Hey guys,
We just had some paper delivered to our office! So if one representative from each office could come up and grab a couple of reams, that would be wonderful. If you think you need more talk to James as he is our paper and toner guru!!
Thanks :)
Amanda
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Amanda Luongo
Faculty Assistant
Aspuru-Guzik Group
Harvard University Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
12 Oxford St. M 136
Cambridge, MA 02138
P: (617) 496-1716<tel:%28617%29%20496-1716> F: 617-496-9411<tel:617-496-9411>
Hi all,
Just an early reminder that this week's group meeting will be Thursday at
11 AM, rather than at the usual 2:30 PM. Abstract to follow later.
Also, you can find the current group meeting schedule here (
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LioqdopHr5ZAmn0GaCQwLUTYoU4ZJuvfrMY…
) - note that this link has changed since I last sent it out, so please
re-bookmark it!
All the best,
Ian
Dear friends,
FYI.
I got this email from my friend, Dr. Janice Ann Steckel at NETL (National Energy Technology Laboratory). I can tell you that a fairly large proportion of the current NETL staff started at NETL as a post-doc.
Best,
Suh, Changwon
Harvard University
about.me/csuh<http://about.me/csuh>
Begin forwarded message:
I am currently searching for two post-docs. I have attached the descriptions to this mail. One of the positions is more MD tool development, but the other post-doc (co-advised by Chris Wilmer of the University of Pittsburgh) will be in charge of creating a high-throughput screening project for carbon capture. One application at ORISE is sufficient for both projects.
Best,
Jan Steckel
(this e-mail is from my Pitt address (steckelj(a)pitt.edu<mailto:steckelj@pitt.edu>); my netl address is steckel(a)netl.doe.gov<mailto:steckel@netl.doe.gov>)
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From: *T. Daniel Crawford* <crawdad(a)vt.edu>
Date: Friday, June 26, 2015
Subject: PHYS Executive Committee Meeting and Dinner in Boston, August 16 @
5:30pm
To: Angela Wilson <akwilson(a)unt.edu>, Ralf Kaiser <ralfk(a)hawaii.edu>,
Arthur Suits <asuits(a)chem.wayne.edu>, Greg Engel <gsengel(a)uchicago.edu>,
Kimberly Hamad-Schifferli <schiffer(a)mit.edu>, Reggie Hudson <
reggie.hudson(a)nasa.gov>, Ellen Stechel <ellen.stechel(a)asu.edu>, Guofeng
Wang <guw8(a)pitt.edu>, Berend Smit <Berend-Smit(a)berkeley.edu>, Roseanne
Sension <rsension(a)umich.edu>, Stacy Bent <sbent(a)stanford.edu>, Teresa
Head-Gordon <thg(a)berkeley.edu>, Joan-Emma Shea <shea(a)chem.ucsb.edu>,
Michael Duncan <maduncan(a)uga.edu>, Ned Sibert <sibert(a)chem.wisc.edu>, Nancy
Levinger <nancy.levinger(a)colostate.edu>, Theresa Windus <twindus(a)iastate.edu>,
Rob Walker <rawalker(a)chemistry.montana.edu>, Heather Allen <
allen.697(a)osu.edu>, Lauren Webb <lwebb(a)cm.utexas.edu>, Qiang Cui <
cui(a)chem.wisc.edu>, Anna Krylov <krylov(a)usc.edu>, Linda Peteanu <
peteanu(a)cmu.edu>, David Nesbitt <djn(a)jila.colorado.edu>, Joel Bowman <
jmbowma(a)emory.edu>, Alan Aspuru-Guzik <alan(a)aspuru.com>, Yue Qi <
yueqi(a)egr.msu.edu>, Stephen Harris <harris.steveharris(a)gmail.com>, Jan
Steckel <steckel(a)netl.doe.gov>, Martin Head-Gordon <
mhg(a)bastille.cchem.berkeley.edu>, Kirk Peterson <kipeters(a)wsu.edu>, Franz
Geiger <geigerf(a)chem.northwestern.edu>, Steven Corcelli <scorcell(a)nd.edu>,
"Timothy J. Lee" <Timothy.J.Lee(a)nasa.gov>, Laura Gagliardi <
gagliardi(a)umn.edu>, Steven Wheeler <wheeler(a)chem.tamu.edu>
Cc: "Good, Laurie" <laurieg(a)vt.edu>
Dear Members of the PHYS Executive Committee:
The purpose of this email is to provide you with information regarding
PHYS activities
at the upcoming Boston ACS meeting, August 16-20, so that you may finalize
your travel plans:
*(1)* *Technical Symposia: * All PHYS sessions will be held at the Boston
Convention and Exhibition Center (
http://massconvention.com/about-us/contact-us/boston-convention-exhibition-…
<http://denverconvention.com/>).
*(2) Executive Committee Meeting:* The meeting will start promptly at 5:30
pm on Sunday, August 16th, in Room 102A of the Boston Convention and
Exhibition Center. Dinner will follow at approximately 8:00 pm on the
outdoor patio of The Daily Catch (http://thedailycatch.com), which is about
15 minutes’ walk from the meeting. Please let my assistant, Laurie Good (
acspchem(a)vt.edu <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','acspchem(a)vt.edu');>), know if
you plan to attend the dinner by August 4th so we can provide accurate
numbers. Please also indicate if you’d prefer a vegetarian option.
A map identifying locations relevant to PHYS activities in Boston can be
found here:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zTkwdvXk-2ZE.kWi7mxj_vojU&usp=sharing
<http://bit.ly/1Ap7Bds>
*(3) Meeting Agenda:* A few days before the meeting I will send relevant
materials for your consideration, including the full agenda and minutes
from the Denver meeting last spring.
