Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Connecting Quantum Control and Quantum Technologies
Discussion Leaders: Christiane Koch (University of Kassel, Germany) and Valery Milner (University of British Columbia, Canada)
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Opening Remarks
7:45 pm - 8:15 pm
Ronnie Kosloff (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
"Coherent Control of Binary Reactions: Dreams, Realization and Future Directions"
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Mikolaj Schmidt (Materials Physics Center (CFM), Spain / Macquarie University, Australia)
"Molecular Optomechanics"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Katharina Priebe (University of Goettingen, Germany)
"Quantum State Reconstruction and Coherent Control of Free-Electron Quantum States"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Michael Goerz (Stanford University, USA)
"Efficient Numerical Optimization via Quantum Trajectories"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Coherences in Gas-Phase Systems
Discussion Leader: Tamar Seideman (Northwestern University, USA)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:50 am
Thomas Weinacht (Stony Brook University, State University of New York, USA)
"Uncovering Non-Adiabatic Molecular Dynamics via Quantum Control of Strong Field Ionization"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Henrik Stapelfeldt (Aarhus University, Denmark)
"Laser-Induced Alignment of Molecules in He Nanodroplets"
10:30 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Coffee Break
11:10 am - 11:40 am
Thomas Baumert (University of Kassel, Germany)
"Molecular Chirality in the Light of Femtosecond Multi-Photon Ionization"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:20 pm
Kenji Ohmori (Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Japan)
"Ultrafast Many-Body Electron Dynamics in a Strongly Correlated Ultracold Rydberg Gas"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Power Hour
The GRC Power Hour is an optional informal gathering open to all meeting participants. It is designed to help address the challenges women face in science and support the professional growth of women in our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizer: Christiane Koch (University of Kassel, Germany)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Coherences in Liquid-Phase Systems
Discussion Leader: Paul Brumer (University of Toronto, Canada)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:20 pm
Philipp Kukura (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
"Trying to See the Emperor's New Clothes: An Experimental Perspective"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Elisabetta Collini (University of Padova, Italy)
"The Role of Scaffold Flexibility and Disorder in the Coherent Dynamics of Bio-Mimetic Systems"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Ignacio Franco (University of Rochester, USA)
"Quantifying Early-Time Quantum Decoherence Dynamics Through Fluctuations"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Coherences in Nanostructured Systems
Discussion Leader: Haim Suchowski (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:50 am
Kimberly Hall (Dalhousie University, Canada)
"Femtosecond Pulse Shaping for Optimal Quantum Control of Quantum Dot Excitons"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Peter Hommelhoff (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany)
"Controlling Electrons at the Surface of and in Solids Coherently with Strong Optical Fields"
10:30 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Coffee Break
11:10 am - 11:40 am
Niek Van Hulst (ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Spain)
"Looking at Coherences in Single Molecules, Quantum Dots and Plasmonic Antennas"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:20 pm
Rupert Huber (University of Regensburg, Germany)
"Subcycle Quantum Electronics"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Quantum Control Challenges
Discussion Leader: Robert Gordon (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:20 pm
Regina De Vivie-Riedle (Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, Germany)
"Quantum Control of Molecular Reactions: From Gas Phase to Solution"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Marcus Motzkus (Heidelberg University, Germany)
"Control of Population and Vibrational Coherence with Shaped Pulses - Revisited"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Ignacio Sola (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain)
"Ultrafast Excitations Controlled by Optimally Tailored Vibrational Wave Functions"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Impact of Quantum Control on Quantum Technologies
Discussion Leader: Steffen Glaser (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:50 am
Joerg Wrachtrup (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
"Enhancing Precision Measurements by Quantum Algorithms"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Patrice Bertet (CEA Saclay, France)
"Magnetic Resonance at the Quantum Limit and Beyond"
10:30 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Coffee Break
11:10 am - 11:40 am
Jacob Sherson (Aarhus University, Denmark)
"Heuristics and Metaheuristics in Quantum Control"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:05 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Marie Bonneau (TU Wien, Austria)
"Optimal Control of BEC in Low Dimensional Traps and Applications"
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Andreas Steinbacher (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"THz Polaritonics: On-Chip Generation, Detection, and Control of Strong Light-Matter Interactions"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Quantum Technology Applications
Discussion Leader: Liang Jiang (Yale University, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:20 pm
Mikhail Lukin (Harvard University, USA)
"Quantum Dynamics of Strongly Interacting Systems: From New States of Matter to New Applications"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Michel Brune (Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, France)
"Quantum Control for Quantum Metrology with Rydberg Atoms"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Carrie Weidner (JILA, University of Colorado Boulder, USA)
"Building a Shaken Lattice Interferometer with Quantum Control"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Quantum Technology Challenges
Discussion Leader: Chitra Rangan (University of Windsor, Canada)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:50 am
Wolfgang Lechner (University of Innsbruck, Austria)
"Optimizing Quantum Paths in Adiabatic Quantum Computing"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Andreas Wallraff (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
"Studying the Functional Quantum Biology of Light-Harvesting Processes with Superconducting Circuits"
10:30 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Coffee Break
11:10 am - 11:40 am
John Martinis (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
"Quantum Supremacy"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:20 pm
Ferdinand Schmidt-Kaler (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany)
"Quantum Computing and Quantum Thermodynamics with Cold Trapped Ions"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Quantum Control Applications
Discussion Leader: David Tannor (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:20 pm
Herschel Rabitz (Princeton University, USA)
"The Interplay of Theory and Experiment in the Control of Quantum Phenomena and Beyond"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Mete Atature (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
"Qubit Protection via Nanoscale Reservoir Engineering"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Ilan Hurwitz (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
"Low Frequency Single Beam Raman Spectroscopy"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure