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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
Hm, looks like D-wave has a new CEO. Not sure when this occurred (?), but a reader sends along an email with an announcement from a recruiting (?) firm:Lonergan Partners is pleased to announce that Vern Brownell has been named...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 10:38 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Computer Science
Two conferences. Renato Renner sends along a note about QIP 2010. The paper submission deadline is one month away:QIP 2010 will be held in Zurich, Switzerland, January 18-22. The submission deadline for contributed talks is 22 October 2009. For more...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 11:20 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Quantum Computing
Any quantum people in the area of Japan in early December might be interested in ICQIT 2009. Submission deadline fast approaching (Sep 30):The International Conference on Quantum Information and Technology ICQIT2009 will be held at the National Institute of Informatics...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 8:06 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Quantum Computing
Scott Aaronson, Leonid Grinberg, and Louis Wasserman's "Worldview Manager" is now live at http://projects.csail.mit.edu/worldview/home. It seems that I am not in much conflict over quantum computing So, damnit, I may be wrong, but at least I'm consistent (the hobgoblin of...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 5:58 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Quantum Computing
Congrats to Andrew Houcke for being selected as one of MIT Technology Reviews 2009 Young Innovators under 35. Houcke has been one the leading experimentalists in superconducting qubits, in particular doing pioneering work in circuit quantum electrodynamics. News article from...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 4:58 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Quantum Computing
At least three postdoc positions at the University of New Mexico and the University of Arizona's "Center for Quantum Information and Control." Here is a pdf ad for the positions.The Center for Quantum Information and Control (CQuIC) is seeking to...
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Category: Self: Meet Center. Center: Meet Self.
Trip to Zurich for 8th Symposium on Topological Quantum Computing, Zurich 29th-31st August 2009....
Posted by Dave Bacon at 1:20 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Quantum Computing
I'm off to Zurich tomorrow for 8th Symposium on Topological Quantum Computing which I'm greatly looking forward to (this will be my first trip to Switzerland.) What I'm not looking forward to is the 15.5 hours it will take me...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 11:23 AM • 16 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Quantum Computing
An interesting paper on the arXiv's today, arXiv:0908.2782, "Adiabatic quantum optimization fails for random instances of NP-complete problems" by Boris Altshuler, Hari Krovi, and Jeremie Roland. Trouble for D-wave?...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 10:30 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Physics
Want a job hacking away at topological quantum computing (and more) by day and surfing (by morning?) on the beautiful Southern California coast near Santa Barbara? Okay, well maybe surfing isn't part of the job description, but Microsoft's Station Q...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 1:16 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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