NIST workshop on quantum computing and communications

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

        NIST WORKSHOP ON QUANTUM COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATION
           National Institute of Standards and Technology
                       Gaithersburg, Maryland
                         August 18-19, 1994


The purpose of the NIST Workshop is to discuss recent developments in
quantum computation and communication and to assess the extent to
which the new theoretical ideas can be implemented in practice.


Speakers have been requested to give good tutorial or background
talks, keeping in mind the cross-disciplinary make-up of the audience,
(drawn primarily from theoretical computer science, theoretical and
experimental quantum physics) and to answer questions from people
outside their fields. It is hoped that the essential ideas will be
accessible to all participants.


The format of the meeting (for both the speakers and nonspeakers) is
not to give conference-like presentations of their own work, but
rather to react in real time to the other participants, so as to make
progress on questions that are just beginning to be formulated.  This
is especially so in the area of quantum computation, the means of
realizing it, and obstacles to it.


No proceedings will be published. Participants are encouraged to bring
recent preprints and reprints for distribution.


The workshop will take place on the NIST campus in Gaithersburg,
Maryland.  Because of space constraints, advanced registration is
required, but there will be no registration fee.  All interested in
attending should return the form at the end of this notice at heir
earliest convenience.




                        Tentative Programme:
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THURSDAY (18th August)


MORNING SESSION:  QUANTUM COMPUTATION - THEORY


Umesh Vazirani (perhaps in co-operation with A.Yao)
Introduction to Quantum Computation & Quantum Complexity


Peter Shor
Quantum computers & efficient factorisation


AFTERNOON SESSION: QUANTUM COMPUTATION - PRACTICALITIES


Gunter Mahler
Possible physical models for quantum data processing


Wojciech Zurek
Decoherence  versus coherent computation


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FRIDAY (19th August)


MORNING SESSION: QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY


Bill Wootters
Introduction to quantum information theory and quantum cryptography


Richard Hughes (Los Alamos)
Present state-of-the-art in experimental quantum cryptography


AFTERNOON SESSION: QUANTUM COMPUTATION - WHAT NEXT ?
                   General discussion & summary


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Workshop Organizing Committee:


Charles Bennett, IBM              bennetc () watson ibm com
Charles Clark, NIST               clark () bruce nist gov
Artur Ekert, Oxford Univ.         ekert () vax ox ac uk
Richard Jozsa, Plymouth Univ.     p08205 () prime-a plymouth ac uk
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Those interested in further information should return the
attached form by e-mail to Charles Clark (clark () bruce nist gov).
The electronically challenged may prefer to communicate by
fax to USA (301)975-3038.


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