aspuru-list August 2017

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[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] [qip] group meeting tomorrow

by Aram Harrow

Dear quanta, We will meet tomorrow at the usual time and place (6-310, 11am). Steve and Lior will both speak. -aram _______________________________________________ qip mailing list qip(a)mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/qip

6 years, 6 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] [qip] group meeting tomorrow

by Aram Harrow

Dear quanta, We will meet tomorrow at the usual time and place (6-310, 11am). Scott Aaronson is here and will tell us about some of his recent results. aram _______________________________________________ qip mailing list qip(a)mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/qip

6 years, 6 months

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

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

> Begin forwarded message: > > From: "Govindan, T R CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)" <t.r.govindan.civ(a)mail.mil> > Subject: Quantum Computing Graduate Research Fellowship - Call for Proposals > Date: August 31, 2017 at 8:01:47 PM GMT+2 > To: "Govindan, T R CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)" <t.r.govindan.civ(a)mail.mil> > Cc: "Bishop, Nathaniel" <nbishop(a)lps.umd.edu>, "Blakestad, Rodney B CIV (US)" <blakestad(a)lps.umd.edu>, "Metcalfe, Michael" <metcalfe_michael(a)lps.umd.edu>, Michael DiRosa <mdd(a)lps.umd.edu>, "Tahan, Charles G CIV (US)" <ctahan(a)lps.umd.edu>, "Gamble, Sara J CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)" <sara.j.gamble.civ(a)mail.mil>, Becky Vautier <bvautier(a)lps.umd.edu> > Resent-From: aspuru(a)chemistry.harvard.edu > > SaneAttachments has copied these files to Dropbox > > QuaCGR_Call_for_Proposals_2017.pdf <https://www.dropbox.com/s/vf4x601q6epxcnt/QuaCGR_Call_for_Proposals_2017.pd…>Dropbox/SaneBox/Govindan, T R CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)/Quantum Computing Graduate Research Fello_, 2017-08-31 02.01.47 PM/ > Note: SaneBox was unable to remove all of the attachments and as a result the original files are still included. > > Dear Colleagues: > > > > > We are delighted to announce the third year of the Quantum Computing Graduate Research Fellowship program. Please find attached a description of the program and the 2017 call for proposals. For this call, we anticipate funding 3-5 fellowships. Our intent continues 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 17 October 2017. > > > > > Separately, your comments are welcome on how we may make this program more effective and prestigious. > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > Nathan Bishop > > > Brad Blakestad > > > Michael DiRosa > > > Mike Metcalfe > > > Charlie Tahan > > > Laboratory for Physical Sciences (LPS) > > > > > Sara Gamble > > > TR Govindan > > > US Army Research Office > > > > > >

6 years, 8 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Fwd: Senior faculty position: Energy/Materials at University of Miami

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear all see this interesting position below. Maybe the most senior members in the group may qualify. > Begin forwarded message: > > From: "Johnson, Neil F" <neiljohnson(a)miami.edu> > Subject: Senior faculty position: Energy/Materials at University of Miami > Date: August 30, 2017 at 2:53:48 PM GMT+2 > To: "alan(a)aspuru.com" <alan(a)aspuru.com> > > SaneAttachments has copied these files to Dropbox > > 2017 Energy Search Advertisement final.pdf <https://www.dropbox.com/s/b05v7r925e2k43f/2017%20Energy%20Search%20Advertis…>Dropbox/SaneBox/Johnson, Neil F/Senior faculty position_ Energy-Materials_, 2017-08-30 08.53.48 AM/ > Note: SaneBox was unable to remove all of the attachments and as a result the original files are still included. > > Dear Alan > > Our department has a new opening for Associate/Full Professor in Energy/Materials that could be ideal for a past or present member of your group. Salary etc. negotiable. > > Could you possibly pass this information to anyone who might be interested? > If they want to talk in private before applying, they can contact me (I am the chair of the search committee) at neiljohnson(a)miami.edu or my phone +1 305 3336920 > > Thank you very much. > > Warmest wishes > Neil > > =========================================================== > Neil F. Johnson Professor, Physics Department, University of Miami, FL > http://www.physics.miami.edu/~njohnson/ <http://www.physics.miami.edu/~njohnson/> neiljohnson(a)miami.edu > > =========================================================== > Mailing address: Department of Physics, University of Miami > Knight Physics Building, Office #307, P.O. Box 248046 > Coral Gables, Florida, FL 33124, USA > Phone: 305 333 6920 > > > > > >

6 years, 8 months

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

by Aram Harrow

Dear quanta, We will not have a group meeting tomorrow since enough people seem to want to go to this talk (announcement below) instead. It is not quantum, but has relevance to computing amplitudes of quantum circuits. Next week we will have Marcus Appleby tell us about the SIC-POVM problem and algebraic number theory. -aram ---------- Forwarded message ---------- *STOCHASTICS AND STATISTICS SEMINAR* *|* *FRIDAY, March 3 11AM-12PM in Room E18-304 * https://stat.mit.edu/events/alexander-barvinok-u-michigan/ https://whereis.mit.edu/?go=E18 *Title: * Computing partition functions by interpolation *Speaker: * Alexander Barvinok (UMICH) http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/~barvinok/ *Abstract:* Partition functions are just multivariate polynomials with great many monomials enumerating combinatorial structures of a particular type and their efficient computation (approximation) are of interest for combinatorics, statistics, physics and computational complexity. I’ll present a general principle: the partition function can be efficiently approximated in a domain if it has no complex zeros in a slightly larger domain, and illustrate it on the examples of the permanent of a matrix, the independence polynomial of a graph and, time permitting, the graph homomorphism partition function. *Bio:* Alexander Barvinok is a professor of mathematics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is interested in computational complexity and algorithms in algebra, geometry and combinatorics. _______________________________________________ qip mailing list qip(a)mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/qip

