Quantum Information Processing Spring School,
    Bristol 17-19 March 2008

Final Arrangements and Travel Details - Link

Introduction

The school is aimed at students and junior researchers, and will cover all aspects of Quantum Information Processing (QIP), including background theory, algorithms, and the latest experimental realizations of QIP in a wide range of devices and systems.

The spring school will be three days in total, and will take place in the Burwalls Centre located in the heart of Bristol's historic Clifton area, adjacent to the famous Brunel Clifton suspension bridge.

The school is supported by QAP (http://www.qubitapplications.com/) and by the UK QIP IRC (http://www.qipirc.org/index.php) which will support UK-based IRC-funded students to attend this school. It is a successor to the previous successful joint QAP/QIP IRC school which was held in UK in 2006, in Gregynog, Wales (http://www.qubitapplications.com/QAPEvents/Aug06SumSch/wales_aug06.asp).

Topics

Entanglement: Quantum information, entanglement and teleportation.
Engineering Interactions
Spin chains: Concept, interactions, results, applications
Quantum Communication
Quantum computation and algorithms
Measurement-based quantum computing
Decoherence and Error correction
QIP implementations: Overview of QIP systems and devices
Cold Atoms and cavity QED
Ion Traps
Optical QIP
Quantum dots
NV diamond
Superconducting qubits

Location

Bristol UK. The location for this school is Burwalls. This is a specialist conference centre which can accommodate up to ~50 people. Further details are at: http://www.bris.ac.uk/burwalls/

Dates of event

Monday 17 March to Wednesday 19 March 2008. Three full days - arrival pm/evening on Sunday 16 March and departure am Thursday 20 March.

List of Speakers

• Mete Atature
• Michael Bremner
• Sougato Bose
• David DiVincenzo
• Ed Hinds
• Fedor Jelezko
• Richard Jozsa
• Noah Linden
• David Lucas
• Jeremy O'Brien
• Sandu Popescu
• David Reilly
• Tony Short
• Andrew Steane
• Andreas Winter

Schedule & Registration Information

Schedule as of 26 November 2007, Registration form (pdf 38.7 KB, or Word ) - Please return the completed form by post, fax, or if your fees are paid by QIPRC or QAP, by email to tracie.anderson@bristol.ac.uk, Fax: +44 (0)117 925 5624, Post: H H Wills Physics Laboratory, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS5 7RS.

Registration is now closed.

EC project QAP funding:

The EC project QAP will support up to 20 student attendees of the school by paying the 270 pound fee directly. Such student applicants from QAP member groups will therefore need only to fund their travel to and from the school from local group budgets.

UK QIP IRC funding:

The UK QIP IRC will support up to 20 student attendees of the school by paying the 270 pound fee directly. Such student applicants from QIP IRC member groups will therefore need only to fund their travel to and from the school from local group budgets.
Please note:
i) The support is for first year students.
ii) The students in receipt of this support must be participating in research within QIP IRC, but their PhD studentship need not be supported by QIP IRC.

Organizers and contact information

The school is jointly organized by Hewlett-Packard Labs Bristol and the University of Bristol. Organizing committee: James Annett, Timothy Spiller, Richard Jozsa, Noah Linden,Sandu Popescu, John Rarity, Andreas Winter and Bill Munro.

Contact: email tracie.anderson@bristol.ac.uk for registration requests

Registration will be open from 1 December 2007.