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[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Post-doc lunch with Peter Lodahl - Wednesday Nov 28

by Tijs Karman

Dear postdocs, Peter Lodahl is visiting later this week and will be speaking at the joint quantum seminar. This Wednesday (28th) we'll take him to lunch at 12 noon most likely at Russel House (unconfirmed). If you'd like to join, please sign up though the following spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/163JPLGgsfs3ukrB9p_LzJr7hOc-v6u6n7A9… Best, Tijs Karman

5 years, 2 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] [qip] Bell Prize

by Nicole Yunger Halpern

Below is a call for nominations for the Bell Prize, from Aephraim Steinberg of the U. of Toronto. Happy holidays! Best, Nicole ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Aephraim M. Steinberg <steinberg(a)physics.utoronto.ca> Date: Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 12:00 PM Subject: Bell Prize - call for nominations for 2019 prize (deadline 25 Jan 2019) To: Aephraim Steinberg <steinberg(a)physics.utoronto.ca> Dear friends and colleagues: I am writing to share with you the Call For Nominations for the 2019 John Stewart Bell Prize for reearch on fundamental issues in quantum mechanics and their applications. We would be very grateful if between now and the end of January, you could consider nominating a deserving scientist, and/or spread the word about the Prize (feel free to forward or share this announcement on any forums you consider appropriate). We hope this award will continue to play an important role in highlighting and recognizing the exciting breadth of research in this field. Please do share this message with any one you think might have useful input for the committee! (Feel free to spread the word about the upcoming conference as well; and I hope we can count on seeing you there!) I apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this call. Best wishes for the holidays, and for an excellent 2019! Sincerely yours, Aephraim Steinberg ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REQUEST FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2019 JOHN STEWART BELL PRIZE FOR RESEARCH ON FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES IN QUANTUM MECHANICS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS: Dear friends and colleagues: We are pleased to announce the 2019 John Stewart Bell Prize, and ask for your assistance in identifying deserving candidates for the award. The John Stewart Bell Prize for Research on Fundamental Issues in Quantum Mechanics and their Applications (short form: "Bell Prize") is awarded every other year, in particular again in 2019, for significant contributions first published in the 6 years preceding January 1st of the award year. The award is meant to recognize major advances relating to the foundations of quantum mechanics and to the applications of these principles – this covers, but is not limited to, quantum information theory, quantum computation, quantum foundations, quantum cryptography, and quantum control. The award is not intended as a "lifetime achievement" award, but rather to highlight the continuing rapid pace of research in these areas. It is intended to cover even-handedly theoretical and experimental research, both fundamental and applied. Further information about the Bell Prize may be found at http://cqiqc.physics.utoronto.ca/bell_prize/home.html The award is funded and managed by the University of Toronto, Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (CQIQC), but the award selection will be handled by an arms-length selection committee. The award will be presented as part of the biennial CQIQC conference, during which the awardee will be invited to deliver a prize lecture. (The meeting will run at the end of August, 2019 at the Fields Institute, University of Toronto. The conference web page is under development, but the previous conference programme can be viewed at http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/17-18/CQIQCVII ) To nominate a candidate for this award, please email your nomination to Helen Iyer, CQIQC administrative assistant, at iyer(a)physics.utoronto.ca <aho(a)chem.utoronto.ca>. The nomination should include the name and affiliation of the nominee, a 1-2 paragraph statement of the importance of the contribution on the basis of which you are making the nomination and the principal literature citations to this work (which must have been published between January 2013 and December 2018). Self-nomination is prohibited. All nominations received by January 25, 2019 will be considered (although the committee will not be bound to restrict itself to these nominations). Thank you in advance for your assistance, Aephraim Steinberg, on behalf of the Bell Prize Selection Committee ********************************************************************** Aephraim M. Steinberg, Professor of Physics Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (cqiqc.physics.utoronto.ca) Institute for Optical Sciences (www.optics.utoronto.ca) Department of Physics. University of Toronto 60 St. George St. Toronto, ONT M5S 1A7 CANADA TEL: use at your own risk EMAIL: steinberg <AT> physics.utoronto.ca FAX: (416) 978-2537 WEB: www.physics.utoronto.ca/~aephraim/aephraim.html ********************************************************************** -- Nicole Yunger Halpern ITAMP Postdoctoral Fellow Harvard-Smithsonian Institute for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (ITAMP) Harvard University Department of Physics nicoleyh.11(a)gmail.com _______________________________________________ qip mailing list qip(a)mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/qip

5 years, 3 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Fwd: Grad quantum course

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Alán Aspuru-Guzik Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science | Vector Institute Canada 150 Research Chair in Quantum Chemistry | CIFAR Senior Fellow University of Toronto | 80 St George St | Toronto, ON M5S 3H6, Canada http://matter.toronto.edu<https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/6ff06d93d228708105234fbb1c92b204ccf6043b?ur…> Twitter @A_Aspuru_Guzik aspuru(a)utoronto.ca<mailto:aspuru@utoronto.ca> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Paul Brumer <pbrumer(a)chem.utoronto.ca<mailto:pbrumer@chem.utoronto.ca>> Date: Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 8:08 PM Subject: Grad quantum course To: Alan Aspuru-Guzik <aspuru(a)utoronto.ca<mailto:aspuru@utoronto.ca>> Hi Alan, I don't know if you have graduate students that might be interested in the grad course in quantum mechanics that I will be teaching starting in January. (It is formal quantum mechanics.) If anyone is interested, the organizational meeting will be in the CPTG seminar room on Tuesday Jan 8, 2019 at 2:00. Paul

5 years, 3 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] [qip] Michael Bremner visit

by Aram Harrow

Dear quanta, Michael Bremner is visiting today through Thursday. Some of us were interested in his recent paper Approximation Algorithms for Complex-Valued Ising Models on Bounded Degree Graphs <https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.11282>. He isn't giving a talk but you can write him to arrange a meeting at < bremner(a)gmail.com>. -aram _______________________________________________ qip mailing list qip(a)mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/qip

5 years, 4 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] [qip] Fwd: Thesis Defense for Murphy Yuezhen Niu - December 19

by Aram Harrow

You are cordially invited to attend the following thesis defense. ’’Hardware-Efficient Quantum Computation and Error Correction’’ Presented by Murphy Yuezhen Niu Date: Wednesday, December 19, 2018 Time: 2:00 pm Location: Haus Room (36-428) Committee: Jeffrey H Shapiro, Isaac Chuang, Seth Lloyd, Vladan Vuletic Abstract: Quantum computing has the potential to eclipse its classical competitors, but only if the number of qubits can be scaled up. Large-scale quantum systems are impeded by the formidable hardware resources needed to combat growing amounts of errors from hardware imperfections. Previous efforts have mainly focused on either optimizing quantum hardware or finding new quantum algorithms. This thesis explores synergies between the system-specific hardware physics and algorithm design that together yield more than the sum of their parts in the quest for scalable quantum computation. We present an algorithm for generating nonclassical states of light, using full-quantum

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[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] (no subject)

by Riley Hickman

Hey everyone, The group meeting on the Toronto side will be held in BA1230. BA = Bahen Centre for Information Technology, located at 40 St. George St. The time of the meeting will not change. Sorry for the last minute change of plans, Riley

5 years, 4 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Fwd: Dr. Aspuru-Guzik - I have 4 questions for you please about your presentation on Dec. 14 at Rotman.

