aspuru-list September 2015

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [qip] Friday the 18th

by Edward Farhi

Hi Quanta We will meet on Friday the 18th at 11:00 in 6-310. Shalev is going to tell us about his recent work. At 1:30 there will be a talk by Or Sattath. See you then. Eddie Edward Farhi farhi(a)mit.edu _______________________________________________ qip mailing list qip(a)mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/qip

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: postdoctoral position in superconducting circuits

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

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: Sorin Paraoanu <sorin.paraoanu(a)aalto.fi> Date: Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 4:11 PM Subject: postdoctoral position in superconducting circuits To: sorin.paraoanu(a)aalto.fi Dear Colleague, A postdoctoral opening in the field of superconducting quantum circuits/circuit QED is available in my group at Aalto University (Finland). I would be grateful if you forward the attached announcement to potential candidates as well as to other groups in your department. Kind regards, Sorin Paraoanu LTL/Department of Applied Physics, School of Science, Aalto University P.S. I apologize if you receive this announcement from multiple sources.

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Let's go Martin!!!

by Marlon Cummings

------------ *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/>*

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Excitonics Seminar: J Correa-Baena, Sept. 22, 4:30, 36-428

by Catherine M Bourgeois

Please post and forward to your groups CENTER FOR EXCITONICS Seminar Series Band Alignment Engineering in Highly Efficient Planar Perovskite Solar Cells* September 22, 2015 at 4:30 pm/36-428 Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE EPFL [j.correa-epfl] In the past few years, perovskite solar cells have shown an unprecedented increase in efficiency from 3.8% in 2009 to a current record of 20.1%. One key challenge for commercialization of perovskite solar cell is to provide a simple architecture where a planar perovskite layer is sandwiched between charge selective contacts. Such planar devices have often been shown to be prone to large hysteretic behavior and current instability which hampers the overall performance. This is often attributed to the interface dynamics between the perovskite/hole, or perovskite/electron acceptor material. In this study, I show a low-temperature process for producing highly efficient planar perovskite solar cells and analyze the role of electron acceptor layers in the current instability and hysteresis behavior. From this, I present a comprehensive strategy towards record efficiencies of over 17%. Juan Pablo Correa Baena is a postdoctoral researcher in the group of Professor Anders Hagfeldt at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). Originally from Colombia, he pursued his higher education studies at the University of Connecticut, USA. His PhD work focused on the study of interafaces of metal oxide materials, in particular, transparent conducting (tin oxide-based) aerogels and thin films, and their use in dye-sensitized solar cells. Currently he works on perovskite solar cell research focusing on understanding the interfacial dynamics between the perovskite materials and the electron and hole selective layers. *This talk is part of the Perovskites Seminar Series organized by Sam Stranks and sponsored by the Center for Excitonics. For more info contact Sam Stranks: stranks(a)mit.edu The Center For Excitonics Is An Energy Frontier Research Center Funded By The U.S. Department Of Energy, Office Of Science And Office Of Basic Energy Sciences Light refreshments will be served

8 years, 7 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: Faculty position in Dept. of Chemistry at University of Virginia

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

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 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Gunnoe, Thomas Brent (tbg7h) <tbg7h(a)eservices.virginia.edu> Date: Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 9:28 AM Subject: Faculty position in Dept. of Chemistry at University of Virginia To: Brent Gunnoe <tbg7h(a)virginia.edu> Dear Colleague, I am writing to bring to your attention two faculty positions (open rank) in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Virginia. We seek candidates with research interests in energy sciences who can augment our recently developed partnership with MAXNET Energy ( https://maxnetenergy.cec.mpg.de <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__maxnetenergy.cec.mpg.d…>) and who can enhance our teaching mission. These positions are part of a university wide commitment to bolstering efforts that are focused on fundamental science for new energy processes. We are particularly interested in candidates whose expertise and interests are likely to forge new collaborations within the Chemistry Department as well as with faculty from other science and engineering programs at UVa. I have attached the job posting, which has more information about the positions as well as instructions for those who wish to apply. I am writing to ask your assistance identifying interested applicants. If you know of potential applicants (at the junior or senior level) who might be interested in the positions, I would be appreciative if you would forward this email to them. Any questions about the positions can be directed to me (my contact information is given below), and questions about the application process can be sent to Lin Burton (contact information is in the attached job posting). Thank you for taking the time to consider this request. Sincerely, Brent T. Brent Gunnoe University of Virginia Department of Chemistry tbg7h(a)virginia.edu (434) 982-2692

