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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Excitonics Seminar - Tues. Sept. 15, RLE Haus Room: 36-428

by Catherine M Bourgeois

Please post and forward to your groups CENTER FOR EXCITONICS SEMINAR SERIES Metal-halide perovskites for photovoltaic and light-emitting devices* September 15, 2015 at 4:30 pm/36-428 Sam Stranks Massachusetts Institute of Technology [stranks.02] Metal halide perovskites are exotic hybrid crystalline materials developed out of curiosity. Unexpectedly, solar cells incorporating these perovskites are rapidly emerging as serious contenders to rival the leading photovoltaic technologies. Power conversion efficiencies have jumped from 3% to over 20% (certified) in the last three years. Closely following the solar cell development, the light-emitting properties of perovskite semiconductors have also been reinvigorated. Here, I will give a general overview of the rapid progress in perovskite devices. I will present recent advances here and elsewhere to better understand the operation of the state-of-the-art solar cells and the properties that have delivered high performance light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and lasers. I will cover topics including charge carrier diffusion and recombination mechanisms, as well as ion migration and its potential impact on device performance and hysteresis. Understanding these processes is key to further development of the field and to bringing the perovskite technology to commercialization. Sam Stranks is a Marie Curie Fellow based jointly at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Cambridge. He completed his PhD in 2012 as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, working on carbon nanotube/polymer blends. He then worked as a post-doctoral researcher in Henry Snaith's group at Oxford University where he was also a Junior Research Fellow at Worcester College. His research generally focuses on the optical and electronic properties of emerging photovoltaic and optoelectronic systems. *This talk is the first of the Perovskites Seminar Series organized by Sam Stranks and sponsored by the Center for Excitonics. For more info contact Sam: stranks(a)mit.edu<mailto:stranks@mit.edu> Light refreshments will be served 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

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Possible Group Meeting Time Change October-December

by Ian Kivlichan

Hi everyone, I'm looking at changing group meeting times for October through December. The options at this point are: 1. Wednesdays at 10:30, 2. Wednesdays at 11, or 3. Wednesdays at 1:30. If one or more of these times doesn't work for you, please send me an email as soon as possible. All the best, Ian

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] New GPU queue open!!!

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear all, Info below! Let's surprise RC and get this thing computing ASAP Okay, aagk80 is ready for use: [root@holy-slurm01 log]# scontrol show partition aagk80 PartitionName=aagk80 AllowGroups=rc_admin,aspuru-guzik_lab AllowAccounts=ALL AllowQos=ALL AllocNodes=ALL Default=NO DefaultTime=00:10:00 DisableRootJobs=NO GraceTime=0 Hidden=NO MaxNodes=UNLIMITED MaxTime=UNLIMITED MinNodes=1 LLN=NO MaxCPUsPerNode=UNLIMITED Nodes=aagk80gpu[01-64] Priority=10 RootOnly=NO ReqResv=NO Shared=NO PreemptMode=REQUEUE State=UP TotalCPUs=768 TotalNodes=64 SelectTypeParameters=N/A DefMemPerNode=UNLIMITED MaxMemPerNode=UNLIMITED Let me know if you have any questions and we will let you know when we are ready to try again with HPL. In the meantime enjoy. -- 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] Changwon's Send Off-Tuesday, September 15th 5-6PM

by Siria Serrano

Dear friends, Join us in sending off Changwon, next Tuesday, September 15th 5-6PM outside our Excitonics office (M112-M113). We will have refreshments. Please stop by and wish him farewell! Best, Siria -- *Siria Serrano* *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 <%28617%29%20496-1716>** F: **617-496-9411 <617-496-9411>*

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [qip] Friday the 11th

by Edward Farhi

Dear Quanta We will have our first meeting of the term on Friday the 11th at 11:00 in 6-310. See you there. At 1:30 there will be a QI seminar by Chris Monroe and Jungsang Kim. See you there. 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] Group Meeting, Sept 10, 2:30 PM, Div Room

by Ian Kivlichan

Hi all, Tomorrow Gian will give group meeting. He asked me to mention that it's intended for non-experts and will be very accessible. The title and abstract are below. Best, Ian ------------------------------------- Speaker: Gian Giacomo Guerreschi Title: Quantum computing in a nutshell: more with less Abstract: Quantum computing is moving out of research labs to contribute to the establishment of quantum technologies. There are two distinct aspects of this process: On one side, the extreme miniaturization of microprocessors requires to take into account quantum effects and, on the other side, the fast development of quantum hardware indicates practical routes to achieve scalable quantum devices. Quantum technologies hold the promise and the potential to revolutionize how we perform several tasks, ranging from more powerful computation, to intrinsically secure cryptography, to more precise metrology. In this talk, I will motivate the quest to build a quantum computer and explain the way it works without assuming any familiarity with quantum mechanics, but recalling only concepts from linear algebra. In the second part, I will connect the general picture to a few recent results: In the context of adiabatic quantum computation, we developed a method to characterize the performance of large quantum optimizers using exponentially less classical resources. In the context of quantum linear networks, we proposed a strong candidate for the first post-classical computation of practical relevance that involves less resources than universal quantum computation.

