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  • Monday, 14 October 2002
    • 08:30 - 09:30 Registration
      Location: Main Building, Lobby
      • 08:30 Registration 1h0'
    • 09:30 - 10:00 Opening
      • 09:30 Opening 30'
    • 10:00 - 11:00 Quantum information and quantum computation: An overview
      • 10:00 Quantum information and quantum computation: An overview 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Rasetti (Politecnico di Torino & I.S.I. Torino, Italy)
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
      Location: Main Building, Lobby
      • 11:00 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Entanglement - I
      • 11:30 Entanglement - I 1h0'
        Speaker: G.C. Ghirardi (Dipt. Fisica, Univ. di Trieste & the Abdus Salam ICTP, Trieste, Italy)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch break
      • 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Entanglement - II
      • 14:30 Entanglement - II 1h0'
        Speaker: L. Marinatto (Dipt. di Fisica Teorica, Univ. di Trieste, Italy)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:30 - 16:00 Break
      • 15:30 Break 30'
    • 16:00 - 17:00 The EPR incompleteness argument
      • 16:00 The EPR incompleteness argument 1h0'
        Speaker: A. Bassi (the Abdus Salam ICTP, Trieste, Italy)
        Material: lecture notes
  • Tuesday, 15 October 2002
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Quantum information in space and time - I
      • 09:00 Quantum information in space and time - I 1h0'
        Speaker: I. Volovich (Steklov Mathematical Institute, Moscow, Russia)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:00 - 11:00 Bell's inequality and the inevitability of nonlocality
      • 10:00 Bell's inequality and the inevitability of nonlocality 1h0'
        Speaker: N. Zanghi (Dipt. Fisica, Univ. di Genova, Italy)
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
      Location: Main Building, Lobby
      • 11:00 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Spin network quantum simulator - I
      • 11:30 Spin network quantum simulator - I 1h0'
        Speaker: A. Marzuoli (Dipt.Fisica Nucleare e Teorica, Univ. di Pavia, Italy)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch break
      • 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Bell's beables and the role of operators as observables in quantum theory
      • 14:30 Bell's beables and the role of operators as observables in quantum theory 1h0'
        Speaker: N. Zanghi (Dipt. di Fisica, Univ. di Genova, Italy)
    • 15:30 - 16:00 Break
      • 15:30 Break 30'
    • 16:00 - 17:00 Oral Presentations by Participants
      • 16:00 Oral Presentations by Participants 1h0'
    • 16:05 - 16:20 Vacuum induced berry phase
      • 16:05 Vacuum induced berry phase 15'
        Speaker: A. Carollo (Imperial College, London, U.K.)
    • 16:20 - 16:35 When turing meets Deutsch: a confrontation between classical computing and quantum computing
      • 16:20 When turing meets Deutsch: a confrontation between classical computing and quantum computing 15'
        Speaker: E. D'Hondt (Vrije Univ., Brussel, Belgium)
  • Wednesday, 16 October 2002
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Quantum information in space and time - II
      • 09:00 Quantum information in space and time - II 1h0'
        Speaker: I. Volovich (Steklov Mathematical Institute, Moscow, Russia)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:00 - 11:00 Spin network quantum simulator - II
      • 10:00 Spin network quantum simulator - II 1h0'
        Speaker: A. Marzuoli (Dipt. Fisica Nucleare e Teorica, Univ. di Pavia, Italy)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
      Location: Main Building, Lobby
      • 11:00 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Quantum algorithms I
      • 11:30 Quantum algorithms I 1h0'
        Speaker: T. Rudolph (Bell Laboratories, Lucent Tecnologies, Murray Hill, USA)
    • 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch break
      • 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Quantum algorithms II
      • 14:30 Quantum algorithms II 1h0'
        Speaker: T. Rudolph (Bell Laboratories, Lucent Tecnologies, Murray Hill, USA)
    • 15:30 - 16:00 Break
      • 15:30 Break 30'
    • 16:00 - 17:00 Oral Presentations by Participants
      • 16:00 Oral Presentations by Participants 1h0'
    • 16:05 - 16:20 Measure of entanglement of two interacting electrons in vertically coupled quantum dots induced by a time dependente electric field
      • 16:05 Measure of entanglement of two interacting electrons in vertically coupled quantum dots induced by a time dependente electric field 15'
        Speaker: W. Ben Chouikha (D. de Physique, Univ. de Tunis, Tunisia)
    • 16:20 - 16:35 Optimal quantum teleportation
      • 16:20 Optimal quantum teleportation 15'
        Speaker: Shao-Ming FEI (Inst. fuer Angewandte Mathematik, Univ. Bonn, Germany)
    • 16:35 - 16:50 Disentanglement via teleportation
      • 16:35 Disentanglement via teleportation 15'
        Speaker: S. Ghosh (Indian Statistical Institute, Physics & Applied Maths, Kolkata, India)
    • 16:50 - 17:05 Quantum search by measurement
      • 16:50 Quantum search by measurement 15'
        Speaker: E. Deotto (MIT, Dept. of Physics, Cambridge, MA, USA)
    • 19:00 - 19:00 Reception
      Location: Main Building Cafeteria
      • 19:00 Reception
  • Thursday, 17 October 2002
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Discrete mathematics and quantum computation - I
      • 09:00 Discrete mathematics and quantum computation - I 1h0'
        Speaker: T. Beth (Inst. fuer Algorithmen und Kognitive Systeme, Univ. Karlsruhe, Germany)
    • 10:00 - 11:00 Quantum cloning - I
