MICHIGAN QUANTUM SUMMER SCHOOL


Michigan summer school days in Ann Arbor
June 16-27, 2008
340 West Hall
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor Michigan

Scientific Program
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Monday, June 16th

9:30 AM     Professor Jens Zorn (University of Michigan)
Welcoming Introduction – History of the Michigan Summer Schools

9:45 AM     Barbara Terhal (IBM Research)
“Fault Tolerant Quantum Computation”

10:45 AM  Lu Sham (UCSD)
“Quantum Dot Quibits --- Theory”
     

1:30 PM      Duncan Steel (University of Michigan)
“Quantum Dot Quibits --- Experiments”

3:30 PM      Jun Ye (University of Colorado)
“Art of Light-Based Precision Measurement”

4:30 PM     Aephraim Steinberg (University of Toronto)
“Optical Quantum Information Processing”

Tuesday, June 17th

9:30 AM     Wojciech Zurek (Los Alamos National Lab)
“Decoherence and Beyond”

10:30 AM   Barbara Terhal (IBM Research)
“Fault Tolerant Quantum Computation”

1:00 PM      Lu Sham (UCSD)
“Quantum Dot Quibits --- Theory”

2:00 PM      Duncan Steel (University of Michigan)
“Quantum Dot Quibits --- Experiments”

3:30 PM      Jun Ye (University of Colorado)
Optical Lattice of Sr”

Wednesday, June 18th

9:30 AM     Barbara Terhal (IBM Research)
“Fault Tolerant Quantum Computation”

10:30 AM   Jun Ye (University of Colorado)
Cold and Ultracold Molecules”

1:00 PM      Wojciech Zurek (Los Alamos National Lab)
“Decoherence and Beyond”

2:00 PM      David Weiss (Pennsylvania State University)
“Neutral Atom Quantum Information”

3:30 PM      Mikhail Lukin (Harvard University)
“Quantum Networking with Atomic Ensembles & Diamonds”

4:30 PM      Aephraim Steinberg (University of Toronto)
“Optical Quantum Information Processing”

Thursday, June 19th

9:30 AM     Wojciech Zurek (Los Alamos National Lab)
“Decoherence and Beyond”

10:30 AM   Mikhail Lukin (Harvard University)
“Quantum Networking with Atomic Ensembles & Diamonds”

1:00 PM      David Weiss (Pennsylvania State University)
“Neutral Atom Quantum Information”

2:00 PM      Sankar Das Sarma (University of Maryland)
“Topological Quantum Computation and Beyond”

3:45 PM     
Contributed 20 Minute Talks:

                  
Jason Kestner (University of Michigan)
“Effective Low-Dimensional Hamiltonian for Strongly Interaction Ultracold Gas”

Wei Zhang (University of Michigan)
 "2D BCS-BEC Crossover and BKT Transition for Strongly Interacting Fermi Gas”

Rachel Sapiro (University of Michigan)
BEC Experiments at Michigan (Bloch Oscillation etc.)”

5:00 PM      Raymond Laflamme (University of Waterloo)
NMR Quantum Information Processing”

Friday, June 20th

9:30 AM     Mikhail Lukin (Harvard University)
“Quantum Networking with Atomic Ensembles & Diamonds”

10:30 AM   Sankar Das Sarma (University of Maryland)
“Topological Quantum Computation and Beyond”

1:00 PM      Raymond Laflamme (University of Waterloo)
NMR Quantum Information Processing”

2:00 PM      David Weiss (Pennsylvania State University)
“Neutral Atom Quantum Information”

3:30 PM      Hans Peter Büchler (University of Stuttgart)
“Cold Polar Molecules and their Applications for Quantum Information”

Monday, June 23rd
9:30 AM     David DiVincenzo (IBM Research)

                   “Superconducting Qubits”

10:30 AM   CANCELLATION

1:00 PM      Eric Adelberger (University of Washington)
                   “Test of Equivalence Principle”

2:00 PM      Hans Peter Büchler (University of Stuttgart)
“Cold Polar Molecules and their Applications for Quantum Information”

3:30 PM      Contributed 20 minute Talks

                   Xiaodong Xu (University of Michigan)
                   “Experiments on Spin Manipulation in Quantum Dots”           
                  
                   Kelly Younge (University of Michigan)
                   “Blockade Experiments with Rydberg Atoms”

                   Maxime Boissonneault (University of Sherbrooke)
                   “Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics: Beyond the Linear Dispersive Limit”

Tuesday, June 24th

9:30 AM     David DiVincenzo
                   “Superconducting Qubits”

10:30 AM   Eric Cornell (University of Colorado)
                   “EDM”

1:00 PM      Eric Adelberger (University of Washington)
                   “Sub-Minimeter Tests of the Gravitational Inverse-Square Law”

2:00 PM      Hans Peter Büchler (University of Stuttgart)
“Cold Polar Molecules and their Applications for Quantum Information”

3:30 PM     CANCELLATION

Wednesday, June 25th

9:30 AM     David DiVincenzo (IBM Research)
                   “Superconducting Qubits”

10:30 AM   Eric Adelberger (University of Washington)
                   “Planck Scale Test of Lorentz Invariance with a Spin Pendulum”

1:00 PM      Chris Monroe (University of Maryland)
                   “Quantum Networking with Trapped Ions”

2:00 PM      Eric Cornell (University of Colorado)
                   “Precision Measurements”

3:30 PM      Zheng-Tian Lu (University of Chicago)
                  Spectroscopy of Radioactive Atoms and its Applications”

Thursday, June 26th

9:30 AM     James Hartle (UCSB)
                   “Quantum Mechanics in the Light of Quantum Cosmology”

1:00 PM      Tim Chupp ( University of Michigan)
                   “Neutron EDM”

2:00 PM      Zheng-Tian Lu (University of Chicago)
Spectroscopy of Radioactive Atoms and its Applications”

3:30 PM      Contributed 20 Minute Talks:

Michael Bishof (University of Chicago, Argonne National Lab)
Observation of Allowed but Highly Suppressed Transitions in HE-3”

Tobias Kampschulte (University of Bonn, Germany)
“Measuring the Coupling Strength of Single Atoms to the Field of a High-Finesse Optical Resonator”

Friday, June 27th

9:30 AM     James Hartle (UCSB)
                   “Quantum Mechanics in the Light of Quantum Cosmology”

10:30 AM   Tim Chupp ( University of Michigan)
                   “Neutron EDM”

1:00 PM      Zheng-Tian Lu (University of Chicago)
Spectroscopy of Radioactive Atoms and its Applications”

2:00 PM      Chris Monroe (University of Maryland)
                   “Quantum Networking with Trapped Ions”

3:30 PM     Summer School Concludes