Symposium on Problems in Fault Tolerance, February 20, 2008
A-10 Jadwin Hall, 9:30am - 3:30pm
The workshop organizers are William Brinkman, Robert Calderbank, Gerald Gilbert, Shivaji Sondhi

Sponsored by Princeton Center for Theoretical Science and MITRE Corporation

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Symposium Poster

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Introduction Quantum computers offer the remarkable prospect of being capable of solving problems that would otherwise be intractable. In order to realize this prospect, though, it will be necessary to design quantum computers that can operate fault tolerantly in the presence of the inevitable errors that arise in the physical processes of quantum computation. *The Symposium on Problems in Fault Tolerance* will bring together leading researchers in the field for the purpose of addressing the pressing issues associated to achieving fault tolerance in quantum computers. The speakers are: David Cory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Daniel Gottesman, Perimeter Institute forTheoretical Science Gerald Gilbert, The MITRECorporation Daniel Lidar, University Southern California Barbara Terhal, IBM Watson Research Center This mini symposium is part of the year long PCTP program "Frontiers in Quantum Computation." The program is focusing on three aspects of realizing quantum computers: first, the interface between quantum algorithms and physics (can classes of quantum algorithms be mapped into problems interesting to physicists?); second, the design of practical quantum computing hardware and the specialization of algorithms to that hardware; and, third, the possible realization of the "topological quantum computing" approach using quantum many-body systems exhibiting "topological phases." Faculty Fellows: Curtis Callan, Director Paul Steinhardt, Associate Director Ravindra Bhatt William Bialek Igor Klebanov Shivaji Sondhi David Spergel Salvatore Torquato Center Postdoctoral Fellows: Bogdan Andrei Bernevig 2006-2009 Thomas Klose 2007-2010 Jean-Luc Lehners 2007-2010 Meera Parish 2006-2009 Antonello Scardicchio 2006-2009 Branson Stephens 2007-2010 Aleksandra Walczak 2007-2010   Princeton University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and particularly welcomes the nominations of women and members of minority groups for PCTP Postdoctoral Fellowships. For those who have been nominated, information about how to self-identify can be found at:http://www.princeton.edu/sites/dof/ApplicantsInfo.htm. pcts@princeton.edu (609)258-4400 © 2005 Trustees of Princeton University

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