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: Energy and Environment (E&E) Secondary Field - please share

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: Simms, Eric <esimms(a)fas.harvard.edu> Date: Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 4:36 PM Subject: Energy and Environment (E&E) Secondary Field - please share To: "Simms, Eric" <esimms(a)fas.harvard.edu> Dear HUCE Faculty Associates - As the semester starts and many of you find yourselves involved in the advising of undergraduate students, we'd like to remind you of the Energy and Environment (E&E) Secondary Field <http://espp.fas.harvard.edu/energy-environment>. Co-sponsored by the Center for the Environment and the Environmental Science and Public Policy (ESPP) program, the E&E secondary field was developed to increase students' exposure to, and literacy in, the interconnected set of issues related to energy and the environment. Through debate and dialogue in coursework and seminars, students identify the obstacles, highlight the opportunities, and define the discussion for an energy-environment strategy for the 21st century and beyond. Students from all concentrations are invited to participate in the program to complement their studies and broaden their understanding of contemporary issues in energy and environment from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. To date, 30 students have committed to the program since its inception last Fall, more than half of whom are concentrating in the social sciences or humanities. We encourage you to raise awareness about the program with your advisees and colleagues, and to consider serving as a faculty advisor to a participating student. Of particular note is that students must declare their intent with the program no later than study card day of their sixth term. Please feel free to share the attached flyer, and additional information can be found at the program website <http://espp.fas.harvard.edu/energy-environment>. We appreciate your consideration, and wish you a productive academic year. Best Eric *_________________________* *Eric Simms* *EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS MANAGER* Center for the Environment Harvard University 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA 02138 *T* - 617.496.0746 *F* - 617.496.0425

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: FW: The DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program is now accepting applications!

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear all, FYI 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: Pederson, Mark <Mark.Pederson(a)science.doe.gov> Date: Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 4:23 PM Subject: FW: The DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program is now accepting applications! To: "Pederson, Mark" <Mark.Pederson(a)science.doe.gov> Dear Colleagues, I am forwarding information about the Office of Science Graduate Student Research program. This program pays living expenses for graduate students, with PhD candidacy, that wish to spend a year a laboratory prior to graduation. Best wishes, Mark *From:* Melcer, Natalia *Sent:* Wednesday, September 09, 2015 4:04 PM *To:* DL-SC-22 All Staff-BES *Subject:* FW: The DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program is now accepting applications! *Importance:* High BES program managers, If you haven’t yet done so, I encourage you to share the announcement below for the DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program with your PIs. The attached slides are for your use at PI meetings or conferences to help get the word out about the program. BES has 5 priority research areas included in this solicitation, and they span many of our CRAs. You can read the descriptions here: http://science.energy.gov/wdts/scgsr/how-to-apply/priority-sc-research-area… <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__science.energy.gov_wdts…> This program supports students to conduct part of their graduate thesis research at a DOE national laboratory (up to one year). New for this solicitation, the program eligibility is expanded to include permanent residents, in addition to U.S. citizens. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me. Thanks, Talia ____________________________________ Natalia Melcer Basic Energy Sciences Office of Science 301-903-0821 ******************** Dear Colleagues, The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science is pleased to announce that the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program is now accepting applications for the 2015 Solicitation 2.* Applications are due 5:00pm ET on Tuesday December 15, 2015. * *Update for the 2015 Solicitation 2: The SCGSR program is now open to graduate students with Permanent Resident status, in addition to U.S. Citizens, who meet all other eligibility requirements. Detailed information about the program, including eligibility requirements and access to the online application system, can be found at: http://science.energy.gov/wdts/scgsr/ <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__science.energy.gov_wdts…>. The SCGSR program supports supplemental awards to outstanding U.S. graduate students to conduct part of their graduate thesis research at a DOE national laboratory in collaboration with a DOE laboratory scientist for a period of 3 to 12 consecutive months—with the goal of preparing graduate students for scientific and technical careers critically important to the DOE Office of Science mission. The SCGSR program is open to current Ph.D. students in qualified graduate programs at accredited U.S. academic institutions, who are conducting their graduate thesis research in targeted areas of importance to the DOE Office of Science. The research opportunity is expected to advance the graduate students’ overall doctoral thesis while providing access to the expertise, resources, and capabilities available at the DOE laboratories. The supplemental award provides for additional, incremental costs for living and travel expenses directly associated with conducting the SCGSR research project at the DOE host laboratory during the award period. The Office of Science expects to make approximately 50 awards in 2015 Solicitation 2, for project periods beginning anytime between June 1, 2016 and September 30, 2016. The 2014 program solicitation and the 2015 Solicitation 1 have resulted in awards to a total of 112 graduate students from more than 50 different universities to conduct thesis research at 15 DOE national laboratories. The SCGSR program is sponsored and managed by the DOE Office of Science’s Office of Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS), in collaboration with the six Office of Science research programs offices and the DOE national laboratories, and the Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education (ORISE). For any questions, please contact the SCGSR Program Manager, Dr. Ping Ge, at sc.scgsr(a)science.doe.gov. U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: UC Santa Cruz Faculty Position: theoretical/computational chemistry

