From Quantum Theory to Technology through Characterization and Control of Quantum Devices
Lead Research Organisation:
Swansea University
Department Name: College of Science
Abstract
Quantum technology has enormous potential to revolutionize many areas of science and technology from computing and communication, to chemical engineering and material science. For instance, quantum computers could perform certain tasks much faster than ordinary computers, quantum communication systems such a quantum internet could guarantee secure communication, and quantum control of chemical reactions might lead to the discovery of new drugs or materials, to mention only a few promising applications. As for any device, whether this be a car, computer or toaster, control is essential to ensure that the device functions as intended, and optimizing the device performance by optimizing our control of the device is usually a non-trivial problem. However, control of quantum devices is particularly challenging. One reason for this is quantum coherence, a special property of quantum systems that all quantum devices exploit. Unfortunately, quantum coherence is very fragile, easily destroyed through uncontrolled interactions of the system with its environment, and not easy to control in general. One of the main objectives of this project is to address this problem and find optimal ways to control quantum devices coherently. In addition to the fragile nature of quantum coherence, realizing this aim is complicated by the fact that no manufactured device will ever be perfect, and device imperfections such as small variations in size and shape of a particular element, can be very detrimental to our ability to control the system effectively. Hence, another important aspect of the project is to look at the sensitivity of various control strategies (and ways of encoding information in quantum systems) to device imperfections. It is hoped that understanding the effect of device imperfections will allow us to design more robust strategies, which is essential if we are to build quantum devices that work in the real world.Finally, the variations of manufactured devices mean that before we can actually hope to control the operation of the device, we must first identify experimentally what the effect of certain control influences on the system is. A simple example is a toaster with a control knob to adjust how long we wish the bread to be toasted. If it is a new toaster some experimentation with the position of the knob may be required to find the right position of the knob for perfect toast. For a simple calibration problem such as this, trial and error is usually sufficient to achieve satisfactory results after a few trials. For complex devices, and especially quantum devices, more efficient and systematic ways to experimentally characterize the device and its interaction with the control apparatus are required. This is essential before we can optimize the control to achieve robust operation of the device, and is another key objective of the project.
Publications
Zahedinejad E
(2014)
Evolutionary algorithms for hard quantum control
in Physical Review A
Wang X
(2016)
Subspace controllability of spin- 1 2 chains with symmetries
in Physical Review A
Oi D
(2012)
Limits on the decay rate of quantum coherence and correlation
in Physical Review A
Machnes S
(2011)
Comparing, optimizing, and benchmarking quantum-control algorithms in a unifying programming framework
in Physical Review A
Motzoi F
(2016)
Backaction-driven, robust, steady-state long-distance qubit entanglement over lossy channels
in Physical Review A
Gong E
(2015)
Model discrimination for dephasing two-level systems
in Physics Letters A
Jonckheere E
(2015)
Information transfer fidelity in spin networks and ring-based quantum routers
in Quantum Information Processing
Zhang M
(2011)
On the role of a priori knowledge in the optimization of quantum information processing
in Quantum Information Processing
Jonckheere E
(2014)
Quantum networks: anti-core of spin chains
in Quantum Information Processing
Glaser S
(2015)
Training Schrödinger's cat: quantum optimal control Strategic report on current status, visions and goals for research in Europe
in The European Physical Journal D
Description | At present the main impact has been academic in developing new ideas, tools and techniques in the area of quantum technology, especially control design and data-driven models, and inspiring new work by myself and others. It is too early to assess the long-term societal impact of this work. When I started this project on characterization and control of quantum devices, the main applications envisaged were devices for quantum information processing. However, more recent developments suggest that perhaps the more important applications may be in areas such medical imaging and diagnostics, especially MRI/S or spintronic devices, and there are currently ongoing projects to develop these ideas further. To be updated. |
Description | NHS |
Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Impact | Improvements in education and skill levels of workforce (training of MR physicists, training of technical staff), improvements in clinical service delivery (ongoing) |
Description | Data-driven simulations of quantum spin network devices |
Amount | £120,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Ser Cymru, National Research Network in Advanced Engineering |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2014 |
End | 09/2017 |
Description | Leverhulme Senior Fellowship |
Amount | £42,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | The Royal Society |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2014 |
End | 08/2015 |
Description | QUAINT (EU Coordination Action) |
Amount | € 399,000 (EUR) |
Funding ID | QUAINT |
Organisation | European Commission |
Sector | Public |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Start | 07/2012 |
End | 07/2015 |
Description | Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship |
Amount | £41,941 (GBP) |
Organisation | The Royal Society |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2014 |
End | 08/2015 |
Description | Developing new diagnostic tools based on quantification of biomarkers using MRI |
Organisation | National Health Service |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Hospitals |
PI Contribution | Developing new diagnostic tools based on quantification of biomarkers using MRI, analysis of existing patient data to improve screening protocols, identify shortcomings in existing protocols, develop new protocols, identify topics for further research such as potential targets for biomarkers, improve QA and equipment calibration etc. |
