aspuru-list February 2014

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Free black vinyl couch-bed with 3 storage drawers

by Aspuru

Dear group members, Dori and I are rearranging furniture at home and will not need this couch-bed anymore. It cost us originally 500 back in the bay area circa 2005. We used to have it in our living room when I was a postdoc. It is well preserved and has great storage drawers. It is *free* to the first group member that agrees to come to my house (Cambrigeport) and take it away before next Saturday when we have other furniture come in. It is great as a guest bed! I will send another picture of it in the next message. Again, first come, first-serve. Alan Aspuru-Guzik Associate Professor Harvard University http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu Sent from my mobile. Please pardon any typos.

9 years, 11 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] HQOC Special Seminar - Adam Gali - March 6 from 3-4, J356

by Hamilton, Joan

HQOC Special Seminar Thursday, March 6 from 3-4 PM Jefferson 356 Refreshments served at 2:50 PM Prof. Adam Gali, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest University of Technology and Economics "Quantum Mechanical Simulations of Solid State Quantum Bits" Nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond has become a leading quantum measurement solid state device. Understanding the intricate details of its electronic structure, magnetic and optical properties, the process of non-radiative decay from the excited state as a function of external perturbation or temperature is inevitable in order to optimize its operation. Particularly, we show that advanced density functional theory is able to address this issue. Our recent developments on calculating the electron spin - electron spin dipole-dipole interaction can provide insight about the effect of perturbations on NV-center. The measurement of these external perturbations may be utilized for sensing quantum objects such as single electron or nuclear spins. However, many materials science problems have to be solved in practice. Our calculations indicate that the formation of NV defect in electron irradiated or N-implanted diamond samples occurs in the early stage, and optically active, high-spin divacancy defects form in this process. We also show that there is a critical distance between the position of NV defect and the surface of diamond to preserve their favorable properties found in bulk diamond, and we identify such combination of terminators at (001) surface of diamond which would be ideal for sensing applications. 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

10 years, 1 month

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: FW: Graduate, Postdoctoral and Senior Research Awards

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

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10 years, 1 month

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] ITAMP topical lunch discussion: Friday, February 28 @ 12:00

by tony.lee＠cfa.harvard.edu

ITAMP Topical Lunch Discussion Date: FRIDAY, February 28 Time: 12:00-1:30 pm Pizza will be served. Location: B-106 @ Center for Astrophysics (60 Garden Street) Directions: after entering the lobby of the CfA, turn right to enter the hallway of the B building. In the hallway, turn right again, and B-106 is there. Speaker: Amitai Bin-Nun Title: Science on Capitol Hill ("Dr. Smith goes to Washington") Abstract: Amitai Bin-Nun spent over 2 years in Washington on a fellowship designed to bring scientists to the nation's capital. He served first in the Department of Energy in the Executive Branch, and then as a Fellow in the office of Senator Chris Coons from Delaware. In this talk, he will give an overview of the federal government and then discuss the process by which laws and funding decisions are made, highlighting the role that scientists can play in the process.

10 years, 1 month

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [IACS-events] REMINDER: IACS Seminar with Stratos Idreos (Harvard SEAS) TOMORROW, FRIDAY, 2/28

