Submitted by
JMiszczak on Wed, 18/05/2011 - 19:28.
The Department (see http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/) invites applications for a post-doctoral research position to commence on 1 October 2011. The successful candidate will be associated with the Centre for Quantum Information and Foundations (formerly Centre for Quantum Computation) of the University of Cambridge (see http://cam.qubit.org), to work on a scientific research project on Mathematical Characterizations of Quantum Reality, funded by the John Templeton Foundation.
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JMiszczak on Fri, 13/05/2011 - 21:39.
Hamish Johnston writes at PhysicsWorld: ''A small firm based in Canada that aims to build a commercially viable quantum computer has shown that an important part of its technology works. D-Wave Systems, which was spun-out of the University of British Columbia in 1999, has shown that a technique called quantum annealing can be used to make eight coupled quantum bits – or qubits – find their ground state.
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JMiszczak on Wed, 04/05/2011 - 10:29.
Professor Immanuel Bloch, Director at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and Professor for experimental physics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, has been elected by the EPS for the “2011 Prize for Fundamental Aspects of Quantum Electronics and Optics”. The award is given to him for his “pioneering work on exploring quantum many-body systems using ultracold quantum gases for quantum simulation and quantum information applications.”
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Submitted by
JMiszczak on Wed, 27/04/2011 - 19:30.
The workshop aims at bringing together leading experts on the subject with young and motivated researchers in a scientifically stimulating atmosphere.
Submitted by
Nnmebarki on Sun, 24/04/2011 - 01:02.
Following the traditions of Laboratoire de physique Mathematique et subatomique of Mentouri University, Constantine, Algeria, This international conference is a scientific meeting gathering well known researchers in the fields of mathematical physics, quantum computing and information theory,high energy physics, quantum gravity and cosmology
Submitted by
JMiszczak on Wed, 20/04/2011 - 18:51.
ID Quantique SA announced the successful completion of the longest running project for testing Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) in a field environment. The main goal of the SwissQuantum network, installed in the Geneva metropolitan area in March 2009, was to validate the reliability and robustness of QKD in continuous operation over a long time period in a field environment. The quantum layer ran stably for nearly 2 years until the completion of the project in January 2011, confirming the viability of QKD as a commercial encryption technology.
Submitted by
Lmathey on Sun, 17/04/2011 - 15:54.
PhD Positions in Many-Body Theory of Ultra-cold Atoms
Center for Optical Quantum Technologies, University of Hamburg, Germany
We offer three PhD positions, available immediately, at the newly created Center for Optical Quantum Technologies (ZOQ). In a vibrant, communicative environment, we study a wide range of quantum phenomena, from technological aspects of ultra-cold atom systems to fundamental questions of many-body theory. We use both analytical approaches, e.g. field-theoretic descriptions, as well as numerical methods, such as simulations.
The symposium is intended to intensify the link between the basic research areas of photonics and atomic ensembles. Leading scientists in the fields of quantum communication protocols, quantum memory and quantum repeaters, atomic ensembles, Rydberg atoms and photonic QIP will discuss new promising approaches to quantum information and communication technologies and their physical challenges.
Submitted by
spironio on Fri, 08/04/2011 - 19:10.
APPLICATIONS FOR THIS POSITION ARE NOW CLOSED.
PhD/postdoc positions in quantum information and the foundations of quantum theory.
Submitted by
JMiszczak on Thu, 07/04/2011 - 10:51.
John Matson at his Scientific American blog write: ''Quantum information science is a bit like classroom management—the larger the group, the harder it is to keep everything together. But to build a practical quantum computer physicists will need many particles working in synchrony as quantum bits, or quibits. <!--break-->Each qubit can be a 0 and a 1 simultaneously, vaulting the number-crunching power of a hypothetical quantum computer well past that of ordinary computers.
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