Collaborator Contribution | Providing funding for studentships, access to equipment and anonymized patient data, clinical input and feedback |
Impact | 2 PhD studentships co-sponsored by ABMU, identified problems with existing screening protocols and developed improved protocols (e.g., local prostate cancer screening using advanced MRI techniques), publications in progress |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | RMIT, Melbourne, Australia |
Organisation | RMIT University |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Academic collaboration that has resulted in several publications and mutual research visits. |
Start Year | 2011 |
Description | Swansea University, Wales |
Organisation | Swansea University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Academic collaboration that has resulted in new ideas for joint academic projects and my taking up a senior academic position at Swansea university. |
Start Year | 2011 |
Description | 13th IASTED Conference on Intelligent Systems and Control (Cambridge, UK, 2011) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Invited Talk at Conference http://www.iasted.org/conferences/speaker2-744.html . The talk sparked interesting discussions that have resulted in new ideas and publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
URL | http://www.iasted.org/conferences/speaker2-744.html |
Description | 25th IFIP Conference on Systems Modelling and Control (Berlin, 2011) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Invited talk in mini-symposium; http://www.ifip2011.de/. The talk sparked interesting discussions that have resulted in new ideas and publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
URL | http://www.ifip2011.de/ |
Description | 3rd International Symposium on Communications, Control & Signal Processing (Malta, 2008) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Invited talk in special session at ISCCSP in Malta http://www.signalprocessingsociety.org/index.php?mact=Calendar,cntnt01,default,0&cntnt01year=2008&cntnt01month=&cntnt01event_id=23&cntnt01display=event&cntnt01lang=en_US&cntnt01returnid=124. The talk sparked interesting discussions that have resulted in new ideas and publications and a fruitful new collaboration. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
URL | http://www.signalprocessingsociety.org/index.php?mact=Calendar,cntnt01,default,0&cntnt01year=2008&cn... |
Description | 4th International Symposium on Communications, Control and Signal Processing (Cyprus, 2010) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/isccsp2010/. The talk sparked interesting discussions that have resulted in new ideas and publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
URL | http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/isccsp2010/ |
Description | Aberystwyth University Seminar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Seminar Talk in Maths/Physics. The talk sparked interesting discussions that have resulted in new ideas and publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Advances in the Theory of Control Signals & Systems (Lausanne, 2009) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | http://bernoulli.epfl.ch/advances/web-content/. The talk sparked interesting discussions that have resulted in new ideas and publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
URL | http://bernoulli.epfl.ch/advances/web-content/ |
Description | BIRS Workshop on Quantum Control (Banff, Canada, 2011) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | http://www.birs.ca/events/2011/5-day-workshops/11w5030. The talk sparked interesting discussions that have resulted in new ideas and publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
URL | http://www.birs.ca/events/2011/5-day-workshops/11w5030 |
Description | Birmingham University |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Seminar Talk in Physics. The talk sparked stimulating discussions but there were no immediate notable impacts. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Chinese National Academy of the Sciences Seminar (China) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Seminar in Mathematical Control Division. The talk sparked interesting discussions that have resulted in new ideas and publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
Description | Computational Models for Quantum Device Design (Banff, Canada, 2012) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | workshop facilitator |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | http://www.birs.ca/events/2012/5-day-workshops/12w5061. The workshop sparked interesting discussions that have resulted in new ideas and publications and grant applications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
URL | http://www.birs.ca/events/2012/5-day-workshops/12w5061 |
Description | Conference on Physics and Control (PhysCon, Potsdam, 2007) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards discussions and new collaborations |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
URL | http://physcon.ru/ |
Description | Control and Optimization of Open Quantum Systems for Information Processing (AIM, USA, 2009) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Invited participant at American Institute for Mathematics Workshop (AIM, California) http://www.aimath.org/ARCC/workshops/quantumcontrol.html. The workshop sparked interesting discussions about the scientific challenges in the field that have resulted in new ideas, publications and collaborations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
URL | http://www.aimath.org/ARCC/workshops/quantumcontrol.html |
Description | Control of Complex Quantum Systems (KITP, UCSB, 2013) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/dbdetails?acro=qcontrol13. The talk sparked interesting discussions that have resulted in new ideas and publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
URL | http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/dbdetails?acro=qcontrol13 |
Description | EUROMECH Nonlinear Dynamics Conference (St Petersburg, Russia, 2008) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | paper presentation |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | http://conf.physcon.ru/enoc08/. The talk sparked interesting discussions that have resulted in new ideas and publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
URL | http://conf.physcon.ru/enoc08/ |
