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
Keynote Session: New Challenges for Quantum Control: From Artificial Intelligence to Neuroscience
Discussion Leader: Tommaso Calarco (Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany)
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Opening Remarks
7:50 pm - 8:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm
Roman Krems (University of British Columbia, Canada)
"Machine Learning with Small Data as a Physics Research Tool: From Extrapolation Across Phase Transitions to Inverse Problems to Quantum Machine Learning"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm
Paul Brumer (University of Toronto, Canada)
"Coherent Control at Two Extremes: Cold Collisions and Neuronal Currents"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Quantum Engineering
Discussion Leader: Herschel Rabitz (Princeton University, USA)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:50 am
Peter Zoller (University of Innsbruck, Austria)
"Hybrid Classical-Quantum Quantum Simulations of Many-Body Systems: Theory and Experiment"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Ben Sussman (National Research Council, Canada)
"Quantum Control of Quantum Optics with Diamond Phonons"
11:00 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:40 am
Haidong Yuan (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China)
"Quantum Control in Quantum Metrology and Quantum Hypothesis Testing"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:20 pm
Sebastien Gleyzes (Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université / CNRS, France)
"Optimal Control for Quantum Metrology with Rydberg Atoms"
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
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢ is designed to address challenges women face in science and issues of diversity and inclusion. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizer: Regina de Vivie-Riedle (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Cavity-Based Control
Discussion Leader: Ignacio Franco (University of Rochester, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:20 pm
Vahid Sandoghdar (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Germany)
"Quantum Optics with Organic Molecules"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Aditya Venkatramani (Harvard University, USA)
"Repulsive Photons via Interaction in a Quantum Nonlinear Medium"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm
Joel Yuen-Zhou (University of California, San Diego, USA)
"Molecules in Cavities: Polariton Chemistry"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Chiral Systems
Discussion Leader: Thomas Baumert (University of Kassel, Germany)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:50 am
Ilya Averbukh (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
"Chiral Molecules in Laser Fields with Twisted Polarization"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Lea Ress (Universität Würzburg, Germany)
"Accessing Chiral Dynamics via Broadband Time-Resolved Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:50 am
Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:20 am
Valerie Blanchet (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications, Université de Bordeaux, France)
"New Approach to Probe the Chirality of a Molecular Potential"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Selected from Poster Abstracts: David Ayuso (Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Germany)
"Locally and Globally Chiral Fields for Ultimate Control of Chiral Light-Matter Interaction"
11:45 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:20 pm
Reinhard Dörner (University of Frankfurt, Germany)
"Ionization and Fragmentation of Chiral Molecules: What We Can Learn from Coincidence Spectroscopy"
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
Cold Collisions
Discussion Leader: Rosario Gonzalez-Ferez (Universidad de Granada, Spain)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:20 pm
Stefan Willitsch (University of Basel, Switzerland)
"New Quantum Methods for the Manipulation, Spectroscopy and State-to-State Chemistry of Single Molecular Ions"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Illya Tyutyunnykov (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
"Echo in a Single Molecule"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm
Edvardas Narevicius (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
"Collisions Between Cold Molecules in a Superconducting Magnetic Trap"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Many-Body Quantum Control
Discussion Leader: Birgitta Whaley (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:50 am
Mikhail Lemeshko (Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Austria)
"Far-from-Equilibrium Dynamics of Molecules in Helium Nanodroplets"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Alicia Kollar (Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland, USA)
"Lattice Simulators in Circuit QED"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:50 am
Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:20 am
Frank Stienkemeier (University of Freiburg, Germany)
"Extending Coherent Multidimensional Spectroscopy to Dilute Samples and into the XUV"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Vladimir Malinovsky (U.S. Army Research Laboratory, USA)
"Quantum Optimal Control of Motion in an Atomic Fountain: Adiabaticity and Robustness"
11:45 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:20 pm
Mohammad Hafezi (Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland, USA)
"Quantum Optics Toolbox Applied to Correlated States of Electrons"
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
7:00 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
Electron Dynamics
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
Stefanie Gräfe (Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany)
"Strong-Field Control of Molecular Dynamics"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Tom Ring (University of Kassel, Germany)
"Excited-State Rabi Cycling Near the Ionization Threshold After Multiphoton Excitation: A General Concept?"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm
Paul Corkum (University of Ottawa, Canada)
"Vector Beams, High Harmonic Generation and THz Solenoidal Magnetic Fields"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Nanostructures
Discussion Leader: Mikhail Lukin (Harvard University, USA)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:50 am
Javier Aizpurua (Materials Physics Center, CSIC-UPV/EHU, Spain)
"Tracing the Ultrafast Dynamics of Electron Currents in Plasmonic Nanogaps"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Tobias Brixner (University of Wuerzburg, Germany)
"Phase-Controlled Pulse Sequences for Ultrafast Micro- and Nano-Spectroscopy"
11:00 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:40 am
Hui Cao (Yale University, USA)
"Coherence Control of Complex Lasers"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:20 pm
Maxim Sukharev (Arizona State University, USA)
"Electrodynamics of Exciton-Plasmon Systems: Strong Coupling and Beyond"
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
Control in Quantum Thermodynamics
Discussion Leader: Ronnie Kosloff (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:20 pm
Alexia Auffèves (CNRS, France)
"The Energetic Side of Quantum Noise"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Sharly Fleischer (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
"Echo Spectroscopy in Multi-Level Molecular Rotors"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm
Ulrich Poschinger (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany)
"A Spin Heat Engine Coupled to a Harmonic-Oscillator Flywheel"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure