Mondays, 4 PM, Plant Sciences Building 1140

February 1: Daniel Fivel (Department of Physics, University of Maryland)
" Review of Classical Information Theory "

February 8: Sandu Popescu (Newton Institute, Cambridge University, UK)
" Quantum Mechanics and Locality "

February 15: Lawrence C. Washington (Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland)
" Classic Cryptography "

February 22: William Gasarch (Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland)
" Complexity Theory "

March 1: Arthur Pittenger (Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County)
" An Introduction to Quantum Computing Algorithms "

March 8 (at Physics Building, Room 1410): Adrian Kent (Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Cambridge University, UK)
" Coin Tossing and Bit Commitment "

April 5: Benjamin W. Schumacher (Department of Physics, Kenyon University)
" Quantum versus Classical Information "

April 12: Gilles Brassard (Department of Computer Science and Operations Research, University of Montreal, Canada)
" Quantum Teleportation "

April 26 (2:00 PM, at Francis Scott Key Building Room 0106): David J. Wineland (National Institute of Standards and Technology) co-sponsored by the Center for Theoretical Physics
" Quantum Computing and Trapped Ions: Nuts, Bolts, and Future Prospects "

May 3: James Franson (Department of Physics, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory)
" Quantum Logic Gates Based on Exchange Interactions "

All lectures are held on Mondays at 4 PM in Plant Sciences Building Room 1140 (please note the room change from the flyer), unless otherwise noted. Further information is obtainable from Dr. Fivel at fivel@physics.umd.edu

Lectures are presented and sponsored by the Committee on the History and Philosophy of Science and the Department of Physics.