Description | Frontiers in Open Quantum Systems and Quantum Control Theory (Boston, 2010) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Invited participant/speaker at ITAMP, Harvard-Smithonian, http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/itamp/FrontiersQuantumSystems.html. The talk sparked interesting discussions that have resulted in new ideas and publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
URL | http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/itamp/FrontiersQuantumSystems.html |
Description | ICCMSE: Quantum Control and Light Matter Interactions (Corfu, 2007) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | paper presentation |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | http://www.iccmse.org/ICCMSE2007/index.htm. discussions, new ideas and collaborations |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
URL | http://www.iccmse.org/ICCMSE2007/index.htm |
Description | Imperial University Physics Seminar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Seminar Talk in Physics. The talk sparked interesting discussions that have resulted in new ideas and publications and a new collaboration. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
Description | Institute for Quantum Computing Waterloo Seminar (Canada) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | http://iqc.uwaterloo.ca/news-events/calendar/generated/sophie-schirmer-2011-4-15 . The talk sparked interesting discussions that have resulted in new ideas and publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
URL | http://iqc.uwaterloo.ca/news-events/calendar/generated/sophie-schirmer-2011-4-15 |
Description | Institute for Quantum Computing Waterloo Seminar 2 (Canada) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | http://iqc.uwaterloo.ca/news-events/calendar/generated/sophie-schirmer-2011-4-11. The talk sparked interesting discussions that have resulted in new ideas and publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
URL | http://iqc.uwaterloo.ca/news-events/calendar/generated/sophie-schirmer-2011-4-11 |
Description | International Conference on Squeezed States and Uncertainty Relations (Bradford, 2007) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards, which led to follow up work. Discussion that followed led to follow up work and publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
URL | http://conf.inf.brad.ac.uk/ |
Description | International Symposium on Group-Theoretical Methods in Physics (Nankai, China, 2012) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | http://www.cim.nankai.edu.cn/activites/conferences/hy20120820/index.htm. The talk sparked interesting discussions that have resulted in new ideas and publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
URL | http://www.cim.nankai.edu.cn/activites/conferences/hy20120820/index.htm |
Description | LSS-Supelec Seminar (France) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Quantum System Identification: Hamiltonian tomography and decoherence estimation from time series data. http://www.l2s.supelec.fr/seminaires-automatique/seminar.html . The talk sparked interesting discussions that have resulted in new ideas and publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
URL | http://www.l2s.supelec.fr/seminaires-automatique/seminar.htm |
Description | Leeds University Physics Seminar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Seminar Talk in Physics. The talk sparked interesting discussions that have resulted in new ideas and publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
Description | National Science Week |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Exhibits and hands-on activities for the general public. The main aim was to inspire curiosity about science and spark discussion and interest in further info, which it did. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | https://quantumcontrol.eu/tags/popular-science |
Description | National University of Defense Technology (NUDT, China, 2010) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Series of lectures on Quantum Control delivered at NUDT, China, as part of a summer school on quantum and nanotechnologies co-organized by Prof. Ming Zhang (Engineering). Interest from students in the form of questions after the lectures and email enquiries. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
Description | National University of Defense Technology Seminar (China) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Seminar talk in Physics. The talk sparked interesting discussions that have resulted in new ideas and publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
Description | Optics and New Media (Beijing, China, 2011) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Invited talk at Conference http://www.csrc.ac.cn/news/201102/t20110214_497.html. The talk sparked interesting discussions that have resulted in new ideas and publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
URL | http://www.csrc.ac.cn/news/201102/t20110214_497.html |
Description | PDE Models for Quantum fluids (Cambridge, 2010) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Invited Talk at Issac Newton Institute Workshop http://www.newton.ac.uk/programmes/KIT/kitw03.html. The talk sparked interesting discussions that have resulted in new ideas and publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
URL | http://www.newton.ac.uk/programmes/KIT/kitw03.html |
Description | Physics-based Math. Models for Low-dim. Semiconductor Nanostructures (Banff, Canada, 2007) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | http://www.birs.ca/events/2007/5-day-workshops/07w5057. Discussions inspired future work, new collaborations and the creation of a new journal. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
URL | http://www.birs.ca/events/2007/5-day-workshops/07w5057 |
Description | Practical Applications of Quantum Systems (PRAQSYS, Sydney 2007) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | poster presentation |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/quantum/PRACQSYS2007/ Valuable discussions that have lead to new collaborations and joint publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
URL | http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/quantum/PRACQSYS2007/ |
Description | Predicting Reaction Outcomes and Developing Perfect Reactions (Syngenta, UK, 2011) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | workshop facilitator |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Co-organized workshop as part of Dial-a-Molecule, EPSRC Grand Challenge Network, https://connect.innovateuk.org/web/dial-a-molecule1 . The talk sparked interesting discussions that have resulted in new ideas and publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
