aspuru-list August 2016

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[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Printer/Paper Person - Group

by Marlon Cummings

Hi Guys: As many of you know, James Kim (our Korean Ninja) will be leaving on 8/15/16. That means the paper/toner/printer responsibilities will be open. Moving forward, let's keep it simple. If sub-groups need paper or toner, let our office know. There is usually a stash in each sub-group anyway. If printer issues arise, email IT. Very simple. Fair enough? 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] 3 year postdoc position in semiconductor quantum optics

by Dirk Robert Englund

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[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Fwd: [MPGGV-WIMI:750] MPG Info (Abt. I): Free-Floating Max Planck Research Groups 2016 / 1. Announcement

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Rubio, Angel* <angel.rubio(a)mpsd.mpg.de> Date: Saturday, August 6, 2016 Subject: Fwd: [MPGGV-WIMI:750] MPG Info (Abt. I): Free-Floating Max Planck Research Groups 2016 / 1. Announcement To: "Rubio, Angel" <angel.rubio(a)mpsd.mpg.de> Dear All Please find enclosed the next Max Planck call for independent junior groups ( to be open end of September ). We have two positions open in our institute in Hamburg . If you know of good candidates please let me know and please transfer this call to them. Thanks a lot in advance and I wish you a nice summer holidays . Looking forward to see you soon Angel Sent from my iPhone (apologies for typos) Inicio del mensaje reenviado: *De:* "Muenster, Melinda via mpggv-wimi" <mpggv-wimi(a)gwdg.de <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mpggv-wimi(a)gwdg.de');>> *Fecha:* 2 de agosto de 2016, 11:03:12 CEST *Para:* "mpggv-wimi(a)gwdg.de <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mpggv-wimi(a)gwdg.de');>" <mpggv-wimi(a)gwdg.de <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mpggv-wimi(a)gwdg.de');>>, " mpggv-vwleiter(a)gwdg.de <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mpggv-vwleiter(a)gwdg.de');>" < mpggv-vwleiter(a)gwdg.de <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mpggv-vwleiter(a)gwdg.de');>> *Cc:* "Sonnenberg, Katharina" <katharina.sonnenberg(a)gv.mpg.de <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','katharina.sonnenberg(a)gv.mpg.de');>>, "Drueck, Patricia" <patricia.drueck(a)gv.mpg.de <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','patricia.drueck(a)gv.mpg.de');>>, "Fabry, Stefan" <stefan.fabry(a)gv.mpg.de <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','stefan.fabry(a)gv.mpg.de');>>, "Fischer, Nils" < nils.fischer(a)gv.mpg.de <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','nils.fischer(a)gv.mpg.de');>>, "Knobloch, Kathleen" <kathleen.knobloch(a)gv.mpg.de <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','kathleen.knobloch(a)gv.mpg.de');>> *Asunto:* *[MPGGV-WIMI:750] MPG Info (Abt. I): Free-Floating Max Planck Research Groups 2016 / 1. Announcement* *Responder a:* "Muenster, Melinda" <melinda.muenster(a)gv.mpg.de <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','melinda.muenster(a)gv.mpg.de');>> *For questions please contact/Ansprechpartner für Rückfragen: *Generalverwaltung Abt. I / Office of the Vice Presidents. BMS: Dr. * Fabry* (stefan.fabry(a)gv.mpg.de <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','stefan.fabry(a)gv.mpg.de');>), CPTS: Dr. *Fischer* (nils.fischer(a)gv.mpg.de <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','nils.fischer(a)gv.mpg.de');>); GSHS: Dr. *Drück* (patricia.drueck(a)gv.mpg.de <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','patricia.drueck(a)gv.mpg.de');>) *An die Direktorinnen und Direktoren und* *Leiterinnen und Leiter der Institute,* *Forschungsstellen und Arbeitsgruppen* *der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V.* *Announcement Free-Floating Max Planck Research Groups 2016 **Ausschreibung Themenoffene Max-Planck-Forschungsgruppen 2016* *Summary*: From September26 - October 26, 2016, a new international announce ment for open-topic (“Free-Floating”) Max Planck Research Groups will be made. Selected candidates will receive the possibility to run their group at a Max Planck Institute of their own choice. The groups will be financed from central funds. *We ask the institutes to communicate this announcement appropriately*. If interested, candidates are also encouraged to participate in the Tenure Track Cooperation Programme with the Technical University of Munich (TUM). More general information on the programme is available in the *Organisationshandbuch* (VI 2.3) of the MPG: https://ohb.mpg.de/Policies/MPG%20VI.203%20de%202.1/VI.2. 3_Finanzen_Finanzcontrolling_Themenoffene_Ausschreibung.pdf <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ohb.mpg.de_Policies_MP…> *Explanations*: After deliberations in the Presidential Advisory Committee of the MPG on July 07, 2016, the President has decided to conduct a new public call for centrally announced Max Planck Research Groups (MPRG). Financing will be ensured by means of central funds. The MPG is aiming at increasing the number of female scientists in leading positions. We would therefore like to explicitly ask you to draw the attention of suitable young female scientists to the public call and to encourage them to apply. We point out that the acquisition of a new MPRG does not justify construction measures, and that costs exceeding the fixed central funding per group have to be covered by the institute receiving the MPRG. Start of funding is earliest at the beginning of 2018 (with a lead time of up to three months). The public call will take place jointly for all three Scientific Sections. Subsequently, the candidates will be asked to choose a Section in advance of submitting an application. A respective announcement will be placed in selected international job markets as well as on suitable online platforms starting September 26, 2016. Accompanying information for applicants including references to the joint MPG/TUM tenure track programme will be available on the Internet at http://www.mprg.mpg.de <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mprg.mpg.de&d=CwMGa…> in due course. *Zusammenfassung:* Zwischen 26. September und 26. Oktober 2016 erfolgt eine neue internationale, themenoffene Ausschreibung von Max-Planck-Forschungsgr uppen. Die Finanzierung der Gruppen erfolgt aus zentralen Mitteln. *Wir bitten um geeignete Bekanntgabe der Ausschreibung in den Instituten.* Ausgew ählte Kandidatinnen und Kandidaten werden an aufnahmebereite Institute ihrer Wahl vermittelt und können bei Interesse wieder am Tenure-Track-Kooperationsprogramm mit der Technischen Universität München (TUM) teilnehmen. Weitere generelle Information zum Programm finden Sie im *MPG-Organisationshandbuch* (VI 2.3): https://ohb.mpg.de/Policies/MPG%20VI.203%20de%202.1/VI.2. 3_Finanzen_Finanzcontrolling_Themenoffene_Ausschreibung.pdf <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ohb.mpg.de_Policies_MP…> *Erläuterungen: *Nach Beratung im Präsidentenkreis der MPG am 07. Juli 2016 hat der Präsident beschlossen, eine weitere Ausschreibungsrunde für them enoffene Max-Planck-Forschungsgruppen (MPRG) durchzuführen. Die Finanzierung erfolgt aus zentralen Mitteln. Die MPG ist daran interessiert, die Anzahl von Wissenschaftlerinnen in Leitungspositionen zu erhöhen. Wir möchten Sie deshalb nachdrücklich bitten, insbesondere geeignete weibliche Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen auf die Ausschreibung aufmerksam zu machen und zu einer Bewerbung zu ermutigen. Wir weisen darauf hin, dass Baumaßnahmen mit der Einwerbung einer neuen MPRG nicht begründet werden können und Kosten, welche die festgelegte zentrale Finanzierung einer Gruppe übersteigen vom aufnehmenden Institut zu tragen sind. Der Förderbeginn der Gruppen kann frühestens zum Jahresanfang 2018 (mit einer Vorlaufphase von bis zu 3 Monaten) erfolgen. Die Ausschreibung findet gemeinsam für alle drei Sektionen statt; anschließend müssen sich die Kandidatinnen und Kandidaten für eine Sektion zur Bewerbung entscheiden. Eine entsprechende Anzeige wird ab 26. September 2016 in ausgewählten internationalen Jobbörsen sowie auf geeigneten Online-Plattformen geschaltet. Auf der Internetseite http://www.mprg.mpg.de <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mprg.mpg.de_&d=CwMG…> werden zu Beginn der Ausschreibung aktuell alle wesentlichen Informationen und die genauen Bewerbungsmodalitäten einschließlich Hinweisen zur MPG/TUM-Kooperation zu finden sein. -- 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] [Please Read] Walter Thiel, Host Needed and other Logistics