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

If anybody wants to go the event on Friday below please email Steve wirh your name today Thanks A ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Steve Arenburg <Arenburg(a)rotman.utoronto.ca> Date: Sat, Dec 8, 2018 at 1:26 PM Subject: Dr. Aspuru-Guzik - I have 4 questions for you please about your presentation on Dec. 14 at Rotman. To: alan(a)aspuru.com <alan(a)aspuru.com> CC: aspuru.assistant(a)utoronto.ca <aspuru.assistant(a)utoronto.ca> Dear Dr. Aspuru-Guzik, I’m helping Peter Wittek with our Quantum Computing event that you will speak at on December 14 at Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, 105 St. George Street, Toronto. The event’s agenda with timing is pasted below. The interim list of 120 participants is attached. This list will increase to 200 participants. We are all very much looking forward to your presentation. I have 4 questions for you please: Will you show slides and if you will do you prefer to email them to me to be saved to the computer in the auditorium or do you prefer to bring a USB stick or laptop? Are you available to please to please stay until 12:30pm and participate in the panel discussion from 12:00pm to 12:28pm? You’re welcome to invite guests to attend all or some of the event. Are there people that I should add to the participants list or people whom you would like me to invite to attend as your guests? Please send me your mobile so that I will have it in case I need to text or call you on the day of the event. Mine is 416 706-1623 . Thank you. My best, Steve Arenburg Director, Public Events Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto 105 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5S 3E6 arenburg(a)rotman.utoronto.ca mobile: 416 706-1623 Event: *TD Management Data and Analytics Lab at Rotman Speaker Series* Topic: *“The Frontier in Quantum Computing”* Event Date: Friday, December 14, 2018 Event Timing: 7:45-8:25am Check-In & Light Breakfast; 8:30am sharp to 12:30pm Sessions (see Agenda and Speakers below) Place: Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, 105 St. George Street, Toronto (Fleck Atrium, Ground Floor, North Building) Dress Code: business casual Agenda and Speakers: 7:45-8:25 Check-In and Light Breakfast 8:30 sharp *Welcoming Remarks* 8:40 *Contemporary Quantum Computing and Quantum Machine Learning* *Peter Wittek, *Assistant Professor and Academic Director - Quantum Program, Creative Destruction Lab and Data Scientist for the TD Management Data and Analytics Lab, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto 9:10 *Quantum Annealing for Commercial Applications* *Alan Baratz, *EVP - R&D and Chief Product Officer, D-Wave 9:40 *Opportunities in Universal Quantum Computing* *Ryan Karle,* Head of Customer Success, Rigetti 10:10-10:30 Coffee Break 10:30 *Quantum Chemistry and Machine Learning* *Alán Aspuru-Guzik,* Professor, University of Toronto; Faculty Member, Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence; CSO, Zapata Computing; CVO, Kebotix 11:00 *Material Discovery and Quantum Computing Today* *Michael Helander, *President and CEO, OTI Lumionics 11:35 *Quantum Machine Learning in Automated Warehouses* *Wojtek Burkot, *Co-Founder and Chief Physics Officer, Beit.tech 12:00 *Panel Discussion* Moderator:* Avi Goldfarb, *Rotman Chair in Artificial Intelligence & Healthcare; Ellison Professor of Marketing; and Chief Data Scientist -Creative Destruction Lab, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto 12:28 *Closing Remarks* 12:30 Adjournment -- Alán Aspuru-Guzik Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science | Vector Institute Canada 150 Research Chair in Quantum Chemistry | CIFAR Senior Fellow University of Toronto | 80 St George St | Toronto, ON M5S 3H6, Canada http://matter.toronto.edu Twitter @A_Aspuru_Guzik aspuru(a)utoronto.ca

5 years, 4 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] [qip] Friday group meeting and seminar

by Aram Harrow

Dear quanta, At 11am we'll have a group meeting (6-310) and Annie will talk about quantum walks. At 1:30pm we'll have Steve Flammia (Sydney) speak in the seminar (6C-442). title: Efficient learning of Pauli channels abstract: Pauli channels are ubiquitous in quantum information, both as a dominant noise source in many computing architectures and as a practical model for analyzing error correction and fault tolerance. Here we prove several results on efficiently learning Pauli channels, and more generally the Pauli projection of a quantum channel. We first derive a protocol for learning a Pauli channel on n qubits with high probability to a relative precision ε using O(ε^{−2} n 2^n) measurements, which is efficient in the Hilbert space dimension. The estimate is robust to state preparation and measurement errors which, together with the relative precision, makes it especially appropriate for applications involving characterization of high-accuracy quantum gates. Next we show that the error rates for an s-sparse Pauli channel can be estimated to a relative precision ε using O(ε^{−2} s^2 log s) measurements. Finally, we show that when the Pauli channel is given by a Markov field with at most k-local correlations, we can learn an entire n-qubit Pauli channel to relative precision ε with only O_k(ε^{−2} n^2 log n) measurements, which is efficient in the number of qubits. The algorithms themselves are quite practical, and I will show experimental results for full characterization of the noise in a 16 qubit device. These results enable a host of applications beyond just characterizing noise in a large-scale quantum system: they pave the way to tailoring quantum codes, optimizing decoders, and customizing fault tolerance protocols to suit a particular device. This is joint work with Robin Harper and Joel Wallman. _______________________________________________ qip mailing list qip(a)mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/qip

5 years, 4 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] (no subject)

by Riley Hickman

Hi all, Theo will be speaking at tomorrow's group meeting. It will be held at the normal time and place (SS571 on the Toronto side). See below for title and abstract. Best, Riley ----------------------- Title: Making Better Aluminum Alloys with Variational Autoencoders: Success, failures and (my) best practice Abstract: In this talk, I will give you an overview of a client project that I worked on at IBM. This project involved raw data coming from a factory manfacturing aluminum alloys. Although the data was abundant, it was noisy and the structure of the data relatively complex. To overcome these challenges, I built on the idea of the molecular VAE. Instead of having a single VAE, I used two: one to deal with process-related data and one for the chemical composition data. This lead to a very flexible framework where it is possible to optimize the latent of either both networks or of a single one depending on the need. I will also briefly speak about the challenges of building and training such a network, what I learned and which (hopefully) best practices I came up with.