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Patti Schell* <pmschell(a)ucsc.edu> Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2015 Subject: UC Santa Cruz Faculty Position: theoretical/computational chemistry To: A.Troisi(a)warwick.ac.uk, stuchebr(a)chem.ucdavis.edu, aselloni(a)princeton.edu, bw24(a)cornell.edu, ba2156(a)columbia.edu, catherinepepinful <cpepin(a)cea.fr>, gross(a)kitp.ucsb.edu, David Prendergast < dgprendergast(a)lbl.gov>, david.senechal(a)usherbrooke.ca, dhv(a)physics.rutgers.edu, Dmitri.Kilin(a)usd.edu, edagotto(a)utk.edu, Emanuel Gull <egull(a)umich.edu>, eac(a)princeton.edu, ebittner(a)central.uh.edu, Eric Heller <heller(a)physics.harvard.edu>, schwegler(a)llnl.gov, kotliar(a)physics.rutgers.edu, gkchan(a)princeton.edu, sawatzky(a)physics.ubc.ca, George Schatz <g-schatz(a)northwestern.edu>, Gergely Zimanyi < zimanyi(a)physics.ucdavis.edu>, gagalli(a)uchicago.edu, HAOBIN.WANG(a)ucdenver.edu, Jeffrey Grossman <jcg(a)mit.edu>, jbneaton(a)berkeley.edu, john.zhang(a)nyu.edu, Kristjan Haule <haule(a)physics.rutgers.edu>, Leo Radzihovsky < radzihov(a)colorado.edu>, marcelo(a)df.uba.ar, mbn(a)unt.edu, ratner(a)northwestern.edu, mhg(a)cchem.berkeley.edu, mlcohen(a)berkeley.edu, matthias.troyer(a)itp.phys.ethz.ch, randeria(a)mps.ohio-state.edu, prezhdo(a)ucsc.edu, rossky(a)mail.utexas.edu, philippe.lecheminant(a)u-cergy.fr, Piers Coleman <coleman(a)physics.rutgers.edu>, qge(a)chem.siu.edu, scalettar(a)physics.ucdavis.edu, rcar(a)princeton.edu, sandro sorella < sorella(a)sissa.it>, sandro.sorella(a)sissa.it, dassarma(a)umd.edu, eggert(a)fy.chalmers.se, Sharon Hammes-Schiffer <shs3(a)illinois.edu>, shengli.zou(a)ucf.edu, stefano(a)duke.edu, sglouie(a)berkeley.edu, Todd.Martinez(a)stanford.edu, tpd(a)stanford.edu, wvliu(a)pitt.edu, pickett(a)physics.ucdavis.edu, millerwh(a)berkeley.edu, "T. Daniel Crawford" < crawdad(a)vt.edu>, alan(a)aspuru.com, smukamel(a)uci.edu, jean-luc.bredas(a)chemistry.gatech.edu RE: Open position: assistant professor in theoretical/computational chemistry Dear colleague, I would like to call your attention to an open faculty search being conduced this Fall for a tenure-track assistant professor in the area of computational/theoretical chemistry. (See attached advertisement for details). Our main goal is to expand upon and complement the existing critical mass of faculty performing materials related research in the Chemistry and Physics departments at UCSC. The Division of Physical and Biological Sciences at UCSC has ongoing efforts to strengthen its materials programs in the areas of design, characterization and application of materials in fields such as energy, photonics and biomedical sensing. Computational chemists/physicists with an interest in these and related areas are encouraged to apply. Please bring this advertisement to the attention of any qualified candidates you think would be appropriate. Thank you in advance for your help. Sincerely, Ilan Benjamin Professor and Chair Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry -- *Patricia Schell* Department Manager UC Santa Cruz Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry 1156 High Street, MS: Chemistry Santa Cruz, CA 95064 Direct Line: 831.459.2537 Fax: 831.459.2935 Office Location: Physical Sciences Building (PSB) 230C www.chemistry.ucsc.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] Converse Conference Room (4-6)

by Marlon Cummings

Hi there: Today, from 4-6 PM Prof. Roy Gordon will be using the conference room in our Converse lab. Unfortunately, due to the Div. room construction he is unable to secure a room for a very important call. There will be 10-12 of them in the room. Thanks, MC ------------- *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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