aspuru-list December 2013

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Away for the break

by Cynthia M. Chew

Dear group, Please note that tomorrow, Wednesday 12/18 is my last day in the office before the winter break. I'll be away Dec 19 - Jan 7. If you need any recommendation letters to be submitted by Jan. 7, please send it to me by 10am tomorrow. Happy holidays! Cynthia Cynthia M. Chew Faculty Assistant | Aspuru-Guzik Research Group Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology | Harvard University 12 Oxford Street | Mallinckrodt 112 | Cambridge, MA 02138 617.496.1716 office | 617.496.9411 fax http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] visit of postdocs from Fang's group, MIT

by Semion Saikin

Dear Group, Two postdocs from Fang's group, MIT, Dr. Dafei Jin and Dr. Qing Hu http://web.mit.edu/nanophotonics/index.htm will visit me this Wednesday, Dec 18 after 3pm. These guys make plasmonic structures optically coupled with J-aggregates. If anybody is interested in talking to them, please let me know. Sincerely, Semion -- ******************************************** Semion K. Saikin, PhD Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 email: saykin(a)fas.harvard.edu phone: (619)212-6649 ********************************************

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: FW: Reports of explosives issued at 12/16/13 9:02 AM

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Alan Aspuru-Guzik* Date: Monday, December 16, 2013 Subject: FW: Reports of explosives issued at 12/16/13 9:02 AM To: Carlos Amador <carlos.amador(a)unam.mx> Vamonos!!! --- Sent from Boxer | http://getboxer.com <http://bit.ly/1hRkK2W> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- *From:* Aloise, Allen *Date:* December 16, 2013 at 9:14:24 AM EST *Subject:* FW: Reports of explosives issued at 12/16/13 9:02 AM *To:* #List-CCB-Gradstudents From: Harvard Alert <22965612_1493848317(a)notify2.mir3.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', '22965612_1493848317(a)notify2.mir3.com');> > Reply-To: Intelligent Notification <22965612_1493848317(a)notify2.mir3.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', '22965612_1493848317(a)notify2.mir3.com');> > Date: Monday, December 16, 2013 9:10 AM To: Allen Aloise <aloise(a)chemistry.harvard.edu <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'aloise(a)chemistry.harvard.edu');>> Subject: Reports of explosives issued at 12/16/13 9:02 AM Harvard Alert - Unconfirmed reports of explosives at four sites on campus: Science Center, Thayer, Sever, and Emerson. Please evacuate those buildings now. -- Alán Aspuru-Guzik | Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University | 12 Oxford Street, Room M113 | Cambridge, MA 02138 (617)-384-8188 | http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu | http://about.me/aspuru

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Away Today

by Marlon Cummings

Dear friends, I'm away from the office today. Thanks, Marlon.

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: Academic - Jobs at the University of Hull

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

For those seeking jobs ... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Aspuru* Date: Saturday, December 14, 2013 Subject: Academic - Jobs at the University of Hull To: Alan Aspuru-Guzk <alan(a)aspuru.com> https://jobs.hull.ac.uk/vacancies.aspx?cat=760 Alan Aspuru-Guzik Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu Sent from my mobile. Please pardon any typos. -- Alán Aspuru-Guzik | Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University | 12 Oxford Street, Room M113 | Cambridge, MA 02138 (617)-384-8188 | http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu | http://about.me/aspuru

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Re: [Aspuru-Guzik group list] idea on quantum computation

by Semion Saikin

Hi Guys, I wasn't joking when commented on Sarah's group talk. The idea of computation using quantum systems was mentioned in the attached book on page 15. If anybody is interested, please translate it. The book was published in 1980. The author is a well known mathematician. His biography is here http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Manin.html Now he is emeritus professor @ Northwestern http://www.math.northwestern.edu/people/emeritiProfiles/yuri.manin.html Now, I'm curious if these ideas of quantum computation where around much before Feynman. Can anybody from the QC part of the group comment on it? Semion -- ******************************************** Semion K. Saikin, PhD Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 email: saykin(a)fas.harvard.edu phone: (619)212-6649 ********************************************

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] goodbye

by Sule Atahan-Evrenk

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [Aspuru-meetings-list] group meeting today: Professor Joe Traub

by Ryan Babbush

Hi Everyone, This is a reminder that at 2:30 we will meet in the Division room for Professor Joe Traub's talk: ALGORITHMS AND COMPLEXITY FOR QUANTUM COMPUTING J.F. TRAUB COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (ON SABBATICAL AT HARVARD) ABSTRACT We introduce the notion of strong quantum speedup. To compute this speedup one must know the classical computational complexity. What is it about the problems of quantum physics and quantum chemistry that enable us to get lower bounds on the classical complexity? We then turn to a particular problem, the ground state of the time-independent Schroedinger equation for a system of p particles. The classical deterministic complexity of this problem is exponential in p. We provide an algorithm for solving this problem on a quantum computer with cost linear in p. Thus this problem can be easily solved on a quantum computer. Some researchers in discrete complexity theory believe that quantum computation is not effective for eigenvalue problems. One of our goals is to explain this dissonance. We do not claim separation of the complexity hierarchy since our complexity estimates are obtained using specific kinds of oracle calls. We end with a selection of research directions and where to learn more. _______________________________________________ Aspuru-meetings-list mailing list Aspuru-meetings-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu https://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/aspuru-meetings-list

10 years, 4 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Meetings / talk cancelled tomorrow

by Stéphanie Valleau

Dear all, All meetings with Leslie and the talk are canceled tomorrow. She will visit us in February instead, I will email again closer to that date, Best, Stephanie

10 years, 4 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Special HQOC Seminar - Today at 3:30 PM Lyman 425

by Hamilton, Joan

Special HQOC Seminar Postdoctoral Candidate Huanqian Loh, JILA Electron EDM Lyman 425 at 3:30 PM Joan Hamilton Faculty Assistant to Profs. Greiner and Lukin HQOC Laboratory Administrator HUCTW Local Union Representative Harvard University Department of Physics 17 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 P: (617) 496-2544 F: (617) 496-2545

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