Conference Agenda: January 17–21, 2012
Ballroom, Building 3
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, California 94035
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
| Tue (A) 11.30 - 12.20 Check-in and Welcome Reception | |
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| Tue (B) Opening Presentations Session mediator: Gabriel Durkin (MCT/NASA-Ames) | |
| (B0) 12.20 | Gabriel Durkin (MCT/NASA-Ames) Opening remarks Video |
| (B1) 12.30 | David Korsmeyer (NASA-Ames) Intelligent Systems and NASA missions. Video / Presentation |
| (B2) 12.50 | Rupak Biswas (NASA-Ames) High performance computing at NASA. Video / Presentation / Movie |
| (B3) 13.10 | Alan Aspuru-Guzik (Harvard) Quantum computing for chemistry and biology Video / Presentation |
| (B4) 13.45 | Jonathan Dowling (LSU) Quantum Sensors, Metrology, and Imaging Video / Presentation |
| 14.20 Break | |
| Tue (C) Optical, Atomic and Solid State Quantum Computing Session mediator: Sue Coppersmith (University of Wisconsin) | |
| (C1) 14.40 | Mohammad Amin (D-Wave, Canada) Experimental evidence for robustness of adiabatic quantum computation against decoherence Video / Presentation |
| (C2) 15.15 | Andrew White (University of Queensland) Quantum Optics for Quantum Information Science Video / Presentation |
| (C3) 15.50 | Mark Saffman (University of Wisconsin) Scalable quantum computing with neutral atom qubits Video / Presentation |
| (C4) 16.25 | Mark A. Eriksson (University of Wisconsin) Single-shot measurement of Si/SiGe quantum dot spin qubits Video / Presentation |
| (C5) 17.00 | Daniel Loss (University of Basel) Spin qubits in scalable 2D architectures Video / Presentation |
| 17.35 Break | |
| Tue (D) Long-distance Quantum communication including Earth-Space links Session mediator: Jeremy O Brien (Bristol, UK) | |
| (D1) 17.55 | Will Marshall (SGT/NASA-Ames) NASA Earth-Satellite Links: Phone Sat Video / Presentation |
| (D2) 18.30 | Vikram Sharma (QuintessenceLabs) Enterprise Security Services using continuous variable QKD Video / Presentation |
| (D3) 19.05 | Paolo Villoresi (Padova, Italy) Quantum Communications along Space Channels Video / Presentation |
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
| Wed (A) Physics-based approaches to quantum computation Session mediator: Ralf Schutzhold (Universität Duisburg-Essen) | |
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| (A1) 8.30 | Edward Farhi (MIT) Video / Presentation |
| (A2) 9.05 | Sue Coppersmith (University of Wisconsin) Quantum random walks of interacting particles and the graph isomorphism problem Video / Presentation |
| (A3) 9.40 | Peter Young (UCSC) Video / Presentation |
| 10.15 Break | |
| Wed (B) Applications for NASA of Quantum Metrology: Sensor Development, Navigation Tools and Gravity Wave Detection Session mediator: Carl Caves (UNM) | |
| (B1) 10.30 | Mark Kasevich (Stanford) Atom systems and Bose Einstein Condensates for metrology and navigation Video / Presentation |
| (B2) 11.05 | Nan Yu (JPL) Opportunities and Development of Atomic Systems and Quantum Devices in Space Video / Presentation |
| (B3) 11.40 | Rana Adhikari (CalTech) Quantum enhancement to LIGO Video / Presentation |
| (B4) 12.15 | Roman Schnabel (Max-Planck, Hannover) A gravitational wave observatory operating beyond the quantum shot-noise limit: Squeezed light in application Video / Presentation |
| 12.50 - 14.00 Working Lunch: NASA Roadmap Strategy Discussion | |
| Wed (C) Applications of Quantum Algorithms Session mediator: Frank Gaitan (Laboratory of Physical Science) | |
| (C1) 14.00 | Jeremy Frank (NASA-Ames) Video / Presentation |
| (C2) 14.35 | Cris Moore (UNM & Santa Fe Institute) Let the Physics Do the Work: Scattering Algorithms for High-Dimensional Geometry Video / Presentation |
| (C3) 15.10 | Daniel Lidar (USC) Adiabatic quantum pagerank algorithm Video / Presentation |
