Dear group, Upon the arrival of Ali and Masoud, I think we have enough people to start having weekly group meetings. I looked at everybody's G-mail and it seems like Tuesday at 5.00 PM is kosher. So I propose: Tuesday 14th - Masoud - Kickback Phase estimation and Overlap estimation paper by Somma (Arxiv.org) Tuesday 21th - Ali - Surprise! Tuesday 28th - ??? volunteers? Another proposal is to rotate the snacks. What the head-gordon group did at Berkeley was that the speaker brought a little something (cookies, soda, whatever) every time. This might be good because we are going to do it at 5.00 PM. What do you guys think about that? Cheers! Alan -- Alán Aspuru-Guzik Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology 12 Oxford Street Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel: (617)384-8188 Group URL: http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu