DATES: 31 March - 2 April 2009.

VENUE: IMS Imperial College, London UK.

SUPPORTED BY: EPSRC QIP IRC and EC Network QAP.

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Richard Jozsa (University of Bristol) (Chair) Martin Plenio (Imperial College) Anthony Sudbery (University of York) Vlatko Vedral (University of Leeds).

SCOPE SUMMARY

In recent years there has been a surge of activity in our understanding of quantum computational power and its prospective applicability and limitations. Some problems have been identified as being BQP-complete i.e. having efficient quantum algorithms and also embodying the full power of efficient quantum computation. In quantum many body physics (including study of quantum circuits, of local hamiltonians, and of further formalisms such as measurement based computing) some problems have been shown, surprisingly, to admit efficient classical solution while others (e.g. certain ground state properties of local hamiltonians) are likely to be computationally intractible, having been shown to be so-called QMA-complete. Quantum entanglement is often regarded as an essential ingredient in these considerations and there has been considerable development in understanding its scaling behaviour in many body systems.

This conference is devoted to recent theoretical developments in these areas and related issues. Invited speakers will be requested to include overview material (in addition to recent research) with the aim of making the essential ideas of these important developments accessible to a broader audience of QIP researchers.

INVITED SPEAKERS

Marcus Cramer (Imperial College)

Daniel Gottesman (Perimeter Institute, Canada) Miguel Angel Martin-Delgado (Madrid) Tobias Osborne (Royal Holloway, London) Pawel Wocjan (University of Central Florida)

CALL FOR PAPERS

Contributed papers are invited in any area mentioned in the scope.

All submissions will be decided on the content of the first three pages, which should clearly describe the ideas, results and techniques. Beyond these pages, more details can be provided for consideration at the discretion of the selection committee.

Contributors may submit a talk or a poster (or be considered for either), and the preference should be specified.

Deadline for submissions: Monday 16 February 2009.

Notification of acceptance: Thursday 26 February 2009.

REGISTRATION

ACCOMMODATION

Imperial College is unable to provide student accommodation for delegates. However, we have secured a number of rooms at three nearby hotels. Please phone Reservations on 020 7594 9533 to book your accommodation for the nights 31st March and 1st April 2009, quoting the name of the conference.

John Howard Hotel: Single room @ £95 per room per night Double room for Solo @ £105 per room per night Both prices are including VAT & Breakfast

Grange Strathmore Hotel: Single room @ £97 per room per night including VAT & Breakfast

Rydges Kensington Plaza Hotel: Single room @ £93 per room per night including VAT ONLY