aspuru-list May 2013

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Diplomacy Orders

by Welch, Jonathan

Still Need orders from Austria Turkey France Russia Kind Regards, Jon

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Diplomacy Orders

by Welch, Jonathan

Hey Everyone, Please email me your orders today by 2PM. I will not be in the office to collect them by hand, but will still resolve them and have it up on the wiki by the time group meeting is done. Kind Regards, Jon

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Enhanced quantum efficiency of light-harvesting in a biomolecular quantum “steam engine”

by Adrian Jinich

http://www.pnas.org/content/110/8/2693

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [qip] Friday

by Edward Farhi

Hi Quanta We will meet on Friday at 11:00 in 6-310. We will have 3 visitors, Sergio Boixo, Federico Spedalieri and Bob Lucas who will tell us about what they have been doing. Best, 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] [Aspuru-meetings-list] group meeting on Friday - Thomas (2:00pm)

by Ryan Babbush

Hi Everyone, This Friday, Thomas Markovich will be presenting group meeting. For this Friday only, group meeting will be at 2pm in the Division Room (note that this is an hour earlier than normal). Thomas's abstract is included below. Title: 1) Spectral Densities from Super Resolution and 2) Thermal Electronic Structure This will be a two part group meeting. In the first part, I'll introduce Super-Resolution for the recovery of atomistic spectral densities in an efficient fashion. The idea is to apply a novel signal processing technique, known as super resolution, combined with a ``dictionary'' of physically-motivated bath modes, to derive spectral densities from AIMD simulations - the computational bottleneck. Our approach reduces the required simulation time and provides a more accurate spectral density than can be obtained via standard Fourier transform methods. Moreover, the spectral density is provided as a convenient closed-form expression, which can be integrated analytically and thus directly inputted into master equation simulations. Dynamical simulations using the hierarchical equations of motion and second order time-convolutionless master equation with our newly-developed spectral densities confirm the usefulness of the technique to more accurately model the dynamics of the light-harvesting Fenna-Matthews-Olsen (FMO) complex. In the second part, I'll introduce Thermal Full Configuration Interaction Quantum Monte Carlo (FCIQMC). Electronic structure remains a significant problem in computational chemistry because you usually trade accuracy for computational feasibility. In recent years, Alavi et al have introduced a technique to treat many electron systems using monte-carlo that permits milihartree level accuracy for systems of 100 or more electrons. FCIQMC does this by performing monte-carlo in the space of determinants instead of real space. Our goal is to apply this technique to systems at finite temperature to investigate the chemistry of large thermalized systems. -- Ryan Babbush | PhD Student in Physics (949) 331-3943 | babbush(a)fas.harvard.edu Harvard University | Aspuru-Guzik Group 12 Oxford Street | Cambridge, MA 02138 _______________________________________________ Aspuru-meetings-list mailing list Aspuru-meetings-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu https://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/aspuru-meetings-list

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] group heritage - 2008 Jolly ranchers in big office

by Stéphanie Valleau

Hi everyone, I left a bag of Jolly ranchers, probably dated from 2008, in the big office. For those brave of stomach, there is no expiry date ;). I believe this is heritage left to us by Jacob Biamonte .. Stephanie

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [qip] Announcement: Workshop on New Mathematical Directions for Quantum Information

by aram harrow

Workshop on New Mathematical Directions for Quantum Information 2-6 September 2013 Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences Cambridge, UK (in association with the Newton Institute programme Mathematical Challenges in Quantum Information, 27 August - 20 December 2013) DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 7 June 2013 In recent years the field of quantum information theory has undergone explosive growth, and progress has been made on many of the most long-standing open problems in the field. Such progress has frequently relied on increasingly sophisticated and diverse mathematical tools. The goal of this workshop is to widely disseminate knowledge of these tools and the underlying mathematics involved, and to discuss exciting new directions for the field. The workshop, which is the kick-off event for the programme Mathematical Challenges in Quantum Information, will bring together researchers from within and outside quantum information theory, with expertise in a variety of areas. The (very far from exhaustive) list of topics which will be covered includes: - De Finetti theorems - Information-theoretic techniques in quantum physics - Interactive proofs - Measure concentration - Quantum computational complexity - Random matrix theory - XOR games The workshop will take place between Monday 2nd September and Friday 6th September 2013. It will consist of a series of tutorial and invited talks, encompassing both presentations of recent results in quantum information theory and introductions to the mathematical tools which can be used to attack outstanding problems in the field. There will also be a poster session, at which attendees are encouraged to present their work. Invited speakers include: Andris Ambainis - Fernando Brandao - Matthias Christandl - Benoit Collins - Toby Cubitt - Nilanjana Datta - David Gross - Aram Harrow - Jonathan Keating - Debbie Leung - Ion Nechita - David Perez Garcia - Miklos Santha - Stanislaw Szarek - Thomas Vidick - Michael Wolf. For further details, and to apply to attend, please see the workshop web page at http://www.newton.ac.uk/programmes/MQI/mqiw01.shtml . The deadline for applications is 7 June 2013. Organisers: Ashley Montanaro (Cambridge/Bristol), Noah Linden (Bristol) and Andreas Winter (Bristol/Barcelona). _______________________________________________ qip mailing list qip(a)mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/qip

