[QIP-Sem] MIT Quantum Information Processing Seminar Announcement

[Timothy F. Havel]

The  following special seminar should be of interest to the 
subscribers of this mail list:

60th Anniversary Colloquia Series
BEYOND THE LIMITS
Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT

Quantum Computing: Origins and Directions
Dr. David P. DiVincenzo, IBM

Friday, October 27, 2006
4PM
Room 32-123

All faculty, students, staff and members of the general public are invited.

The idea of quantum computing looks natural and inevitable today, but at
its emergence less than twenty-five years ago, it looked inspired and
incredible. Please join us as Dr. David P. DiVincenzo, Research Staff
Member in the Physical Sciences Department at the IBM T. J. Watson Research
Center in Yorktown Heights, NY., traces at least three independent threads
of thought that launched the field?one of which is tied up with the origins
of RLE. Dr. DiVincenzo will argue that once we had quantum circuit rules, a
notion of secure quantum-bit transmission, and above all, Shor's factoring
algorithm, there was no turning back. Dr. DiVincenzo will survey the
plethora of activities that are now underway to build a quantum computer,
with particular examples from IBM's current work to create a
quantum-mechanical world in low-temperature electric circuits

BIOGRAPHY:

Dr. David P. DiVincenzo received his Ph.D. (1983), M.S.E. (1980) and B.S.E.
(1979) from the University of Pennsylvania. Since 1985, he has been a
Research Staff Member in the Physical Sciences Department at the IBM T. J.
Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, NY. He has worked throughout
his career in various problems in condensed matter physics. Since 1993, one
of his main interests has been quantum computing; he has important results
in quantum information theory, and in the physical realizations of quantum
computers. In particular, he is well known for proposing a set of five
criteria (commonly called DiVincenzo's checklist) for the physical
implementation of quantum computers. He is a Fellow of the American
Physical Society and the Editor-in-Chief of the Virtual Journal of Quantum
Information.

Further information about the RLE 60th Anniversary Colloquia Series:
http://www.rle.mit.edu/60th

Future speakers:

FALL 2006

Prof. Brian C. J. Moore
University of Cambridge
"Using Psychoacoustics to Explore Cochlear Function: Basic Mechanisms and
Applications to Hearing Aids"
Friday, November 17, 2006
4pm ? Room 34-101

Dr. William D. Phillips
NIST
"A Bose condensate in an optical lattice: cold atomic gases confront solid
state physics"
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
4pm ? Room 10-250

SPRING 2007

Prof. Stephen Quake
Stanford University
Friday, February 23, 2007

Prof. Sir John Pendry
Imperial College London
Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Prof. Stephen R. Forrest
University of Michigan
Thursday, April 24, 2007


Contact:

William Smith
Assistant Director for Finance and Sponsor Relations
Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

whs at mit.edu <mailto:whs at mit.edu>
http://www.rle.mit.edu

+1.617.253.5621 - Tel
+1.617.253.1301 - Fax

Room 36-433
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Timothy F. Havel
Nuclear Science & Engineering
MIT (NW14-2218)
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Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
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