aspuru-list July 2015

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Group Meeting, July 30, 3 PM, Div Room

by Ian Kivlichan

Hi all, Today's group meeting will be given by Peter Love, formerly a visiting professor from Haverford and now a professor at Tufts (congratulations!). See below for the title and abstract. Note the nonstandard time of 3 rather than 2:30 PM. Also, apologies for the late email - I was in Toronto without proper connectivity and am sending this from my phone in LaGuardia. Best, Ian ------------------------------------- Speaker: Peter Love Title: How do the new quantum simulation algorithms actually work? Abstract: New algorithms for quantum simulation scale logarithmically with inverse error. I will explain how they work, and compare to earlier trotter schemes. I will illustrate the methods with simple examples.

8 years, 8 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] (no subject)

by Semion Saikin

Hi Guys, Tomorrow after the group meeting, if weather permits, I'll go to the Walden pond for swimming. If anybody is interested to join let me know, I have 3 more seats in the car. Have to leave from Alewife but can bring you back to Cambridge about 7-8pm. 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 ********************************************

8 years, 9 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: Post-doctoral Fellowship at the Physics of Information Group

by Gian Giacomo Guerreschi

FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Yasser Omar <yasser.omar(a)tecnico.ulisboa.pt> Date: Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 8:07 PM Subject: Post-doctoral Fellowship at the Physics of Information Group To: The Physics of Information Group <http://www.phys-info.org/>, at Instituto de Telecomunicacoes (in Lisbon, Portugal), is seeking to hire a Post-doctoral Fellow to develop research in quantum information theory or/and in quantum effects in biology. The candidates are expected to have research experience in one of the above areas, or in general in: open quantum systems, quantum optics, condensed matter physics, biophysics, or information processing in biological systems. *Application timing *Applications should be submitted by 20 September 2015, but earlier applications are welcome. The selected candidate is expected to start in January 2016, but earlier starting dates are also possible. The position will remain open if adequate candidates are not identified. *Application procedure *The application is constituted by the following documents: 1. curriculum vitae of the applicant; 2. statement of research interests, including a short description of the candidate's scientific background, motivation and skills; 3. two letters of recommendation (in alternative, the contact information of two persons able to provide references is also accepted). The application should be sent by e-mail, following the instructions below (where "Surname" refers to the surname of the candidate): - the documents above should be sent in a single PDF file, named "BPD Surname" (recommendation letters may be sent separately, but should still follow the two steps below); - the e-mail subject should be "BPD Surname"; - the e-mail should be sent to: phys-info-jobs (at) lx.it.pt Applications that are incomplete or do not comply with the above instructions may not be evaluated. Short-listed applicants may be invited for one or several interviews following the submission of their application. *Further information *The Physics of Information Group <http://www.phys-info.org/> promotes research and advanced training in the physics of information in physical, chemical and biological systems. It develops theory work and is involved in a number of experimental collaborations and international projects <http://www.phys-info.org/projects.html>. It also coordinates the new Doctoral Programme in the Physics and Mathematics of Information <http://www.dp-pmi.org/>, at the University of Lisbon. The group is part of Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT), a national research lab in Lisbon, Portugal, rated *Excellent *in its last international assessment. The group is located in the campus of Instituto Superior Técnico (IST, the School of Science and Engineering of the University of Lisbon), in Lisbon, Portugal. More information can be found at: http://www.phys-info.org/

8 years, 9 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [qip] Friday July 31

by Edward Farhi

Hi Quanta We will meet on Friday the 31st at 11:00 in our usual spot. Lior will tell us about his recent work with Peter. 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

8 years, 9 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Group Members Travel

by Marlon Cummings

So, we have gone back to those dark days where group members travel without informing the office. ------------ *Marlon G. CummingsLab Manager, Aspuru-Guzik GroupMallinckrodt M136Department of Chemistry and Chemical BiologyHarvard University12 Oxford StreetCambridge, MA 02138617-496-9964617-496-9411 (fax)http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/ <http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/>*

8 years, 9 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] July 28 & 29th (Phase II Move Dates)

by Marlon Cummings

Dear MCB players! See below regarding your move date: July 28th - ALL Quantum to M104 July 29th - ALL Excitonics to M112 and M113 *Quantum Group Members* Salvatore, David, Gian (with Kelsey), Borja, Ian, Jhonathan, Jon. *Excitonics* Joey, Steph (with Flo), Jacob, Sam, Thomas, David G., Semion (Professor) The visiting students seated with Thomas in MCB will be placed in M104 until their departure in August. More next week. Note, if you are away during these dates, please make arrangements (with another PD or GS) to have your stuff moved. Best, Marlon. --------------- *Marlon G. CummingsLab Manager, Aspuru-Guzik GroupMallinckrodt M136Department of Chemistry and Chemical BiologyHarvard University12 Oxford StreetCambridge, MA 02138617-496-9964617-496-9411 (fax)http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/ <http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/>*

