Quantum Computing Group

Research topics

Projects on fluids

Courses

Lab facilities

List of papers

List of talks

Invited

Reviews

Briefings

Conferences

Group members

Jeffrey Yepez

Presentations

Overview

101 scientific presentations, including Keynote addresses (5), Colloquium Talks (4), Seminars (9), Invited Lectures (24), Scientific In-House Briefings (31), Conference Talks (15), and Principal Investigator Annual Reviews (13)

Invited talks, colloquia and keynote addresses

1. 8 November 17, "Quantum computational methods for fluid dynamics"
   Invited Talk. NASA Workshop on Quantum Computing for Aeroscience and Engineering
   Lockheed-Martin Center for Innovation, 8000 Harbour Boulevard, Suffolk, VA.

2. 2 Nov 17, ``Quantum computing models of classical and quantum field theories"
   One Minute Colloquium Talk. Department of Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
   University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI.

3. 2 May 17, "Surfing Dirac waves in Hawaii: An introduction to quantum computing for quantum simulation"
   Invited High Energy Physics Seminar. Department of Physics and Astronomy
   University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI.

4. 20 Sep 16, "Quantum lattice gas algorithmic representation of gauge field theory"
   Invited High Energy Physics Seminar. Department of Physics and Astronomy
   University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI.

5. 8 Sep 16, ``Quantum computing models of classical and quantum field theories"
   One Minute Colloquium Talk. Department of Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
   University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI.

6. 6 Nov 14, "Physics at the Information Frontier: Bose-Einstein Condensate Experiments"
   Invited Colloquium. Department of Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
   University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI.

7. 1 May 14, "Analog quantum simulation using Bose-Einstein condensates (Part 2)"
   Keynote Talk. Innovation Day Series, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Department
   University of Hawaii Maui College, Kahului, HI.

8. 22 Nov 13, "Analog quantum simulation using Bose-Einstein condensates"
   Keynote Talk. Innovation Day Series, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Department
   University of Hawaii Maui College, Kahului, HI.

9. 5 Apr 13, "Quantum computation"
   Invited Talk. Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Department
   University of Hawaii Maui College, Kahului, HI.

10. 20 Sep 12, "Feynman's quantum computer"
    Invited Colloquium. Department of Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
    University of Hawaii Manoa, Honolulu, HI.

11. 19 May 11, "Quantum computation"
    Invited Seminar. Department of Engineering Physics
    Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

12. 8 Oct 08, "Review of efficient quantum algorithms"
    Invited Mathematics and Physics Seminar. Mathematics Department
    College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA.

13. 5 Dec 07, "Quantum Information: Theory of quantum computation"
    Invited Condensed Matter Seminar. Department of Physics
    College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA.

14. 6 Nov 06, "Quantum computational fluid dynamics"
    Invited Lecture. Frontier Lecture Series
    University of New Hampshire, Kingsbury Hall, Durham, NH.

15. 24 May 05, "A new method for turbulent computational fluid dynamics"
    Invited Talk. Air Force Office of Scientific Research Turbulence Conference
    Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA.

16. 16 Feb 05, "Using the second law to stabilize computational fluid dynamics for turbulence modeling"
    Invited Quantum Computing Seminar.
    Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA.

17. 20 Aug 04, "Lattice-based quantum algorithms for computational physics"
    Invited Lecture. 13th International Conference on the Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics
    Tufts University, Cambridge, MA.

18. 24 Mar 04, "Quantum computing overview"
    Invited Quantum Computing Seminar. Space Vehicles Program Review
    Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA.

19. 26 Jan 04, "Quantum computing turbulence"
    Invited Quantum Computing Seminar.
    Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA.

20. 29 Aug 03, "Quantum computers for computational physics"
    Invited Lecture. Physics Department Colloquium
    College of William Mary, Williamsburg, VA.

21. 22 Jan 03, "How to use a room temperature drop of liquid to solve a partial differential equation"
    Invited Lecture. Marcus O'Day Award
    Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA.

22. 17 October 02, "Irreducible representations of physical dynamics on an analog quantum computer"
    Invited Lecture. Quantum Control Workshop, Department of Nuclear Engineering
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.

23. 9 May 02, "Quantum computation for physical modeling"
    Keynote Talk
    Quantum Computation for Physical Modeling Workshop 2002, Edgartown, MA.

24. 2 July 01, "Quantum computation for physical modeling"
    Invited Talk. Physics Department
    California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA.

25. 18 October 00, "Introduction to type-II quantum computers"
    Keynote Talk.
    Quantum Computation for Physical Modeling Workshop 2000, North Falmouth, MA.

