Wednesday, April 28, 2004 |
5:00 - 8:00 p.m. |
Registration and reception at the Millennium Harvest House Hotel
Ballroom |
Thursday, April 29, 2004 |
8:00 a.m. |
Registration check-in at NIST, Boulder, refreshments |
Morning Session - High-level view of the
field of quantum information |
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The purpose of this session is to introduce attendees to the
basic concepts of quantum information, to outline what the prospects are
for real-world implementation, and to summarize the main research efforts
that are currently underway. |
8:30 a.m. |
1. Overview of quantum information -
what it is and why it is important (3.0 MB )
(Artur Ekert, Cambridge University) |
9:30 a.m. |
2. Prospects and requirements
for building real quantum information devices (966 kB )
(David DiVincenzo, IBM) |
10:30 - 11:00 a.m. |
Refreshment break |
11:00 a.m. |
The Federal research agenda for
quantum information (536 kB )
(Carl Williams, NIST) |
11:30 a.m. |
Panel - morning speakers field questions from audience (60) |
12:30 - 2:00 p.m. |
Lunch (provided in the tent outside of the NIST facility) |
Afternoon Session - The implications and
application of quantum information concepts in science and
technology |
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This session summarizes the effects that quantum concepts have had on
various subjects: quantum physics itself; the theory of information and
theoretical computer science; communications and cryptography; measurement
and standards; and computing |
2:00 p.m. |
1. Quantum information and quantum physics (Bill Phillips, NIST) |
2:45 p.m. |
2. The impact of quantum information on computer science (Umesh Vazirani,
University of California, Berkeley) |
3:30 - 4:00 p.m. |
Refreshment break |
4:00 p.m. |
3. Quantum cryptography - –its principles and application (Richard Hughes,
Los Alamos National Laboratory) |
4:45 p.m. |
4. Implications of quantum
information for measurement and primary
standards (570 kB )
(David Wineland, NIST) |
5:30 p.m. |
Session ends |
7:00 - 7:30 p.m. |
Cash bar and reception at the Millennium Hotel Ballroom |
7:30 - 10:00 p.m.
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Banquet dinner at the Millennium Hotel Ballroom
After dinner remarks: Phillip J. Bond, Under Secretary of Commerce for
Technology |
Friday, April 30, 2004
Morning Session - Roadmaps from quantum information science to quantum
information technology 1 |
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These final two sessions review the state of the art and outlook of the
leading candidates for practical quantum information systems |
8:30 a.m. |
1. Trapped ions and atoms as
qubits (4.4 MB )
(Chris Monroe, University of Michigan) |
9:15 a.m. |
2. Single-photon generation and
detection technology (772 kB )
(Sae Woo Nam, NIST) |
10:00 - 10:15 a.m. |
Refreshment break |
10:15 a.m. |
3. From the physics of qubits to quantum architectures (Ike Chuang,
MIT) |
11:00 a.m. |
4. Progress in quantum computing
in condensed matter systems (8.0 MB )
(Bob Clarke, University of New South Wales) |
11:45 a.m. |
5. Superconductor
technologies (3.8 MB )
(John Martinis, NIST) |
12:30 - 2:00 p.m. |
Lunch (provided in the tent outside of the NIST facility) |
Afternoon Session - Roadmaps from quantum
information science to quantum information technology 2 |
2:00 p.m. |
1. Linear optics
approaches (285 kB )
(Manny Knill, NIST) |
2:45 p.m. |
2. Cavity quantum electrodynamics (Jeff Kimble, Caltech) |
3:30 - 4:00 p.m. |
Afternoon Refreshments |
4:00 p.m. |
Panel discussion - challenges and conclusions |
5:00 p.m. |
Session Ends |