Quantum Information Processing Spring School
Burwalls, Bristol 17-19 March 2008
Organizing
Committee: James Annett (Bristol physics), Timothy Spiller (HP
Bristol), Richard Jozsa (Comp. Sci., Bristol), Noah Linden
(Mathematics, Bristol),Sandu Popescu (Bristol physics ), John Rarity
(Bristol, Electrical Engineering), Andreas Winter (Bristol, mathematics)
and Bill Munro (HP Bristol).
Speakers
· Mete Atature (Cambridge)
· Michael Bremner (Bristol)
· Sougato Bose (UCL)
· David DiVincenzo (IBM)
· Ed Hinds (Imperial)
· Fedor Jelezko (Stuttgart )
· Richard Jozsa (Bristol)
· Noah Linden (Bristol)
· David Lucas (Oxford)
· Phil Meeson (Royal Holloway)
· Jeremy O'Brien (Bristol)
· Sandu Popescu (Bristol)
· David Reilly (Harvard)
· Tony Short (Cambridge)
· Andrew Steane (Oxford)
· Andreas Winter (Bristol)
Participants
20 PhD students and postdocs supported by QAP
20 PhD students from QPIRC groups
14 PhD students funded by own universities
7 speakers from EU and UK universities (plus 1 by video link from USA)
5 speakers from Bristol
2 organizers (Annett, Spiller), 1 local PhD student assistant
List of QAP attending students and postdocs
1. Andrés Varon, Siegen:
varon@physik.uni-siegen.de
2. Florian Henkel, Munich:
florian.henkel@physik.unimuenchen.de
3. Ulrich B Hoff, Copenhagen:
hoff@nbi.dk
4. Marcin Kacprowicz, Torun:
mkacpr@gmail.com
5. Piotr Kolenderski, Torun:
kolenderski@fizyka.umk.pl
6. Michael Krug, Munich:
Michael.krug@physik.unimuenchen.de
7. Mafalda Ludovino Almeida, Barcelona:
mafalda.almeida@icfo.es
8. Giuseppe Prettico, Barcelona:
giuseppe.prettico@icfo.es
9. Sven Ramelow, Vienna:
sven.ramelow@univie.ac.at
10. Artur Garcia Saez, Barcelona:
artur.garcia@icfo.es
11. Nuala Timoney, Siegen:
timoney@physik.uni-siegen.de
12. Jonathan Allcock, Bristol:
jon.allcock@bristol.ac.uk
13. Alex Clark, Bristol:
alex.clark@bristol.ac.uk
14. Anthony Laing, Bristol:
Anthony.laing@bristol.ac.uk
15. Jonathan Matthews, Bristol:
jonathan.matthews@bristol.ac.uk
16. Alberto Politi, Student Bristol:
alberto.politi@bristol.ac.uk
17. Paul Skrzypczyk, Bristol:
paul.skrzypczyk@bristol.ac.uk
18. Antony Stanley-Clarke, Bristol:
a.stanley-clarke@bristol.ac.uk
19. Nadav Yoran, Bristol: n.yoran@bristol.ac.uk
20. Pruet Kalasuwan, Bristol:
phzpk@bristol.ac.uk
Student Feedback
The school was generally viewed very positively by the students. On end of course feedback questionnaire's in response to the question “I found the lectures useful”, 38% responded at 5/5, 45% at 4/5, and only 10% at 3/5, 7% at 2/5. More than 50% agreed that “The level of background assumed was about right”, and there were also positive responses concerning the conference location, organization and meals.
One detailed comment from a student was probably representative: “In my opinion the school was well organized and lectures were good in general. The timetable was somehow dense but still appropriate. Concerning the subjects presented, I believe they gave a broad picture of Quantum Information and application proposals, although I think there was an excessive amount of experimental talks and lack of more fundamental/theoretical lectures. Plenary session with Popescu was GREAT!”