26. 22 August 00, "Implementing lattice-gas algorithms on quantum computers"
    Invited Talk.
    9th International Conference on Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics, Santa Fe, NM.

27. 28 August 00, "Introduction to type II quantum computing"
    Invited Talk. Physics Seminar
    Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Arlington, VA.

28. 31 March 00, "A talk on quantum computing"
    Invited Talk. Cool Lessons in Science and Technology
    Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA, and (via videolink) Kirtland AFB, NM.

29. 21 Dec 99, "Lattice-gas quantum computation"
    Invited Lecture. Spatial NMR Lab Review, Nuclear Engineering Department
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.

30. 27 Sep 99, "Mesoscopic quantum computers for physical simulation"
    Invited Talk. Quantum Computing Colloquium, Nuclear Engineering Department
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.

31. 11 Aug 99, "Lattice-gas quantum computing"
    Invited Talk. The 1999 AFOSR Meeting in Computational and Applied Mathematics
    Washington University, St. Louis, MO.

32. 17 Feb 98, "Quantum computers for fluid simulations"
    Keynote Talk. 1st NASA International Conference on Quantum Computing and Quantum Communication
    NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Palm Springs, CA.

33. 22 Jan 98, "Quantum computers for fluid simulation"
    Invited Talk. Physics and Media Group, MIT Media Lab
    484 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.

34. 27 Mar 98, "Lattice gas theory and computation"
    Invited Talk. Center for Computational Science (CCS)
    Boston University, Boston, MA.

35. 25 Mar 97, "Fundamentals and applications of quantum computing"
    Invited Talk. Quantum Optics and Photonics Group Seminar, Research Laboratory of Electronics
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.

36. 14 Mar 97, "Quantum lattice gases for quantum computing"
    Invited Talk. Optical Signal Processing Group Seminar
    Rome Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA.

37. 28 Aug 96, "Lattice-gas method for modeling quantum fluids"
    Invited Talk. Sixth International Conference on Discrete Models for Fluid Mechanics
    485 Boston University, Boston, MA.

38. 22 Aug 95, "Finite-integer lattice gases for fluid dynamics"
    Invited Talk.
    National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD.

39. 27 Jan 95, "Lattice-gas molecular dynamics"
    Invited Talk. IAP Program on Materials Modeling, Nuclear Engineering Department
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.

40. 17 May 94, "Lattice-gas theory and computation"
    Invited Talk. Professor Steven Berko Memorial Symposium
    Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.

41. 14 Apr 93, "Deriving the Navier-Stokes equation on a spacetime lattice using symmetric tensors"
    Invited Condensed Matter Seminar.
    Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.

42. 25 Feb 93, "Van der Waals interaction in a lattice-Boltzmann gas"
    Invited Physics Seminar. Theoretical Division and Center for Nonlinear Studies
    Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM.

Principle investigator annual reviews

1. 15 Aug 17, "Quantum computational mathematics for efficient computational physics"
   Annual Review, Computational Mathematics Program
   Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Arlington, VA.
2. 21 Nov 14, "Quantum information dynamics intrinsic to strongly-correlated Fermi systems"
   Annual Review, Complex Networks Program
   Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Arlington, VA.

3. 16 Dec 13, "Quantum information dynamics intrinsic to strongly-correlated Fermi systems"
   Annual Review, Complex Networks Program
   Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Arlington, VA.

4. 19 Dec 12, "Quantum information dynamics intrinsic to strongly-correlated Fermi systems"
   Annual Review, Complex Networks Program
   Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Arlington, VA.

5. 29 Nov 11, "Quantum information dynamics intrinsic to strongly-correlated Fermi systems"
   Annual Review, Complex Networks Program
   Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Arlington, VA.

6. 2 Dec 10, "Quantum topology and quantum information dynamics in large networks"
   Annual Review, Complex Networks Program
   Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Arlington, VA.

7. 29 May 02, "Type-II quantum computing"
   Annual Review, AFOSR Computational Mathematics and Applied Mathematics Program
   University of Florida Graduate Engineerring and Research Center, Fort Walton Beach, FL.

8. 28 June 00, "Quantum computation for physical modeling"
   Annual Review, AFOSR Computational and Applied Mathematics Meeting 2000
   Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.

9. 22 July 98, "Navier-Stokes fluid dynamics simulation on a quantum computer"
   Annual Review, Air Force Office of Scientific Research Meeting in Computational and Physical Mathematics
   Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH.

