[LA-SiGMA] LASiGMA Seminar - David Cory, April 23rd, 3:30pm (Please see new broadcast information)

[shelley lee]

Dear All,

Dr. David Cory of the University of Waterloo will be giving a talk Wednesday, April 23rd at 3:30pm in room 1034 at The Digital Media Center, Louisiana State University. The title of his talk is "Realizing Quantum Information Processors."

Abstract:
Quantum mechanics is the ultimate law of nature and when we can build a device that behaves uniquely quantum mechanically then we may achieve the highest efficiencies allowed by nature. One of the most compelling applications of quantum devices is for information processing.  I will describe laboratory scale, small quantum processors: including a bit about how they work and what they are useful for.  I will discuss some near term quantum devices, sensors and actuators that are emerging from laboratories.  Finally I will include a brief perspective of where we are on the path to building a general-purpose quantum computer.

Biography:
Dr. David Cory holds the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Quantum Information Processing at the University of Waterloo.  There he is a Professor of Chemistry, a member of the Institute of Quantum Computing and of the Waterloo Institute of Nano Technology.  He is an associate of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.  He chairs the advisory committee for the Canada Institute For Advanced Research's Quantum Information Processing program.  He is an experimentalist working to develop spin-based examples of quantum processors.

Also available on site at the locations below:
UNO – 234, Liberal Arts Building
LATech – 122, Nethken Hall
SUBR – 211 J.B. Moore Hall
Xavier – 226 Qatar Pavillion

Please note, this seminar will ONLY be accessible through HD videoconferencing. 

Regards,
Shelley Lee
Project Coordinator
225-578-0465




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