December 1-3, 2007, Ampel 311, UBC

Workshop Schedule

DATE: Saturday, Dec 1st 2007 VENUE: UBC - AMPEL room 311

TIME EVENT/SPEAKER TITLE/DETAILS
0800-0845 Breakfast in Ampel 211
0845-0900 Welcome, Introduction + useful information
0900-0940 G Milburn Measurement & Decoherence in Quantum Dots
0940-1020 C Williams Pairing & structure in trapped atomic systems
1020-1040 Short Refreshment Break
1040-1120 F Zhou Tunable Q-Fluctuation controlled coherent spin dynamics
1120-1200 B Sanders Efficient algorithm for universal simulation
1200-1400 LUNCH
1400-1440 WG Unruh Bell's theorem & Locality
1440-1520 PCE Stamp Q Phase Transitions & the Spin bath - Dynamics
1520-1600 Long Refreshment break
1600-1640 LJ Sham Density functional theory for Quantum phase transitions
1640-1720 M Schechter Quantum phase transitions in anisotropic dipolar magnets
1720-1800 Discussion session

DATE: Sunday, Dec 2nd 2007 VENUE: UBC - AMPEL room 311

TIME EVENT/SPEAKER TITLE/DETAILS
0815-0900 Breakfast in Ampel 211
0900-0940 DJ Hinde Coherence/Decoherence in collisions of complex nuclei
0940-1020 M DasGupta Decoherence in Nuclear Fusion?
1020-1040 Short Refreshment Break
1040-1120 A Hines Decoherence in quantum walks and quantum computers
1120-1200 R McKenzie Optically active biomolecules
1200-1400 LUNCH
1400-1440 K Shtengel Non-Abelian Anyon interferometry
1440-1520 Z Nussinov Topological Quantum orders on pyrochlore lattices
1520-1600 Long Refreshment break
1600-1640 R Raussendorf Measurement-based Q Computation with Toric code states
1640-1520 L Sham Density Functional Theory and Quantum Phase Transitions
1520-1800 Discussion Session
1800-1930 Free Period
1930-Late Conference Banquet at the Van Dusen Botanical Gardens

Events for Monday will be decided on the weekend, based on the availability of participants - it is likely we will organize a discussion session for Monday where people can present ideas and results informally. An announcement will be made at the meeting on the weekend.