| 15.45 Break | |
| (C4) 16.05 | Sergio Boixo (USC/ISI) Adiabatic quantum machine learning Video / Presentation |
| (C5) 16.40 | Hartmut Neven (Google) Robust Classification with Non-Convex Loss and Regularization designed for Adiabatic Quantum Computation Video / Presentation |
| Wed (D) 17.20 NASA Kepler Project: A Search for Habitable Planets Video / Presentation | |
Thursday, January 19, 2012
| Thurs (A) Quantum sources, processes and detectors Session mediator: Geoff Pryde (Griffith, Australia) | |
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| (A1) 8.30 | Bill Farr (JPL) Efficient multiple photon discrimination Video / Presentation |
| (A2) 9.05 | Nicolas Brunner (Bristol, UK) Weak Measurements and Metrology Video / Presentation |
| (A3) 9.40 | Alan Migdall (NIST) Calibration of bright entanglement sources. Video / Presentation |
| 10.15 Break | |
| Thurs (B) Quantum computing algorithms Session mediator: Edward Farhi (MIT) | |
| (B1) 10.30 | Peter Shor (MIT) Quantum Algorithms Video / Presentation |
| (B2) 11.05 | Wim van Dam (UCSB) Quantum Algorithms on Data Streams Video / Presentation |
| (B3) 11.40 | Edward Farhi (MIT) Video / Presentation |
| (B4) 12.15 | Andrew Childs (Waterloo) The quantum query complexity of read-many formulas Video / Presentation |
| 12.50 - 14.00 Working Lunch: NASA Roadmap Strategy Discussion | |
| Thurs (C) Photon systems for Quantum Computing and remote Entanglement-sharing Session mediator: Andrew White (University of Queensland) | |
| (C1) 14.00 | Ralf Schutzhold (Universität Duisburg-Essen) Quantum pattern recognition with photons Video / Presentation |
| (C2) 14.35 | Jeremy O Brien (Bristol, UK) Quantum gates on an optical chip Video / Presentation |
| (C3) 15.10 | Geoff Pryde (Griffith, Australia) Photonic EPR-steering Experiments Video / Presentation |
| 15.45 - 17.45 Conference Photo, Google Field Trip | |
| 19.30 Conference Dinner | |
Friday, January 20, 2012
| Fri (A) Adiabatic quantum computation Session mediator: Jérémie Roland (University of Brussels) | |
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| (A1) 8.30 | Andrew Landahl (Sandia National Laboratories) Adiabatic Quantum Computing at Sandia Video / Presentation |
| (A2) 9.05 | Frank Gaitan (Laboratory of Physical Science) Ramsey numbers and adiabatic quantum computing Video / Presentation |
| (A3) 9.40 | Rolando Somma (Los Alamos National Labs) Spectral Gap Amplification Video / Presentation |
| (A4) 10.15 | Geordie Rose (D-Wave Systems) Compressive sensing and semi-supervised feature learning using a D-Wave One system Video / Presentation |
| 10.50 Break | |
| Fri (B) New Limits to measurement precision, including systems subject to noise Session mediator: Matteo Paris (University of Milan) | |
| (B1) 11.05 | Lorenzo Maccone (Pavia, Italy) Quantum measurement bounds beyond the uncertainty relations Video / Presentation |
| (B2) 11.40 | Sergey Knysh (SGT/NASA-Ames) Rigorous bounds on precision of lossy interferometers and optimal probe states Video / Presentation |
| (B3) 12.15 | Alfredo Luis (University of Madrid, Spain) Nonlinearity challenges quantum metrology limits Video / Presentation |
| 12.50 - 14.00 Working Lunch: NASA Roadmap Strategy Discussion | |
| Fri (C) Theory and Technologies for Quantum Metrology Session mediator: Jonathan Dowling (LSU) | |
| (C1) 14.00 | Carl Caves (UNM) Quantum Limits on Noise in Linear Amplifiers Video / Presentation |
| (C2) 14.35 | Rafal Demkowicz-Dobrzanski (Warsaw) Theoretical tools for quantum enhanced metrology Video / Presentation |
| (C3) 15.10 | Howard Wiseman (Griffith, Australia) Robust Experimental Quantum Parameter Estimation Protocols Video / Presentation |
| 15.45 Break | |
| (C4) 16.05 | Matteo Paris (University of Milan) Quantum Estimation for Quantum Technology Video / Presentation |