*(4) Symposia Suggestions:* If you have suggestions for symposia (and
organizers) that you would like to be considered for future national
meetings, please bring them to Boston or communicate with the 2017 Program
Chair, Joan Shea.
Thank you all for your service to the PHYS division. I look forward to
seeing you in Boston on Sunday, August 16th.
Best regards,
-Daniel
P.S. My cell phone number is 540-449-3365 and Laurie's is 540-808-7315, in
case you need to contact one of us.
--
Prof. T. Daniel Crawford
Secretary/Treasurer ACS Physical Chemistry Division
crawdad(a)vt.edu <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','crawdad(a)vt.edu');>
--
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
Monday, June 29, 1:30pm
6C-442
Speaker: Steve Flammia, U Sydney
Title: Fast algorithms for distinguishing topological phases
Abstract: Topological phases live at the frontier of our understanding
of the low-energy properties of quantum many-body systems. Under
plausible physical assumptions, it is believed that such systems are
classified abstractly in terms of tensor categories, but it remains to
find efficiently computable invariants that uniquely identify the
phase given only a candidate Hamiltonian. Here we use the natural
connection between topological quantum phases and quantum
error-correcting codes to propose a class of invariants that can
distinguish abelian topological phases without computing ground
states, reduced density operators, topological entropy, excitation
spectra, or other "hard to compute" functions of the phase. These
invariants are related to Haah's invariants for commuting
Hamiltonians, but apply to any gapped Hamiltonian and without any need
for computing expectations with respect to ground state wavefunctions.
The invariant can be computed by optimizing a one-dimensional cost
function using DMRG, which provides a fast heuristic that allows us to
distinguish phases that cannot be distinguished using e.g. topological
entanglement entropy. Time permitting, I will discuss applications to
the theory of quantum error correction and topological quantum
computation, as well as possible extensions to the case of nonabelian
topological order. This is joint work with Jacob Bridgeman (Sydney)
and David Poulin (Sherbrooke).
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Dear Quanta
We will meet on Friday the 26th at 11:00 in our usual spot. Our visitor Rotem Arnon Friedman will give a brief presentation and at 1:30 we will have a seminar by Marco Tomamichel. See you then.
Eddie
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Edward Farhi
Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics
Director
Center for Theoretical Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
6-300
Cambridge MA 02139
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FYI
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Sarah Mostame, Ph.D.
Atomic and Molecular Physics Department
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Harvard University
60 Garden Street, Office B327
Cambridge, MA 02138
mostame(a)cfa.harvard.edu
http://mostame.com
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Hi folks,
We're very excited to announce that *applications are now open* for three
paid fellowship positions at the Mozilla Science Lab. The Fellows will have
the opportunity to pursue projects that advance and support open science at
their home institutions, with support and mentorship from the Science Lab
and our broader community. Details can be found:
On the website: https://www.mozillascience.org/fellows
and on the blog:
https://www.mozillascience.org/advancing-open-data-practice-within-institut…
We're very keen to hear how *you* want to champion openness in science and
research - applications close August 14, so please apply today!
--
Best Regards,
Bill Mills
Community Manager
Mozilla Science Lab
Hi all,
Tomorrow's group meeting will be given by Ed. The title and abstract are
included inline after this message.
Best,
Ian
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SPEAKER: Ed Pyzer-Knapp
TITLE: Machine Learning in High Throughput Virtual Screening
ABSTRACT: With the ever increasing size of data sets enabled by the
expansion of high throughput virtual screening, it becomes necessary to
find creative ways to turn data into knowledge. I will demonstrate a number
of different approaches to this challenge using methods inspired from the
field of machine learning and information theory, and talk about how to
choose the right solution for a range of problems. I will also discuss the
importance of putting predictions in the context of the predictive
variance. Finally I will demonstrate how we have integrated these
techniques into improving the generation and interrogation of molecular
libraries.
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
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Justin Caram <jcaram(a)mit.edu>
Date: Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 8:55 AM
Subject: Talk of possible interest to Center for Excitonics
To: "efrc-faculty(a)mit.edu" <efrc-faculty(a)mit.edu>, "excitonics-sp(a)mit.edu" <
excitonics-sp(a)mit.edu>
Hi all,
I invited a former labmate of mine to give an informal talk. It may be of
interest to members of the center. It will be this Friday (June 26) at
11:00 in 6-321 (Moore Room). Here is the abstract.
--Justin Caram
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Two-Dimensional Electronic Spectroscopy In Highly Scattering Media Reveals
Energy Transfer Events In Living Rhodobacter sphaeroides
Efficient exciton transport over large distances through polymer networks
is an open problem in chemistry with applications to solar harvesting, and
efficient lighting. However, photosynthetic organisms routinely perform
exciton transport over distances greater than 100 nm with nearly 100%
quantum efficiency. Furthermore they exhibit real time control over energy
transfer pathways in order to both optimize light harvesting and protect
the organism from excess excitation. Understanding the design principles
within photosynthetic energy transfer begins with the ability to observe
these ultrafast processes in living organisms. I will present advances in
two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy (2DES) that permit the acquisition
of 2DES signals in the presence of intensely scattered light. These
advances have made possible the observation of energy transfer at room
temperature in living cells of Rhodobacter sphaeroides, a purple bacterium
known for its high quantum efficiency. Timescales of 50 fs - 200 ps are
recovered in a single experiment exhibiting both intra and inter complex
relaxation and transfer. Further 2DES experiments done in fast succession
(~ every 15 min) were performed to capture real time changes to the energy
transfer pathways in response to oxygen and intense light.