Quantum Science and Technology Colloquia (Formerly Quantum Information Science)

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Colloquia will be held on Wednesdays, 3:00PM - 4:00PM, unless otherwise specified.

1. Wednesday 26th March, 2025 3:00-4:00pm in SB 146

   Dominique Drouin [University of Sherbrooke]

   Co-sponsored by: Department of Physics and Astronomy
   

   Title: TBA
   Abstract: TBA





2. Wednesday 9th April, 2025 3:00-4:00pm in SB 146

   Robert Boyd [University of Ottawa]

   Title: TBA
   Abstract: TBA





3. Wednesday 16th April, 2025 3:00-4:00pm in TBA

   Jack Sankey [McGill University]

   Title: TBA
   Abstract: TBA

2025

1. Optimizing quantum algorithms for next-generation quantum chemistry
   Artur Izmaylov [University of Toronto]
   29 January 2025  - abstract -




2024

2. Scanning new horizons: Information, holography & gravity (joint colloquium with Department of Physics and Astronomy)
   Rob Myers [Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics]
   Co-sponsored by: Department of Physics and Astronomy
   4 November 2024  - abstract -




3. DAMSA: A novel dark matter search experiment
   Jaehoon Yu [University of Texas at Arlington]
   Co-sponsored by: Department of Physics and Astronomy
   29 February 2024  - abstract -




2023

4. Quantum computing for industry applications
   Enrique Solano [Kipu Quantum]
   2 March 2023  - abstract -




2021

5. Testing and verifying quantum devices
   Barbara Kraus [Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Innsbruck]
   1 June 2021  - abstract -




6. Bulk-boundary correspondence in topological phases of matter
   Abhijeet Alase [Institute for Quantum Science and Technology]
   Co-sponsored by: Department of Mathematics and Statistics
   15 April 2021  - abstract -




2020

7. Beyond quantum resource theories
   Carlo Maria Scandolo [Department of Mathematics and Statistics]
   16 December 2020  - abstract -




8. Exploiting weak chemical bonds for building molecular devices for classical and quantum computing
   Pierre Kennepohl [Department of Chemistry]
   2 December 2020  - abstract -




9. TBA
   Lilian Childress [McGill University]
   Co-sponsored by: Department of Physics and Astronomy
   16 April 2020  - abstract -




2019

10. Quantum-enhanced sensing with light
    Alberto Marino [University of Oklahoma]
    Co-sponsored by: Department of Physics and Astronomy
    21 November 2019  - abstract -




11. Supersolid phases of dipolar systems
    Massimo Boninsegni [University of Alberta]
    22 May 2019  - abstract -




12. Nonlinear microresonators for integrated quantum photonics and optical atomic clocks
    Kartik Srinivasan [National Institutte of Standards and Technology]
    Co-sponsored by: Department of Physics and Astronomy
    1 March 2019  - abstract -




2018

13. Quantum quivering from dissipation and noise
    Aashish Clerk [University of Chicago]
    Co-sponsored by: Department of Physics and Astronomy
    2 November 2018  - abstract -




14. TBA
    Joseph Maciejko [University of Alberta]
    Co-sponsored by: Department of Physics and Astronomy
    19 October 2018  - abstract -




15. Optical Ising machines: Computation using a network of OPOs
    Alireza Marandi [Stanford University]
    14 March 2018  - abstract -




16. Engineering coherent defects in diamond
    Nathalie de Leon [Princeton University]
    2 February 2018  - abstract -




17. Quantum computing with superconducting circuits
    Alexandre Blais [Université de Sherbrooke]
    Co-sponsored by: Department of Physics and Astronomy
    26 January 2018  - abstract -




2017

18. Adventures in quantum optimization with noisy qubits
    Daniel Lidar [University of Southern California]
    Co-sponsored by: Department of Physics and Astronomy
    29 September 2017  - abstract -




19. Error models and error thresholds
    Ken Brown [Georgia Institute of Technology]
    19 April 2017  - abstract -




20. The structures and properties of ionic clusters
    Scott Hopkins [University of Waterloo ]
    29 March 2017  - abstract -




21. Quantum physics in one dimension using nanostructured Josephson-junction arrays
    Timothy Duty [University of New South Wales]
    8 March 2017  - abstract -




2016

22. Quantum computation with Rydberg atoms: across the periodic table and beyond
    Saffman Mark [University of Wisconsin (Madison) ]
    26 August 2016  - abstract -




23. D-Wave's approach to quantum computing: 1000-qubits and counting!
    Colin Williams [D-Wave Systems]
    7 April 2016  - abstract -




24. Defects in semiconductors: atomic-like systems in a solid-state host
    Kai-Mei Fu [University of Washington]
    Co-sponsored by: Department of Physics and Astronomy
    4 March 2016  - abstract -




25. Spin transport in a unitary fermi gas
    Joseph Thywissen [University of Toronto]
    Co-sponsored by: Department of Physics and Astronomy
    22 January 2016  - abstract -




2015

26. Universal quantum dynamics: quantum catastrophes
    Duncan O'Dell [McMaster University]
    9 December 2015  - abstract -




27. Computational Chemistry: From small molecule quantum dynamics to new materials
    Alex Brown [University of Alberta]
    2 December 2015  - abstract -




28. TBA (joint colloquium with Department of Physics and Astronomy)
    Daniel Lidar [University of Southern California]
    Co-sponsored by: Department of Physics and Astronomy
    2 December 2015  - abstract -




29. Collective quantum effects in ultracold atomic gases
    Lindsay LeBlanc [University of Alberta]
    19 November 2015  - abstract -




30. Distributed Quantum Computing and Networking with Trapped Ions
    Jungsang Kim [Duke University]
    4 November 2015  - abstract -




31. Superconducting quantum circuits
    Alexandre Blais [University of Sherbrooke]
    23 September 2015  - abstract -




32. Semiconductor quantum technologies for information processing and sensing
    Dirk Englund [Massachusetts Institute of Technology]
    16 April 2015  - abstract -




33. Quantum networks of trapped ions
    Christopher Monroe [University of Maryland]
    25 March 2015  - abstract -




34. The Kondo effect and entanglement
    Ian Affleck [University of British Columbia]
    18 February 2015  - abstract -




35. Wigner function negativity and contextuality in quantum computation on rebits
    Robert Raußendorf [University of British Columbia]
    11 February 2015  - abstract -




2014

36. Understanding the chemical vapour deposition of diamond
    Mike Ashfold [University of Bristol]
    Co-sponsored by: Department of Chemistry
    24 October 2014  - abstract -




37. What is the origin of complex probability amplitudes?
    William Wootters [Williams College]
    7 May 2014  - abstract -




38. Insights into the electronic structure of molecules from Generalized Valence Bond theory
    Thomas Harold Dunning [University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]
    Co-sponsored by: Center for Molecular Simulation
    16 April 2014  - abstract -




39. TBA - CANCELLED
    Christopher Monroe [University of Maryland]
    19 March 2014  - abstract -




40. Optical spectroscopy of triply charged thorium
    Alex Kuzmich [Georgia Institute of Technology]
    Co-sponsored by: Department of Physics and Astronomy
    7 March 2014  - abstract -




41. Quantum nanophotonics and nanomechanics with diamond
    Marko Loncar [Harvard University]
    Co-sponsored by: University of Calgary Nanotechnology Group and OSA/SPIE Student Chapter
    26 February 2014  - abstract -




42. Quantum measurement tradeoffs, from Heisenberg to Aharonov to quantum data compression
    Aephraim Steinberg [University of Toronto]
    Co-sponsored by: Department of Physics and Astronomy
    14 February 2014  - abstract -




43. Quantum metrology meets quantum information science
    Carlton Caves [University of New Mexico]
    Co-sponsored by: PIMS CRG MQI seminar series
    8 January 2014  - abstract -




2013

44. Quantum entanglement for fun and profit
    Paul Kwiat [University of Illinois]
    Co-sponsored by: PIMS CRG MQI series
    27 November 2013  - abstract -




45. Compressive quantum sensing
    John Howell [University of Rochester]
    Co-sponsored by: PIMS CRG MQI seminar series
    20 November 2013  - abstract -




46. Ultrafast light harvesting processes in photosynthesis
    Gregory Scholes [University of Toronto]
    25 September 2013  - abstract -




47. Electron shot noise is quantum light
    Bertrand Reulet [Département de Physique, Université de Sherbrooke]
    15 May 2013  - abstract -




