aspuru-list July 2016

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[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Fwd: International scholarship for PhD at Bristol

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

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 | http://about.me/aspuru ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Anthony Laing <Anthony.Laing(a)bristol.ac.uk> Date: Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 11:28 AM Subject: International scholarship for PhD at Bristol To: Anthony Laing <anthony.laing(a)bristol.ac.uk> Dear Colleague I’d be grateful if you could forward the following information to prospective students: I am inviting applications to candidates with the drive to build a strong PhD in quantum information science and quantum photonics. The successful candidate will be awarded a prestigious international scholarship from the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. The PhD will be undertaken in my research group in the School of Physics at the University of Bristol, and in QET Labs, which encompasses quantum information science and quantum technology research at the university. The focuses for this position include experiment and theory in quantum simulations. For further information, please email cqp-enquiries(a)bristol.ac.uk Kind Regards Anthony Dr Anthony Laing Lecturer & EPSRC Early Career Fellow QET Labs, School of Physics, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, BRISTOL BS8 1TL, UK

7 years, 9 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Potential interest of Machine Leraning subgroup: Fwd: Yann LeCun speaks TODAY 5pm

by Semion Saikin

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Adam Kalai < 0000001a29c4cdd0-dmarc-request(a)lists.research.microsoft.com> Date: Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 7:57 AM Subject: Yann LeCun speaks TODAY 5pm To: MMM(a)lists.research.microsoft.com Lecture title: "The Next Frontier in AI: Unsupervised Learning" Yann LeCun Facebook AI Research & New York University Monday, July 11, 2016: 5:00-6:00 p.m. MIT Room: 10-250 ---------------------- Abstract: The rapid progress of AI in the last few years are largely the result of advances in deep learning and neural nets, combined with the availability of large datasets and fast GPUs. We now have systems that can recognize images with an accuracy that rivals that of humans. This will lead to revolutions in several domains such as autonomous transportation and medical image understanding. But all of these systems currently use supervised learning in which the machine is trained with inputs labeled by humans. The challenge of the next several years is to let machines learn from raw, unlabeled data, such as video or text. This is known as unsupervised learning. AI systems today do not possess "common sense", which humans and animals acquire by observing the world, acting in it, and understanding the physical constraints of it. Some of us see unsupervised learning as the key towards machines with common sense. Approaches to unsupervised learning will be reviewed. This presentation assumes some familiarity with the basic concepts of deep learning. ---------------------- About the speaker: Yann LeCun received the Electrical Engineer Diploma from Ecole Supérieured'Ingénieurs en Electrotechnique et Electronique, and a PhD in Computer Science from Université Pierre et Marie Curie. After a postdoc at the University of Toronto, he joined AT&T Bell Laboratories in Holmdel, NJ in 1988. He became head of the Image Processing Research Department at AT&T Labs-Research in 1996, and joined NYU as a professor in 2003, after a brief period as a Fellow of the NEC Research Institute in Princeton. >From 2012 to 2014 he directed NYU's initiative in data science and became the founding director of the NYU Center for Data Science. He was named Director of AI Research at Facebook in late 2013 and retains a part-time position on the NYU faculty. Since the mid 1980's he has been working on deep learning methods, particularly the convolutional network model, which is the basis of many products and services deployed by companies such as Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Baidu, IBM, NEC, AT&T and others for image and video understanding, document recognition, human-computer interaction, and speech recognition. You are currently subscribed to the MMM mailing list as saikinsk(a)GMAIL.COM. Subscribing: Send a blank message to: MMM-subscribe-request(a)LISTS.RESEARCH.MICROSOFT.COM Unsubscribing: Send a blank message to: MMM-signoff-request(a)LISTS.RESEARCH.MICROSOFT.COM Please see our Privacy Statement: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/about/listserverprivacy.aspx -- ******************************************** 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 ********************************************

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[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] No ML meeting this week

by Jennifer Wei

Hi everyone, There will be no ML group meeting today. We have moved it a week later to invite Miguel, a postdoc from the Ryan Adams group and soon to be professor, to give us a talk instead. Sorry for the late notice, and see you all next week. Cheers, Jennifer

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[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Fwd: download and use this

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear all, I agree with Stefano. If you ever work with a periodic system or want to screen them, you probably want to look at this :) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Stefano Curtarolo* <stefano(a)duke.edu> Date: Monday, July 11, 2016 Subject: download and use this To: Alan Aspuru-Guzik <aspuru(a)chemistry.harvard.edu> Alan fwd this paper to your group. This will be the standard in crystallographic labeling. Paper submitted to comp-mat-sci and it is the 1st of a few.. like an encyclopedia. http://materials.duke.edu/auro/AUROARTICULA/art121.pdf Thanks Stefano -- Prof. Stefano Curtarolo Materials Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics and Chemistry Director, Center for Materials Genomics Duke University, USA - http://materials.duke.edu ---------- "You only have power over people so long as you don’t take everything away from them. But when you’ve robbed a man of everything he’s no longer in your power — he’s free again." Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn -- 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

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[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] [qip] no group meeting tomorrow

by Aram Harrow

Dear quanta, Many of us are away so we will skip the group meeting tomorrow. Have a good weekend! -aram _______________________________________________ qip mailing list qip(a)mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/qip

