The Retreat is an educational activity, with pedagogical and overview lectures geared towards newcomers to the field. In addition, it is intended to provide an opportunity for new students in the field to become acquainted with their peers from other research groups and to establish grass roots connections between the increasing number of research groups active in this field -- hence the name: Summer School and Retreat.

This year's retreat will emphasize computer scienceand engineering.

Topics to be discussed include:

• Quantum complexity and algorithms
• Quantum communication
• Quantum error correction and control
• Laboratory implementations in atomic and solid-state systems

Program Committee

Chair: Prof. K. Birgitta Whaley (UCB)

Co-Chairs: Profs. Ivan Deutsch (UNM) and David Meyer (UCSD)

Student Members:

• Ken Brown – graduate student in Chemistry, UCB
• Thaddeus Ladd – graduate student in Applied Physics, Stanford
• Cyrus Master – graduate student in Engineering, Stanford
• Joe Renes – graduate student in Physics, UNM

Speakers

• David Bacon, Caltech
• Carl Caves, UNM
• Brian King, McMaster University
• Ivan Deutsch, UNM
• Andrew Doherty, Caltech
• John Martinis, NIST
• David Meyer, UCSD
• Michele Mosca, U. Waterloo
• Wim van Dam, UCB

Program

Sunday, 15 June

1500 - ?? ?? Check into rooms
1900 - 2100 FREE Welcome BBQ, Registration

Monday, 16 June
0730 - 0900 Breakfast
0900 - 0930 0. Welcoming remarks and Information
0930 - 1030 1. Overview of quantum information (Carlton Caves)
1030 - 1100 Break
1100 - 1200 2. Quantum Algorithms (Michele Mosca)
1200 - 1430 Lunch and independent fun
1430 - 1530 3. Quantum Communication (Wim van Dam)
1530 - 1630 4. Superconducting circuits 1 (John Martinis)
1630 - 1700 Break
1700 - 1800 5. Quantum Complexity (Wim van Dam)
1800 - 1900 Dinner
1930 - 2030 6. Superconductors 2 (John Martinis)

Tuesday, 17 June
0730 - 0900 Breakfast
0930 - 1030 1. Quantum measurement fundamentals (Carlton Caves)
1030 - 1100 Break
1100 - 1200 2. Error correction 1 (David Bacon)
1200 - 1300 Lunch
1300 - 1800 Monterey Aquarium trip (optional)
1800 - 1900 Dinner
1900 - 2000 3. Ion traps (Brian King)
2000 - 2100 4. Neutral atoms (Ivan Deutsch)

Wednesday, 18 June
0730 - 0900 Breakfast
0930 - 1030 1. Simulating Quantum Systems (David Meyer)
1030 - 1100 Break
1100 - 1200 2. Quantum algorithms 2 (Michele Mosca)
1200 - 1300 Lunch
1300 - 1800 Hike, Point Lobos State Reserve
1800 - 1900 Dinner
1930 - 2030 3. Quantum control 1 (Andrew Doherty)

Thursday, 19 June
0730 - 0900 Breakfast
0900 - 1000 1. Quantum Control 2 (Andrew Doherty)
1000 - 1100 2. Error correction 2 (David Bacon)
1100 - 1200 3. Quantum Games (David Meyer)
1200 - 1300 Lunch

 Fun Stuff

Sunday, June 15, 7pm
FREE Welcome Barbecue
Meet your fellow conference participants and presenters! Chicken, beef tri-tip, corn on the cob and other good stuff. It will be held at the Barbecue Area

Tuesday, June 17, 1pm – 6pm
Monterey Bay Aquarium
We’ll carpool to the world-famous Monterey Bay Aquarium to spend the afternoon with octopi, tide pools, sting ray exhibits and more. Admission is $15.95 (not included in conference fee). Highly recommended!