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [IACS-events] Symposium Invitation: Societal Impact through Computing Research

by Coveney, Sheila

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Excitonics

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear all excitonics grad students and postdocs... Can you give David Gelbwaser a set of 5-10 slides describing your research? He can coordinate and put them together in a similar format. I need them by Friday so I present on Monday, so if you can send them to David by the end of tomorrow that would be great. Best, Alan -- 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] Group Meeting, Sept 17, 2:00 PM, Div Room

by Ian Kivlichan

Hi all, Tomorrow James will give group meeting. See below for the title and abstract. Please note the nonstandard time due to Martin's thesis defense, which will be in the Division Room afterwards at 4:00 PM (best of luck!!). Also, Jhonathan, Ben, and I will be hosting the A-G group open house on October 28th - all are welcome! Each subgroup (quantum, excitonics, materials), please get together and decide on two posters to submit. More to follow later. Best, Ian ------------------------------------- Speaker: James (Sung-Jin) Kim Title: Very high-throughput screening for flow battery molecules Abstract: A binary kernel machine with an ensemble descriptor (BIKE) is proposed. BIKE is a prediction method for very high throughput molecular screening. Using a kernel machine with binary radial basis function, the severe irregularity between structure and property can be effectively exploited compared to linear methods. Moreover, an ensemble descriptor significantly boast the regression performance where different type fingerprints are simultaneously embedded in the descriptor. Adding a property specific descriptor, molecular weight, BIKE eventually achieves R^2 = 0.9 and R^2 = 0.94 for solubility regression and classification, respectively. For its application of flow battery molecular screening, we find that correction of the experimental solubility data can improve estimation accuracy especially for molecules enumerated with strong acid group such as sulfonic acid.

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: Tenure track job in physics at Mount Holyoke College