7 years, 10 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Group meeting, Thu July 07, 3:30 PM, Div Room

by Ian Kivlichan

Hi all, Tomorrow at group meeting we have two exciting speakers, Prof. Enrique Solano and Dr. Lucas Lamata from Bilbao. Their titles and abstracts are included below. See you there, Ian ----------------------- Speaker: Prof. Enrique Solano (University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain) Title: Embedding quantum simulators: unphysical operations and entanglement measures without full tomography Abstract: I will introduce the concept of embedding quantum simulators, which allow for the implementation of unphysical operations in the lab. For instance, the complex conjugation of an unknown quantum state, a forbidden antilinear operation in quantum physics, could be realized via the use of an auxiliary qubit. This opens the possibility for measuring entanglement of an evolving quantum system with few observables and without the necessity of full tomography. Finally, I will explain how to adapt these ideas to different quantum platforms as trapped ions and superconducting circuits, among others. Speaker: Dr. Lucas Lamata (University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain) Title: Digital-Analog Quantum Simulations Abstract: I will review our research of the past years on digital quantum simulations with trapped ions and superconducting circuits, from spin systems to fermionic models. Furthermore, I will introduce the novel paradigm of digital-analog quantum simulations, which combines both approaches in an optimal way. The analog blocks provide complexity and scalability, while the digital steps contribute with flexibility and versatility. I will argue that this is a feasible path towards quantum supremacy in different quantum platforms.

7 years, 10 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Siria Away Tomorrow, July 7th and Next week (July 11-15th)

by Siria Serrano

Group, I will be away tomorrow and all of next week. Feel free to swing by or email me with any matter today and Friday. I will not be accessing email while away. Cheers, 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] Fwd: Interested in Energy Ventures or Energy Night?

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

I already organized volunteers to present poster(s) for (2). Is anybody interested in taking course (1) ? This is just an FYI. We don't have anything that I intend to commercialize for the course but somebody in the group may be intersted in attending the course. 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 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ian Miller <igm(a)mit.edu> Date: Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 7:31 AM Subject: Interested in Energy Ventures or Energy Night? To: alan(a)aspuru.com Dear Professor Aspuru-Guzik, I was reading about your organic solar cell research on your website. Might you have any interest in having this research or any other of your energy-related research (1) commercialized in Energy Ventures, or (2) presented at Energy Night? (1) Energy Ventures is a Fall course where teams of Harvard & MIT graduate students build lab technologies into businesses. Best case scenario, your technology is developed into an impactful company. The course has produced many successful companies, such as Gradiant and Pellion. Worst case scenario, the start-up does not live beyond December, but you still learn a lot about the commercial possibilities for your technology, and you contribute meaningfully to the education of future energy entrepreneurs. Also, if you have an advisee interested in commercializing the technology, they would be more than welcome to apply for the course. It is a great opportunity to collaborate with MBAs and to learn the nitty gritty of translating lab research into industrial application. (2) Energy Night is a showcase of energy research in October, organized by MIT students and involving universities and companies from all over the Boston area. It covers everything from fundamental to applied to policy research. It is always a good time for energy folks to meet and discuss each other’s work in a fun casual setting. Presenting requires no more than a poster, ideally a simplified version of a conference poster for the less expert audience, and someone you trust to present it. Also, there is free food and beer. Please let me know if you have any interest in either Energy Ventures or Energy Night. Next steps for both are straightforward and consume very little time! Respectfully, Ian Miller PhD Candidate in Chemical Engineering Technology Recruiter for Energy Ventures Content Director for Energy Night

7 years, 10 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Fwd: July 20th: 10am. Come learn the latest computational chemistry tools for the AAG group.

by Siria Serrano

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tim Hirzel <tim.hirzel(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 6:02 PM Subject: July 20th: 10am. Come learn the latest computational chemistry tools for the AAG group. To: Rafa Gómez Bombarelli <rgbombarelli(a)chemistry.harvard.edu>, Jorge < jorgeag(a)chemistry.harvard.edu>, Alan Aspuru-Guzik < aspuru(a)chemistry.harvard.edu>, Steven Lopez <stevenlopez0209(a)gmail.com>, Benjamin Sanchez Lengeling <beangoben(a)gmail.com>, Adrian Jinich < ajinich(a)gmail.com>, Jennifer Wei <jenniferwei(a)fas.harvard.edu>, Dmitry Zubarev <zubarev(a)fas.harvard.edu>, Sung-Jin Kim <jamessungjin.kim(a)gmail.com>, Siria Serrano <aspuru.facultyassistant(a)gmail.com>, yunl(a)mit.edu, Dmitrij Rappoport <rappoport(a)chemistry.harvard.edu>, Scott Yockel < syockel(a)g.harvard.edu>, "Nate St. Germain" <nastgermain(a)g.harvard.edu> Hello, This is an invitation to a training session I will be hosting July 20th at from 10am to 3pm in CV27. There will be a one hour break for lunch (not included). Many of you are using parts of the existing code base (mongo database, jobmanager, etc.). That's not going away, but there is now an updated set of small sharp tools to help you: - store molecules and properties in a database (now postgres) - automate the creation and parsing of calculations for odyssey or your machine - host simple websites to allow easy browsing of structures and properties Run your own mini-CEP! Run actual CEP! I hope you can attend. Best, Tim Hirzel ps. Siria, can you forward this to our coming postdoc, Dennis? pps. If I omitted the e-mail of an interested group member, please forward with my apologies. -- *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>*

7 years, 10 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Fwd: Blurb

by Marlon Cummings

Dear Group: Please take a moment to stop by and say hello to our new postdoc -- Quantum guy, Jonny Olson. Jonny is originally from Idaho (beef and potatoes), where he graduated from the University of Idaho with a Masters in Mathematics (1+1=3); more recently, from Louisiana State University with a PhD in Physics under advisors Jonathan Dowling and Mark Wilde. His experience is mostly in quantum optics and quantum information, particularly related to the BosonSampling problem. He enjoys watching football and rock climbing in his spare time. Welcome Jonny!

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