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Talk on Thursday May 23 - The SunShot Initiative: Cost Competitive Solar by the End of the Decade

by Catherine M Bourgeois

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser<http://us4.campaign-archive1.com/?u=1a57a715520513505ca5cda89&id=f2a683a882…>. [Special Seminar Banner]<http://mit.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=1a57a715520513505ca5cda89&id=…> [http://gallery.mailchimp.com/653153ae841fd11de66ad181a/images/transparent.g…] The SunShot Initiative - Cost Competitive Solar by the End of the Decade Minh Le Director Solar Energy Technologies Office, US DOE Thursday, May 23 1:00 PM Room 66-110<http://mit.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1a57a715520513505ca5cda89&id=c…> MIT Campus [Minh Le]<http://mit.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1a57a715520513505ca5cda89&id=4…> Abstract Imagine a world market for solar electricity that is over 100 times greater than it is presently. The science and technology to enable solar to be cost competitive with conventional forms of electricity generation is within our reach, and if achieved, solar can represent a very significant source of electricity for the world. Innovations in the materials, devices and manufacturing need to be tied to innovations in balance of systems and installation in order to achieve this vision. About the Speaker Minh Le is the Director of the Solar Energy Technologies Office at the US Department of Energy where he manages the SunShot Initiative<http://mit.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1a57a715520513505ca5cda89&id=a…>. The DOE SunShot Initiative's mission is to enable solar energy, including both Photovoltaic (PV) and Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) technologies, to be cost-competitive with fossil fuel based sources of electricity, without subsidies, by 2020. This will require cost reductions of 75% relative to 2010 baseline levels. This investment will help re-establish American technological and market leadership in solar energy, diversify the nation's electricity supply, reduce environmental impacts of electricity generation, strengthen manufacturing competitiveness in the United States, and catalyze domestic economic growth. Prior to his current role at the DOE, Minh spent his career in industry developing technologies and scaling new technologies to high volume manufacturing. Minh earned his SB and SM degrees from MIT in 1995 and 1997 where he held fellowships by the DoD, DoE, and the Bose Foundation. follow on Twitter<http://mit.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1a57a715520513505ca5cda89&id=7…> | like on Facebook<http://mit.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1a57a715520513505ca5cda89&id=9…> | forward to a friend<http://us4.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=1a57a715520513505ca5cda89&id=f2a…> Copyright (c) 2013 MIT Energy Initiative. All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you registered at our website. Our mailing address is: MIT Energy Initiative 77 Massachusetts Avenue Building E19-307 Cambridge, MA 02139 Add us to your address book<http://mit.us4.list-manage.com/vcard?u=1a57a715520513505ca5cda89&id=eb3c6d9…> unsubscribe from this list<http://mit.us4.list-manage2.com/unsubscribe?u=1a57a715520513505ca5cda89&id=…> | update subscription preferences<http://mit.us4.list-manage.com/profile?u=1a57a715520513505ca5cda89&id=eb3c6…> _______________________________________________ Photovoltaics mailing list Photovoltaics(a)mit.edu<mailto:Photovoltaics@mit.edu> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/photovoltaics

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Classical signature of quantum annealing

by Jarrod McClean

While the controversy will likely spin on for a while, here's a paper that was just posted to the arxiv on a classical model that gives the same distribution as the DWave paper out of IBM Research. It seemed particularly topical given our visitors this week... Enjoy http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.4904 ~Jarrod

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: Today: Analytics Academy!!

by Sule Atahan-Evrenk

career event (big data). fyi ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Law, Heather <hlaw(a)fas.harvard.edu> Date: Wed, May 22, 2013 at 8:43 AM Subject: Today: Analytics Academy!! To: "ocsnonacademic-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu" < ocsnonacademic-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu> Reminder about today’s event!!**** ** ** *Analytics Academy*<https://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=MGhtZDM4dGUwcWRtNDQ2Y2l2MDMwOXFqY…> * Wed, May 22, 4:00pm – 5:30pm* 54 Dunster St, Cambridge, MA 02138 (OCS Reading Room) (map<http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=54%20Dunster%20St%2C%20Cambridge%2C%20M…> )** Are you interested in Big Data? Want to know about careers in business Analytics? Come hear from GSAS alum, Tom Davenport, who literally wrote the book on business analytics, the hottest growing field for PhD students in North America. If you use Netflix, then you may know it consistently predicts which movies you will prefer better than you can – this is the essence of analytics. In today’s competitive global economy, organizations are looking for PhDs with personality who can demystify big data trends into understandable business terms. Professor Davenport holds the President's Chair in the Information Technology Management Division of Babson College and co-directs the Working Knowledge Research Center there and is currently a visiting professor at Harvard Business School. **** ** ** ** ** *Heather Law *Assistant Director, Undergraduate Advising in Entrepreneurship, Social Enterprise, Corporate Social Responsibility & Graduate Student and PhD Advising 617-495-8050 / *hlaw(a)fas.harvard.edu* / LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/pub/heather-law/12/646/662>/ GSAS LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1345767> Office of Career Services <http://www.ocs.fas.harvard.edu/>, Harvard University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences 54 Dunster Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 [image: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Facebook] <http://www.facebook.com/OCSHarvard>[image: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Twitter] <http://twitter.com/HarvardOCS>[image: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Tumblr]<http://ocsharvard.tumblr.com/>[image: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: OCS] <http://www.ocs.fas.harvard.edu/>**** ** ** _______________________________________ ** Please note that the Office of Career Services does not verify the authenticity or legitimacy of the programs or other opportunities that are posted, but merely provides links to them for your convenience. The ultimate responsibility for researching an organization or program lies with you. ** _______________________________________ OCSNonAcademic-List mailing list OCSNonAcademic-List(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu https://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/ocsnonacademic-list

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