Tuesday, November 13, 2018 — 12:00 PM EST
The first of the ninth session of the IP lunch and learn lecture series (3) hosted by CW21 will be launched on Tuesday, Nov 13th at noon.
Light sandwiches and beverages will be provided by RSVP.
Details of the session:
Intellectual Property: What is it and Why Should I Care?
When: Tuesday, Nov 13th at noon
Where: QNC1201
Thursday, November 15, 2018 — 7:00 PM EST
QUANTUM + Pop Culture
“Quantum physics” has taken its position with “rocket science” in pop culture as a shorthand for frighteningly complicated science. Quantum physics has also taken on a sort of magical connotation in fiction, with features like entanglement, superposition, and tunneling spurring imagination. But where does the science draw the line? How much is joyful speculation, and how much is disregard for reality? And if it’s always seen as either magical or scary, how does that affect the perception of quantum science?
Monday, November 19, 2018 — 2:30 PM EST
Henry Yuen, University of Toronto
An outstanding open question in quantum information theory concerns the computational complexity of nonlocal games. in a nonlocal game, a classical verifier interacts with multiple players that cannot communicate, but are allowed to share entanglement. In a recent breakthrough result, Slofstra showed that the following problem is undecidable: given a nonlocal game, is there a quantum strategy for the players to win with probability 1?
Friday, November 23, 2018 — 11:45 AM EST
Neutron whispering gallery
Dr Valery Nesvizhevsky, European Centre for Neutron Research, Institut Laue-Langevin
The "whispering gallery" effect has been known since ancient times for sound waves in air, later in water and more recently for a broad range of electromagnetic waves: radio, optics, Roentgen and so on. It consists of wave localization near a curved reflecting surface and is expected for waves of various natures, for instance, for atoms and neutrons. For matter waves, it would include a new feature: a massive particle would be settled in quantum states, with parameters depending on its mass. In 2010, we observed the quantum whispering gallery effect for cold neutrons and since then continue increasing the precision in these experiments.
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 — 5:30 PM EST
The "blood, sweat, tears, toil and triumphs" of commercializing technology
Marc Morin is the co-founder and CEO of Auvik Networks, creators of cloud-based software that makes it dramatically easier for IT managed service providers to monitor and manage their clients' IT networks. A serial entrepreneur, Marc has previously co-founded several successful companies, including PixStream (acquired by Cisco for USD$369 million) and Sandvine (Sold to Francisco Partners for CAD$582 million), and is a seed investor in a number of local tech companies.
Friday, November 30, 2018 (all day) to Sunday, December 2, 2018 (all day)
Quantum technology for the curriculum
Join us for three days at the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) for Schrödinger's Class November 30 – Decemeber 2, 2018. You will have the opportunity to attend lectures and engage in hands-on activities focused on the integration of quantum technology into the current teaching curriculum. We will discuss quantum information science and technology to give you a deeper understanding of quantum mechanics.
The deadline to apply is Monday, October 22, 2018.
Monday, December 10, 2018 — 2:30 PM EST
Justin Thaler, Georgetown University
The quantum query complexity of a function f measures how many bits of the input a quantum computer must look at in order to compute f.
Monday, May 27, 2019 (all day) to Friday, June 7, 2019 (all day)
Join us at the Institute for Quantum Computing for a two-week introduction to the theoretical and experimental study of quantum information processing.
During the Undergraduate School on Experimental Quantum Information Processing (USEQIP) will be exposed to lectures and experiments on the following topics and more.