[Emeriti-faculty] Reminder: Physics and Astronomy Colloquium Today, Friday 10/8/10 at 3:00 pm

[Gayle Grant <gayle grant tufts edu>]

Good morning:

Reminder: Physics and Astronomy Colloquium today. See information below


3:00 pm
Friday, October 8, 2010
Science & Technology Center, Room 136
4 Colby St., Medford Campus
TUFTS UNIVERSITY
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
“Simulation of Quantum Systems on Quantum Computers”
Peter Love
Haverford College
Abstract:
Simulation of quantum systems remains one of the most promising areas in 
which future quantum computers could provide significant advantages over 
their classical counterparts. In this talk I will review the basic ideas 
of quantum computation and quantum algorithms, and describe the Grover 
search algorithm in detail as an example where quantum mechanics gives 
clear computational speedup. I will then describe approaches to 
calculating ground state properties of molecular systems and describe 
some recent experimental implementations of these methods and prospects 
for future experiments.
Refreshments served at 2:30 in STC, Room 124.