University of Calgary

Abstract: I will discuss ways to characterize the dynamics of a quantum system given a restricted set of initial states that can be prepared and a very limited set of available measurements. I will first discuss strategies for Hamiltonian...

Many scientific questions are considered solved to the best possible degree when we have a method for computing a solution. This is especially true in mathematics and those areas of science in which phenomena can be described mathematically: one only...

Abstract: Decoherence is widely regarded as the most significant obstacle in the development of quantum computers. Without complex and costly error correction schemes, most forms of quantum computation must be completed within a short decoherence...

Graduate students at every level of their studies are invited to participate to this meeting. Whether you are beginning your Masters degree or finishing up your PhD thesis, join us for this celebration of mathematics and statistics. The conference...

Abstract: Local electric field, driving the atomic transition in an optical material is, in general, different from the macroscopic field in the medium. It contains the contributions from the fields of the surrounding atoms or molecules. An even more...

This is the first in a series of informal seminars between Calgary and Edmonton on class field theory

An activity of the PIMS Collaborative Research Group on L-functions and Number Theory

Abstract: While Turing is best known for his abstract concept of a "Turing Machine," he did design (but not build) several other machines - particularly ones involved with code breaking and early computers. While Turing was a fine mathematician, he...

Viv Kendon Abstract: Efficient generation of cluster states is crucial for engineering large-scale measurement-based quantum computers. Hybrid matter-optical systems offer a robust, scalable path to this goal. Such systems have an ancilla which acts...

Coherent pulse control for quantum memory is experimentally advanced in the optical domain but nascent in microwave quantum circuits. We show how to realize coherent storage and on-demand pulse retrieval within a superconducting circuit by exploiting...