Quantum in Iqaluit

Friday, July 7, 2017 - Tuesday, July 11, 2017 (all day)
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Friday July 7 – Tuesday July 11, 2017

Quantum in Iqaluit will celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Institute for Quantum Computing in Canada’s far north. The workshop will bring together leading figures in theoretical and experimental quantum information science and technology to discuss the latest advances in the field.

Waterfront in Iqaluit

The workshop will take place in Iqaluit, the capital of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Iqaluit is located on Baffin Island at the northern end of Frobisher Bay near the mouth of the Sylvia Grinnell River – north of the tree line. Formerly known as Frobisher Bay, Iqaluit is rich with traditional Inuit culture and home to many Inuit artists, filmmakers and musicians – many of whom we will meet during the workshop.

The schedule of activities, below, will be updated with details of academic presentations to be made during the sessions.

Schedule

Thursday July 6

  • Arrive in Ottawa
  • One night stay at Arc the Hotel 
  • 6:30-8:30 p.m.
    • Dinner/reception

Friday July 7

  • 7:15 a.m.
    Bus from Arc the Hotel to Ottawa airport

  • 7:45 a.m.
    Check-in for First Air 860

  • 9:15 a.m.
    Flight from Ottawa to Iqaluit:  9:15 a.m. – 12:25 p.m.

  • 12:45 p.m.
    Transfer from Iqaluit airport to the Frobisher Inn

  • 1:30 p.m.
    Lunch

  • 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.

    • 3:00-3:15 p.m. - Welcome, Raymond Laflamme, IQC

    • 3:20-4:05 p.m. - Quantum matter built from nanoscopic lattices of atoms and photons, Jeff Kimble, CalTech

    • 4:10-4:55 p.m. Semiconductor nanowire quantum optics, Mike Reimer, IQC

  • 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

    Welcome reception featuring Inuit cultural demonstrations and lighting of the traditional Qulliq Lamp, Inuit elder speaker and local food.

Saturday July 8

  • 5:30 – 8:30 a.m.
    Breakfast

  • 5:45 a.m.
    Iqaluit excursion #1 departs

  • 8:45 a.m.
    Iqaluit excursion #2 departs

  • Noon – 1:30 p.m.
    Lunch

  • 2:00 – 5:35 p.m.

    • 2:50-3:35 p.m. - Nanowire-Based Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy, Raffi Budakian, IQC

    • 3:35-4:00 p.m. - Break

    • 4:00-4:45 p.m. - Building synthetic quantum systems with atoms and photons, Kyung Choi, IQC

    • 4:50-5:35 p.m. - Quantum simulation of frustrated spin systems using trapped ions, Rajibul Islam, IQC

  • 6:45 p.m.
    Dinner

Sunday July 9

  • 7:00 – 8:30 a.m.
    Breakfast

  • 8:45 a.m.
    Depart for excursion

  • 9:00 a.m. – Noon
    Iqaluit excursion

  • Noon – 1:30 p.m.
    Lunch

  • Afternoon
    Free to participate in Nunavut Day activities

  • 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
    Dinner

  • 7:45 – 9:30 p.m.

    • ​7:45 p.m. - Photons and atoms in assorted optical waveguides, Michal Bajcsy, IQC

    • 8:35 - 9:20 p.m. - Integrated quantum optics with quantum dots, nanowires and waveguides, Gregor Weihs, University of Innsbruck

Monday July 10

  • Northern Lights

    8:30 – 10:00 a.m.
    Breakfast

  • 9:00 a.m. – 12:35 p.m.
    Sessions

  • 12:35 – 1:30 p.m.
    Lunch

  • 1:35 – 5:00 p.m.

    • 9:00-9:45 a.m. - Testing non-equilibrium fluctuation theorems with a quantum work meter, Juan Pablo Paz, University of Buenos Aires

    • 9:50-10:35 a.m. - Microwave Quantum Optics with Superconducting Circuits, Chris Wilson, IQC

    • 10:40-11:00 a.m. - Break

    • 11:00-11:45 a.m. - Ignorance is strength: Quantum measurements on non-local systems, Aharon Brodutch, University of Toronto

    • 11:50 a.m. - 12:35 p.m. - Convolutional Polar Codes, David Poulin, Université de Sherbrooke 

    • 12:35-1:30 p.m. - Lunch

    • 1:35-2:20 p.m. - Controlling multi-level quantum systems in an ion trap, Crystal Senko, IQC

    • 2:25-3:10 p.m. - Fault tolerance for universal quantum gates, Tomas Jochym-O'Connor, CalTech

    • 3:10-3:30 p.m. - Break

    • 3:30-4:15 p.m. - Twisting the Neutron Wavefunction, Charles Clark, NIST

    • 4:20-5:05 p.m. - Quantum Software, Harry Buhrman, University of Amsterdam

    • 5:10 p.m. - Wrap-up and final remarks, Kevin Resch, IQC

  • 6:30 p.m.
    Farewell dinner reception

Tuesday July 11

  • 8:00 – 10:00 a.m.
    Breakfast

  • 11:30 a.m.
    Transport to Iqaluit airport 

  • 1:45 p.m.
    First Air 861
    Flight from Iqaluit to Ottawa:  1:45 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.

For additional information, please contact Adele Newton (anewton@uwaterloo.ca).