aspuru-list June 2016

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[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] In Nature Chem this week

by Nicolas Sawaya

In situ mapping of the energy flow through the entire photosynthetic apparatus. http://www.nature.com/nchem/journal/v8/n7/full/nchem.2525.html?WT.ec_id=NCH…

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[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] [qip] Fwd: Post-doctoral Fellowship

by Dirk Robert Englund

Sent from a mobile device Begin forwarded message: From: Yasser Omar <yasser.omar(a)tecnico.ulisboa.pt<mailto:yasser.omar@tecnico.ulisboa.pt>> Date: June 22, 2016 at 10:59:21 EDT To: Recipient list suppressed:; Subject: Post-doctoral Fellowship The Physics of Information and Quantum Technologies Group<http://www.phys-info.org/>, at Instituto de Telecomunicacoes (in Lisbon, Portugal), is seeking to hire a Post-doctoral Research Fellow. The candidates are expected to have research experience in quantum information theory. Application timing Applications should be submitted by 17 July 2016, but earlier applications are welcome and will be processed immediately. The selected candidate is expected to start in January 2017, but earlier appointment 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<http://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 and Quantum Technologies Group<http://www.phys-info.org/> promotes research and advanced training aiming at understanding and exploiting the role of quantum physics, of thermodynamics, and of relativity in the encoding, transmission and processing of information, as well as at exploring the insights quantum information brings into fundamental physics. 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/ _______________________________________________ qip mailing list qip(a)mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/qip

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[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Scheduling Meetings with Alan

by Marlon Cummings

Guys: Unless you are asked by Alan, or he asks Sisra to schedule one, all meetings that are group/PI business will be scheduled during business hours. Do not press Siria for lunch meetings with Alan. 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/>*

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[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] [qip] Special Seminar, Friday, July 15, 2016 at 4 PM - Haus Room, 36-425 - Frank Koppens

by Janice L Balzer

Special Seminar Friday, July 15, 2016 4:00 PM Haus Room, 36-428 Frank Koppens ICFO, Institute of Photonic Sciences (Barcelona) ICREA - Institució Catalana de Recerça i Estudis Avancats, Barcelona, Spain Dynamics of photons, plasmons and electrons in 2d materials Abstract and biography attached. _______________________________________________ qip mailing list qip(a)mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/qip

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[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Fwd: Quantum Computing Graduate Research Fellowship - Call for Proposals

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Gamble, Sara J CTR USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)* < sara.j.gamble.ctr(a)mail.mil> Date: Tuesday, June 21, 2016 Subject: Quantum Computing Graduate Research Fellowship - Call for Proposals To: "nbishop(a)lps.umd.edu" <nbishop(a)lps.umd.edu>, "Blakestad, Rodney B CIV (US)" <blakestad(a)lps.umd.edu>, "Metcalfe, Michael" < metcalfe_michael(a)lps.umd.edu>, "Tahan, Charles G CIV (US)" < ctahan(a)lps.umd.edu>, "Govindan, T R CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)" < t.r.govindan.civ(a)mail.mil>, USARMY RTP RDECOM ARO MESG QuaCGR < usarmy.rtp.rdecom-aro.mesg.quacgr(a)mail.mil> SaneAttachments: The attachments in this email have been copied to Dropbox by the magic of SaneBox. 2016 Quantum Computing Graduate Research Fellowship.pdf https://db.tt/h1dhXJ0d - Dropbox/SaneBox/Gamble, Sara J CTR USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)/Quantum Computing Graduate Research Fel..., 2016-06-21 02.59.38 PM/ Use the url above or find it in Dropbox with the path of the file provided next to the link. You can also forward this email as usual. ________________________________________ Dear Colleagues: We are delighted to announce the second year of the Quantum Computing Graduate Research Fellowship program. Please find attached a description of the program and the 2016 call for proposals. For this call, we anticipate funding 3-5 fellowships. Our intent is to be able to grow this effort progressively, in both the number of fellowships granted and the prestige of the fellowship. For this year's effort, we again plan to add the fellowship grant to existing ARO QIS grants. For this reason, proposals from team members need to be coordinated with the PI of the grant. Please distribute this email and call to all your team members who may have eligible graduate students who are interested in applying for this fellowship. The deadline for proposals is 30 August 2016. Separately, your comments are welcome on how we may make this program more effective and prestigious. Best regards, Nathan Bishop Brad Blakestad Mike Metcalfe Charlie Tahan Laboratory for Physical Sciences (LPS) TR Govindan US Army Research Office ****** Sara J. Gamble, Ph.D. Senior Research Scientist, Bennett Aerospace Email: sara.j.gamble.ctr(a)mail.mil <javascript:;> Telephone (office): 919-549-4241 Telephone (cell): 919-402-3258 Mailing Address: Army Research Office P.O. Box 12211 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2211 -- 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] About candidate