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Brave, Naomi* <brave(a)seas.harvard.edu> Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 Subject: Fwd: Tenure track job in physics at Mount Holyoke College To: Jeffrey Holzgrafe <jeffrey.holzgrafe(a)students.olin.edu>, Tewa Kpulun < tewakp(a)gmail.com>, Raymond Otchere-Adjei <akwasiotchere(a)aol.com>, Junwei Liu <liujunweish(a)gmail.com>, Amber Wingfield <ambercwing(a)gmail.com>, Oles Shtanko <oles(a)mit.edu>, Christopher Mbochwa < christopher.mbochwa(a)gallaudet.edu>, Efren Navarro-Moratalla < efren.navarro(a)me.com>, Sarah Reed <read22s(a)mtholyoke.edu>, "Bediako, Kwabena" <bediako(a)fas.harvard.edu>, "Fang, Wenjing" <wjfang(a)mit.edu>, Shiang Fang <shiangfang913(a)gmail.com>, "Sohn, Young Ik" < sohn(a)seas.harvard.edu>, Cuizu Chang <czchang(a)mit.edu>, Xiaofan Xu < xu28x(a)mtholyoke.edu>, Michelle Chavis <mac238(a)cornell.edu>, Abraham Levitan <Abraham.levitan(a)students.olin.edu>, Falko Pientka < falko.pientka(a)fu-berlin.de>, Changmin Lee <cmpius(a)mit.edu>, Thomas Markovich <thomasmarkovich(a)gmail.com>, Lili Yu <liliyu(a)mit.edu>, Nathalie de Leon <ndeleon(a)gmail.com>, Delroy Green <deg951(a)gmail.com>, Jordan Stroman <stroman.Jordan(a)gmail.com>, "Zhang, Xingyu" < xzhang4(a)seas.harvard.edu>, "Ovadia, Maoz" <maozovadia(a)fas.harvard.edu>, Xu Zhang <xuz(a)mit.edu>, "Ren, Hechen" <hren(a)fas.harvard.edu>, Frank Zhao < fzhao(a)physics.harvard.edu>, Eddie Ji <yu.eddie.ji(a)gmail.com>, Ahmet Demir < ademir(a)mit.edu>, Khosro Shirvani <khosro.asgharishir(a)bison.howard.edu>, Anna Kales <aklales(a)fas.harvard.edu>, "Wu, Jundong" <jundongwu(a)g.harvard.edu>, "Huang, Dennis" <dhuang(a)physics.harvard.edu>, Yuan Yang <yuan02138(a)gmail.com>, Wanyi Li <wli2(a)wellesley.edu>, Sidi Mohamed Maiga <simoenet(a)gmail.com>, Carina Belvin <cbelvin(a)wellesley.edu>, Chinonye Pat-Ekeji < dianneekeji(a)yahoo.com>, "von Cube, Felix" <voncube(a)seas.harvard.edu> Cc: "Ham, Donhee" <donhee(a)seas.harvard.edu>, "Lukin, Mikhail" < lukin(a)physics.harvard.edu>, "Lavine, JoDe" <jmlavine(a)bhcc.mass.edu>, "Brave, Naomi" <brave(a)seas.harvard.edu>, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero < pjarillo(a)mit.edu>, "Habbal, Fawwaz" <habbalf(a)seas.harvard.edu>, CIQM Evaluation <ciqm.evaluation(a)gmail.com>, Alice Ly <aly(a)harvard.edu>, "Kim, Philip" <pkim(a)physics.harvard.edu>, "Heller, Eric J." < heller(a)physics.harvard.edu>, "Aidala, Katherine E." <kaidala(a)mtholyoke.edu>, Jing Kong <jingkong(a)mit.edu>, "Hu, Evelyn" <ehu(a)seas.harvard.edu>, Joseph Checkelsky <checkelsky(a)mit.edu>, Rafael Cabanas <rcabanas(a)bhcc.mass.edu>, Tomas Palacios <tpalacios(a)mit.edu>, James Griffin <jagriffin(a)howard.edu>, "Sinex, Scott" <ssinex(a)pgcc.edu>, Wick Sloane <WickSloane(a)bhcc.mass.edu>, "Alpert, Carol Lynn" <calpert(a)mos.org>, "Ashoori, Raymond" <ashoori(a)mit.edu>, Nuh Gedik <gedik(a)mit.edu>, Gary Harris <gharris1124(a)gmail.com>, "Bell, David C." <dcb(a)seas.harvard.edu>, "Thate, Karine" <kthate(a)mos.org>, Steven Richardson <srichards22(a)comcast.net>, "Yacoby, Amir" < yacoby(a)physics.harvard.edu>, "Halperin, Bertrand I." < halperin(a)physics.harvard.edu>, Liang Fu <liangfu(a)mit.edu>, "Westervelt, Robert M." <westervelt(a)seas.harvard.edu>, "Berg, Robbie" < rberg(a)wellesley.edu>, "Graham, Robert L." <graham(a)seas.harvard.edu>, Silvina Gatica <SGatica(a)howard.edu>, Alan Aspuru-Guzik <alan(a)aspuru.com>, "Loncar, Marko" <loncar(a)seas.harvard.edu>, "Rebecca J. Christianson" < Rebecca.Christianson(a)olin.edu>, Tito Huber <thuber(a)howard.edu>, "Hollar, Kathryn Ann" <hollar(a)seas.harvard.edu>, Jagdeesh Moodera <moodera(a)mit.edu>, "Brower-Thomas, Tina Louise" <tina.browerthomas(a)howard.edu>, Joshua Bridger <bridgerj(a)doversherborn.org>, Efthimios Kaxiras <kaxiras(a)cmt.harvard.edu>, "Sabila, Paul" <paul.sabila(a)gallaudet.edu>, "Datar, Srikant M." < sdatar(a)hbs.edu>, "Hoffman, Jenny" <jhoffman(a)physics.harvard.edu>, Leonid Levitov <levitov(a)mit.edu> Dear CIQM Students and Postdocs, This nice job opportunity came across my desk. It is at our CIMQ partner school Mt Holyoke College. best, Naomi Begin forwarded message: *From: *Kathy Aidala <kaidala(a)mtholyoke.edu <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','kaidala(a)mtholyoke.edu');>> *Subject: **Tenure track job in physics at Mount Holyoke College* *Date: *September 14, 2015 12:04:26 AM EDT *To: *Kathy Aidala <kaidala(a)mtholyoke.edu <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','kaidala(a)mtholyoke.edu');>> *Reply-To: *<kaidala(a)mtholyoke.edu <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','kaidala(a)mtholyoke.edu');>> Please forward this to any lists or individuals who might be interested in applying to a faculty position in physics at Mount Holyoke College. While we will hire the best candidate from any field, our preference is to diversify the research with someone who is less applied and in a different field than the current faculty, and perhaps uses optical or computational techniques. (We're mostly condensed matter experimentalists.) Being able to mentor multiple undergraduates on projects is essential, whatever the field. We care less about the degree the field is in than the ability to teach much of the undergraduate physics curriculum. Thanks, Kathy ********************************************************** We're hiring in the physics department at Mount Holyoke College. Our department has externally funded, award winning faculty <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.mtholyoke.edu_acad…>, and received the 2012 APS Improving Undergraduate Education award. We are one of a handful of liberal arts colleges that enable competitive research while still focusing on undergraduate education, with impressive facilities on campus and at the nearby University of Massachusetts, Amherst. The full text of the ad can be found here <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.mtholyoke.edu_site…>. Note that we are searching in multiple departments <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__jobs.mtholyoke.edu_ind…>, including math, biology, and neuroscience. Please also note the early (Oct 17) deadline. Prof. Mark Peterson is the official contact for the search, but I am happy to field questions as well. ********************************************************* Katherine Aidala Associate Professor of Physics, chair Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~kaidala/ <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mtholyoke.edu_-7Eka…> Naomi Brave Managing Director Center for Integrated Quantum Materials Harvard University 29 Oxford Street Pierce Hall room 228 Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel (617) 495-1027 Fax (617) 495-9837 brave(a)seas.harvard.edu <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','brave(a)seas.harvard.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