      • 10:00 Quantum cloning - I 1h0'
        Speaker: N. Cerf (Ecole Polytechnique, Univ. Bruxelles, Belgium)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
      Location: Main Building, Lobby
      • 11:00 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Discrete mathematics and quantum computation - II
      • 11:30 Discrete mathematics and quantum computation - II 1h0'
        Speaker: T. Beth (Inst. fuer Algorithmen und Kognitive Systeme, Univ. Karlsruhe, Germany)
    • 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch break
      • 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Quantum cloning - II
      • 14:30 Quantum cloning - II 1h0'
        Speaker: N. Cerf (Ecole Polytechnique, Univ. Bruxelles, Belgium)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:30 - 16:30 Break
      • 15:30 Break 1h0'
    • 16:00 - 17:00 Oral Presentations by Participants
      • 16:00 Oral Presentations by Participants 1h0'
    • 16:05 - 16:20 Superconducting flux-qubit read-out process as the dynamics of the Qbit & the dc-SQUID composite system
      • 16:05 Superconducting flux-qubit read-out process as the dynamics of the Qbit & the dc-SQUID composite system 15'
        Speaker: H. Nakano (NTT Basic Research Laboratories, Kanagawa, Japan)
    • 16:20 - 16:35 Teleportation of entanglement via noisy channels
      • 16:20 Teleportation of entanglement via noisy channels 15'
        Speaker: A. Roy (Indian Statistical Institute, Physics & Applied Maths, Kolkata, India)
    • 16:35 - 16:50 Robustness in Bell-violation vs entanglement swapping
      • 16:35 Robustness in Bell-violation vs entanglement swapping 15'
        Speaker: Aditi Sen (De) (Inst. Theoretical Physics & Astrophysics, Univ. of Gdansk, Poland)
    • 16:50 - 17:00 Quantifying nonlocality through heat engines and distributed negentropy
      • 16:50 Quantifying nonlocality through heat engines and distributed negentropy 10'
        Speaker: Ujjwal SEN (Inst. Theoretical Physics & Astrophysics, Univ. of Gdansk, Poland)
    • 17:00 - 17:00 Round Table on Bell's Tf
      • 17:00 Round Table on Bell's Tf
  • Friday, 18 October 2002
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Quantum information processing with trapped ions - I
      • 09:00 Quantum information processing with trapped ions - I 1h0'
        Speaker: R. Blatt (Inst. fuer Experimentalphysik, Univ. Innsbruck, Austria)
    • 10:00 - 11:00 NMR Quantum computing - I
      • 10:00 NMR Quantum computing - I 1h0'
        Speaker: R. Schack (Dept. of Mathematics, Royal Holloway, Univ. of London, UK)
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
      Location: Main Building, Lobby
      • 11:00 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Quantum information processing with trapped ions - II
      • 11:30 Quantum information processing with trapped ions - II 1h0'
        Speaker: R. Blatt (Inst. fuer Experimentalphysik, Univ. Innsbruck, Austria)
    • 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch break
      • 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 NMR Quantum computing - II
      • 14:30 NMR Quantum computing - II 1h0'
        Speaker: R. Schack (Dept. of Mathematics, Royal Holloway, Univ. of London, UK)
  • Monday, 21 October 2002
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Quantum teleportation: Basic principles and experimental realizations
      • 09:00 Quantum teleportation: Basic principles and experimental realizations 1h0'
        Speaker: H.F. Hofmann (Research Inst. of Electronic Science, Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:00 - 11:00 Quantum teleportation of vacuum-one photon Qubit
      • 10:00 Quantum teleportation of vacuum-one photon Qubit 1h0'
        Speaker: F. de Martini (Dipt. di Fisica, Univ. "La Sapienza", Roma, Italy)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
      Location: Main Building, Lobby
      • 11:00 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Quantum algorithms: Fourier transforms and group theory
      • 11:30 Quantum algorithms: Fourier transforms and group theory 1h0'
        Speaker: W.K. van Dam (Computer Science Division, Univ. of California, Berkeley, USA)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch break
      • 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Quantum information processing with spins in nanostructures - I
      • 14:30 Quantum information processing with spins in nanostructures - I 1h0'
        Speaker: J. Schliemann (Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Univ. of Basel, Switzerland)
    • 15:30 - 16:00 Break
      • 15:30 Break 30'
    • 16:00 - 17:00 Quantum information processing with spins in nanostructures - II
      • 16:00 Quantum information processing with spins in nanostructures - II 1h0'
        Speaker: J. Schliemann (Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Univ. of Basel, Switzerland)
  • Tuesday, 22 October 2002
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Quantum cloning and quantum NOT gate
      • 09:00 Quantum cloning and quantum NOT gate 1h0'
        Speaker: F. de Martini (Dipt. di Fisica, Univ. "La Sapienza", Roma, Italy)
    • 10:00 - 11:00 Quantum teleportation: Information dynamics and non-local operations
      • 10:00 Quantum teleportation: Information dynamics and non-local operations 1h0'
        Speaker: H.F. Hofmann (Research Inst. of Electronic Science, Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan)
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
      Location: Main Building, Lobby
      • 11:00 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:30 - 12:35 Oral Presentations
      • 11:30 Oral Presentations 1h5'
    • 11:35 - 11:50 Quantum measurements problem and systems self-description
