-dependent Hamiltonian evolution of general input states on a quantum computer provided that the Hamiltonian is sufficiently smooth. The time cost of our algorithm is close to linear in the evolution time, hence comparable to algorithms for simulating time-independent Hamiltonian evolution. Our algorithm is based on queries to an oracle holding the Hamiltonian, and we assign unit cos t per bit or qubit for oracle calls in contrast to previous work wherein an oracle query yields an arbitrary number of bits or qubits at constant cost. Our per-bit or per-qubit costing of oracle calls reveals hitherto unnoticed simulation costs even for the case of simulating time-independent Hamiltonian evolution. We also account for discretization errors in the time and the representation of the Hamiltonian. Consequently our algorithm not only enables simulation of time-dependent quantum dynamics on a quantum computer but also reduces to the time- independent evolution case and with a fair assessment of oracle-query cost. ------------------------------------------------- http://qis.mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/qip-sem _______________________________________________ QIP-Sem mailing list QIP-Sem(a)mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/qip-sem

13 years, 2 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Lunch today with Alfredo Katz

by tempel＠physics.harvard.edu

So far I have the following people down for lunch with the seminar speaker today: Alejandro Joel Cesar Adrian Scott If I missed anybody or anyone else wants to go, we are meeting at 11:45 in the Aspuru-Guzik/Cohen group common area. best, David

13 years, 2 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: ASSISTANT PROFESSORSHIPS AT INSTITUTE FOR QUANTUM INFORMATION, AACHEN

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: *From:* David DiVincenzo <d.divincenzo(a)fz-juelich.de> *Date:* February 24, 2011 4:33:16 AM EST *To:* <alan(a)aspuru.com>, Andreas Winter <a.j.winter(a)bris.ac.uk>, Andrew Briggs <andrew.briggs(a)materials.ox.ac.uk>, Andrew Doherty < andrew.doherty(a)sydney.edu.au>, Daniel Lidar <lidar(a)usc.edu>, Daniel Loss < Daniel.Loss(a)unibas.ch>, Dave Bacon <dabacon(a)cs.washington.edu>, David Poulin <David.Poulin(a)USherbrooke.ca>, Debbie Leung <wcleung(a)math.uwaterloo.ca>, Dorit Aharonov <doria(a)cs.huji.ac.il>, Ed Farhi <farhi(a)mit.edu>, Fernando Brandao <fgslbrandao(a)gmail.com>, Frank Verstraete < frank.verstraete(a)univie.ac.at>, Guifre Vidal <vidal(a)physics.uq.edu.au>, Ignacio Cirac <Ignacio.Cirac(a)mpq.mpg.de>, Jens Eisert < jense(a)semele.quantum.physik.uni-potsdam.de>, John Preskill < preskill(a)theory.caltech.edu>, Julia Kempe <kempe(a)cs.tau.ac.il>, < ltian(a)ucmerced.edu>, Massar Serge <smassar(a)ulb.ac.be>, Matthew Hastings < xhastings(a)gmail.com>, Michal Horodecki <fizmh(a)ug.edu.pl>, Michele Mosca < mmosca(a)iqc.ca>, Nilanjana Datta <n.datta(a)statslab.cam.ac.uk>, Patrick HAYDEN <patrick(a)cs.mcgill.ca>, <pcappell(a)mit.edu>, Raymond Laflamme < laflamme(a)iqc.ca>, Reinhard Werner <r.werner(a)tu-bs.de>, Renato Renner < renner(a)phys.ethz.ch>, Reznik Benni <reznik(a)post.tau.ac.il>, Richard Jozsa < rj310(a)cam.ac.uk>, Robert Raussendorf <raussen(a)phas.ubc.ca>, Sandu Popescu < s.popescu(a)bristol.ac.uk>, "Tobias J. Osborne" <tobias.j.osborne(a)gmail.com>, <wehner(a)comp.nus.edu.sg>, Xiao-Gang Wen <wen(a)dao.mit.edu>, < beenakker(a)lorentz.leidenuniv.nl>, <r.t.koenig(a)googlemail.com>, Liang Jiang < liangjianglj(a)gmail.com>, <sachdev(a)physics.harvard.edu>, < kitaev(a)cs.caltech.edu>, <bclark(a)princeton.edu>, "Girvin, Steven" < steven.girvin(a)yale.edu>, Michel Devoret <michel.devoret(a)yale.edu>, < Markus.Buttiker(a)unige.ch>, <hector.bombin(a)gmail.com>, < matthias.troyer(a)itp.phys.ethz.ch>, <martin.plenio(a)uni-ulm.de>, < susana.huelga(a)uni-ulm.de> *Cc:* Barbara Terhal <bterhal(a)gmail.com>, Carsten Honerkamp < honerkamp(a)physik.rwth-aachen.de>, Helene Barton < hbarton(a)physik.rwth-aachen.de>, "Snyders, Luise" <l.snyders(a)fz-juelich.de> *Subject:* *ASSISTANT PROFESSORSHIPS AT INSTITUTE FOR QUANTUM INFORMATION, AACHEN* *Reply-To:* d.divincenzo(a)fz-juelich.de Please inform interested parties that applications will be accepted immediately for two new positions, with a deadline of April 1. See http://careers.physicstoday.org/jobs/3956836/2-w1-juniorprofessors-in-theor… (or the same can be found in the March print issue of Physics Today). These positions are within the newly-founded Institute for Quantum Information at the RWTH Aachen (IQI Aachen) http://www.physik.rwth-aachen.de/en/institutes/institute-for-quantum-inform… The candidates should have done an outstanding postdoc in quantum information theory; the positions are at the "W1 Juniorprofessor" level, equivalent to the North-American Assistant Professor. There are tenure-tracks for both positions. The interests of the applicant can span a wide range of topics, from the fundamental theory of quantum entanglement, to current condensed-matter applications of quantum information theory, to the phenomenology of experiments on solid state qubits. Concerning the latter, various experimental groups in Aachen, but particularly that of Hendrik Bluhm, will be interested in collaborations with the new institute and its members. Please also note that there is a newly-forming department of Theoretical Nanoelectronics at the nearby Forschungszentrum Juelich, http://www.fz-juelich.de/pgi/pgi-2/EN/Home/home_node.html that will work closely with the IQI Aachen. Yours, David DiVincenzo -- David DiVincenzo RWTH Aachen FZ Juelich ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH 52425 Juelich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDirig Dr. Karl Eugen Huthmacher Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr. Achim Bachem (Vorsitzender), Dr. Ulrich Krafft (stellv. Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Bolt, Prof. Dr. Sebastian M. Schmidt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [Aspuru-meetings-list] Group meeting by Jacob Krich tomorrow. IMPORTANT: Change in meeting time

by Joel Yuen

When: Friday February 25 at 11:00 AM (Just for this week, 30 min before the usual). Where: Mallinckrodt 217 What: Jacob Krich will give a talk on: "Recombination in intermediate band photovoltaics. Intermediate band photovoltaics (IBPV) hold the promise of radical improvements in photovoltaic efficiency. I will discuss the design principles of IBPV and the tradeoffs to be made with different choices of energy gaps. Full realization of IBPV's potential requires a device with a sufficiently low recombination rate. I will discuss the factors important for recombination and connect the theory of multiphonon recombination to Marcus theory. I will present updated results from the scaling studies of localization in a topologically disordered system, which I presented last summer, along with new results on estimating recombination rates without intense computational effort." -- Joel Yuen-Zhou PhD candidate in Chemical Physics Harvard University CCB, 12 Oxford St. Mailbox 107, Cambridge, MA, USA. _______________________________________________ Aspuru-meetings-list mailing list Aspuru-meetings-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/aspuru-meetings-list

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