URL | https://connect.innovateuk.org/web/dial-a-molecule1 |
Description | QUAINT Network Workshop on Optimal Control (Southampton, 2012) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | First meeting of EU QUAINT network. The talk sparked interesting discussions that have resulted in new ideas and publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Quantum Control Algorithms (Ulm, 2009) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Invited speaker at Workshop. The talk sparked interesting discussions that have resulted in new ideas and publications, a follow-up workshop in Cambridge and ultimately the creation of the EU QUAINT network on quantum control. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
Description | Quantum Control in Quantum Information (Otranto, Italy, 2008) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | paper presentation |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | http://qccqi.df.unicam.it/. The talk sparked interesting discussions that have resulted in new ideas and publications and collaborations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
URL | http://qccqi.df.unicam.it/ |
Description | Quantum Control of Light and Matter (KITP, UCSB, 2009) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/dbdetails?acro=qcontrol09. The talks and discussions have resulted in new ideas and publications, new collaborations and ideas for new research projects for which I was recently awarded a Leverhulme Senior Fellowship by the RS. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
URL | http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/dbdetails?acro=qcontrol09 |
Description | Quantum Engineering |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | A public outreach event as part of the National Science Week, co-sponsored by Welsh Goverment. Increased public interest in and awareness of quantum technologies, the role they play in our lives and their future potential. There was definitively engagement with the audience -- whether this translated into more students applying to study physics, I don't know. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Strathclyde University Physics Seminar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Seminar Talk in Physics. The talk sparked interesting discussions that have resulted in new ideas and publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
Description | Structures, Information and Control Workshop (Aberystwyth, 2012) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | https://sites.google.com/site/aberquant/wales-quantum-control-meeting. The talk sparked interesting discussions that have resulted in new ideas and publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
URL | https://sites.google.com/site/aberquant/wales-quantum-control-meeting |
Description | Sussex University Seminar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Seminar Talk in Physics. There were interesting discussions but there were no immediate notable impacts. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Tsinghua University Seminar (China) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Seminar Talk in Physics/Control.The talk sparked interesting discussions that have resulted in new ideas and publications. The talk sparked interesting discussions that have resulted in new ideas and publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
Description | University College London, Physics Seminar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Seminar Talk in Physics. The talk sparked interesting discussions that have resulted in new ideas and publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
Description | University of Calgary Physics Seminar (Canada) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Quantum System Identification: Hamiltonian tomography and decoherence estimation from noisy time series data . The talk sparked interesting discussions that have resulted in new ideas and joint publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
Description | University of Helsinki Physics Seminar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Seminar Talk in Physics. The talk sparked interesting discussions that have resulted in new ideas and publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | University of Nottingham |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Seminar talk in Stochastic Processes Group. The talk sparked interesting discussions that have resulted in new ideas and publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | University of Oregon, Physics Seminar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Seminar Talk in Theoretical Science/Physics. The talk sparked interesting discussions that have resulted in new ideas and publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
Description | University of Southern California Seminar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Seminar talk in Physics/Engineering. The talk sparked interesting discussions that have resulted in new ideas and publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
Description | Urdd Eistedfodd (Wales) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Hands on activities and demonstrations in science tent to allow public to explore science, including setting up a low field NMR/MRI machine that anyone could operate to learn about NMR spectroscopy, MRI and quantum control of spin dynamics and applications in a fun way. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Work-study Projects |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Students from local schools complete 1-week projects of their choice learning about quantum physics and its practical applications, and exciting future prospects of nano-technology at the quantum edge. This is an ongoing activity. The feedback from the students was fantastic and the department has since scaled up the activity to allow more students to participate. Several of the students who participated have since enrolled in physics or related university programmes. Probably one of our most successful outreach activities. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Workshop on Coherence, Control, and Dissipation (Minnesota, 2009) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | http://www.ima.umn.edu/2008-2009/W3.2-6.09/. The talk sparked interesting discussions that have resulted in new ideas and publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
URL | http://www.ima.umn.edu/2008-2009/W3.2-6.09/ |