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Host: Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
Homepage: http://msri.org/activities/events/9900/qcomputing/
Email: qcomputing@msri.org
Organizers: Michael Freedman (Microsoft Research), Bernd Sturmfels (UCB Mathematics), Umesh Vazirani (UCB Computer Science)
Deadline for abstracts: October 22, 1999
Description:
In the past years, quantum computation has emerged as the "presumptive model" among proposals of new paradigms for
computing. Quantum computing seems to provide a model for the computational capacity of any physically plausible
finite dimensional quantum mechanical system including the modular functors of topological field theories. Quantum
computing is still a very young field, and our understanding of its power compared to other models of computational
complexity is still very preliminary -- the most notable success being Shor’s factoring algorithm.
This goal of this workshop is to focus on the more mathematical aspects of quantum computation, and to bring the central challenges of quantum computation to the attention of mathematicians. The workshop will discuss many mathematical and physical topics impinging on quantum computing and quantum information theory -- ranging from topology to representation theory to statistical physics.
Speakers: Issac Chuang (IBM Almaden), Michael Freedman (Microsoft Research), Richard Jozsa (Plymouth University, England), Peter Shor (Bell Laboratories), Umesh Vazirani (U.C. Berkeley), Andrew Yao (Princeton University), Nolan Wallach (U.C. San Diego)
Mail Address:
Mathematics of Quantum Computation Mathematical Sciences Research Institute 1000 Centennial Drive Berkeley, CA 94720-5070.
Date received: August 27, 1999
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