2010 MICHIGAN SUMMER SCHOOL


Michigan summer school days in Ann Arbor
August 2-13, 2010
340 West Hall
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor Michigan
Scientific Program
Click here: Week 1 PDF Version of Program
Click here: Week 2 PDF Version of Program
MI Quantum Summer School Program 
Talk Schedule for week 1: August 2nd - 6th
Monday, August 2nd
Time
8:00-8:55am
Breakfast (335 & 337 West Hall)
8:55-9:00am
Welcoming Remarks
9:00-10:00am
Chris Monroe (University of Maryland)
10:00-10:30am
COFFEE BREAK (335 & 337 West Hall)
10:30-11:30am
John Bollinger (NIST)
11:30-1:30pm
LUNCH & DISCUSSION (Ground Level Food Court in Ross School of Business)
1:30-2:30pm
John Martinis (UCSB)
Superconducting qubits
 
2:30-3:30pm
Richard Scalettar (University of California, Davis)
3:30-4:00pm
COFFEE BREAK (335 & 337 West Hall)
4:00-5:00pm
Iztok Pizorn (Vienna - Verstaraete Group)
5:00-6:00pm
Poster Session & Discussion
Tuesday, August 3rd
Time
8:00-9:00am
Breakfast (335 & 337 West Hall)
9:00-10:00am
Richard Scalettar (University of California, Davis)
10:00-10:30am
COFFEE BREAK (335 & 337 West Hall)
10:30-11:30am
Iztok Pizorn (Vienna - Verstaraete Group)
11:30-1:30pm
LUNCH & DISCUSSION (Ground Level Food Court in Ross School of Business)
1:30-2:30pm
Chris Monroe (University of Maryland)
 
2:30-3:30pm
John Bollinger (NIST)
3:30-4:00pm
COFFEE BREAK (335 & 337 West Hall)
4:00-5:00pm
John Martinis (UCSB)
Synthesizing arbitrary photon states
5:00-6:00pm
Poster Session & Discussion
Wednesday, August 4th
Time
8:00-9:00am
Breakfast (335 & 337 West Hall)
9:00-10:00am
John Martinis (UCSB)
Gates and algorithms in phase qubits
10:00-10:30am
COFFEE BREAK (335 & 337 West Hall)
10:30-11:30am
Guin-Dar Lin (University of Michigan)
Spin phases in a quantum Ising magnet emulator with trapped ions
Zhexuan Gong (University of Michigan)
Temperature driven structural phase transition for trapped ions
(Video)
11:30-1:30pm
LUNCH & DISCUSSION (Ground Level Food Court in Ross School of Business)
1:30-2:30pm
Richard Scalettar (University of California, Davis)
 
2:30-3:30pm
Iztok Pizorn (Vienna - Verstaraete Group)
3:30-4:00pm
COFFEE BREAK (335 & 337 West Hall)
4:00-5:00pm
Leonid Butov (UCSD)
5:00-6:00pm
Poster Session & Discussion
Thursday, August 5th
Time
8:00-9:00am
Breakfast (335 & 337 West Hall)
9:00-10:00am
Leonid Butov (UCSD)
10:00-10:30am
COFFEE BREAK (335 & 337 West Hall)
10:30-11:30am
Peter Littlewood (University of Cambridge)
11:30-1:30pm
LUNCH & DISCUSSION (Ground Level Food Court in Ross School of Business)
1:30-2:30pm
Peter Littlewood (University of Cambridge)
 
2:30-3:30pm
Yoshi Yamamotot (Stanford)
Coherence and superfluidity of exciton-polariton condensates
3:30-4:00pm
COFFEE BREAK (335 & 337 West Hall)
4:00-5:00pm
Luis Orozco (JQI)
Cavity QED with atoms
5:00-6:00pm
Poster Session & Discussion
Friday, August 6th
Time
8:00-9:00am
Breakfast (335 & 337 West Hall)
9:00-10:00am
Luis Orozco (JQI)
Discrete symmetry tests in atomic systems
10:00-10:30am
COFFEE BREAK (335 & 337 West Hall)
10:30-11:30am
Luis Orozco (JQI)
The weak interaction in atomic systems
11:30-1:30pm
LUNCH & DISCUSSION (Ground Level Food Court in Ross School of Business)
1:30-2:30pm
Leonid Butov (UCSD)
 