Wednesday, June 18, 1pm – 6pm
Free time including optional:
Hike at Point Lobos State Reserve (Deterministic Quantum Walk)
Short carpool again to the beautiful oceanside park, where we will take an easy hike out to the cove overlooks. Trail maps will be available at the event. There is a nominal fee of $5 per car for parking (not included in conference fee)

Participants

• Dan Allen, University of California, Santa Barbara (Mark Sherwin)
• Paul M Alsing, University of New Mexico (Ivan Deutsch)
• Tatjana Atanasijevic, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (David Cory)
• Dave Bacon, California Institute of Technology
• Emre Brookes, University of Texas, San Antonio"
• Carlton M. Caves, University of New Mexico
• Zhiying Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (David Cory)
• Kenneth Cooper, National Institute of Standards and Technology (John Martinis)
• Trevis Crane, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (Dale van Harlingen)
• Orion Crisafulli, California Institute of Technology
• Andrew Cross, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Isaac Chuang)
• Miguel G. Cruz, Texas Instruments, San Jose"
• Daniel Curtis, University of California, San Diego (David Meyer)"
• Ivan Deutsch, University of New Mexico
• Jennifer Dodd, University of Queensland (Gerard Milburn)
• Andrew Doherty, California Institute of Technology
• Sophia Economou, University of California, San Diego (Lu J. Sham)"
• Jesse Fern, University of California, Berkeley"
• Steven Flammia, University of New Mexico (Carl Caves)
• Kai-Mei Fu, Stanford University (Yoshihisa Yamamoto)
• Durdu Guney, University of California, San Diego (David Meyer)"
• Lori Harrison, University of Arizona (Poul Jessen)
• Henry Haselgrove, University of Queensland (Michael Nielsen)
• Clark A Highstrete, University of New Mexico (Ivan Deutsch)
• Philip Hiskett, Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Troy Hix, University of Hawaii, Manoa (John Madey)"
• Jonathan Hodges, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (David Cory)
• Tyler Johnson, University of New Mexico (Carl Caves)
• Bryan Killett, University of Oregon (Michael Raymer)
• Brian King, McMaster University
• Jan Ivar Korsbakken, University of California, Berkeley"
• Thaddeus D Ladd, Stanford University (Yoshihisa Yamamoto)
• Pui K. Lam, University of Hawaii
• Kim Fook Lee, University of Arizona (Poul Jessen)
• Seungwon Lee, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• Sabrina Leslie, University of California, Berkeley (K. Birgitta Whaley)"
• Xinghua Lu, University of California, Berkeley (Michael F. Crommie)"
• Gaurav Manglik, Stanford University (Yoshihisa Yamamoto)
• John Martinis, National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Cyrus Master, Stanford University (Yoshihisa Yamamoto)
• Kevin McCabe, Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Robert McDermott, National Institute of Standards and Technology (John Martinis)
• David Meyer, University of California, San Diego"
• Michele Mosca, University of Waterloo
• Brian Naberhuis, University of California, San Diego (John Goodkind)"
• C. Glen Peterson, Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Frank M Price, University of Hawaii, Manoa (Eric Szarmes)"
• Dmitry Pushin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (David Cory)
• Joseph Renes, University of New Mexico (Carl Caves)
• Laxmidhar Senapati, University of California, Berkeley ( K. Birgitta Whaley)"
• Neil Shenvi, University of California, Berkeley (K. Birgitta Whaley)"
• Andrew Silberfarb, University of New Mexico (Ivan Deutsch)
• Michael Simon, Lockheed Martin & University of Denver
• Brian Smith, University of Oregon (Michael Raymer)
• Thomas Szkopek, University of California, Los Angeles (Eli Yablonovitch)"
• Jennifer Sokol, California Institute of Technology (Hideo Mabuchi)
• Elva Torres, University of California, Berkeley"
• Wim van Dam, University of California, Berkeley"
• Joshua Von Korff, University of California, Berkeley (K. Birgitta Whaley)"
• K. Birgitta Whaley, University of California, Berkeley"
• Yunping Yang, University of California, Los Angeles (Eli Yablonovitch)"
• Yossi Yayon, University of California, Berkeley (Michael F. Crommie)"
• Jun Zhang, University of California, Berkeley (Shankar Sastry)