48. Modulating light at the micro- and nano-scale
    Joyce Poon [University of Toronto]
    Co-sponsored by: OSA Student Chapter
    19 February 2013  - abstract -




2012

49. Coherence, decoherence and incoherence in natural light-induced processes
    Paul Brumer [University of Toronto]
    Co-sponsored by: Department of Chemistry
    31 October 2012  - abstract -




50. Prospects in relativistic quantum information
    Achim Kempf [University of Waterloo]
    19 September 2012  - abstract -




51. Toward Quantum Information Processing Devices with Semiconductor and Graphene Quantum Dots
    Pawel Hawrylak [National Research Council (NRC) of Canada]
    13 September 2012  - abstract -




52. Correlated quantum transport of electrons up to 360 K (joint colloquium with Institute for Biocomplexity and Informatics)
    John Miller [University of Houston]
    Co-sponsored by: Institute for Biocomplexity and Informatics
    21 June 2012  - abstract -




53. Monolithic Semiconductor Circuits for Frequency Conversion & Quantum Photonics
    Amr Helmy [University of Toronto]
    5 June 2012  - abstract -




54. Position-based cryptography (joint colloquium with Department of Computer Science)
    Harry Buhrman [Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, and University of Amsterdam]
    Co-sponsored by: Department of Computer Science
    2 May 2012  - abstract -




55. Quantum states: Are they the real thing? (joint colloquium with the Department of Physics and Astronomy)
    Terry Rudolph [Imperial College]
    Co-sponsored by: Department of Physics and Astronomy
    9 March 2012  - abstract -




2011

56. Effective Hamiltonians for Detuned Systems
    Daniel James [University of Toronto]
    28 April 2011  - abstract -




57. Spin Glasses and Computational Complexity
    Daniel Gottesman [Perimeter Institute]
    Co-sponsored by: MITACS QIP Seminar Series
    6 April 2011  - abstract -




2010

58. Quantum imaging: exploiting the transverse structure of individual photons (joint colloquium with the Department of Physics and Astronomy)
    Robert Boyd [University of Ottawa]
    Co-sponsored by: Department of Physics and Astronomy
    3 December 2010  - abstract -




59. Hydrogen Tunneling and Protein Motion in Enzyme Reactions
    Sharon Hammes-Schiffer [Pennsylvania State University]
    Co-sponsored by: Institute for Biocomplexity and Informatics
    18 October 2010  - abstract -




60. Cavity QED: Nonlinearity and the World of Quanta (joint colloquium with the Department of Physics and Astronomy)
    Howard Carmichael [University of Auckland]
    Co-sponsored by: Department of Physics and Astronomy
    19 February 2010  - abstract -




2009

61. Quantum limits and entanglement in metrology and magnetometry
    Eugene Polzik [Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen University]
    8 December 2009  - abstract -




62. Quantum computer - dream and realization
    Rainer Blatt [Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck]
    2 November 2009  - abstract -




63. Does Zeno Freeze the Evolution? On Quantum Heating, Cooling and Freezing.
    Gershon Kurizki [The Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot 76100 , Israel]
    29 July 2009  - abstract -




64. Towards a QED for dispersive and absorptive media
    John Sipe [University of Toronto]
    5 May 2009  - abstract -




65. Hiking over quantum control landscapes (MITACS QIP Seminar Series)
    Herschel Rabitz [Princeton University]
    Co-sponsored by: Institute for Biocomplexity & Information
    7 April 2009  - abstract -




66. Quantum information and its application to cryptography (MITACS QIP Seminar Series)
    Michele Mosca [Institute for Quantum Computing]
    3 April 2009  - abstract -




67. Quantum-Opto-Mechanics: quantum foundations and quantum information on the nano- and microscale
    Markus Aspelmeyer [Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) of Austrian Academy of Sciences]
    Co-sponsored by: Department of Physics and Astronomy
    10 March 2009  - abstract -




2008

68. Using quantum mechanics to detect anthrax (joint colloquium with the Department of Physics and Astronomy)
    Marlan Scully [Texas A&M University and Princeton University]
    Co-sponsored by: MITACS QIP Seminar Series
    12 December 2008  - abstract -




69. Entanglement in quantum many-body systems far away from equilibrium: Are there non-trivial quantum effects in biology?
    Hans Briegel [Theoretical Physics, University of Innsbruck; Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences]
    Co-sponsored by: MITACS QIP Seminar Series
    11 December 2008  - abstract -




