GDR Quantum Engineering, from Fundamental Aspects to Applications (IQFA)

 Aim of the colloquium

The main goal of this colloquium, organized at Institut Henri Poincaré (IHP) in Paris, is to gather all the various communities working in Quantum Information, and to permit, along 3 days, to exchange on the recent advances in the field.

The colloquium will be organized along 4 communication modes:

• invited talks, having clear pedagogical purpose, on the very foundations and most advanced applications of the field;
• contributed talks on the current hot topics within the strategic thematics (ARTs) identified by the GDR - IQFA;
• poster sessions to give the youngest the opportunity to present their work to the entire community, again within the strategic thematics (ARTs) identified by the GDR - IQFA;
• a round table dedicated to the way quantum physics is taught through quantum information.

 Thematics & Invited Speakers

• Nicolas Cerf
  Centre for Quantum Information and Communication, Université Libre de Bruxelles
  Quantum Information Theory: The Gaussian minimum entropy conjecture, or can we prove that nothing is less (random) than the vacuum (state)
  
• Daniel Estève
  CEA Saclay, Quantronics
  Operating an elementary quantum processor
  
• Sandu Popescu
  H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol
  Lecture on the foundations of quantum information physics
  
• Trey Porto
  NIST - Gaithersburg, Joint Quantum Institute - UNM, USA
  Quantum Computing and Simulation in Optical Lattices
  
• Valerio Scarani
  Centre for Quantum Technologies and Department of Physics, National University of Singapore
  Quantum Measurement: Device-independent quantum information
  
• Lieven Vandersypen
  Kavli Institute of NanoScience, TU Delft
  Coherent control and correlations of electron spins in quantum dots
  
• Ian Walmsley
  Ultrafast Group, University of Oxford
  Quantum Correlations in Room-Temperature Solids : Entanglement between two diamonds
  

 Registration to the colloquium

Registration is free but mandatory.

• The deadline for registering is the 30^th of September 2011 at 12:00 (Paris time).

 Participants Contributions

The scientific committee (see below) of the colloquium will select both the contributed talks and the posters.

In both cases, you need to submit a 1 page abstract in PDF format only. The LaTeX template and the corresponding PDF result merged in a zip file are available for download below.

• The deadline for abstract submission is the 30^th of September 2011 at 12:00 (Paris time).
• Thanks to send your abstracts to the email address IQFA_workshop2011_sub unice.fr.

GDR - IQFA colloquium contribution template

 Students accommodation

A given number of accommodation rooms will be booked for the youngest, i.e., for PhD and Master students, as well as for Post-docs, working outside Paris area. The number of rooms available being limited, thanks to indicate whether you need accommodation or not while registering here.

 Scientific committee

The scientific committee consists of the GDR - IQFA board members.

• [blueviolet]Alexia Auffèves (Institut Néel, UPR 2940)
• [blueviolet]Pablo Arrighi (LIG, UMR 5217)
• [blueviolet]Alexios Beveratos (LPN, UPR 20)
• [blueviolet]Antoine Browaeys (LCFIO, UMR 8501)
• [blueviolet]Thierry Chanelière (LAC, UPR 3321)
• [blueviolet]Eleni Diamanti (LTCI, UMR 5141)
• [blueviolet]Iordanis Kerenidis (LIAFA, UMR 7089)
• [blueviolet]Tristan Meunier (Institut Néel, UPR 2940)
• [blueviolet]Perola Milman (MPQ, UMR 7162)
• [blueviolet]Sébastien Tanzilli (LPMC, UMR 6622)
• [blueviolet]Nicolas Treps (LKB, UMR 8552)

 Local Organizing Committee

• Nicolas Treps (LKB, President)
• Antoine Browaeys (LCFIO, UMR 8501)
• Alexios Beveratos (LPN, UPR 20)
• Thierry Chanelière (LAC, UPR 3321)
• Perola Milman (MPQ, UMR 7162)
• Philippe Goldner, (LCMCP, UMR 7574)

 Download the program

GDR - IQFA, IHP colloquium, November 23-25 2011, Program

 Download the Book of Abstract

Click on the thumbnail below to download the program of the colloquium.

GDR - IQFA, IHP colloquium, November 23-25 2011, Book of Abstracts

 Practical informations

The 2^nd colloquium of the GDR - IQFA will take place at the Institut Henri Poincaré (IHP) which is located in Paris Down-Town, close
to the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris (ENS),
the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris (ENSCP), and the University Pierre & Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC - Jussieu).

All the invited and contributed talks will be given in the theater "Hermite" of the IHP. The 2 poster sessions will be organized at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris (ENSCP), which is the same complex as the IHP.

• To reach the IHP and the ENSCP, please have a look at the website of IHP.
• Here are, however, two IHP-ENSCP localization maps (click on the thumbnails to enlarge them):

IHP localization map

All the lunches and coffee breaks during the colloquium will be taken on site (IHP).
The lunches are free of charge for the registered participants.

The dinner of the colloquium will be organized at the library of the ENSCP (see the Localization Maps above).
The dinner is free of charge for the registered participants.

 Contacts

For any question, please contact

• Sébastien Tanzilli for knowing more about the GDR - IQFA in general,
• Nicolas Treps for what concerns the organization of this colloquium,
• Antoine Browaeys for what concerns registration and contribution to this colloquium.

 Sponsors

The 2^nd colloquium of the GDR - IQFA is supported financially by the CNRS, through the Institute of Physics (INP), by the Institut Henri Poincaré (IHP), by the Institut Francilien de Recherche sur les Atomes Froids (IFRAF), and by the City of Paris Ville de Paris.