Lecturers

• Sander Bais (University of Amsterdam)
  Topological Quantum Computing
• Vladimir Bazhanov (Australian National University)
  Quantum Integrability
• Gavin Brennen (Macquarie University, Sydney)
  Implementations of spin lattice models and topologically ordered states with atomic, molecular and optical systems
• Peter Forrester (University of Melbourne)
  Random Matrices
• Greg Lawler (University of Chicago)
  Stochastic Loewner Evolution
• Soonkeon Nam (Kyung Hee University, Seoul)
  String Theory, Black Holes, etc.
• Guifre Vidal (University of Queensland)
  Entanglement, Tensor Networks and the Simulation of Quantum Many-Body Systems

Guest Lecturer

• Ignacio Cirac (Max PLanck Institute, Garching)
  Efficient descriptions of many-body systems: simulations and beyond

International Advisory Committee

• Changrim Ahn (Ewha Women's University, Seoul, Korea)
• Atsuo Kuniba (University of Tokyo, Komaba, Japan)
• Miao Li (ITP, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China)
• Soonkeon Nam (Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea)
• Paul Pearce (University of Melbourne)

Organizing Committee

• Murray Batchelor (ANU)
• Vladimir Bazhanov (ANU)
• Peter Bouwknegt (ANU)
• Jon Links (University of Queensland)
• Aleks Owczarek (University of Melbourne, MASCOS)
• Bryan Wang (ANU)

Sponsors

• Centre for Mathematics and its Applications, Mathematical Sciences Institute, Australian National University
• Centre for Complex Systems, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University and COSNet
• College of Science, Australian National University
• Asia-Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics
• Australian Research Council

Extra Event:
From Einstein intuitions to quantum bits: a new quantum age
An Australian Academy of Science public lecture,
Professor Alain Aspect, Director of Research, CNRS, Institut d'Optique, Paris, (Member of the French Academy of Science)

When: Tuesday 27 November 2007
Drinks and refreshments 5.30pm
Public lecture 6.00pm-7.00pm
Where: Shine Dome, Gordon Street, Canberra