• Invited Speakers
• Program
• Posters
• Participants
• Sponsors

Invited Speakers

• Klaus Moelmer, Aarhuus Denmark
• Rob Schoelkopf, Yale University
• Andrew Steane, Oxford University, UK

Invited Tutorials

• Rob Spekkens, Perimeter Institute, Canada, "Foundations of Quantum Mechanics and Information Processing" .
• Ike Chuang, MIT, "Quantum Control from an NMR perspective".

Program

Friday Feb. 18

7:30 - 8:25 Breakfast (provided)

Session 1: Ion Traps (Chair: Liebfried)
8:25 - 8:30 Welcome
8:30 - 9:00 Chiaverini, "Simple algorithms implemented in a scalable trapped-ion quantum processor"
9:00 - 9:30 Berkeland, "Quantum simulations with trapped strontium ions"
9:30 - 10:00 Morning Break (provided)

Tutorial: (Chair: Geremia)
10:00 - 11:00 Chuang, "Lessons from NMR for quantum computation"

Session 2: Quantum Information Theory I (Chair: Caves)
11:00 - 11:30 Bacon,"Optimal measurements for the dihedral hidden subgroup problem"
11:30 - 12:00 Gurvits, "Convex geometry of quantum entanglement"
12:00 - 2:00 Lunch (provided)

Invited Talk: (Chair: Wineland)
2:00 - 2:45 Steane, "How to build a 300 bit, 1 Gop quantum computer"

Session 3: Quantum Measurement and Signal Processing (Chair: Ghose)
2:45 - 3:15 Smith/Chaudhury, "Probing the Spin Degrees of Freedom of Cold Atom Ensembles"
3:15 - 3:45 Afternoon break (provided)
3:45 - 4:15 Silberfarb, "Quantum state reconstruction via continuous measurement"
4:15 - 4:45 Geremia, "Optimal discrimination of optical coherent ctates using feedback control"
4:45 - 5:15 Hawley, "Nondemolition measurement of single spin state for quantum computation based on optically detected magnetic resonance"

6:00 - 7:30 Poster session

7:30 - Dinner (on your own)

Saturday Feb. 19

7:30 - 8:30 Breakfast (provided)

Session 4: Quantum Communications 1 (Chair: Nordholt)
8:30 - 9:00 Hughes, "Quantum key distribution in optical fiber networks"
9:00 - 9:30 Raymer, "Engineered pure-state single-photon wave-packets"
9:30 - 10:00 Morning Break (provided)

Tutorial:
10:00 - 11:00 Spekkens, "Quantum information meets quantum foundations"

Session 5: Quantum Information Theory II (Chair Bacon)
11:00 - 11:30 Szkopek, "Threshold error penalty for fault tolerant computation with nearest neighbour communication"
11:30 - 12:00 Flammia, "Entanglement and the Power of One Qubit"
12:00 - 2:00 Lunch (provided)

Invited Talk: (Chair: Goodkind)
2:00 - 2:45 Schoelkopf , "Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics: Doing Quantum Optics on a Chip"

Session 6: Solid State and Electronics (Chair: Raymer)
2:45 - 3:15 Gibbs, "Vacuum Rabi splitting with a single quantum dot in a photonic crystal nanocavity"
3:15 - 3:45 Goodkind, " Progress fabricating qubits using electrons on helium"
3:45 - 4:15 Afternoon break (provided)
4:15 - 4:45 Waks, "Cavity-waveguide interaction in photonic crystals"
4:45 - 5:15 Guney, "Implementation of entanglement and quantum logic gate operations using three-dimensional photonic crystal single-mode cavity"
5:15 - 5:45 Yao, "Design of solid-state nanodot-cavity-waveguide system for quantum computation and quantum information processing"

7:00 - Banquet

Sunday Feb. 20

7:30 - 8:30 Breakfast (provided)

Session 7: Cold atoms (Chair: Boshier)
8:30 - 9:00 Lev, "Magnetic microtraps for cavity QED, BECs, and atom optics"
9:00 - 9:30 Chou, "Storage time of a quantum memory in an ensemble of cold atoms"

Invited: (Chair: Deutsch)
9:30 - 10:15 Molmer, "Quantum information with continuous variables"
10:15 - 10:45 Morning Break (provided)

Session 8: Quantum Communications II (Chair: Hughes)
10:45 - 11:15 Sanders, "Remote entanglement distribution"
11:15 - 11:45 Wodkiewicz, "Fidelity of noisy quantum channels"
11:45 - 12:15 Spedalieri, "Exploiting the quantum Zeno effect to beat photon loss in linear optical quantum information processors"

Posters

1. Paul M. Alsing, The Unruh Effect in an Ion Trap: An Analogy
2. Howard Barnum, Beyond quantum key distribution---a survey of some quantum cryptographic tasks and protocols
3. Brad Blakestad, Designs for Multiplexed Ion-Trap Arrays
4. Andreea Boca, Observation of the Vacuum Rabi Spectrum for One Trapped Atom
5. Carlton M. Caves, Neumark interferometers
6. Souma Chaudhury, Measuring the 133 Cs Clock Transition Pseudo-Spin in Real-Time
7. Mark W. Coffey, Quantum and semiclassical position and momentum entropies of model single particle systems
8. Steven T. Flammia, Informationally Complete POVMs
9. Shohini Ghose, Preparation and assessment of non-Gaussian states of light as a resource for universal continuous variable quantum computation
10. Gilad Gour, Concurrence Monotones and Remote Entanglement Distributions
11. Wenhai Ji, Quantum Entanglement between Atomic Ensembles
12. Kishore T Kapale, Universal quantum gates for metastable atomic qubits with cavity assisted interactions
13. Chris Langer, Coherence studies using field-independent atomic qubits
14. Dietrich Leibfried, Small quantum algorithms realized in a scalable ion trap array
15. Trey Porto, A Double Well Lattice Design for Controlled Two-Atom Interactions
16. Worawarong Rakreungdet, Robust Control and Real-Time Measurement of Neutral Atom Qubits
17. Danna Rosenberg, High-efficiency photon-counters for quantum information applications
18. Greg Smith, Density Matrix Reconstruction via Continuous, Weak Measurement in an Ensemble of Laser-Cooled Cs Atoms
19. Federico Maximiliano Spedalieri, Quantum key distribution without reference frame alignment using photon orbital angular momentum
20. John Stockton, Continuous Measurement and Control of Collective Atomic Spin States for Magnetic Field Metrology
21. Nathan Wiebe, The Quantum Mechanics of Hyperion

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