Quantum Information Science Colloquia
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Current and Upcoming IQIS Colloquia
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Harry Buhrman [Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, and University of Amsterdam]
2 May 2012  - abstract -Quantum states: Are they the real thing? (joint colloquium with the Department of Physics and Astronomy)
Terry Rudolph [Imperial College]
Co-sponsored by: Department of Physics and Astronomy
9 March 2012  - abstract -Effective Hamiltonians for Detuned Systems
Daniel James [University of Toronto]
28 April 2011  - abstract -Spin Glasses and Computational Complexity
Daniel Gottesman [Perimeter Institute]
Co-sponsored by: MITACS QIP Seminar Series
6 April 2011  - abstract -Quantum imaging: exploiting the transverse structure of individual photons (joint colloquium with the Department of Physics and Astronomy)
Robert Boyd [University of Ottawa]
Co-sponsored by: Department of Physics and Astronomy
3 December 2010  - abstract -Hydrogen Tunneling and Protein Motion in Enzyme Reactions
Sharon Hammes-Schiffer [Pennsylvania State University]
Co-sponsored by: Institute for Biocomplexity and Informatics
18 October 2010  - abstract -Cavity QED: Nonlinearity and the World of Quanta (joint colloquium with the Department of Physics and Astronomy)
Howard Carmichael [University of Auckland]
Co-sponsored by: Department of Physics and Astronomy
19 February 2010  - abstract -Quantum limits and entanglement in metrology and magnetometry
Eugene Polzik [Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen University]
8 December 2009  - abstract -Quantum computer - dream and realization
Rainer Blatt [Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck]
2 November 2009  - abstract -Does Zeno Freeze the Evolution? On Quantum Heating, Cooling and Freezing.
Gershon Kurizki [The Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot 76100 , Israel]
29 July 2009  - abstract -Towards a QED for dispersive and absorptive media
John Sipe [University of Toronto]
5 May 2009  - abstract -Hiking over quantum control landscapes (MITACS QIP Seminar Series)
Herschel Rabitz [Princeton University]
Co-sponsored by: Institute for Biocomplexity & Information
7 April 2009  - abstract -Quantum information and its application to cryptography (MITACS QIP Seminar Series)
Michele Mosca [Institute for Quantum Computing]
3 April 2009  - abstract -Quantum-Opto-Mechanics: quantum foundations and quantum information on the nano- and microscale
Markus Aspelmeyer [Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) of Austrian Academy of Sciences]
Co-sponsored by: Department of Physics and Astronomy
10 March 2009  - abstract -Using quantum mechanics to detect anthrax (joint colloquium with the Department of Physics and Astronomy)
Marlan Scully [Texas A&M University and Princeton University]
Co-sponsored by: MITACS QIP Seminar Series
12 December 2008  - abstract -Entanglement in quantum many-body systems far away from equilibrium: Are there non-trivial quantum effects in biology?
Hans Briegel [Theoretical Physics, University of Innsbruck; Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences]
Co-sponsored by: MITACS QIP Seminar Series
11 December 2008  - abstract -Recollections of Oppenheimer and Schwinger (joint colloquium with the Department of Physics and Astronomy)
Edward Gerjuoy [Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh]
Co-sponsored by: Institute for Quantum Information Science
31 October 2008  - abstract -Controlled Coupling and Occupation of Silicon Atomic Quantum Dots at Room Temperature
Robert Wolkow [Department of Physics, University of Alberta & National Institute for Nanotechnology]
Co-sponsored by: MITACS QIP Seminar Series
21 October 2008  - abstract -Dimensional Scaling for Atoms and Molecules (PHAS colloquium)
Goong Chen [Texas A&M University]
16 May 2008  - abstract -A personal perspective on quantum cryptography (Faculty of Science Distinguished Lecture)
Gilles Brassard [Université de Montréal]
Co-sponsored by: MITACS QIP Seminar Series
28 September 2007  - abstract -Protecting an optical qubit against photon loss
Konrad Banaszek [Nicolaus Copernicus University]
Co-sponsored by: MITACS QIP Seminar Series
20 June 2007  - abstract -Quantum Interconnecting Atoms and Photons (Co-sponsored by MITACS)
Joerg Schmiedmayer [Atominstitut der österreichischen Universitäten]
Co-sponsored by: MITACS QIP Seminar Series
4 June 2007  - abstract -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]
Co-sponsored by: MITACS QIP Seminar Series
31 May 2007  - abstract -Entanglement in Quantum Information (MAST Colloquium)
Gilad Gour [University of Calgary]
22 March 2007  - abstract -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 -Cat States and Bose Condensates in Double Well Potentials
Birgitta Whaley [University of California, Berkeley]
18 October 2006  - abstract -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 -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 -Fault-tolerant architecture for very noisy gates
Emanuel Knill [NIST]
7 June 2006  - abstract -Towards optical quantum computation with realistic devices
Terry Rudolph [Imperial College, London]
19 April 2006  - abstract -Observing and manipulating quantum information: some experiments with photons and atoms.
Aephraim Steinberg [CQIQC, University of Toronto]
23 February 2006  - abstract -Towards Long-Distance Quantum Communication.
Wolfgang Tittel [ Group of Applied Physics (GAP)-Optique, Université de Genèe, Switzerland]
13 July 2005  - abstract -Practical Quantum Cryptography
Alexei Trifonov [Chief Scientist and Vice-President Research and Development MagiQ Technologies Inc., Boston, USA]
6 July 2005  - abstract -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 -Quantum Key Distribution
Norbert Lütkenhaus [Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Erlange-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany]
10 June 2005  - abstract -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 -
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