10th Annual Meeting of SQuInT
The progress in modern information technology implies that transistors and other circuit elements will operate in the single-electron limit within a decade or two, and will reach atomic dimensions a few decades after that. At some point along this path, technology will cross the quantum/classical boundary and enter a whole new world of quantum mechanical information processing based on coherent quantum dynamics. Quantum information science has already forced a reevaluation of the traditional notions of computational complexity, by showing that the underlying model of computation cannot ignore the ultimately quantum mechanical nature of information encoding and processing. This impacts not only the foundations of theoretical computer science, but also opens avenues for computing power far beyond the fastest classical devices. Many physical implementations of quantum information have been explored, and a few are now at a point where a fault tolerant quantum processor architecture can be envisioned. More broadly, devices whose components are manifestly quantum can perform tasks that are impossible within the framework of classical physics, such as secure communication, teleportation, and metrology beyond the standard quantum limit.
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Feb 14, 2008 05:00 AM
to Feb 17, 2008 05:00 AM |
| Where | Santa Fe |
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This field of Quantum Information Science (QIS) is a truly interdisciplinary endeavor, connecting information science, complexity theory, computer science, and various branches of physics, chemistry, and engineering. As such, collaborative efforts are necessary to bridge the gaps between these various arenas and further the flow of ideas. In addition, there has historically been a strong concentration of activity in QIS in northern New Mexico and the southwestern United States more generally. Taking advantage of the local expertise in this field, building on existing enthusiasm and momentum to collaborate, and given the concentration of world-class research efforts in this area, a network was established in 1998 known as, “Southwest Quantum Information and Technology,” or SQuInT, (http://info.phys.unm.edu/SQuInTweb/) to help disseminate information and stimulate collaborations between groups in this region.
Members of the SQuInT network include, Caltech, Los Alamos National Laboratories, NIST Boulder, University of Arizona, University of New Mexico, JPL Pasadena, University of Oregon, University of California Santa Barbara, University of California Berkeley, University of California San Diego, UCLA, USC, Stanford, and Sandia National Laboratories. The University of New Mexico, together with Los Alamos National Laboratory and the National Institute of Standards and Technology Boulder have historically been the core of SQuInT in a very successful partnership.
The Annual SQuInT Workshop will be reaching a landmark – our 10th anniversary is 2008. Past Annual Meetings have been hosted by the University of New Mexico (1999, 2000), California Institute of Technology (2001), NISTBoulder (2002), LANL (2003), UC San Diego (2004), and University of Arizona (2005), University of New Mexico (2006), California Institute for Technology (2007). The meeting will be hosted by the Center for Advanced Studies, University of New Mexico, to be held in Santa Fe February 14-17, 2008.
A steering committee for the meeting consists of the following members:
Carl Caves (UNM)
David Wineland (NIST)
Howard Barnum (LANL)
Richard Hughes (LANL)
Matthew Blain (SNL)
Poul Jessen (UA)
Hideo Mabuchi (CalTech)
Lu Sham (UCSB)
John Dowling (LSU)
Michael Raymer (UO)
Todd Brun (USC)
John Martinis (UCSB)
SQuInT Coordinator: Ivan Deutsch, University of New Mexico (Chair)
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