8 years, 9 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Moving From MCB to M112 and M104

by Marlon Cummings

Good morning! Before we make the move back to Mallinckrodt, I wanted to ask who are the individuals in charge of the GPUs in MCB? Where are they going, and have you begun to make arrangements to have them transferred? In addition, I need someone from each MCB office to send me a list of surplus equipment -- monitors, keyboards, computers, etc. Joe and Bob, can you help me with storage for our surplus monitors and hardware? Guys, lots to do between today and Wednesday. Please get organized! Thanks, Marlon. -------------- *Marlon G. CummingsLab Manager, Aspuru-Guzik GroupMallinckrodt M136Department of Chemistry and Chemical BiologyHarvard University12 Oxford StreetCambridge, MA 02138617-496-9964617-496-9411 (fax)http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/ <http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/>*

8 years, 9 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [qip] Thesis defense: Thursday, July 30th at 2pm, room 32-124

by Jake Mower

Hello, I'm a grad student in Dirk Englund's group in EECS; I'll be defending my thesis on the 30th (details below). It would be great to have you there if you can make it. Best, Jake Title: Photonic quantum computers and communication systems Presenter: Jake Mower Time: 2pm, July 30th Location: 32-124 Committee: Dirk Englund (advisor), Karl Berggren, Jeff Shapiro Abstract: Quantum information processors have been proposed to solve classically intractable or unsolvable problems in computing, sensing, and secure communication. There has been growing interest in photonic implementations of quantum processors as they offer relatively long coherence lengths, precise state manipulation, and efficient measurement. In this thesis, I first discuss experimental techniques to generate on-chip, photonic quantum processors and then discuss protocols for fast and secure quantum communication. In the first part of the talk, I will discuss photonic quantum information processing in photonic integrated circuits. I will describe how to combine the outputs of multiple stochastic single-photon sources using a photonic integrated circuit to generate a single, efficient source of single photons [1]. I will then show designs for silicon-based quantum photonic processors that can be programmed to implement a large class of existing quantum algorithms and can lead to quicker testing of new algorithms than was previously possible [2]. Finally, I will present the integration of large numbers of high-efficiency, low-timing jitter single-photon detectors onto a silicon photonic integrated circuit [3]. The second part of the talk will focus on quantum communications. I will describe new protocols for the distribution of a secure cryptographic key using quantum systems. I present a quantum key distribution protocol that uses the robust temporal degree of freedom of entangled photons to enable fast, secure key exchange [4], as well as experimental results for implementing key distribution protocols using silicon photonic integrated circuits. [1] J. Mower, D. Englund, Phys. Rev. A, 84, 052326 (2011) [2] J. Mower., N.C. Harris, G. Steinbrecher, Y. Lahini, D. Englund, to appear in Phys. Rev. A, (2015) [3] F. Najafi, J. Mower, N.C. Harris, F. Bellei, A. Dane, C. Lee, P. Kharel, F. Marsili, S. Assefa, K.K. Berggren, and D. Englund, Nat. Comm., 6, 5873 (2015) [4] J. Mower, Z. Zhang, P. Desjardins, C. Lee, J.H. Shapiro, D. Englund, Phys. Rev. A, 87, 062322 (2013) *PhD Candidate* *Quantum Photonics Group* *Research Lab for Electronics, MIT* *Office: 36-585* _______________________________________________ qip mailing list qip(a)mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/qip

8 years, 9 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Heading out soon

by Jarrod McClean

Hi All, I’ve had a great time in the group with you all, and I can't imagine a better group of people to work with over the years. It’s about time for me to get going out to LBNL, but I didn’t want to leave without saying goodbye. As such, I plan to be in the New Siberia conference room starting at about 3:30 PM today until TGIF or after with some light refreshment. Feel free to come by for any period of time and say hello/goodbye etc! Jarrod

8 years, 9 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Senior engineer-high throughput software developer

by Suh, Changwon

Hi all, Good opportunity at Amgen Discovery Tech (Senior Engineer - High Throughput Screening (HTS) Software Engineer, Discovery Technologies) http://jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/377878/senior-engineer-high-throughput-s… Best, Changwon Harvard University about.me/csuh<http://about.me/csuh>

8 years, 9 months

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