2:30-3:30pm
Peter Littlewood (University of Cambridge)
3:30-4:00pm
COFFEE BREAK (335 & 337 West Hall)
4:00-5:00pm
Yoshi Yamamoto (Stanford)
Coherence and superfluidity of exciton-polariton condensates
5:30pm
Dominick's
Week 2 Schedule
Monday, August 9th
Time
8:00-9:00am
Breakfast (335 & 337 West Hall)
9:00-10:00am
Brian DeMarco (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
10:00-10:30am
COFFEE BREAK (335 & 337 West Hall)
10:30-11:30am
Ana Maria Rey (JILA)
Ultra-cold atoms in optical lattices: an overview
11:30-1:30pm
LUNCH & DISCUSSION (Ground Level Food Court in Ross School of Business)
1:30-2:30pm
Ana Maria Rey (JILA)
Ultra-cold atoms in optical lattices: an overview
2:30-3:30pm
Joseph Thywissen (Toronto)
3:30-4:00pm
COFFEE BREAK (335 & 337 West Hall)
4:00-5:00pm
Joel Moore (University of California, Berkeley)
5:00-6:00pm
Poster Session & Discussion
Tuesday, August 10th
Time
8:00-9:00am
Breakfast (335 & 337 West Hall)
9:00-10:00am
Ana Maria Rey (JILA)
Ultra-cold atoms in optical lattices: an overview
10:00-10:30am
COFFEE BREAK (335 & 337 West Hall)
10:30-11:30am
Brian DeMarco (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
11:30-1:30pm
LUNCH & DISCUSSION (Ground Level Food Court in Ross School of Business)
1:30-2:30pm
Joseph Thywissen (Toronto)
2:30-3:30pm
Dan Stamper-Kurn (University of California, Berkeley)
3:30-4:00pm
COFFEE BREAK (335 & 337 West Hall)
4:00-5:00pm
Joel Moore (University of California, Berkeley)
5:00-6:00pm
Poster Session & Discussion
Wednesday, August 11th
Time
8:00-9:00am
Breakfast (335 & 337 West Hall)
9:00-10:00am
Joel Moore (University of California, Berkeley)
10:00-10:30am
COFFEE BREAK (335 & 337 West Hall)
10:30-11:30am
Brian DeMarco (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
11:30-1:30pm
LUNCH & DISCUSSION (Ground Level Food Court in Ross School of Business)
1:30-2:30pm
Joseph Thywissen (Toronto)
2:30-3:30pm
James Thompson (JILA)
Fundamentals of Cavity QED
3:30-4:00pm
COFFEE BREAK (335 & 337 West Hall)
4:00-5:00pm
Dan Stamper-Kurn (University of California, Berkeley)
5:00-6:00pm
Poster Session & Discussion
Thursday, August 12th
Time
8:00-9:00am
Breakfast (335 & 337 West Hall)
9:00-10:00am
Dan Stamper-Kurn (University of California, Berkeley)
10:00-10:30am
COFFEE BREAK (335 & 337 West Hall)
10:30-11:30am
Seth Lloyd (MIT)
Simulating the Universe
11:30-1:30pm
LUNCH & DISCUSSION (Ground Level Food Court in Ross School of Business)
1:30-2:30pm
Seth Lloyd (MIT)
Simulating the Universe
2:30-3:30pm
James Thompson (JILA)
Beating Quantum Projection Noise
3:30-4:00pm
COFFEE BREAK (335 & 337 West Hall)
4:00-5:00pm
Luming Duan (University of Michigan)
Quantum simulation of many body physics with cold atoms and classical computers
5:00-6:00pm
Poster Session & Discussion
Friday, August 13th
Time
8:00-9:00am
Breakfast (335 & 337 West Hall)
9:00-10:00am
James Thompson (JILA)
Collective Interactions between Atoms and Light
10:00-10:15am
COFFEE BREAK (335 & 337 West Hall)
10:15-11:30am
LAB TOURS (see sign-up sheet at registration desk)
11:30-1:30pm
LUNCH & DISCUSSION (Ground Level Food Court in Ross School of Business)
1:30-2:30pm
Georg Raithel (University of Michigan)
Applications of Rydberg Atoms in QIP
2:30-3:30pm
Seth Lloyd (MIT)
Simulating the Universe
3:30-4:00pm
Closing Remarks
4:30pm
Dominick's

Confirmed Lecturers:
John Bollinger, NIST- Boulder
Leonid Butov,
UCSD
Brian DeMarco
, Illinois
Luming Duan, Michigan
Zhexuan Gong, Michigan
Guin-Dar Lin, Michigan
Peter Littlewood
, Cambridge
Seth Lloyd, MIT
John Martinis, UC – Santa Barbara
Chris Monroe, U. of Maryland
Joel Moore, UC – Berkeley
Luis Orozco, JQI
Iztok Pizorn (Verstraete Group), Vienna
Georg Raithel, Michigan
Ana Maria Rey
, JILA
Richard Scalettar, UC – Davis
Dan Stamper-Kurn, UC – Berkeley
Joseph Thywissen, Toronto
James Thompson, JILA
Yoshihisa Yamamoto, Stanford Previous Michigan Summer School Programs:
2008 Michigan Quantum Summer School Program