January 2024 - Qse-grad-students

[QMatter in Math/Physics Feb 2, Fri 10 - 11:30 am ET] Anurag Anshu (Harvard) Quantum Circuits to local Hamiltonian: role in quantum complexity and new constructions - Harvard CMSA G10

by Juven Wang

Let us warmly welcome Prof. Anurag Anshu (Harvard) in person! https://cmsa.fas.harvard.edu/series/quantum-matter-in-mathematics-and-physi… ----- *Time: Friday 10:00 - 11:30 am ET, Feb 2 * *Location: Harvard CMSA G10* Zoom: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/977347126 Password: cmsa ————————————————————————————————— *Anurag Anshu (Harvard)* Title: *Quantum Circuits to local Hamiltonian: role in quantum complexity and new constructions * Abstract: At the heart of the theory of NP completeness lies a mapping from classical circuits to constraint satisfaction problems (classical local Hamiltonians). The quantum analogue of this is the remarkable history state construction of Kitaev (building upon Feynman's work). This (whiteboard) talk will provide an introduction to this mapping and its crucial role in bridging quantum computer science and quantum many-body physics research. Then, we will describe a new mapping using tensor networks and quantum fault tolerance (https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.16475). Time permitting, we will discuss the relevance of this mapping to the quantum PCP conjecture. -------- Subscribe to Harvard CMSA Quantum Matter and other seminar videos (more to be uploaded): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0NRmB0fnLJQAnYwkpt9PN2PBKx4rvdup Subscribe to Harvard CMSA seminar mailing list: https://forms.gle/1ewa7KeP6BxBuBeRA --- Harvard University CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

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Fwd: Exponent PhD Info Session 1/31 at MCS -- Lunch will be served!

by Sule, Nishant V.

Begin forwarded message: From: "Stark, Laura Lee" <lstark(a)fas.harvard.edu> Date: January 26, 2024 at 1:55:33 PM EST To: "Stark, Laura Lee" <lstark(a)fas.harvard.edu> Cc: Harvard FAS Employer Engagement <employers(a)fas.harvard.edu> Subject: Exponent PhD Info Session 1/31 at MCS -- Lunch will be served! Happy Friday! STEM grad students and postdocs are invited to attend this lunchtime info session next week with Exponent, an engineering and scientific consulting firm. Please help us spread the word! Laura [https://careerservices.fas.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/161/2023/04…]<http://uctlinks.fas.harvard.edu/ls/click?upn=TfOBF5eZItBP6h3H8xoiO-2Bz116nZ…> Exponent Info Session and Q&A at MCS <http://uctlinks.fas.harvard.edu/ls/click?upn=TfOBF5eZItBP6h3H8xoiO-2Bz116nZ…> Come to MCS to meet with representatives from Exponent on January 31 from 12-1pm. Lunch will be provided! The event is open to PhD students and postdocs. Space is limited, so make sure to RSVP soon in Crimson Careers<https://exponentrecruit.azurewebsites.net/Register/61> to reserve your spot. Exponent Info Session and Q&A (54 Dunster Street, Cambridge, MA) - Wednesday, January 31 at 12pm - 1pm <http://uctlinks.fas.harvard.edu/ls/click?upn=TfOBF5eZItBP6h3H8xoiO-2Bz116nZ…> "Exponent is an engineering and scientific consulting firm with depth and breadth of expertise to solve clients' unique, unprecedented, and urgent challenges. We are committed to engaging multidisciplinary teams of science, engineering, and regulatory experts to empower our clients with solutions that create a safer, healthier, more sustainable world. Exponent is an exciting place for new graduates to grow a thriving scientific and technical consulting career. Join us to learn about technical consulting and careers at Exponent. Lunch will be served from Flour or Saloniki!" [Image]<http://uctlinks.fas.harvard.edu/ls/click?upn=TfOBF5eZItBP6h3H8xoiO-2Bz116nZ…> [image001.png] Manage Your Harvard FAS Mignone Center for Career Success Email Preferences →<http://uctlinks.fas.harvard.edu/ls/click?upn=TfOBF5eZItBP6h3H8xoiO-2Bz116nZ…> Harvard Faculty of Arts & Sciences [https://careerservices.fas.harvard.edu/wp-content/themes/uConnect/email-tem…]<http://uctlinks.fas.harvard.edu/ls/click?upn=TfOBF5eZItBP6h3H8xoiOwHt6vIoer…> [https://careerservices.fas.harvard.edu/wp-content/themes/uConnect/email-tem…]<http://uctlinks.fas.harvard.edu/ls/click?upn=TfOBF5eZItBP6h3H8xoiO-2BYP4esD…> Content Copyright © Harvard Faculty of Arts & Sciences [Powered by uConnect]<http://uctlinks.fas.harvard.edu/ls/click?upn=TfOBF5eZItBP6h3H8xoiO2HXglUdk8…> Laura L. Stark, Ph.D. Director of Graduate Career Services she/her/hers lstark(a)fas.harvard.edu<mailto:lstark@fas.harvard.edu> 617-495-1095 | LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauraleestark/> [image002.png] Mignone Center for Career Success<https://careerservices.fas.harvard.edu/> | Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences 54 Dunster Street | Cambridge, MA 02138 [image003.jpg]<https://engage.gsas.harvard.edu/organization/ocs>

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Fwd: [Seas-faculty] Call for speakers - SEAS Lightning Talks

by Sule, Nishant V.

