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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.
Category: Quantum Computing
Congrats to Rahul Jain, Zhengfeng Ji, Sarvagya Upadhyay, and John Watrous for being selected a best paper at STOC 2010 for their paper "QIP=PSPACE". (The best paper award was shared with "An improved LP-based approximation for Steiner Tree" by Jaroslaw...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 12:18 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Computer Science
One result of a workshop held in 2008 that "broad research themes within theoretical computer science...that have potential for a major impact in the future, and distill these research directions into compelling "nuggets" that can quickly convey their importance to...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 8:09 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Quantum Computing
Customer X: Hi, D-wave? So, I hear that you have this computer that can be used to solve computationally hard problems. Oh, yes, sorry, should have said a quantum computer, my bad. Well, you know we've got this hard computational...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 3:10 PM • 18 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Quantum Computing
Mary Beth Ruskai sends a note about a travel grant program for a quantum information theory conference in Sweden this fall: US NSF Travel Grant Program for Nordita/Mittag-Leffler Conference on Quantum Information Theory 4-8 Oct. 2010 This program will provide...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 12:51 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Quantum Computing
Another interview from the Science Watch special topic on quantum computing interview series: Gerard Milburn. Most interestingly is Milburn's comments on linear optics quantum computing funding:SW: How has the field of quantum computing changed in the past decade? Where do...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 12:17 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Quantum Computing
AQIS'10 submission and registration is now open: ============================== ============================== The 10th Asian Conference on Quantum Information Science (AQIS'10) ">http://www.qci.jst.go.jp/aqis10/ Tutorials: August 27, 2010 Conference: August 28 - 31, 2010 The University of Tokyo, Japan Submission Deadline (2 to 10 pages):...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 11:05 AM • • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Quantum Computing
Here's an interview with Daniel Lidar whose was the postdoc who first taught me quantum error correction (and more.) No, not that LIDAR! Note to all you job seekers, even in your darkest hours know that you have friends out...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 10:15 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Off The Deep End
Over at masteroftheuniverse, the master has posted a great list of prop bets. Among his bets is one that probably won't work on many computer scientists (or it shouldn't if they've had even a decent theory course) based upon the...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 4:00 PM • 6 Comments •
Category: Quantum Computing
The APS March meeting is next week as 10000 physicists invade Portland, Oregon. I hope Powell's bookstore has stocked their science sections well! GQI, the topical group on quantum information, sponsors a good number of sessions at the meeting including...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 2:08 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Quantum Computing
A theoretical condensed matter postdoc of interest to the quantum computing folks:Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Theoretical Condensed Matter and Quantum Information Science at the Laboratory for Physical Sciences, University of Maryland. Applications are being accepted for physics postdoctoral research positions...
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