| (C5) 16.40 | Irfan Siddiqi (UC Berkeley) Continuous High-Fidelity Monitoring of a Superconducting Qubit: From Quantum Jumps to Feedback Video / Presentation |
| Fri (D) 17.15 Address by NASA Ames Center Director, Pete Worden, followed by Poster Presentation Video | |
Saturday, January 21, 2012
| Sat (A) Quantum Interdisciplinary Topics Session mediator: Daniel Lidar (USC) | |
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| (A1) 8.30 | Jérémie Roland (University of Brussels) Quantum rejection sampling Video / Presentation |
| (A2) 9.05 | Stephen Jordan (NIST) Simulating quantum field theories on quantum computer Video / Presentation |
| (A3) 9.40 | Alexander Ling (Centre for Quantum Technologies) Video / Presentation |
| 10.15 Break | |
| (A4) 10.35 | Colin Williams (JPL) NASA Quantum Network Video / Presentation |
| (A5) 11.10 | Rupert Ursin (Austrian Academy of Sciences) Free-space quantum cryptography over 144 km and a mission proposal for going to space Video / Presentation |
| (A6) 11.45 | Vadim Smelyanskiy (NASA-Ames) Concluding talk Video / Presentation |
| Sat (B) 12.20 Close | |
Posters
| Massoud Borhani (Laboratory for Physical Sciences) | Spin Manipulation and Relaxation in Spin-Orbit Qubits |
| Constantin Brif (Sandia National Laboratories) | Robustness of Quantum Information Processing to Control Noise (with Grace, Sarovar and K.Young) |
| Amlan Chakrabarti (Princeton University) | New Quantum Circuits for Quantum Random Walk Algorithms |
| Baris Erkmen (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) | Approaching quantum limits of optical communication using a photon-counting detector |
| Matthew Grace (Sandia National Laboratories) | Robustness of Quantum Information Processing to Control Noise (with Brif, Sarovar and Young) |
| Laszlo Gyongyosi (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | On-the-Fly Quantum Error-Correction for Space-Earth Quantum Communication Channels |
| Itay Hen (University of California Santa Cruz) | Complexity of the Quantum Adiabatic Algorithm |
| Nathan Cody Jones (Stanford University) | Simulating Chemistry Efficiently on Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computers |
| Rainer Kaltenbaek (University of Vienna) | MAQRO - Macroscopic Quantum Resonators in Space |
| Na Young Kim (Stanford University) | Solid-State Quantum Simulators based on Microcavity Exciton-Polaritons |
| Alexander Ling (Centre for Quantum Technologies) | Entangled photon systems for Small Satellites |
| Arka Majumdar (Stanford University) | Solid State Cavity QED with Quantum Dots coupled to Photonic Crystal Cavity |
| Jarrod McClean (Harvard University) | The Union of Quantum Computing and Quantum Chemistry |
| Luke Pendo (South Dakota School of Mines) | Quantum Computing with Lithium Donors in Silicon |
| Krzysztof Pomorski (University of Warsaw) | Superconducting qudit and qutrit as the generalization of superconducting qubit architecture |
| Krzysztof Pomorski (University of Warsaw) | Architecture and properties of Field Induced Josephson junction devices. |
| Kristen Pudenz (University of Southern California) | Quantum Adiabatic machine learning |
| Mohan Sarovar (Sandia National Laboratories) | Robustness of Quantum Information Processing to Control Noise (with Brif, Grace and Young) |
| Alireza Shabani (UC-Berkeley) | Compressed Tomography of Quantum Dynamical Systems |
| Alexandre Tacla (University of New Mexico) | Entanglement-based perturbation theory for highly anisotropic Bose-Einstein condensates |
| Justin Winkler (University of Rochester) | Room-Temperature Single-Photon Source for Secure Quantum Communication |
| Kevin Young (Sandia National Laboratories) | Robustness of Quantum Information Processing to Control Noise (with Brif, Grace and Sarovar) |
| Leo Yu (Stanford University) | Tailoring Quantum Dot emission with Frequency Downconversion |