Dear all, Please take a look at the opportunity below to present a short “lightening” talk about the broader societal impact of your research. Not only does it help you hone your communication skills, but it also motivates undergrads to join a research group in the field. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Salma (in cc). Best, Nishant ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Undergrad Research <undergradresearch(a)seas.harvard.edu<mailto:undergradresearch@seas.harvard.edu>> Date: Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 2:38 PM Subject: [Seas-faculty] Call for speakers - SEAS Lightning Talks To: <seas-faculty(a)seas.harvard.edu<mailto:seas-faculty@seas.harvard.edu>> Dear faculty, We recently sent out the call for speakers below to graduate students and post-docs at SEAS. We are still looking for speakers for this event, and have extended the deadline to Wednesday, January 24. If can think of any of your lab members who might be interested in participating, especially those who are interested in translation, please encourage them to sign up here<https://forms.gle/U8MXgdzdKt32g6QeA>! Thank you, Task Force for Strategic Inclusion in Undergraduate Research Dear Researchers, You are invited to participate in an exciting new event this spring: SEAS Lightning Talks: Translating Research for Societal Impact. In partnership with the Grid<https://www.grid.harvard.edu/>, this event will focus on showcasing the research that you do at SEAS to a wide community of undergraduates, venture capitalists, and start-up founders. You will have the opportunity to present your research, with a particular focus on its societal impact, as well as network with undergraduates and local entrepreneurs. The event itself will take the form of a series of speed talks by graduate students, postdocs, and VCs with the following guidelines: * Present your area of research in 3-5 minutes. * At most 1 slide (no visuals is also fine!). If a slide is presented, it should be visually interesting, with graphics or a short video/animation. * Consider the audience non-technical - focus on the importance of the work and what makes it exciting to you, including your personal story about how you arrived at what you currently research. * The goal of your talk should be make the societal impact of your research clear to anyone who is attending In preparation for the event, the Grid has generously agreed to run workshops to help you learn how to most effectively communicate your research succinctly for a broad audience. Regardless of if you are interested in translating your research at this moment, these workshops and this event are an excellent opportunity to practice answering the question: “What do you do, and why is it important?” The event will take place on February 28. If you are interested in participating, please fill out this form<https://forms.gle/U8MXgdzdKt32g6QeA> by the end of day Monday, January 15. Thank you, Task Force for Strategic Inclusion in Undergraduate Research A Subcommittee of the Committee on DIB<https://www.seas.harvard.edu/office-diversity-inclusion-and-belonging/commi…> Jim Anderson | Philip S. Weld Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry Patrick Ulrich | Director of Undergraduate Education - Administration Christina Z. Patel | Assistant Director for Advising Programs and Diversity Outreach Edward Alexander | Assistant Director of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Salma Abu Ayyash | Preceptor in Educational Innovation Benjamin Brown | Electronics Shop Engineer Rachel DeLucas | Manager for Undergraduate Student Experiences Michelle Lane | Administrator for Industry Partnerships Linsey Moyer | Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies in Biomedical Engineering -- To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to seas-faculty+unsubscribe(a)seas.harvard.edu<mailto:seas-faculty+unsubscribe@seas.harvard.edu>.

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QSE PhD Open House (Visit Days) Apr 2-3

by Sule, Nishant V.

Dear HQI community, We are pleased to announce the dates for the Quantum Science & Engineering (QSE) PhD Open House – April 2nd-3rd. The QSE PhD Open House is a two-day event where we invite the cohort of PhD students admitted to the QSE program on campus to meet faculty, tour labs, and interact with the broader HQI community. Since this event touches many in the HQI community, we are request that you please save the dates of April 2-3, 2024. To coordinate lab tours and meetings, we will send out surveys closer to the event requesting availabilities. Note that these dates have been coordinated with Harvard Physics (Apr 1st-2nd) and MIT Physics (Apr 3rd-5th) PhD open houses for convenience. Thank you for your time. Best, Nishant Sule Director of Education & Scientific Outreach Harvard Quantum Initiative 33 Oxford St Maxwell Dworkin 349 Cambridge, MA 02138

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QuERY (Quantum Engineering Research and You!) seeking mentors for high school outreach

by Yeh, Matthew

Hi folks! We're thrilled to announce another year of QuERY <https://mudyeh.github.io/query/>, a partnership between HQI and MIT CQE-iQuISE to teach high schoolers about quantum science and technology! We are looking to recruit graduate students to give a brief talk and mentor a small group of 3-4 high school students through a guided final project over the course of a semester. This is a great opportunity to practice your science communication skills while also giving young students the opportunity to build meaningful connections with active science researchers! The program meets weekly over Zoom, and is expected to start mid-February. The estimated time commitment is ~2 hrs per week over the course of 3 months. At the end, we fly out to the school to meet the students in-person! If this sounds exciting to you, fill out our interest form by *January 25th* : link <https://forms.gle/mskxAB51JV7GWhz29> For questions, contact Matthew Yeh (myeh(a)g.harvard.edu) and Jennifer Wang ( jwang17(a)mit.edu), or take a look at our website <https://mudyeh.github.io/query/>. [image: query_flyer.png] Cheers, Matt, Jenn

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QSE/CHEM 245

by Sule, Nishant V.

