Submitted by smmicall on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 3:05pm.
Apr 8 2011 - 4:00pm
Apr 8 2011 - 5:00pm
Speaker:
Dr. Wolfgang Tittel, IQIS, University of Calgary
Location:
Science B 142
The event of information and communication technology has shaped the way we live. We hardly spend a day without sending, storing, reading, or processing information - for instance information contained in emails. Similar tasks are required to enable future applications of quantum information and communication. I will review the role that quantum memories play in quantum repeaters, networks and computers, and I will briefly address the current state-of-the-art. Furthermore, I will report on a recent development in my group, namely the reversible transfer of entangled photons in and out of a solid-state device [1]. Our result adds evidence that this key property in quantum information science is not as fragile as is often believed, and constitutes an important milestone on the path towards fully quantum-enabled networks.
Submitted by smmicall on Fri, 03/25/2011 - 1:08pm.
Apr 1 2011 - 4:00pm
Apr 1 2011 - 5:00pm
Speaker:
Dr. Barry Sanders,
Institute for Quantum Information Science (IQIS),
University of Calgary
Location:
Science B 142
A working quantum computer would be revolutionary because certain problems, such as simulating quantum materials or factorization, are easily solved on a quantum computer and probably forever hard on non-quantum computers no matter how small or how fast. Quantum computing technology is at an early stage so we do not yet know which medium is best. I discuss the principles of quantum computing, technological efforts for its realization, and applications for when a quantum computer eventually works.
Submitted by hamorris on Thu, 03/17/2011 - 10:43am.
Mar 11 2011 - 4:00pm
Mar 11 2011 - 5:00pm
Speaker:
Dr. Stefan Boettcher, Emory University, Atlanta
Location:
Science B 142
I describe Extremal Optimization (EO), a general purpose, local search heuristic for hard combinatorial problems such as bi-partitioning, coloring, and max-cut.
Submitted by hamorris on Mon, 02/14/2011 - 1:43pm.
Feb 18 2011 - 4:00pm
Feb 18 2011 - 5:00pm
Speaker:
Dr. Jason Fiege, University of Manitoba
Location:
SB 142
In this talk, I will introduce a powerful multi-objective genetic algorithm called “Ferret”, which is designed to “evolve” globally optimal solutions to such problems and visualize the resulting multi-dimensional solution sets.
Submitted by hamorris on Fri, 02/04/2011 - 3:32pm.
Feb 11 2011 - 4:00pm
Feb 11 2011 - 5:00pm
Speaker:
Dr. Peter Dunscombe and Dr. Oleg Vassiliev
Location:
Science B 142
The colloquium will start with an introduction to the clinical and academic programs in Physics at the Tom Baker (Dunscombe). Clinical responsibilities, which are the reason we get paid, will be outlined and this will be followed by a discussion of the structure of our CAMPEP accredited graduate and residency programs.
Submitted by hamorris on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 3:30pm.
Jan 28 2011 - 4:00pm
Jan 28 2011 - 5:00pm
Speaker:
Dr. Robert I. Thompson, Head, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Calgary
Location:
Science B 142
Dr. Thompson is an Associate Professor and current Head of Physics and Astronomy. He has held the positions of Undergraduate and Graduate Program Director in the Department. He is a founding faculty member of the Department’s Physics Education group and of RAISE (Research and Instruction In Science Education). He is Past-Chair of the Division of Physics Education of the Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) and has received the CAP Medal for Excellence in Teaching, a Students’ Union Teaching Excellence Award, and a Faculty of Science Excellence in Teaching Award.
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