Education
PhD
Hebrew
University of Jerusalem,
RNDr
Academic employment
National
University of Ireland, Maynooth
SFI Research Fellow
Topological
phases and quantum computation
11/2005 -
University of California, Berkeley
Assistant Specialist III
Fault-tolerant
quantum computation
6/2005 - 10/2005
University of California, Berkeley
Postdoctoral Scholar
Quantum
computation science and technology
9/2001 - 3/2005
Hebrew
University of Jerusalem
Graduate Research Student
Quantum and
coherent control
10/1996 - 9/2001
Research and Teaching Associate
Molecular
electronic structure
9/1995 - 10/1996
Visiting Appointments
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, UC
Santa Barbara, 2/2006-5/2006
Institute for
Quantum Information, Caltech,
ITAMP,
Mathematical Sciences
Research Institute, Berkeley, 8/2002-12/2002
Laboratoire Aime Cotton,
CNRS, Orsay, 9/1998-11/1998
Fellowships and Awards
President of Ireland Young Researcher Award
2005-2010
Arc-en-Ciel/Keshet Visiting Fellowship 1998
BUT Grant for
Development of Science and Art 1995
Honor of
Professional
Activities
Reviewer for
Physical Review Letters
Physical Review A
Physical Review B
Physics Letters A
Organizer of
CONQUEST Workshop,
Member of
International
Association for Mathematical Physics
American
Mathematical Society
American Physical
Society
American
Chemical Society
Talks
Invited
Talks at Scientific Meetings
2006 Topological Quantum Computation
Tutorial
Presentation, Symposium on Quantum Technologies,
CONQUEST at NUI Maynooth
Mid-term
Review Meeting of EU Network CONQUEST,
Spectral Properties of the Extended Hubbard Model
Topological Phases and Quantum Computation Program, KITP,
2004 Control and Decoherence
of Quantum Molecular Vibrational Motion
CONQUEST Workshop,
2003 Control and Universality in Quantum
Information Processing
Theory in Quantum
Computation (THINQC),
Initialization of a Quantum Computer of Neutral Atoms in an
Addressable Optical Lattice
QuIST DARPA Site Visit,
Geometric Theory of Nonlocal Two-qubit Operations
Southwest Quantum
Information and Technology (SQuInT) Meeting,
2002 Quantum Computing with Optical Lattices
QuIST DARPA Site Visit,
1997 Towards Control of Photochemical Reactions
in Solution
Ecole de Physique, Les Houches, France, invited student presentation.
Contributed
Talks at Scientific Meetings
2003 Two-qubit Module
Design for a Universal Quantum Compiler
ERATO Conference of Quantum
Information Science,
2001 Implementation of the Deutsch-Jozsa Algorithm with Rovibrational
Molecular Wave Packets
International Conference
on Quantum Information,
Seminars
and Lectures
2006 Topological Quantum Computation, Decoherence-Free Subspaces and Encoded Universality
2005 Topological Quantum Computation
Department
of Mathematical Physics Seminar, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland
Topological Quantum Computation
PYIRA
Interview Presentation, Science Foundation
Topological Phases for Quantum Computation: Their Properties
and Physical Realization
IQI Seminar, Caltech,
2004 Quantum Computation with Neutral Atoms in an
Addressable Optical Lattice
Scalable Quantum Computation and Simulation with Neutral
Atoms
Yamamoto Group,
Department of Physics,
Scalable Quantum Computation and Simulation with Neutral
Atoms
Department of Physics
Colloquium,
Fractional Statistics - Tutorial
Topological Quantum
Computation Focus Group Meeting
Control and Decoherence of
Molecular Quantum States
Department of Electrical
Engineering,
Quantum Error Correction of a Qubit
Loss
Quantum Control and Quantum Information
Processing – How Can These Be Helpful in Chemistry?
Department of Chemistry,
2003 Optical Lattice Quantum Computing
Quantum Information
Science Course (graduate course Phys 191, Chem 191,
CS 191),
Quantum Computing with Neutral Atoms in Addressable Optical Lattices
Atomic, Molecular and
Optical Science Seminar (graduate seminar Phys 290),
Department of Physics,
Two-qubit Module Design for a
Universal Quantum Compiler
MagiQ Technologies, Inc., Boston, MA.