10. 25 Jun 96, "Theoretical and computational issues in complex fluid dynamics"
    Annual Review, Air Force Office of Scientific Research Meeting in Computational and Physical Mathematics, Wright Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

11. 9 Nov 95, "Lattice-gas theory and computation: parallel multiresolution computing strategies initiative"
    Annual Review, 1995 Air Force Office of Scientific Research Computational Mathematics Meeting
    Wright Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

12. 29 Jun 95, "Finite-integer lattice-gases for complex fluid dynamics"
    Annual Review, Air Force Office of Scientific Research Computational and Physical Mathematics Conference
    Phillips Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, NM.

13. 2 Jun 94, "Lattice-gas theory and computation"
    Annual Review, Air Force Office of Scientific Research Workshop on Computational and Physical Mathematics
    Phillips Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, NM.

Scientific in-house briefings

1. 3 May 16, "Historical Origins of Quantum Computing at AFRL"
   Briefed the Director, AFRL/RD
   Air Force Research Laboratory, Directed Energy, Kihei, HI.

2. 9 Jul 15, "Quantum computing via analog quantum simulation for studying superconductivity"
   Briefed the Technical Lead, AFRL Space Situational Awareness Program
   Air Force Research Laboratory, Directed Energy, Kihei, HI.

3. 24 Jun 15, "Quantum Computing at the Physics Frontier"
   Briefed the Director, DoD HPCMP MHPCC Program Director
   Air Force Research Laboratory, Directed Energy, Kihei, HI.

4. 25 March 15, "Quantum Computing at AFRL MHPCC"
   Briefed the Division Director, AFRL/RDS
   Air Force Research Laboratory, Directed Energy, Kihei, HI.

5. 21 Nov 13, "Quantum Computing at the Air Force Maui Optical & Supercomputing Observatory"
   Briefed the Director, AFRL/RD Director
   Air Force Research Laboratory, Directed Energy, Kihei, HI.

6. 7 Oct 13, "Quantum Computing at AFRL/RDSM"
   Briefed the Director's Technical Committee, AFRL/RD Chief Scientist
   Air Force Research Laboratory, Directed Energy, Kirtland AFB, NM.

7. 5 Sep 13, "NMR Quantum Computing at RME"
   Briefed the Director's Technical Committee, AFRL/RD Chief Scientist
   Air Force Research Laboratory, Directed Energy, Kirtland AFB, NM.

8. 11 Dec 12, "Quantum lattice gas simulation of condensed matter, BEC matter wave interferometry, and quantum optics"
   Briefed AFGSC Chief Scientist
   Air Force Global Strike Command, Barksdale AFB, LA.

9. 15 Oct 12, "Quantum computing"
   Briefed Air Force Chief Scientist
   Air Force Research Laboratory, Maui Detachment, HI.

10. 31 Jul 12, "Quantum algorithms, solar modeling, and quantum hardware investigations"
    Briefed Research and Development US Army Corps of Engineers Director
    US Army Engineer Research and Development Center Director
    DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program Director
    Air Force Research Laboratory, Maui Detachment, HI.

11. 18 Feb 11, "Quantum computing: Quantum networks for quantum information dynamics"
    Briefed Space Vehicles Director
    Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA.

12. 11 Apr 06, "A new method for turbulent computational fluid dynamics"
    Briefing to Special Assistant to the Director, Computational Science and Engineering Office
    Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA.

13. 2 June 05, "Quantum computation of nonlinear classical and quantum dynamics"
    Briefing to the Director of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research
    Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA.

14. 17 Dec 03, "Quantum computing"
    Briefing to the Director, Air Force Office of Scientific Research Computational Mathematics
    Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA.

15. 6 Nov 03, "Quantum computing"
    Briefing to Air Force Research Laboratory Directorates
    Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA.

16. 4 Sep 03, "Introduction to quantum computation for physical modeling"
    Briefing, Plenary Government Advisory on Quantum Computation and Communication
    Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Arlington, VA.

17. 26 Aug 03, "Air Force Office of Scientific Research Theme: Quantum Computing"
    Briefing, Scientific Advisory Board
    Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Roseyln, VA.

18. 23 April 01, "Quantum computing"
    Informational Briefing
    House Appropriations Committee, Washington D.C.

19. 21 August 01, "Quantum computation for physical modeling"
    Briefing to the Director of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research
    Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA.

20. 26 January 01, "Type-II quantum computation"
    Briefing to the Secretary of the Air Force
    Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA.

21. 30 November 00, "Physical quantum computation"
    Briefing, Air Force Scientific Advisory Board
    Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA.