70. Recollections of Oppenheimer and Schwinger (joint colloquium with the Department of Physics and Astronomy)
    Edward Gerjuoy [Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh]
    Co-sponsored by: Institute for Quantum Information Science
    31 October 2008  - abstract -




71. Controlled Coupling and Occupation of Silicon Atomic Quantum Dots at Room Temperature
    Robert Wolkow [Department of Physics, University of Alberta & National Institute for Nanotechnology]
    Co-sponsored by: MITACS QIP Seminar Series
    21 October 2008  - abstract -




72. Dimensional Scaling for Atoms and Molecules (PHAS colloquium)
    Goong Chen [Texas A&M University]
    16 May 2008  - abstract -




2007

73. A personal perspective on quantum cryptography (Faculty of Science Distinguished Lecture)
    Gilles Brassard [Université de Montréal]
    Co-sponsored by: MITACS QIP Seminar Series
    28 September 2007  - abstract -




74. Protecting an optical qubit against photon loss
    Konrad Banaszek [Nicolaus Copernicus University]
    Co-sponsored by: MITACS QIP Seminar Series
    20 June 2007  - abstract -




75. Quantum Interconnecting Atoms and Photons (Co-sponsored by MITACS)
    Joerg Schmiedmayer [Atominstitut der österreichischen Universitäten]
    Co-sponsored by: MITACS QIP Seminar Series
    4 June 2007  - abstract -




76. Quantum observations: reconstruction of quantum states and processes (Co-sponsored by MITACS)
    Vladimír Bužek [Research Center for Quantum Information, Institute of Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences]
    Co-sponsored by: MITACS QIP Seminar Series
    31 May 2007  - abstract -




77. Entanglement in Quantum Information (MAST Colloquium)
    Gilad Gour [University of Calgary]
    22 March 2007  - abstract -




78. Large-Scale Quantum Phenomena, & the Decoherence Enigma (PHAS Colloquium)
    Philip Stamp [Pacific Institute for Theoretical Physics, Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia]
    16 March 2007  - abstract -




2006

79. Cat States and Bose Condensates in Double Well Potentials
    Birgitta Whaley [University of California, Berkeley]
    18 October 2006  - abstract -




80. Linear Optical Quantum Computing, Imaging, and Metrology -- What's New with N00N States?
    Jonathan Dowling [Hearne Institute for Theoretical Physics, Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge]
    4 October 2006  - abstract -




81. Einstein, the EPR argument, and Steering: New Perspectives from Quantum Information
    Howard Wiseman [Centre for Quantum Computer Technology, Centre for Quantum Dynamics, School of Science, Griffith University]
    17 August 2006  - abstract -




82. Fault-tolerant architecture for very noisy gates
    Emanuel Knill [NIST]
    7 June 2006  - abstract -




83. Towards optical quantum computation with realistic devices
    Terry Rudolph [Imperial College, London]
    19 April 2006  - abstract -




84. Observing and manipulating quantum information: some experiments with photons and atoms.
    Aephraim Steinberg [CQIQC, University of Toronto]
    23 February 2006  - abstract -




2005

85. Towards Long-Distance Quantum Communication.
    Wolfgang Tittel [ Group of Applied Physics (GAP)-Optique, Université de Genèe, Switzerland]
    13 July 2005  - abstract -




86. Practical Quantum Cryptography
    Alexei Trifonov [Chief Scientist and Vice-President Research and Development MagiQ Technologies Inc., Boston, USA]
    6 July 2005  - abstract -




87. Optical quantum computing: science-fiction, horror-story or news?
    Andrew White [Program Manager, Centre for Quantum Computer Technology and Faculty Member, Centre for Biophotonics and Laser Science, The University of Queensland, Australia]
    17 June 2005  - abstract -




88. Quantum Key Distribution
    Norbert Lütkenhaus [Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Erlange-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany]
    10 June 2005  - abstract -




89. Quantum Communication and Quantum Computation with Entangled Photons
    Anton Zeilinger [Institute for Experimental Physics, University of Vienna and Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Austrian Academy of Sciences]
    4 March 2005  - abstract -




1970

90. TBA
    Alberto Marino [University of Oklahoma]
    Co-sponsored by: Department of Physics and Astronomy
    21 November 1970  - abstract -