Quantum Information Science Colloquia

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Current and Upcoming IQIS Colloquia

2007

1. A personal perspective on quantum cryptography (Faculty of Science Distinguished Lecture)
   Gilles Brassard [Université de Montréal]
   28 September 2007  - abstract -




2. Protecting an optical qubit against photon loss (Co-sponsored by MITACS)
   Konrad Banaszek [Nicolaus Copernicus University]
   20 June 2007  - abstract -




3. Quantum Interconnecting Atoms and Photons (Co-sponsored by MITACS)
   Joerg Schmiedmayer [Atominstitut der österreichischen Universitäten]
   4 June 2007  - abstract -




4. Quantum observations: reconstruction of quantum states and processes (Co-sponsored by MITACS)
   Vladimír Bužek [Research Center for Quantum Information, Institute of Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences]
   31 May 2007  - abstract -




5. Entanglement in Quantum Information (MAST Colloquium)
   Gilad Gour [University of Calgary]
   22 March 2007  - abstract -




6. Large-Scale Quantum Phenomena, & the Decoherence Enigma (PHAS Colloquium)
   Philip Stamp [Pacific Institute for Theoretical Physics, Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia]
   16 March 2007  - abstract -




2006

7. Cat States and Bose Condensates in Double Well Potentials
   Birgitta Whaley [University of California, Berkeley]
   18 October 2006  - abstract -




8. Linear Optical Quantum Computing, Imaging, and Metrology -- What's New with N00N States?
   Jonathan Dowling [Hearne Institute for Theoretical Physics, Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge]
   4 October 2006  - abstract -




9. Einstein, the EPR argument, and Steering: New Perspectives from Quantum Information
   Howard Wiseman [Centre for Quantum Computer Technology, Centre for Quantum Dynamics, School of Science, Griffith University]
   17 August 2006  - abstract -




10. Fault-tolerant architecture for very noisy gates
    Emanuel Knill [NIST]
    7 June 2006  - abstract -




11. Towards optical quantum computation with realistic devices
    Terry Rudolph [Imperial College, London]
    19 April 2006  - abstract -




12. Observing and manipulating quantum information: some experiments with photons and atoms.
    Aephraim Steinberg [CQIQC, University of Toronto]
    23 February 2006  - abstract -




2005

13. Towards Long-Distance Quantum Communication.
    Wolfgang Tittel [ Group of Applied Physics (GAP)-Optique, Université de Genèe, Switzerland]
    13 July 2005  - abstract -




14. Practical Quantum Cryptography
    Alexei Trifonov [Chief Scientist and Vice-President Research and Development MagiQ Technologies Inc., Boston, USA]
    6 July 2005  - abstract -




15. Optical quantum computing: science-fiction, horror-story or news?
    Andrew White [Program Manager, Centre for Quantum Computer Technology and Faculty Member, Centre for Biophotonics and Laser Science, The University of Queensland, Australia]
    17 June 2005  - abstract -




16. Quantum Key Distribution
    Norbert Lütkenhaus [Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Erlange-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany]
    10 June 2005  - abstract -




17. Quantum Communication and Quantum Computation with Entangled Photons
    Anton Zeilinger [Institute for Experimental Physics, University of Vienna and Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Austrian Academy of Sciences]
    4 March 2005  - abstract -