Dear all, I am attaching the syllabus and schedule for the course QSE/CHEM 245 – Quantum Chemistry: Theory and Practice. As you will find in the attached documents, this course covers computational methods for electronic structure calculations, from Hartree Fock and DFT to some of the emerging “quantum" methods like VQE. Joonho is teaching the course this semester. I am sending this note since the course has not been heavily advertised. Also, note that this course would satisfy the field/focus requirements in QSE. If any of you are interested or would like more details to know if this course is right for you, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Joonho. Best, Nishant (P.S. A quick reminder that open add/drop period for spring has started and the deadline is Jan 29th)

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MIT quantum computing hackathon

by Ariel Barr

Code on real quantum computers at MIT! MIT iQuISE<https://www.iquise.mit.edu/> has partnered with a number of leading industry and academic sponsors to host a quantum computing hackathon MIT iQuHACK 2024<https://www.iquise.mit.edu/iQuHACK/> on February 2-4th. MIT iQuHACK on February 2-4th, 2024 will be a hybrid event with both in-person and virtual participation open to everyone, including students and professionals from across the world. Quantum Computing challenges, talks, and prizes will be provided by our diverse panel of sponsors, including IonQ<https://www.linkedin.com/company/ionq.co/>, Quandela<https://www.linkedin.com/company/quandela/>, QuEra Computing Inc.<https://www.linkedin.com/company/quera-computing-inc/>, Covalent<https://www.linkedin.com/company/covalentxyz/>, Quantinuum<https://www.linkedin.com/company/quantinuumqc/>, qBraid<https://www.linkedin.com/company/qbraid-official/>, IBM Quantum, Classiq Technologies<https://www.linkedin.com/company/classiq-technologies/>, Amazon Web Services (AWS)<https://www.linkedin.com/company/amazon-web-services/>, Moody's Corporation<https://www.linkedin.com/company/moodys-corporation/>’s, MIT Museum, Quantum Machines <https://www.linkedin.com/company/quantumachines/> , Microsoft<https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft/>, MIT CQE, MIT RLE, Intel Corporation<https://www.linkedin.com/company/intel-corporation/>, Unitary Fund<https://www.linkedin.com/company/unitary-fund/>, and Atom Computing<https://www.linkedin.com/company/atom-computing/>. MIT iQuHACK 2024 is open to everyone, regardless of experience, and is free to attend. [A black and orange business card Description automatically generated]

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Sign up for a January Course on the Ethics of Emergent Technologies

by Araiza Bravo, Rodrigo

Hi Everyone, I hope this message finds you well and ready for an exciting opportunity this winter! We're thrilled to announce a unique and thought-provoking winter course, "Socializing our Science: Embedding your Research in Social Context," <https://engage.gsas.harvard.edu/event/9654047>from *January 16 to January 19*. Whether you've encountered ethical dilemmas in your work, are eager to understand the dynamics of funding agencies, or have a keen interest in the historical context of science alongside technical subjects, this course is tailor-made for you! *Why Should You Join? (Sign up here: *https://forms.gle/Jyeosg6vZWpbKrMw9*)* This course offers a comprehensive framework from Science, Technology, and Society studies <https://sts.hks.harvard.edu/about/whatissts.html> (STS) for navigating the intricate relationship between scientific research, democracy, government, and society. Through dynamic class discussions and curated readings, you'll gain insights that transcend the boundaries of technical research, providing a holistic perspective crucial for today's multifaceted challenges. *Academic Credit Option:* For those seeking a more formal engagement, the course can be taken for credit as part of the Secondary Field in STS <https://sts.hks.harvard.edu/graduate-fields/field/> offered through the Harvard Kennedy School. Full course credit will be granted after completing a semester-long research paper. *Learn More:* Take a sneak peek at the attached flier for more details and the preliminary syllabus. If you're curious and have questions or need additional information, feel free to reach out to our esteemed instructors: - *Rodrigo Araiza Bravo:* oaraizabravo(a)g.harvard.edu -* Spencer Doyle: *spencerdoyle(a)g.harvard.edu - *Nathan Drucker:* ndrucker(a)g,harvard.edu Take advantage of this enriching experience that promises to broaden your perspective and enhance your understanding of the interconnected world of technology and society. We look forward to having you on board! Best regards, -- Rodrigo Araiza Bravo *Ph.D. Candidate | Yelin Group* *STS Secondary Field | Harvard STS* *M.A. Physics, Harvard University '21* *B.S. Physics and Mathematics, UIUC '18*

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