aspuru-list May 2017

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[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Fwd: intern job ad

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear all, See opportunity to do some (classical) machine learning at D-Wave as an intern. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Bill Macready* <wgm(a)dwavesys.com> Date: Tuesday, May 2, 2017 Subject: intern job ad To: "alan(a)aspuru.com" <alan(a)aspuru.com> Cc: Megan Richardson <mrichardson(a)dwavesys.com> SaneAttachments has copied these files to *Dropbox* [image: SaneBox] Machine learning Intern - D-Wave Systems.pdf <https://db.tt/ItFq2IaMkJ> Dropbox/SaneBox/Bill Macready/intern job ad, 2017-05-02 05.43.55 PM/ -- Alán Aspuru-Guzik | Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University | 12 Oxford Street, Room M138 | Cambridge, MA 02138 (617)-384-8188 | http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu | http://about.me/aspuru

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[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] TODAY-Hannes Bernien-HQOC/ITAMP Joint Quantum Sciences Seminar

by Ploucha, Clare

HQOC/ITAMP Joint Quantum Sciences Seminar Wednesday, May 3, 2017 4:00 PM, Jefferson 250 Dr. Hannes Bernien, Harvard University “Quantum many-body dynamics of strongly interacting atom arrays” The realization of large-scale controlled quantum systems is an exciting frontier in modern physical science. In this talk, I will introduce a new platform based on cold atoms in arrays of optical tweezers. We use atom-by-atom assembly to deterministically prepare arrays of individually controlled cold atoms. A measurement and feedback procedure eliminates the entropy associated with the probabilistic trap loading and results in defect-free arrays of over 60 atoms. Strong controllable interactions between these atoms are introduced by exciting them to Rydberg states. The resulting Ising-type interactions lead to entanglement and non-trivial spatial correlations across the array. In particular, we explore adiabatic transitions into crystalline states and study quantum dynamics of this strongly correlated system in the vicinity of a phase transition. Prospects for studying entanglement dynamics in many-body systems and the implementation of quantum algorithms will be discussed. Guest Presentation will begin at 4:30 PM Refreshments will be provided. -- Clare Ploucha Faculty Assistant to Professors Lukin & Greiner and their labs Department of Physics 17 Oxford St., Lyman 324A Cambridge, MA 02138 P. (617) 496-2544

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[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Candy

by Felixander Negron

There is candy available in the war room. Swing by and grab some! -Felix *Felixander Negron* *Laboratory Administrator * *Aspuru-Guzik Group* *Harvard University **Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology* *12 Oxford St. M 136* *Cambridge, MA 02138* *P:** (617) 496-9964** F: **617-496-9411*

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[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] EXCITONICS SEMINAR-David Vanden Bout- TOMORROW May 2, 4:30 PM, RM 36-428

by Catherine M Bourgeois

Please post and forward to your groups: Center for Excitonics Seminar Series presents: Spectroscopy of single conjugated polymers and aggregates May 2, 2017 at 4:30pm/36-428 RLE Haus Room (add to your calendar<https://www.dropbox.com/s/y8ous92kxzlukik/David%20Vanden%20Bout%20Excitonic…>) David Vanden Bout University of Texas, Department of Chemistry [http://www.rle.mit.edu/excitonics/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/vanden_bout-cr…] A comprehensive understanding about the structure-photophysics correlations in conjugated polymers (CPs) is crucial for its development in optoelectronics. Unfortunately, this has remained elusive to date largely due to the macroscopic heterogeneity in both structural and photophysical properties of polymer materials. With single molecule/aggregate spectroscopy, we performed a systematic examination on the relationship between structure and important photophysical properties from single polymer chain up to bulk state. Single polymer chain conformation was studied using polarization spectroscopy to examine how side-chains affect folding of the polymers. The effects of this folding are then correlated with differences in both single molecule spectra as well as transient "blinking". Single molecules and aggregates of a variety of polythiophenes were examined. Tunable interchain morphologies, i.e., packing order and distance, were achieved through altering the regioregularity, size of side-chains, and backbone alterations. It was noted that the polymers switched between either dominant interchain coupling or intrachain coupling based on their planarity and packing distance. David A. Vanden Bout is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry. His research is in the area of organic materials for electronic applications. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and was a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow at the University of Minnesota. He came back to UT-Austin in 1997 and has won a number of awards for his research including an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, Research Corporation Cottrell Scholar Award, and a NSF CAREER Award. His innovative teaching has been recognized with a CNS Teaching Excellence Award, President's Associates Teaching Excellence Award and a Regent's Outstanding Teaching Award. For the past three years he has served as the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education in the College of Natural Sciences. Research<http://vandenbout.cm.utexas.edu/research/Vanden_Bout_Group/Research/Researc…> Light Refreshments will be served.

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