aspuru-list July 2016

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[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Leclerc talk cancelled on Wednesday

by Steven A. Lopez

Hi all, Prof. Mario Leclerc (Laval, Quebec City) will not be visiting this week due to a last-minute change. There will be no special OPV seminar on Wednesday. Thanks, Steven -- Steven A. Lopez, PhD Postdoctoral researcher, Aspuru-Guzik group Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology Harvard University

7 years, 9 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Fwd: Open Postdoc Position in Florence

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: Filippo Caruso <filippo.caruso(a)lens.unifi.it> Date: Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 2:40 AM Subject: Open Postdoc Position in Florence To: One-year postdoctoral position at QDAB group (Florence, <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.qdab.org&d=CwMFaQ&c…> *www.qdab.org*) on theoretical quantum physics, starting on the 1st of October 2016. Application deadline: August 8, 2016. If you are interested, please contact <filippo.caruso(a)lens.unifi.it> *filippo.caruso(a)lens.unifi.it* as soon as possible. Best regards, Filippo Caruso ******************************************** Dr. Filippo Caruso LENS-QSTAR-Physics Department, Univ. of Florence Via Carrara 1, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019 Florence, Italy E-mail: filippo.caruso(a)lens.unifi.it Website: www.qdab.org <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.qdab.org&d=CwMFaQ&c…>

7 years, 9 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] [qip] group meeting, two talks, and two visitors

by Aram Harrow

Dear quanta, We have two visitors next week: Or Sattath (July 25-29) and Dominic Berry (July 25 - Aug 4). Both will be in 6-308. We will have three events next week also. 1. There will be a group meeting on Wed, July 27 (note the unusual day) in 6-310. Visiting student Tianyi Peng will speak. 2. Or Sattath will give a talk Wed at 3pm in room 6C-442. 3. Dominic Berry will give a talk Thurs at 3pm in room 6-310. Here is more detail on the talks Or Sattath, Wed, July 27, 3pm, 6C-442 Title: Tokenized signatures from quantum money Abstract: The fisherman caught a quantum fish. “Fisherman”, cried the fish, “I beg you, let me go – and I will grant you three wishes.” The fisherman agreed. The fish gave the fisherman a quantum computer, three quantum signing tokens and its classical public key. The fish explained: “use the tokenized signature scheme on this quantum computer, to sign your three wishes.” The fisherman used one of the signing tokens to sign the message “give me your kingdom and crown, now!” and went to the king’s castle. The king ran the classical verification algorithm using the fish’s public key, and since it was valid, the king abide. The fisherman’s wife wanted to sign ten wishes using their signing tokens. The fisherman did not want to cheat, and secretly went to meet the fish once again. “Fish, my wife wants to sign ten wishes.” “Do not worry, I have learned my lesson from the previous story,” the fish replied. “The quantum tokens are consumed during the signing. It is impossible for your polynomial wife to sign even four wishes using the three signing tokens I have granted you.” “How does it work?”, wondered the fisherman.“Have you heard of quantum money? These are quantum states which can be easily verified but are hard to copy. This tokenized quantum signature extends Aaronson and Christiano’s quantum money [AC12], which is why the signing tokens cannot be copied”. “Does your scheme has more fancy properties?”, asked the fisherman. “Yes, the scheme has other security guarantees: revocability, testability and everlasting security. Furthermore, If you’re out at the sea and your quantum phone only has classical reception, you can use this scheme to transfer the value of the quantum money to the shore”, said the fish, and went his way. -------------------- Dominic Berry, Thurs, July 28, 3pm, 6-310. Title: Corrections for more accurate Hamiltonian simulation Abstract: Hamiltonian simulation is a very promising area of quantum algorithms where quantum computers can provide a dramatic speedup over classical computers. Until recently, all algorithms had poor scaling in the allowable error. New algorithms allow for complexity scaling logarithmically in the allowable error. One is based on implementing a Taylor series, and another is based on a superposition of different numbers of steps of a quantum walk. These algorithms are still somewhat suboptimal because the complexity has a multiplying factor that is logarithmic in the allowable error, whereas the lower bound has an additive factor. We have now developed general ways of correcting these algorithms, eliminating the multiplying factor, and giving an additive factor that is similar to the lower bound up to double-logarithmic factors. _______________________________________________ qip mailing list qip(a)mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/qip

7 years, 9 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Fwd: Research Scientist opening at Memphis