6 years, 8 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Group meeting, Thu Aug 31, 3:30 PM, Div Room

by Ian Kivlichan

Hi all, Tomorrow Danny will talk at group meeting. His title and abstract are below. See you there, Ian ----------------- Title: The molecular space of candidates for binary gates in organic exciton processing and signaling Abstract: The ability to regulate energy transfer pathways through materials is an important goal of nanotechnology, as a greater degree of control is crucial for developing sensing, solar energy, and bioimaging applications. Such control necessitates a toolbox of actuation methods that can direct energy transfer based on user input. Molecular exciton gates can potentially control exciton migration in chromophoric systems. The type of gate of interest for this talk is called an "S2 exciton gate" and does not require isomerization or molecular rearrangement to function. Molecules that can serve as components of this gate type must satisfy certain constraints on their electronic structure. This talk presents results of a virtual screening of a few hundred azulene-related candidates and shows a some candidates satisfy these constraints.

6 years, 8 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Oreos

by Felixander Negron

Siria brought in some oreos for us! They are in the war room. Feel free to swing by

6 years, 8 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Group meeting, Thu Aug 24, 3:30 PM, Div Room

by Ian Kivlichan

Hi all, Tomorrow Sam will talk at group meeting. See below for his title and abstract. All the best, Ian ----------------- Fully Ab initio Simulations of Excitonics in Fluorescein Dimers In 2013, the Engel group synthesized three slightly different fluorescein dimers and observed three unique patterns of electronic coherence using ultrafast spectroscopy. I have simulated the exciton dynamics of this model system entirely from first principles. I will discuss the calculations that were necessary in order to characterize site energies, couplings, and spectral densities for each of the three dimers. I will then present spectroscopic simulations and discuss how we could use this system in order to shed further light on the presence and importance of electronic coherence.

6 years, 8 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] [qip] Now: Special OQE Seminar: Prof. Stefano Pirandola, University of York -- Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at 11 AM in the Allen Room, 36-462

by Dirk Englund

On Aug 23, 2017 09:49, "Janice L Balzer" <balzer(a)mit.edu> wrote: *Special OQE Seminar this morning. Please note it is in the **Allen Room, 36-462 **!* Stefano Pirandola University of York Hosted by: Prof. Dirk Englund Title: “Repeater-assisted quantum and private capacities " Wednesday, August 23, 2017 11:00 AM Allen Room, 36-462 Abstract: We consider quantum communications assisted by repeaters, from the basic scenario of a single repeater chain to the general case of an arbitrarily-complex quantum network, where systems may be routed through single or multiple paths. In this context, we investigate the ultimate rates at which two end-parties may transmit quantum information, distribute entanglement, or generate secret keys. These end-to-end capacities are defined by optimizing over the most general adaptive protocols that are allowed by quantum mechanics. Combining techniques from quantum information and classical network theory, we derive single-letter upper bounds for the end-to-end capacities in repeater chains and quantum networks connected by arbitrary quantum channels, establishing exact formulas under basic decoherence models, including bosonic lossy channels, quantum-limited amplifiers, dephasing and erasure channels. For the converse part, we adopt a teleportation-inspired simulation of a quantum network which leads to upper bounds in terms of the relative entropy of entanglement. For the lower bounds we combine point-to-point quantum protocols with classical network algorithms. Depending on the type of routing (single or multiple), optimal strategies corresponds to finding the widest path or the maximum flow in the quantum network. Our theory can also be extended to simultaneous quantum communication between multiple senders and receivers. Short bio: Stefano Pirandola is Professor of quantum information at Computer Science, University of York (UK). In the past, he has been Reader (2013-2016), Leverhulme fellow (2013-2015), Lecturer (2010-2013) and Marie Curie international fellow (2007-2010). He started to work on quantum cryptography and quantum networks when he was at MIT (2007-2009). For a full listing of this semester’s colloquia or to subscribe to the mailing list, please visit www.rle.mit.edu/oqesem -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MIT Quantum Photonics" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to QP-mit+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to QP-mit(a)googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ msgid/QP-mit/B23F31EA93341940A25C8F445C5ADCF6C013382D%40OC11EXPO24. exchange.mit.edu <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/QP-mit/B23F31EA93341940A25C8F445C5ADCF6C0…> . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. _______________________________________________ qip mailing list qip(a)mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/qip

6 years, 8 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] FW: ITAMP Workshop "Many-Body Cavity QED"

by Ploucha, Clare

Dear All: We would like to invite you to participate at the ITAMP workshop on "Many-Body Cavity QED" to be held at Phillips Auditorium at 60 Garden St. on October 9-11, 2017. The organizers of this workshop are Dan Stamper-Kurn (Berkeley), Murray Holland (JILA) and Benjamin Lev (Stanford). Note: There is no registration fee for the local participants, but for us to account for the number of attendees, we ask you to visit https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/itamp-event/many-body-cavity-qed and click on the Registration link. Please choose the "payment by check" option, and pick a random check number so that you can complete the registration process. We look forward to seeing you soon at ITAMP. Regards Naomi Tariri -- Naomi Tariri Program Coordinator The Institute for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 60 Garden Street, MS 14 Cambridge MA 02138 617-495-9524 | http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/itamp/

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