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<div>The following special seminar should be of interest to the
subscribers of this mail list:</div>
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<div>60th Anniversary Colloquia Series<br>
BEYOND THE LIMITS<br>
Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT<br>
<br>
Quantum Computing: Origins and Directions<br>
Dr. David P. DiVincenzo, IBM<br>
<br>
Friday, October 27, 2006<br>
4PM<br>
Room 32-123<br>
<br>
All faculty, students, staff and members of the general public are
invited.<br>
<br>
The idea of quantum computing looks natural and inevitable today, but
at<br>
its emergence less than twenty-five years ago, it looked inspired
and<br>
incredible. Please join us as Dr. David P. DiVincenzo, Research
Staff<br>
Member in the Physical Sciences Department at the IBM T. J. Watson
Research<br>
Center in Yorktown Heights, NY., traces at least three independent
threads<br>
of thought that launched the field?one of which is tied up with the
origins<br>
of RLE. Dr. DiVincenzo will argue that once we had quantum circuit
rules, a<br>
notion of secure quantum-bit transmission, and above all, Shor's
factoring<br>
algorithm, there was no turning back. Dr. DiVincenzo will survey
the<br>
plethora of activities that are now underway to build a quantum
computer,<br>
with particular examples from IBM's current work to create a<br>
quantum-mechanical world in low-temperature electric circuits<br>
<br>
BIOGRAPHY:<br>
<br>
Dr. David P. DiVincenzo received his Ph.D. (1983), M.S.E. (1980) and
B.S.E.<br>
(1979) from the University of Pennsylvania. Since 1985, he has been
a<br>
Research Staff Member in the Physical Sciences Department at the IBM
T. J.<br>
Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, NY. He has worked
throughout<br>
his career in various problems in condensed matter physics. Since
1993, one<br>
of his main interests has been quantum computing; he has important
results<br>
in quantum information theory, and in the physical realizations of
quantum<br>
computers. In particular, he is well known for proposing a set of
five<br>
criteria (commonly called DiVincenzo's checklist) for the physical<br>
implementation of quantum computers. He is a Fellow of the
American<br>
Physical Society and the Editor-in-Chief of the Virtual Journal of
Quantum<br>
Information.<br>
<br>
Further information about the RLE 60th Anniversary Colloquia
Series:<br>
http://www.rle.mit.edu/60th<br>
<br>
Future speakers:<br>
<br>
FALL 2006<br>
<br>
Prof. Brian C. J. Moore<br>
University of Cambridge<br>
"Using Psychoacoustics to Explore Cochlear Function: Basic
Mechanisms and<br>
Applications to Hearing Aids"<br>
Friday, November 17, 2006<br>
4pm ? Room 34-101<br>
<br>
Dr. William D. Phillips<br>
NIST<br>
"A Bose condensate in an optical lattice: cold atomic gases
confront solid<br>
state physics"<br>
Tuesday, December 19, 2006<br>
4pm ? Room 10-250<br>
<br>
SPRING 2007<br>
<br>
Prof. Stephen Quake<br>
Stanford University<br>
Friday, February 23, 2007<br>
<br>
Prof. Sir John Pendry<br>
Imperial College London<br>
Tuesday, March 13, 2007<br>
<br>
Prof. Stephen R. Forrest<br>
University of Michigan<br>
Thursday, April 24, 2007<br>
<br>
<br>
Contact:<br>
<br>
William Smith<br>
Assistant Director for Finance and Sponsor Relations<br>
Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE)<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)<br>
<br>
whs@mit.edu <mailto:whs@mit.edu><br>
http://www.rle.mit.edu<br>
<br>
+1.617.253.5621 - Tel<br>
+1.617.253.1301 - Fax<br>
<br>
Room 36-433<br>
77 Massachusetts Avenue</div>
<div>Cambridge, MA 02139-4307</div>
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<div>Timothy F. Havel<br>
Nuclear Science & Engineering<br>
MIT (NW14-2218)<br>
150 Albany St.<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307<br>
617/253-8309 (-5405 fax)<br>
http://web.mit.edu/tfhavel/www</div>
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