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: Scott Yockel <syockel(a)g.harvard.edu> Date: Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 11:19 AM Subject: Fwd: Research Scientist opening at Memphis To: Alan Aspuru-Guzik <alan(a)aspuru.com> Alan, Please forward to any of your researchers (or others in the department) that are interested a hard money scientific staff position. My buddy Nate has a great electronic-structure background with Henry F Schaefer and Angela Wilson, and lots of biochemistry work recently at Memphis. Cheers, ~Scott ================================== Dr. Scott Yockel | Senior Team Lead of HPC FAS Research Computing | Harvard University 38 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA Office: 211A | Phone: 617-496-7468 ================================== Begin forwarded message: *From: *"Nathan DeYonker (ndyonker)" <ndyonker(a)memphis.edu> *Subject: **Research Scientist opening at Memphis* *Date: *July 14, 2016 at 4:31:25 PM EDT *To: *"Scott_yockel(a)harvard.edu" <Scott_yockel(a)harvard.edu> Dear Scott, Thank you for passing the word along on the job opportunity. If you can forward to Alan or anyone at Harvard that might have a good candidate in their lab, I will owe you a poisonous amount of beers someday! Here’s what I have been sending to people: In August, I will be promoted to a tenure-track faculty position at University of Memphis. One aspect of my start up package is the chance to “replace myself” by hiring a Research Scientist in the department. The formal search should be commencing in a few weeks. This position was a valuable “post-postdoc” stepping stone for me. I was able to flesh out research ideas and now I am very well prepared for the tenure-track gauntlet. I must admit this is somewhat of a form letter that I am casting to various friends, colleagues, and mentors in order to find excellent potential applicants before the job opportunity is posted. If you would like to discuss the position further, or tell me about someone you may have in mind, let’s chat on the phone! My office # is 901-678-2029, and my cell # is 706-207-6327. I am looking for someone with experience in electronic structure theory development, enzyme modeling, or bioinformatics, but the search will not be limited to someone with these skill sets. The hire must have postdoctoral experience. Their salary would start at ~$48K salary, which goes a long way in Memphis, TN. Research will take up the vast majority of his or her responsibilities. The hire will assist me in developing my research program, but will also have a great opportunity to initiate their research ideas. There is no obligation to teach unless there are exceptional shortages in our instructor pool, but the hire can volunteer if he/she would like to gain teaching experience. This is a “hard money” staff position, but they will only be under my supervision for three full years. Thank you for your time! Nate Dr. Nathan J. DeYonker Research Scientist The University of Memphis Department of Chemistry 3744 Walker Avenue | 411 Smith Hall Memphis, TN 38152 <http://www.memphis.edu/emailsignatures/emailsignatureonline.php> 901.678. <http://www.memphis.edu/emailsignatures/emailsignatureonline.php>2029 | ndyonker(a)memphis.edu

7 years, 9 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Fwd: position at BASF

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Vinothan N. Manoharan* <vnm(a)seas.harvard.edu> Date: Thursday, July 21, 2016 Subject: position at BASF To: Alan Aspuru-Guzik <alan(a)aspuru.com> Hi Alan - This job opportunity might be of interest to some of your students or postdocs. One of my collaborators at BASF brought it to my attention: basf.jobs/north-america-rd/job/Tarrytown-Scientist-lll-Materials-Modeling-Soft-Matter%2C-Tarrytown-NY-10591/323533001/ They are looking for someone with experience in quantum chemistry calculations and/or MD simulations. Vinny -- Vinothan N. Manoharan Wagner Family Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Physics Harvard University http://www.physics.harvard.edu/people/facpages/manoharan.html -- 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

7 years, 9 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] short update from Sule

by Joey Goodknight

for anyone who knew alumnus Sule who's a Professor at the university of Ankara in Turkey: she's fine! Some details below from her if you're curious ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Sule Atahan-Evrenk <sule.atahan(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 2:33 PM Subject: Re: hello! To: Joey Goodknight <joey.goodknight(a)gmail.com> Hello Joey, Thank you for thinking of us, we are fine and trying to get back to normal, a new normal with a lot of uncertainty. There is a state of emergency, and any kind of leave has been canceled. There is a lot going on in the government offices and schools right now. The school I work is private and it has been more or less quiet till now. But we will see. The coup attempt was such a shock. Our school is very close to the presidential complex which have been bombed. One student from TOBB law school died from helicopter fire in the coup night, a few other students from TOBB are in intensive care. One of our 2nd year students had a head injury in Parliament bombing. A lot of civilians have been killed and injured. We live in the outskirts of Ankara, so we and the kids are saved from trauma of the coup night. My friends close to the city center had a nightmare, machine guns going on all night, bombs falling, windows shattering and jets flying really low. I am glad you are are still using and happy with the futon. Likewise, the other day Mehmet and I were talking about you and the Hahvahd head bands you gave to him :) Sule On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 6:41 PM, Joey Goodknight <joey.goodknight(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Sule, > > I have found myself wondering how you're doing recently after hearing all > that is going on in Turkey: how are you and your family? I hope you are > well and weathering the storm. Still lovingly using your old futon :) > > -Joey Goodknight >

7 years, 9 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Farewell drinks and pool for Stephanie, Salvatore and Borja

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear group members, We have the imminent departure of Stephanie, Salvatore (NASA allowing for this) and Borja. Because the three of them like pool, why don't us that want to bid them farewell meet at "Flat Top Johnny's" near MIT at 8'ish on Thursday July 21? See you there, 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

7 years, 9 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Group meeting, July 21, 3:30 PM, Div Room

by Ian Kivlichan

Hi all, Tomorrow Dmitrij will talk at group meeting. I'll have just arrived in Madrid, but I hope Dmitrij's talk will be as much fun! Best, Ian ----------------------- Title: The Fabulous Destiny of Reaction Networks. Speaker: Dmitrij Rappoport Abstract: In this talk, I'll give a brief introduction to the idea of mapping potential energy surfaces of chemical reactions on networks and using heuristically-aided quantum chemistry to construct these network representations. I will touch on aspects of what we've been doing in this area for the last few year, how we were doing it, and why. I'll describe our recent work on using reaction networks for predicting feasible mechanisms of organic reactions and will offer a peek into the enormous potential for fabulousness in exploring reaction networks.

7 years, 9 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] USB-C

by Marlon Cummings

Hey guys: Do we have an extra one around the office? 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/>*

7 years, 9 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] ITAMP lunch seminar - Deborah Santamore (07/21)

by Stefan Pabst

7 years, 9 months

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