The organizers of Last Frontiers in Quantum Information Science-3
intend it to be a small, focussed meeting bringing together leading
and up-and-coming researchers and research students in quantum information
theory. The aim is to present new results (or even new research directions
without results yet) with lots of time to discuss. The program will
consist of a limited number of invited talks with considerable time
for discussion. PhD students and postdocs are very welcome and encouraged
to participate.
The meeting will focus on selected topics from quantum information theory
and quantum computation. Confirmed speakers include:
- Dominic Berry (Macquarie University, Australia); "Advances in quantum algorithms for Hamiltonian simulations"
- Gavin Brennen (Macquarie University, Australia); "Quantum simulation of Quantum Field Theory using Wavelets"
- Josh Combes (University of Waterloo, Canada); "Infering temporal correlations"
- Joe Emerson (University of Waterloo, Canada); "Resources for Quantum Information from Constraints on Purely Epistemic Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics"
- Chris Granade (University of Sydney, Australia); "Assessing and Controlling Quantum Information Processing Devices"
- Sarah Kaiser (University of Waterloo, Canada); "What QKD can leaern from Classical Crypto"
- Barry Sanders (University of Calgary, Canada); "High-Fidelity Single-Shot Toffoli Gate via Quantum Control"
- Yuval Sanders (University of Waterloo, Canada); "Bounding Quantum Gate Error Rate based on Reported Gate Fidelity"
- C. P. Price (University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA)
The final meeting schedule is:
- Monday: Morning -- unmoderated discussions (due to travel uncertainties); Afternoon -- B. Sanders talk, C. Granade tutorial
- Tuesday: Morning -- D. Berry talk, Y. Sanders talk; Afternoon -- C. Granade talk, G. Brennen talk
- Wednesday: Group outing -- Water taxi to Kachemak Bay State Park, hike, return via water taxi
- Thursday: Morning -- S. Kaiser talk, J. Emerson talk; Afternoon -- J. Combes talk
- Friday: Morning -- unmoderated discussions (due to travel uncertainties), business meeting