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] test talk & snacks - Division Room, Friday September 18th, 2:00 – 3:00 pm

by sarah mostame

Hi all, I booked the division room for Friday, September 18th, 2:00 pm for my test talk and there will be snacks. Here is the title and abstract of my job talk *Title:* Quantum Simulation of Complex Open Quantum Systems *Abstract:* Problems associated with quantum many-body systems are notoriously difficult to solve on conventional computers, even using modern parallel processing units. These problems cover a large class of systems in physics, chemistry, biology, and material science. Feynman envisioned an approach to solve them by using one quantum system as a platform for simulating another, a technique that now is referred to as quantum simulation. There are two main approaches to quantum simulation: digital and analog. Digital quantum simulation exploits the universality of a quantum computer to carry out the simulation, whereas an analog quantum simulation uses a specially engineered quantum system to carry out a specific class of simulations. Each of these approaches has its own pros and cons and I will clarify this in my talk. I will start my talk with an introduction on quantum simulation and addressing the question that why do we need them for more exact simulations. Then after an introduction on digital and analog quantum simulation, I will present my recent results on simulating dynamics of complex open quantum systems using superconducting circuits. Thanks. Best, Sarah _________________________________________ Sarah Mostame, Ph.D. sarah(a)mostame.com *http://mostame.com <http://mostame.com>* On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 4:02 PM, sarah mostame <sarah.mostame(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > As you heard from Alan in the group meeting last week, I am also invited > for an interview at Intel. My interview is on Monday, Sep 21st. I would > like to rehearse my job talk in the group and will be grateful to get > feedback from you. How about Friday afternoon, around 2:00 pm? The time is > flexible. Let me know if you have any other suggestion. Thanks. > > Ian, since I am not affiliated with CCB, I was wondering if you can book a > room for me. Thanks. > > Best, > Sarah > _________________________________________ > Sarah Mostame, Ph.D. > sarah(a)mostame.com > *http://mostame.com <http://mostame.com>* > > >

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