by Siria Serrano

Group, As I wrote yesterday, we will be hosting Professor Walter Thiel next Friday. I need a volunteer to take him around; as you can see below, his schedule is very short that day and all events are in the building. *Please email me by the end of the day if you'd like to be host. * Finally, Walter will be available in the lounge couches to speak to group members 10-10:45, we encourage group members to attend that before attending his talk at 11. Cheers, Siria 10:00-10:45 Aspuru-Guzik Group Members Lounge Area – M112 11:00-12:00 Talk: “Computational Chemistry: Status and Perspectives” Pfizer Lecture Hall 12:30-2:00 Lunch with Alan Harvard Faculty Club 2:15-2:55 Kaxiras Group Members (Matthew Montemore & Grigory Kolesov) Lounge area – M112 -- *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] AAG Visitor Walter Thiel Talk on Friday, August 19th at 11AM

by Siria Serrano

Dear Group, Alan has organized for Professor Walter Thiel to visit the department on Friday, August 19th. He will give a talk at 11AM that day in Pfizer Auditorium and everyone is encouraged to attend. The talk's abstract is attached. 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: Museum of Science Communication Program Nominations

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Excitonics students See below. Contact me if interested. Alan ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Catherine M Bourgeois* <cmbourg(a)mit.edu> Date: Monday, August 8, 2016 Subject: Museum of Science Communication Program Nominations To: efrc-faculty <efrc-faculty(a)mit.edu> Dear PIs: Once again, we will be sponsoring the Research Communication Laboratory with Carol Lynn at the Museum of Science for RAs. Let us know if you would like to nominate a student for this year’s program. Ideally, they should be a second to fourth year student. The purpose of the program is to train them to communicate their research to a broad audience. The program runs from Oct through June and will require a significant time commitment. Here’s a link to read more about it: http://www.rle.mit.edu/ excitonics/outreach/ Please let us know by *Sept 1*. Thanks, Cathy Catherine Bourgeois Center for Excitonics Research Laboratory of Electronics 77 Massachusetts Avenue, RM 13-3057 Cambridge, MA T-617-253-0085 F-617-324-5275 -- 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] Visiting Postdoc: Johannes Flick

by Daniel Tabor

Dear All, Next week, we are having Johannes Flick come into town as a visitor. He is currently a postdoc in Angel Rubio's group at the MPSD in Hamburg and the FHI in Berlin. His experience is in method development of TD DFT methods, so his work should be of broad interest to our group. He is going to be here for a few days, starting on Monday (8/8) at about 11 am and he will be giving a talk to the group on Thursday (8/11). The title is "Light-Matter Interactions in Quantum Electrodynamical Density-Functional Theory." Ian will send out the abstract next week. Instead of having scheduled meetings on a single day, we are just going to have a set of informal meetings throughout the week in the CV27 conference room. Let me know if you interested in meeting with him and around what time you think that you might want to stop by. Thanks, Danny