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Group members: Don't forget to send me comments about the postdoctoral candidate on Slack or over email! 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] Visit of Pierre-Luc Dallaire (postdoc candidate)

by Romero Fontalvo, Jhonathan

Hi everyone, Pierre-Luc is a postdoc candidate for the quantum group. He is finishing his PhD in the group of Prof. Frank Wilhelm in Saarland University (Germany). He will be visiting our group for a postdoc interview on *Monday, June 20th*. Pierre-Luc specializes in condensed matter physics and quantum simulation. You can find the abstract of his talk below. He will be presenting a lunch seminar from Noon to 1:30 pm (Pizza and drinks will be served). I hope you all attend. For all the people interested in meeting Pierre-Luc, I attach a link to his calendar so you can select a time spot at your convenience: Pierre-Luc's schedule <https://docs.google.com/a/harvard.edu/document/d/1fgqgwdRJr_492l1TjOTqXnofC…> Cheers, Jhonathan. *Title: *Simulating the Fermi-Hubbard model on a quantum computer *Abstract:* Quantum computers are the ideal platform for quantum simulations. Given enough coherent operations and qubits, such machines can be leveraged to simulate strongly correlated materials, where intricate quantum effects give rise to counter-intuitive macroscopic phenomena such as high-temperature superconductivity. Many phenomena of strongly correlated materials are encapsulated in the Fermi-Hubbard model. In general, no closed form solution is known for lattices of more than one spatial dimension, but they can be numerically approximated using cluster methods. To model long-range effects such as order parameters, a powerful method to compute the cluster's Green's function consists in finding its self-energy through a variational principle. This allows the possibility of studying various phase transitions at finite temperature in the Fermi-Hubbard model. However, a classical cluster solver quickly hits an exponential wall in the memory (or computation time) required to store the computation variables. We show theoretically that the cluster solver can be mapped to a subroutine on a quantum computer whose quantum memory usage scales linearly with the number of orbitals in the simulated cluster and the number of measurements scales quadratically. We also provide a gate decomposition of the cluster Hamiltonian and a simple planar architecture for a quantum simulator that can also be used to simulate more general fermionic systems. We briefly analyze the Trotter-Suzuki errors and estimate the scaling properties of the algorithm for more complex applications. A quantum computer with a few tens of qubits could therefore simulate the thermodynamic properties of complex fermionic lattices inaccessible to classical supercomputers. -- Jonathan Romero Fontalvo *Ph.D. Student in Chemical Physics* *Harvard University* Website: https://sites.google.com/site/jonathanromeroswebsite/

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[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] [Time Sensitive] Pierre-Luc Talk and Lunch

by Siria Serrano

Dear All, On Monday, June 20th we will be hosting post-doc candidate Pierre-Luc in the Division Room Noon-1:15PM. In addition to his talk we will be having pizza and refreshments brought in for everyone. In order to make sure we have enough food, I've compiled a list fo those I think will be there on Monday. *Please look at the list and let me know (directly, do not reply all) if you will not be joining us, will be eating something/somewhere else or if I missed someone, by 3PM today. * There will be vegetarian and GF options. I will order pizza for... 1. Alan 2. Marlon 3. Siria 4. Dmitrij 5. Semion 6. Dmitry 7. Doran 8. David 9. James 10. Steven 11. Borja 12. Sam 13. Joey 14. Adrian 15. Ian 16. Thomas 17. Ben 18. Nico 19. Teresa 20. Jennifer 21. Eric -- *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] No More Coffee for Visitors post Luncheaons

by Marlon Cummings

Guys: Moving forward, unless we tell you, no one is to purchase coffee for visitors after luncheons. If it happens, you will be forced to write a personal check to Harvard. In addition, the limit for group members to participate in luncheons is now 4. Host and three others. Members from that sub group only. Please confirm with Siria and me prior. Seems we have the same folks going to lunch on a weekly basis when we have visitors. Hosts, unless instructed, please DO NOT extend an invitation to the ENTIRE group for lunch. 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/>*

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[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] [qip] today not

by Edward Farhi

Hi Quanta We are taking a little break and will not have a group meeting today. Eddie --------------------------------------------------------- Edward Farhi Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics Director Center for Theoretical Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology 6-300 Cambridge Massachusetts 02139 617-253-4871 --------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ qip mailing list qip(a)mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/qip

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