by Baker, Natasha

Date: Friday, February 28, 2014, Tomorrow! Location: Maxwell-Dworkin G115, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Speaker: Stratos Idreos, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Harvard SEAS Time: Informal lunch with speaker, 12:30pm. Talk, 1:00pm Title: Soon everyone will be a “data scientist” or a “data explorer”. What data systems will they be using? Abstract: How far away are we from a future where a data management system sits in the critical path of everything we do? Already today we need to go through a data system in order to do several basic tasks, e.g., to pay at the grocery store, to book a flight, to find out where our friends are and even to get coffee. Businesses and sciences are increasingly recognizing the value of storing and analyzing vast amounts of data. Other than the expected path towards an exploding number of data-driven businesses and scientific scenarios in the next few years, in this talk we also envision a future where data becomes readily available and its power can be harnessed by everyone. What both scenarios have in common is a need for new kinds of data systems which are tailored for data exploration, which are easy to use, and which can quickly absorb and adjust to new data and access patterns on-the-fly. In this talk, we will discuss this vision as well as recent and on going advances towards systems which are tailored for data exploration. Speaker bio: Stratos Idreos is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science in the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He works in the area of data management with emphasis on designing systems for big data exploration. For his doctoral work on Database Cracking, Stratos won the 2011 ACM SIGMOD Jim Gray Doctoral Dissertation award which recognizes the best thesis internationally in the field of data management. In addition, he won the 2011 ERCIM Cor Baayen award as "most promising European young researcher in computer science and applied mathematics" from the European Research Council on Informatics and Mathematics. *********************** UPCOMING SEMINARS 3/7 John Bollen (Indiana University) 3/14 Raul Jimenez (University of Barcelona) 3/28 Devavrat Shah (MIT) 4/4 Yaron Singer (Harvard SEAS) 4/11 Hadley Wickham (R Studio & Rice University) 4/25 Spiros Mancoridis (Drexel University) Please visit http://iacs.seas.harvard.edu/events to subscribe to our Google calendar, manage your subscription to this mailing list, or access video and audio recordings of previous seminars. _______________________________________________ Iacs-events mailing list Iacs-events(a)seas.harvard.edu https://lists.seas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/iacs-events

10 years, 1 month

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] OPV journal Club

by Edward Pyzer-Knapp

Hi all, Martin and I were talking and thought that it would be a good idea to have an OPV journal club to help everyone stay right on top of the literature. I am emailing to see what kind of apatite for this exists throughout the rest of the group. If there was interest, we could also start off with some 'classic' papers to give a grounding before moving onto the recent literature. If you think that this would be of interest to you, hit me up with an email! Ed

10 years, 1 month

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [qip] Friday

by Edward Farhi

Hi Quanta We will meet on Friday, the last day of February, at 11:00 in 6-310. Jordan Cotler will tell us about what he has been doing with Peter. 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

10 years, 1 month

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Aspuru Group Meeting Today at 2:30

by Felipe Herrera

Hi everyone, Today Sam Blau is going to give us a practice talk for his graduate advising committee meeting. Please read the abstract below. Comments and criticism from all of us is encouraged. See you at 2:30 pm in the Cabot Division Room. Best, Felipe ABSTRACT: During this talk I'll be discussing my recent work modeling exciton dynamics in biliproteins. This project is very involved and contains both iter- and intra-lab collaboration. Specifically I examine two different proteins, one which exhibits quantum coherences and one which does not. I will go over my chain of simulations, including nuclear dynamics, computation of Hamiltonians, and the construction of atomistic spectral densities. I will show preliminary results obtained with hierarchical equations of motion, and discuss results of greater importance that will be ready within the next couple of weeks.

10 years, 1 month

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Clubes de Ciencia in the finals of the Education Innovation Competition

by Adrian Jinich

Dear Lab, The Clubes de Ciencia Mexico (Science Clubs), a project I'm running with some friends, made it to the finals of the Graduate School of Education's Education Innovation Competition. (8 finalists out of more than 70 projects were selected) A friend and I will be giving a 5 minute pitch to try to convince the judges that our project can have a huge impact, and win the final prize. The finals will be at the iLab at 6pm on Weds. you can register here. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bridgehgse-education-innovation-pitch-competit… We'd love to have your support! (and perhaps come to mexico on a trip one day to give an intensive one-week science club on your favorite science topic) cheers! Adrian -- Adrian Jinich Aspuru-Guzik Lab Harvard University 12 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 ajinich(a)fas.harvard.edu http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/adrian-jinich/

10 years, 1 month

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [qip] Quantum Workshop @ U Maryland

by Shelby Kimmel

Hi Everyone, There is a quantum computing/information theory workshop at the University of Maryland on March 31-April 1. They have a great line-up of speakers, including several MIT folks. Registration is free (but you need to sign up by March 21), and they are seeking poster submissions. For more info, see http://www.nist.gov/itl/math/quics-workshop.cfm Best, Shelby -- Shelby Kimmel PhD Candidate in Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology www.mit.edu/~skimmel _______________________________________________ qip mailing list qip(a)mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/qip

10 years, 1 month

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