Venkat Viswanathan is one the winners of the 2018 Sloan Research Fellowships.
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation rewards 126 early-career scholars who represent the most promising scientific researchers working today. Sloan Foundation describes their achievements and potential as among the next generation of scientific leaders in the U.S. and Canada.
Congratulations Venkat Viswanathan!
On behalf of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) began a review of the US Air Force science and technology strategy to maintain its technological advantage and meet the national security challenges of 2030 and beyond. To support this effort, AFOSR, the basic research directorate of AFRL, is reaching out to its community across the US to capture a diversity of ideas.
Submit your idea here!
The International Day of Women and Girls in Science, celebrated each year on 11 February, was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly to promote full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls. This Day is a reminder that women and girls play a critical role in science and technology communities and that their participation should be strengthened. The celebration is led by UNESCO and UN-Women, in collaboration with institutions and civil society partners that promote women and girls' access to and participation in science.
Quantum Frontiers and Fundamentals 2018” is an international conference that will be held from 30 April to 4 May 2018 in Bangalore (India), hosted by the Raman Research Institute.
The Conference will involve both experimental and theoretical aspects concerning recent advances in fundamental quantum mechanical issues like quantum superposition, quantum entanglement, testing quantum mechanics in the macroscopic regime, wave particle duality, nonlocality, contextuality, generalized quantum measurements and quantum information tasks in systems such as photons, electrons, neutrons, ions, and molecules.
The Department of Energy is seeking input on how quantum information science could address the needs of high-energy physicists and vice versa. DOE would like specific information on “organizational and assessment considerations.” Submissions are due by February 12, 2018.
Interested persons may submit comments by email only. Comments must be sent to QISandHEP-RFI@science.doe.gov with the subject line “Quantum Information Science and HEP RFI”. Any attachments must be in one of the following formats: ASCII; Word; RTF; or PDF.
Deadline: February 12, 2018.
An introductory session to Pivot led by Ryan Champagne from the Office of Research and Robin Kear from the University Library System. The hands-on session will provide an overview of this resource and how it may be used to find funding and collaboration opportunities to support your research. Additional resources related to funding competitions coordinated within the University, as well as funding programs for early career faculty, will also be presented.
Please bring a laptop or another device with Web access.
Date: Thursday, January 25, 2018
Location: Hillman Library, Digital Scholarship Commons, G-49
Register Here https://pitt.libcal.com/event/3808929
The DRINQS Proposers Day will be webcast on February 1, 2018 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM. Note, all times listed in this announcement and on the registration website are Eastern Time. There is no registration fee for the Proposers Day webcast. Registration opens: As of publication of this announcement. Registration website: http://www.cvent.com/d/3tq4sp Registration closes: January 29, 2018 at 12:00 PM or when capacity is reached, whichever comes first. Advance registration via the above website is required in order to receive access to the webcast and is mandatory for every individual intending to view the webcast either alone or as part of a group
This new initiative, funded through the office of the chancellor, broadens the ways in which you can directly and actively contribute to Pitt’s strategic transformation. At the same time, this initiative gives me an opportunity to identify and support some of the best and brightest ideas emerging from our own community.All faculty and staff members are eligible to apply for a Pitt Seed Project, which must support one or more of the six goals and strategies outlined in the Plan for Pitt. Chosen applicants can receive up to $50,000 to advance their project, and this call for submissions closes on March 5, 2018, by noon EST.
The 3.5-day Spring school will bring TCS researchers up to speed on the current excitement in quantum computing. The past decade had marked tremendous experimental progress, from one or two-qubit devices to dozens of qubits and more. What are the theoretical models for such devices, and what are their prospects? Can they be classically simulated, and if not, can they accomplish algorithmic speed-ups? What are the obstacles to full-blown fault-tolerant quantum computation? And what does all this tell us about complexity theory, cryptography, and quantum information?
What are the latest developments in quan