[Physics opps] Fwd: QuISU Program, Quantum Info Science, June 15-19, MIT

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> Quantum Information Science for Undergraduates
>  June 15 - 19, 2009
>
> Modern information technology is an engineering success built on the
> foundations of physical switching and signaling devices, algorithms,
> information, and control. Quantum information processing is a novel
> field whose foundations lie at the most fundamental physical level. At
> present, the first generation of quantum information researchers is
> distributed, worldwide, across many disciplines: physics, electrical
> engineering, computer science, mathematics, chemistry,
>
> These pioneers entered the field through many educational pathways,
> none of which provided the broad preparation and practical perspective
> that will be needed to realize the reliable, distributed, large-scale
> quantum computing systems which will usefully implement quantum
> algorithms and communication protocols. Funded by the National Science
> Foundation under its Integrative Graduate Education and Research
> Traineeship (IGERT) Program, the 14 MIT faculty =97 drawn from seven
> academic departments who are actively engaged in quantum information
> research have banded together to create a graduate curriculum in
> quantum information science and engineering. The program,
> Interdisciplinary Quantum Information Science and Engineering
> (iQuISE), is aimed at producing the next generation of quantum
> information scientists and engineers. The iQuISE program is now
> soliciting graduate students through regular departmental procedures
> for fall 2009 admission.
>
> Because many talented undergraduates may not be aware of the
> opportunities afforded by being in the vanguard of quantum information
> science and engineering, MIT will offer a special summer program
> Quantum Information Science for Undergraduates (QuISU) from June 15th
> through June 19th 2009. QuISU is for rising seniors (i.e.,
> undergraduates about to enter their senior year) majoring in physics,
> computer science, engineering, or mathematics, who seek a basic
> knowledge of quantum information processing. The course is
> self-contained, assuming only a very basic knowledge of probability
> and linear algebra. The principal faculty will be Professor Isaac
> L. Chuang, co-author of the definitive textbook Quantum Computation
> and Quantum Information, Professor Seth Lloyd, who created the design
> for the first workable quantum computer, and Professor Jeffrey
> H. Shapiro, who has pioneered the use of nonclassical light sources
> for communication and sensing. In addition to classroom instruction,
> students will have laboratory tours, interact with MIT graduate
> students, postdoctoral fellows and other faculty who work on quantum
> information processing.
>
> The QuISU program can accommodate 20 students. Preference will be
> given to students with US citizenship. The program will cover all
> tuition costs for participants. Students from outside the Boston area
> will be housed in MIT dormitories. Women and underrepresented
> minorities are particularly encouraged to apply, and special funds are
> available to cover the travel and living expenses of such
> applicants. If you wish to avail yourself of this special support,
> please identify yourself as a woman or underrepresented minority in
> your application.
>
> To apply for admission into the QuISU program, please send an email to
> QuISU at rle.mit.edu containing the following files in PDF format:
>
> * a cover letter stating your interest in the program and, if  
> appropriate,
> your qualification for special funding for travel and living expenses;
> * a completed application form (http://www.rle.mit.edu/quisu/ 
> QuISU=5FBrochure09=5Fpub=5F0001.pdf);
> * a curriculum vitae, including a list of relevant subjects that  
> you have taken in science and engineering;
> * a letter of recommendation from a faculty member at your home  
> institution
>
> Applications must be received by February 28, 2009. Admission
> decisions will be sent out by email on or before March 31, 2009.