QCI3: Thursday, 16 January 2003, 8:00AM

Special Session: Topological Quantum Computation (Code: AMS SS D1)

Current information about this Special Session will be posted at

http://www.csee.umbc.edu/~lomonaco/ams/Special-May-2003.html

Tentative Schedule

Saturday,  3 May 2003, 8:00AM - 11:00AM

8:00 a.m. -  8:45 a.m. Fernando Souza*, 987-81-194

        A Report on Topological Quantum Computation.

 8:45 a.m. -  9:00 a.m.        Discussion

9:00 a.m. -  9:45 a.m. Michael Freedman*, 987-81-203

        Nonabelian phases in electronic and bosonic Hubbard

        models.

 9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.        Discussion

10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Greg Kuperberg*, 987-68-130

        A Subexponential Time Algorithm for the 

        Dihedral Hidden Subgroup Problem.

10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.        Discussion

Saturday, 3 May, 2003, 3:00PM - 6:00PM

 3:00 p.m. -  3:45 p.m. Louis Kauffman*, 987-81-174

                        Samuel Lomonaco

        Topological and Quantum Entanglement.

 3:45 p.m. -  4:00 p.m. Discussion

 4:00 p.m. -  4:45 p.m. Carlos Mochon*,  987-68-109

        Quantum Computation Using Anyons from Finite Groups.

 4:45 p.m. -  5:00 p.m.        Discussion

 5:00 p.m. -  5:45 p.m. Sergey Bravyi*, 987-00-167

                        Alexei Kitaev

         Quantum Invariants of 3-Manifolds and Quantum 

         Computation.

 5:45 p.m. -  6:00 p.m.        Discussion