Topological Quantum Computing

February 26 - March 2, 2007

Schedule

All times in this Schedule are Pacific Time (PT)

Monday, February 26, 2007

Morning Session
8:30 - 9:15 Check-In/Light Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
9:15 - 9:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:30 - 10:30
Nicholas Read (Yale University)

 
Audio (MP3 File, Podcast Ready)
10:30 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:00
Michael Freedman (Microsoft Research)

 
Audio (MP3 File, Podcast Ready)
12:00 - 1:30 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session
1:30 - 2:30
Chetan Nayak (Microsoft Station Q)

Point Contacts and Qubits in the 5/2 Fractional Quantum Hall State
Audio (MP3 File, Podcast Ready)
2:30 - 3:30
Ady Stern (Weizmann Institute of Science)

How do you recognize the non-abelian quantum Hall effect when you see it
Audio (MP3 File, Podcast Ready)
Presentation (PowerPoint File)
3:30 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 5:00
Kirill Shtengel (University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside))

Non-Abelian Quasiparticle Interferometry
Audio (MP3 File, Podcast Ready)

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Morning Session
8:30 - 9:30 Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
9:30 - 10:30
Paul Fendley (University of Virginia)

Finding Fibonacci
Audio (MP3 File, Podcast Ready)
PDF Presentation
10:30 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:00
Matthew Fisher (University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara))

The 5/2 edge
Audio (MP3 File, Podcast Ready)
Presentation (PowerPoint File)
12:00 - 1:30 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session
1:30 - 2:30
John Preskill (California Institute of Technology)

Robust quantum computation
Audio (MP3 File, Podcast Ready)
PDF Presentation
2:30 - 3:30
3:30 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 5:00
Steve Simon (Lucent Technologies Bell Laboratories)

Theoretical Search for Novel Quantum Hall States
Audio (MP3 File, Podcast Ready)

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Morning Session
8:30 - 9:30 Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
9:30 - 10:30
10:30 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:00
12:00 - 2:00 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session
2:00 - 3:00
3:00 - 3:30 Break
3:30 - 4:30
4:30 - 5:00 Coffee Break at LaKretz Hall
5:00 - 6:00 Public Lecture by Michael Freedman at LaKretz Hall: "How Topology Will Save Moore's Law: Quantum Computation via Exotic States of Matter"
6:15 - 7:45 Reception (Location: IPAM Lobby)

Thursday, March 1, 2007

Morning Session
8:30 - 9:30 Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
9:30 - 10:30
10:30 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:00
Kevin Walker (Microsoft Station Q)

 
Audio (MP3 File, Podcast Ready)
PDF Presentation
12:00 - 1:30 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session
1:30 - 2:30
2:30 - 3:30
3:30 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 5:00

Friday, March 2, 2007

Morning Session
8:30 - 9:30 Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
9:30 - 10:30
10:30 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:00
Birgitta Whaley (University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley))

Dimer model implementations of lattice quantum loop gases
Audio (MP3 File, Podcast Ready)
PDF Presentation
12:00 - 1:00
1:00 - 2:30 Lunch (on your own)