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[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Fwd: Acts needed = Chemistry Dept. Holiday Party -

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

I challenge the group guys! What do you have under your sleeves? Alán Aspuru-Guzik Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science | Vector Institute Canada 150 Research Chair in Quantum Chemistry | CIFAR Senior Fellow University of Toronto | 80 St George St | Toronto, ON M5S 3H6, Canada http://matter.toronto.edu <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/92402e37dcaa2eda8778fdaa78660bcdf0190704?ur…> Twitter @A_Aspuru_Guzik aspuru(a)utoronto.ca ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Graduate Assistant <chem.gradasst(a)utoronto.ca> Date: Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 9:41 AM Subject: Re: Acts needed = Chemistry Dept. Holiday Party - To: <CHEMMAIL-L(a)listserv.utoronto.ca> Hi all, A reminder that your act doesn’t have to be musical in nature. I’ve heard word on the street that a certain Chair of the Department enjoys alternative talents (hint: magic, etc.). And also – “festive wear” (open to interpretation) is *strongly* encouraged! Thanks! Laura *Laura Curiale* Graduate Assistant Department of Chemistry University of Toronto 80 St. George Street, Room 151, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6 Tel: 416-946-4094|Fax: 416-978-1631 www.chem.utoronto.ca Follow us on Twitter @chemuoft <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/f6c0bf3369b590f7f04c904941ecdc945872478c?ur…> and Instagram *@chemgraduoft <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/e5d87345858567f0b4181dd5f83a716b0c4c7281?ur…>* *From:* chemmail-l: Chemistry Department Superlist < CHEMMAIL-L(a)LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA> *On Behalf Of *Robert Batey *Sent:* Monday, December 10, 2018 6:31 PM *To:* CHEMMAIL-L(a)LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA *Subject:* Acts needed = Chemistry Dept. Holiday Party - As per Lindy’s email, I am looking forward to hearing the musical acts. So far we have three entries, which is good … but, in order to fully channel my inner “Simon Cowell”, I hope that we’ll have a few last minute entries. Please contact Laura (chem.gradasst(a)utoronto.ca) or Lindy ( chem.chair(a)utoronto.ca). Cheers Rob –––––––––––––– Robert A. Batey, Ph. D. Professor and Chair Department of Chemistry, LM 151 University of Toronto 80 St. George St., Toronto, ON CANADA, M5S 3H6 Chair's office: 416-978-3566; fax: 416-978-1631 Web: http://www.chem.utoronto.ca/staff/RAB/index.html <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/4a6a4955f2bb21a2a6230169ab7f34d54426e55a?ur…> Linked-In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-batey-156221a2 <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/469e17f471760a74cd4eed24ca456491ebbcc0eb?ur…> –––––––––––––– *From: *Chemmail Chemistry Listserv <CHEMMAIL-L(a)LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA> on behalf of Chemistry Reception <chem.reception(a)UTORONTO.CA> *Reply-To: *Chemistry Reception <chem.reception(a)utoronto.ca> *Date: *Monday, December 10, 2018 at 8:59 AM *To: *Chemmail Chemistry Listserv <CHEMMAIL-L(a)LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA> *Subject: *REMINDER: Ticket/RSVP | Dec. 12 | Chemistry Dept. Holiday Party Good morning Chemistry Faculty, Staff and Students: *If you haven’t done so already, you have until 12:30pm today to pick up your beverage ticket + RSVP at the Chair’s Office / Room 151. (Beverage tickets are redeemable for either alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages.)* (If you plan to pick up tickets for your group members, kindly bring a list of their names to expedite the process.) *We would also gladly accept your RSVP by email to chem.reception(a)utoronto.ca <chem.reception(a)utoronto.ca> by 12:30pm today. This will help to ensure accurate catering and beverage orders*. As part of the festivities, we invite you to create your own groups to showcase a musical number – anything goes! Can you really sing? Please do! Maybe you’re more of a lip synch kind of person? Show us what you got! Air bongo pro? Bring on the beats! With 3 guest judges and prizes at stake, nothing less than your A-game will do! Email Laura (chem.gradasst(a)utoronto.ca) or