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Dave Bacon is a theoretical ski bum who is also a pseudo professor. His research is on quantum computing, his scientific passions extend to everything in physics, mathematics, computer science and beyond, and his personal pleasures include making wine, playing poker, skiing, camping, and daydreaming (although not all of those at the same time.)
Nothing he says on this blog should be construed as having anything to do with his employer or his dog.
June 30, 2009
Category: Finance
Summer doesn't officially start here in Seattle until the fourth of July, but the summer vibe is definitely here. Which means no teaching, so it's all research all the time. But a man cannot live by his own research alone,...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 11:54 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 29, 2009
Category: Off The Deep End
Is Waterloo's Institute for Quantum Information the first quantum institute to have a twitter feed? Update: @WaterlooIQC tells me that no they probably aren't the first. That title probably goes to iqoqi....
Posted by Dave Bacon at 2:21 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Quantum Computing
The Center for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (the palindromic CQIQC) recently established the John Stewart Bell Prize for Research on Fundamental Issues in Quantum Mechanics and their Applications. And the first winner is (opening the envelope, wondering whether he...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 11:19 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 26, 2009
Category: Off The Deep End
NSF awards $400K in stimulus funding to study the impact of stimulus funding on science. Researchers at the University of Virginia get $199,951 to study the impact of stimulus funding on employment in science and engineering fields, while the University...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 3:39 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: iPhone
Via @calbucci, classic HP calculators on the iPhone. Very old school geeky. HP 12c, HP 12c Platinum, and HP 15c....
Posted by Dave Bacon at 11:50 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 25, 2009
Category: Physics
Not sure what it's good for, but heck I'd love to play with one :) DaVinci (Microsoft Surface Physics Illustrator) from Razorfish - Emerging Experiences on Vimeo....
Posted by Dave Bacon at 6:47 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Physics
The latest issue of the newsletter of the APS topical group on Quantum Information, the Quantum Times, is now available. Of particular note is the long article summarizing the Workshop on Quantum Information Science....
Posted by Dave Bacon at 2:30 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 24, 2009
Category: Quantum
An old friend from my undergrad days sent me a link to Physics discussion ends in skateboard attack:A homeless man is on trial in San Mateo County on charges that he smacked a fellow transient in the face with a...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 6:48 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Go Ahead, Waste Your Time
When I was a postdoc, I made it a habit to try to spend at least one week a year visiting Isaac Chuang's lab at MIT. There were many reason for this, including that Ike has been a collaborator of...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 4:01 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 23, 2009
Category: Science
The "slow movement" is a vast beast: there's Slow Food, Slow Travel, Slow Money, and even, I kid you not, Slow Reading. These movements all begin with the premise that modern culture emphasizes ever increasing speed and convenience (cue the...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 2:56 PM • 24 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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