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[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Fwd: [Ras-fridays-list] Last Call -RCR August 2016 Session

by Marlon Cummings

For all new group members and visitors. --------------- *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/>* ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: FAS Research Administration Services <research(a)fas.harvard.edu> Date: Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 1:32 PM Subject: [Ras-fridays-list] Last Call -RCR August 2016 Session To: ras-fridays-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu It’s the *last call* to register for the *August Responsible Conduct of Research Course*! August 8th, 10th and 12th Room B103 in Northwest Building located at 52 Oxford street in Cambridge, MA *Registration*: register <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__harvard.az1.qualtrics.…> Available free of charge to any Harvard-affiliated individuals, RCR is a highly recommended “best practices” course for those desiring to deepen their knowledge of ethical research and responsible conduct. RCR (Chemistry 305qc) is a 3-day course with Sat/Unsat grading. The course uses pre-work and interactive discussions to examine basic ethical and regulatory requirements for conducting research. Topics covered include: research and professional conduct; responsible authorship and publication; mentor-mentee relationships; conflicts of interest; peer review; grant writing and budgeting; intellectual property; data acquisition and management; ownership of data and biological samples; and research involving human and animal subjects. A certificate will be issued to all participants upon successful course completion. *August 8th, 10th, 12th, 9:00am-12:00pm* in *Rm. B103 in the Northwest Science Building* (located at 52 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA.) Registration is required. *RCR Course Webpage:* http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/ras-rcr *NIH and NSF-Specific RCR Requirements:* http://research.fas.harvard. edu/responsible-conduct-research-course#agencyguidance <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__harvard.az1.qualtrics.…> _______________________________________________ RAS-Fridays-list mailing list RAS-Fridays-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu https://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/ras-fridays-list

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[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] ITAMP seminar: Itsik Cohen (08/08)

by Stefan Pabst

*ITAMP Seminar* Date: Monday, August 8th Time: 11:00am-noon Location: B-105 @ Center for Astrophysics (60 Garden Street) Directions: after entering the lobby of the CfA, turn right to enter the hallway of the B building. In the hallway, turn right again, and B-106 is there.* Speaker:* Itsik Cohen (Hebrew University)** *Title: *Refocusing schemes of two qubit gates for trapped ions** ** ** *Abstract: *Entanglement between two trapped ions is carried via a vibrational phonon mediator. This relatively slow, second order interaction is usually most fragile to noise effects, e.g., single body noise terms and two body noise terms. To compensate for single body noise effects during the two-qubit interaction, dynamical decoupling pulses are often applied at times when the qubits are disentangled from the phonon bus. Therefore, applying dynamical decoupling pulses with $\omega_r$ repetition rate, to refocus a lower frequency noise, would prolong the gate duration linearly with $\omega_r$. In the first part of my talk I will show how to utilize dynamical decoupling pulses, such that the phonon-mediated entangling gate is performed in the strong coupling regime; namely, the gate duration is increased by a reduced factor of less than $\pi/2$. On the other hand, compensating for the amplitude noise, which inflicts a random two qubit term, has proven more challenging. The main obstacle is that the two body noise time scale is shorter than the two qubit gate itself which prevents the use of standard refocusing methods. In the second part of my talk I will present two approaches to tackle this problem. The first one makes the use of composite pulses, applied as dynamical decoupling on the building blocks of ultrafast entangling gates; whereas the second approach uses a measurement and feedback based method to refocus two qubit gates. -- Stefan Pabst ITAMP Postdoc Alexander von Humboldt Fellow ITAMP, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 60 Garden Street Cambridge, MA 02138, USA phone: +1-617-495-7239 fax: +1-617-496-7668 email: stefan.pabst(a)cfa.harvard.edu website: www.stefanpabst.name -- Stefan Pabst ITAMP Postdoc Alexander von Humboldt Fellow ITAMP, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 60 Garden Street Cambridge, MA 02138, USA phone: +1-617-495-7239 fax: +1-617-496-7668 email: stefan.pabst(a)cfa.harvard.edu website: www.stefanpabst.name

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[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Marlon Away - Friday

by Marlon Cummings

AAG: I'll be away from the office tomorrow. 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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