      • 11:35 Quantum measurements problem and systems self-description 15'
        Speaker: S. Mayburov (P.N. Lebedev Physical Inst., Dept. Elementary Particles, Moscow, Russian Federation)
    • 11:50 - 12:05 Quantum nonlocality test for continuous-variable states with dichotomic observables
      • 11:50 Quantum nonlocality test for continuous-variable states with dichotomic observables 15'
        Speaker: SON Won Min (The Queen's Univ. of Belfast, School of Mathematics & Physics, Belfast, UK)
    • 12:05 - 12:20 Macroscopic quantum coherence observed in a superconducting flux-qubit
      • 12:05 Macroscopic quantum coherence observed in a superconducting flux-qubit 15'
        Speaker: K. Semba (NTT Basic Research Labs., TU-Delft, The Netherlands)
    • 12:20 - 12:35 Quantum games
      • 12:20 Quantum games 15'
        Speaker: DU Jiangfeng (USTC, Dept. of Modern Physics, Hefei, People's Republic of China)
    • 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch break
      • 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'
    • 14:30 - 16:30 Poster Presentations by Participants
      Location: Main Building Terrace
      • 14:30 Poster Presentations by Participants 2h0'
  • Wednesday, 23 October 2002
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Quantum algorithm for the hidden shift problem
      Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
      • 09:00 Quantum algorithm for the hidden shift problem 1h0'
        Speaker: W.K. van Dam (Computer Science Division, Univ. of California, Berkeley, USA)
    • 10:00 - 11:00 Geometric phases in quantum mechanics
      Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
      • 10:00 Geometric phases in quantum mechanics 1h0'
        Speaker: V. Vedral (Optics Section, Blackett Lab., Imperial College, London, UK)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
      Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
      • 11:00 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Experimental realization of qubits with superconducting devices: charge based qubits
      Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
      • 11:30 Experimental realization of qubits with superconducting devices: charge based qubits 1h0'
        Speaker: C. Cosmelli (Dipt. di Fisica, Univ. di Roma "La Sapienza", Roma, Italy)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch break
      Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
      • 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Experimental realization of qubits with superconducting devices: flux based qubits
      Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
      • 14:30 Experimental realization of qubits with superconducting devices: flux based qubits 1h0'
        Speaker: C. Cosmelli (Dipt. di Fisica, Univ. di Roma "La Sapienza", Roma, Italy)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:30 - 16:00 Break
      Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
      • 15:30 Break 30'
    • 16:00 - 17:00 Holonomic quantum computation I
      Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
      • 16:00 Holonomic quantum computation I 1h0'
        Speaker: P. Zanardi (ISI, Torino, Italy)
  • Thursday, 24 October 2002
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Entangled Qubits in quantum optics
      Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
      • 09:00 Entangled Qubits in quantum optics 1h0'
        Speaker: V. Scarani (Group of Applied Physics, Univ. of Geneva, Switzerland)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:00 - 11:00 Entanglement in atomic systems - I
      Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
      • 10:00 Entanglement in atomic systems - I 1h0'
        Speaker: I. Cirac (MPI fuer Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany)
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
      Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
      • 11:00 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Entanglement in atomic systems - II
      Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
      • 11:30 Entanglement in atomic systems - II 1h0'
        Speaker: I. Cirac (MPI fuer Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany)
    • 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch break
      Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
      • 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Topological quantum computation
      Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
      • 14:30 Topological quantum computation 1h0'
        Speaker: V. Vedral (Optics Section, Blackett Lab., Imperial College, London, UK)
    • 15:30 - 16:00 Break
      Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
      • 15:30 Break 30'
    • 16:00 - 17:00 Holonomic quantum computation II
      Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
      • 16:00 Holonomic quantum computation II 1h0'
        Speaker: P. Zanardi (ISI, Torino, Italy)
  • Friday, 25 October 2002
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Quantum cryptography
      Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
      • 09:00 Quantum cryptography 1h0'
        Speaker: V. Scarani (Group of Applied Physics, Univ. of Geneva, Switzerland)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:00 - 11:00 Round Table Discussion
      Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
      • 10:00 Round Table Discussion 1h0'
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
      Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
      • 11:00 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:30 - 12:00 CLOSING REMARKS
      Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
      • 11:30 CLOSING REMARKS 30'