diff --git a/events.xml b/events.xml index 5c1c33d..17daaf0 100644 --- a/events.xml +++ b/events.xml @@ -17,15 +17,29 @@ and get a sneak peek at where the wireless data market is going.

- + Raymond Laflamme

- TBA + Information processing devices are pervasive in our society; from the 5 + dollar watches to multi-billions satellite network. These devices have + allowed the information revolution which is developing around us. It has + transformed not only the way we communicate or entertain ourselves but + also the way we do science and even the way we think. All this + information is manipulated using the classical approximation to the laws + of physics, but we know that there is a better approximation: the + quantum mechanical laws. Would using quantum mechanics for information + processing be an impediment or could it be an advantage? This is the + fundamental question at the heart of quantum information processing + (QIP). QIP is a young field with an incredible potential impact reaching + from the way we understand fundamental physics to technological + applications. I will give an overview of the Institute for Quantum + Computing, comment on the effort in this field at Waterloo and in + Canada and, time permitted visit some of the IQC labs.

- Yes, we know this is Valentine's Day. Details available on the contest website! + Yes, we know this is Valentine's Day.

Contestants will be writing an artificial intelligence to play Risk. The prize will be awarded to the intelligence which wins the most