22. 24 Aug 98, "New models of computation: lattice-based quantum computation"
    Briefing to the Director, Air Force Office of Scientific Research Program Review
    Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA.

23. 16 Nov 93,"Fluid Simulation for Parallel Computing"
    Scientific Advisory Board Fall Review
    Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA.

24. 9 Apr 92, "Air combat targeting/electro-optical simulation"
    Briefing to the Air Force Chief Scientist
    Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA.

25. 25 Mar 92, "Air combat targeting/electro-optical simulation"
    Briefing to the Commander, Headquarters
    Electronic System Division, Hanscom AFB, MA.

26. 27 Feb 92, "Air combat targeting/electro-optical simulation"
    Briefing to the Director
    Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA.

27. 21 Aug 92, "Decision aids and simulation"
    Briefing to Air Force Chief Scientist
    Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA.

28. 12-13 Aug 92, "Air combat targeting/electro-optical simulation"
    Invited Lectures, Brigadier General Orientation Course
    Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

29. 5 Nov 92, "Computational physics: basic research in lattice gases and electro-optical simulation"
    Briefing, Scientific Advisory Board Fall Review
    Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA.

30. Nov 89, "RADAR sensitivity improvements for doubling the detection range for low cross-section targets"
    Briefing to the Commander, Headquarters
    Tactical Air Command, Langley AFB, VA.

31. Aug 89, "13dB AWACS RADAR Sensitivity Improvement Program"
    Briefing to the Commander, Headquarters
    Electronic Systems Division, Hanscom AFB, MA.

Conferences and other presentations

1. 22 Apr 09, "Quantum information dynamics"
   Thesis Defense, Department of Physics
   College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA.

2. 16 Apr 09, "Quantum informational representations of entangled fermions and bosons"
   SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing Symposium, Quantum Information and Computation VII, Orlando, FL.

3. 16 Apr 09, "Twisting of filamentary vortex solitons demarcated by fast Poincaré recursion"
   SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing Symposium, Quantum Information and Computation VII, Orlando, FL.

4. 23 Jul 07, "Low order qubit representation for Bose-Einstein Condensates (BEC)"
   Conference Talk, 527 Micro, Nano, and Multiscale Physics for Emerging Technologies
   16th Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics Conference, Banff, Canada.

5. 17 May 05, "Quantum computation of nonlinear classical dynamics"
   Conference Talk, 93rd Statistical Mechanics Conference
   Rutgers University, Busch Campus, Hill Center, Piscataway, NJ.

6. 30 Mar 05, "Quantum lattice representation of 1D MHD turbulence with arbitrary transport coefficients"
   Conference Talk
   SPIE Quantum Information and Computation III, Orlando, FL.

7. 13 Sep 04, "Efficiency of analog quantum computation"
   Conference talk
   Quantum Computation for Physical Modeling Workshop 2004, Edgartown, MA.

8. 14 Jun 04, "Quantum algorithms for computational physics"
   Conference Poster, Meeting for Applied Analysis and Computational Mathematics Programs
   Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Dayton, OH.

9. 9 May 02, "Efficient quantum mechanical representation of physical dynamics"
   Conference Talk
   Quantum Computation for Physical Modeling Workshop 2002, Edgartown, MA.

10. 15 July 98, "Statistical mechanics of multienergy long-range lattice gases obeying semi-detailed balance"
    Conference Talk, Ninth SIAM Conference on Discrete Mathematics
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

11. 11 Jul 96, "A discrete theory for complex computational fluid dynamics"
    Poster, Fifth Annual Phillips Laboratory Technical Interchange Symposium
    Albuquerque Convention Center, Albuquerque, NM.

12. 2 May 96, "Lattice molecular dynamics: extending the scale of molecular dynamics"
    Conference Talk, Dynamics of Particles, Reactions, and Energy Transfer Session,
    96th Joint American Physical Society/Association of American Physics Teachers Meeting, Indianapolis, IN.

13. 14 Feb 95, "Crystallization in long-range lattice gases"
    Conference Talk, SIAM Group on Supercomputing
    Seventh SIAM Conference on Paralellel Processing for Scientific Computing, San Francisco, CA.

14. 29 Jun 94, "Crystallization in a lattice gas with multiple fixed-range interactions"
    Conference Talk, 5th International Conference on Discrete Models for Fluid Mechanics
    Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.

15. 8 Jun 93, "Thermohydrodynamic lattice-gas simulation on the CAM-8"
    Conference Talk, NATO Advanced Research Conference 530
    Fields Institute, Waterloo, Canada.