Two-qubit Module Design for a
Universal Quantum Compiler
Department of Physics,
Two-qubit Module Design for a
Universal Quantum Compiler
Quantum Information
Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA,
Geometric Theory of Two-qubit
Operations and its Control Applications
2002 Encoded Universality
JILA Seminar, NIST and
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
Quantum Computing with Optical Lattices
Quantum Lunch,
Department of Computer Science,
2001 Implementation of the Deutsch-Jozsa Algorithm with Rovibrational
Molecular Wave Packets
2000 Coherent Control of Alkali Atom Photoassociation and Cold Molecule Formation using Chirped
Field
Department of Physics
Seminar,
Coherent Control of Alkali Atom Photoassociation
and Cold Molecule Formation using Chirped Field
1999 Impulsive Generation of Second Harmonic
Molecular Vibrational Motion
Spectroscopy and
Dynamics Group Seminar,
1998 Towards Control of Cold Molecule Formation
Cold Molecule Group
Seminar, Laboratoire Aime
Cotton, CNRS,
within International
Collaboration Project Arc-en-Ciel/Keshet.
Poster
Presentations
2005 Spectral Properties of Topological Phases
for Naturally Fault Tolerant Quantum Computation
DARPA Quantum
Information Science and Technology (QuIST), Program
Review Meeting,
Ultracold
Collisions Induced by Frequency-Chirped Light: the Influence of Chirp Direction
(co-author, presented by M. Wright)
36th Annual
Meeting of DAMOP,
abstract published in Bull.
Am. Phys. Soc. Spring 2005.
2004 Scalable Quantum Computation with Neutral
Atoms in an Addressable Optical Lattice
Opening Meeting of the
Ultracold Collisions
Induced by Frequency-Chirped Light (co-author, presented by M. Wright)
35th Annual
Meeting of DAMOP,
abstract published in
Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. Spring 2004.
Quantum Error Correction of a Qubit
Loss
Gordon Conference on Quantum Information Science,
Ventura, CA.
2003 Two-qubit Module
Design for a Universal Quantum Compiler
Gordon Conference on
Quantum Control of Light and Matter, MA.
Initialization of a Quantum Computer of Neutral Atoms in an Optical
Lattice of Large Lattice Constant
Gordon Conference on Quantum Information Science,
Ventura, CA.
Geometric Theory of Nonlocal Two-qubit Operations
Gordon Conference on
Quantum Control of Atomic and Molecular Motion, MA.
Geometric Theory of Nonlocal Two-qubit Operations
Gordon Conference on Quantum Information Science,
Ventura, CA.
An Omniscient Maxwell Demon (co-author, presented by D.S.
Weiss)
Annual Meeting of DAMOP,
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO,
abstract published in
Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. Spring 2003
2002 Encoded Universality with Generalized
Anisotropic Exchange Interaction
Quantum Communication,
Measurement and Computing (QCMC), MIT,
Encoded Universality with Generalized Anisotropic Exchange
Interaction
Southwest Quantum
Information and Technology (SQuInT) Meeting, NIST,
Boulder, CO.
Encoded Universality with Generalized Anisotropic Exchange
Interaction
Quantum Information
Processing (QIP), IBM,
2001 Impulsive Generation, Detection and Applications
of Molecular Vibrational Non-Classical States
Gordon Conference on
Quantum Control of Atomic and Molecular Motion, MA.
2000 Coherent Time-Domain Control of Photoassociation and Applications
Annual Meeting of DAMOP,
abstract published in
Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. Supplement Summer 2000
Controlling and Probing Impulsively Induced Ground State Vibrational Dynamics
(co-author, presented. by E. Gershgoren)
Twelfth International
Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena,
Impulsive Vibrational Second Harmonic Generation in Trihalide
Systems
Pitzer Memorial Symposium,
Control of Cold Molecule Formation through Photoassociation
Pitzer Memorial Symposium,
1999 Control of Cold Molecule Formation through Photoassociation
Workshop Prospects in
Cold Molecules,
Towards Control of Cold Molecule Formation: Photoassociation Process
Gordon Conference on
Quantum Control of Atomic and Molecular Motion, NH.
Towards Control of Cold Molecule Formation: Photoassociation Process
International Conference
of Photon, Electron and Atom Collisions,
1998 Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in Trihalide Ion Systems as Consequence of Solvent Effect
Molec Conference,