Diffusion on and Inside a Sphere with Localized Traps: Mean First Passage Time, Eigenvalue Asymptotics, and Fekete
Points
Speaker: Michael Ward
Monday, April 6, 2009
4:00-5:00pm,
Monroe Hall, Room B32
Abstract
D.C. Math Graduate Student Meeting 2009
April 25-26, 2009
The George Washington University will be hosting the first annual DC Math Grad Student Meeting. Students at all levels, as well as
faculty, are encouraged to come. Register by March
10th.
KNOTS IN WASHINGTON XXVIII -
Quantum Knots in Washington
George Washington University, February 27- March 1, 2009; Abstracts
February 27- March 1, 2009
The 28th Conference on Knot Theory and its Ramifications
George Washington University, Washington, DC
Sponsored by NSF and GWU
The Conference will begin at 1:00pm on Friday, Feb 27, and finish by 5:00pm on Sunday, March 1.
Plenary speakers include Louis Kauffmann, Samuel Lomonaco and Lorenzo Traldi.
Colloquium and the first talk of Knots in Washington XXVIII
Date: Friday, February 27, 2009
Time: 1:00-2:00
Room: TBA
Talk Title: A Rosetta Stone for Quantum Computing
Speaker: Samuel J. Lomonaco
( http://www.cs.umbc.edu/~lomonaco )
Affiliation: Department of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering,
University of Maryland Baltimore County
Email: Lomonaco@UMBC.EDU
HomePage: http://www.csee.umbc.edu/~lomonaco
Abstract. This talk will give an overview of quantum computing in an intuitive and conceptual fashion.
No prior knowledge of quantum mechanics will be assumed.
The talk will begin with an introduction to the strange world of the quantum. Such concepts as quantum superposition,
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, the "collapse" of the wave function, and quantum entanglement (i.e., EPR pairs) are
introduced. This part of the talk will also be interlaced with an introduction to Dirac notation, Hilbert spaces, unitary
transformations, quantum measurement, and the density operator.
Simple examples will be given to explain and to illustrate such concepts as quantum measurement, quantum teleportation, quantum
dense coding, and the first quantum algorithm, i.e., the Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm.
The PowerPoint slides for this talk will be posted at the URL: http://www.csee.umbc.edu/~lomonaco/Lectures.html
The PowerPoint slides for this talk will be posted at the URL: http://www.csee.umbc.edu/~lomonaco/Lectures.html
KNOTS IN WASHINGTON XXVIII -
Quantum Knots in Washington
"Mathematica 7 in Education and Research"
Monday, March 2, 2009
4:00-5:30pm, including Q&A
Monroe Hall, Room B32, GWU
This talk illustrates capabilities in Mathematica 7 that are directly
applicable for use in teaching and research on campus. Topics of this
technical talk include:
* 2D and 3D visualization
* Dynamic interactivity
* On-demand scientific data
* Example-driven course materials
* Symbolic interface construction
* Practical and theoretical applications
* Demonstrations of Digital Image Processing and Parallel Computing
Current users will benefit from seeing the many improvements and new
features of Mathematica 7
http://www.wolfram.com/products/mathematica/newin7
but prior
knowledge of Mathematica is not required.