Lindy (chem.chair(a)utoronto.ca) by Dec. 10th with your group name, members, and song you’ll be performing. Lastly, festive wear (aka. ugly sweaters) is optional but most welcome. We look forward to seeing you there! ~ Chair’s Office Reception | Office of the Chair | Department of Chemistry | University of Toronto 80 St. George Street, Room 151|Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6| www.chem.utoronto.ca <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/dce1e9b41b3010a67542f7f869bf59d4f049ede6?ur…> | E: chem.reception(a)utoronto.ca | T: 416-978-3564 | Fax: 416-978-1631 *From:* chemmail-l: Chemistry Department Superlist < CHEMMAIL-L(a)LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA> *On Behalf Of *Chemistry Reception *Sent:* Thursday, December 6, 2018 2:34 PM *To:* CHEMMAIL-L(a)LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA *Subject:* Ticket/RSVP | Dec. 12 | Chemistry Dept. Holiday Party Good afternoon Chemistry Faculty, Staff and Students: If you haven’t done so already, kindly pick up your beverage ticket + RSVP at the Chair’s Office / Room 151 *by 12:30pm on Monday, Dec. 10.* (Beverage tickets are redeemable for either alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages.) Our office is open 8am-12:30pm and 1:45pm-4:30pm. (If you plan to pick up tickets for your group members, kindly bring a list of their names to expedite the process.) We would also gladly accept your RSVP by email to chem.reception(a)utoronto.ca *by 12:30pm on Monday, Dec. 10*. This will help to ensure accurate catering and beverage orders. As part of the festivities, we invite you to create your own groups to showcase a musical number – anything goes! Can you really sing? Please do! Maybe you’re more of a lip synch kind of person? Show us what you got! Air bongo pro? Bring on the beats! With 3 guest judges and prizes at stake, nothing less than your A-game will do! Email Laura (chem.gradasst(a)utoronto.ca) or Lindy (chem.chair(a)utoronto.ca) by Dec. 10th with your group name, members, and song you’ll be performing. We look forward to seeing you there! ~ Chair’s Office Reception | Office of the Chair | Department of Chemistry | University of Toronto 80 St. George Street, Room 151|Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6| www.chem.utoronto.ca <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/dce1e9b41b3010a67542f7f869bf59d4f049ede6?ur…> | E: chem.reception(a)utoronto.ca | T: 416-978-3564 | Fax: 416-978-1631 *From:* chemmail-l: Chemistry Department Superlist < CHEMMAIL-L(a)LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA> *On Behalf Of *Chemistry Reception *Sent:* Monday, December 3, 2018 4:41 PM *To:* CHEMMAIL-L(a)LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA *Subject:* Dec. 12 | Chemistry Dept. Holiday Party Dear Chemistry Faculty, Staff and Students: The Chemistry Department’s 2018 Holiday Party will be held on Wednesday, December 12 from 1pm to 3pm in the Davenport Atrium. We hope you can join us! At your earliest convenience, please come by the Chair’s Office / Room 151 to pick up your beverage ticket (good for either alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages) and to RSVP for the event. Our office is open 8am-12:30pm and 1:45pm-4:30pm. (If you plan to pick up tickets for your group members, kindly bring a list of their names to expedite the process.) As part of the festivities, we invite you to create your own groups to showcase a musical number – anything goes! Can you really sing? Please do! Maybe you’re more of a lip synch kind of person? Show us what you got! Air bongo pro? Bring on the beats! With 3 guest judges and prizes at stake, nothing less than your A-game will do! Email Laura (chem.gradasst(a)utoronto.ca) or Lindy (chem.chair(a)utoronto.ca) by Dec. 10th with your group name, members, and song you’ll be performing. We look forward to seeing you there! ~ Chair’s Office Reception | Office of the Chair | Department of Chemistry | University of Toronto 80 St. George Street, Room 151|Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6| www.chem.utoronto.ca <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/dce1e9b41b3010a67542f7f869bf59d4f049ede6?ur…> | E: chem.reception(a)utoronto.ca | T: 416-978-3564 | Fax: 416-978-1631

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