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    <title>KITP Conference: Topological Phases and Quantum Computation </title>
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	<itunes:summary>KITP Conference: Topological Phases and Quantum Computation</itunes:summary>
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    <copyright>&#169; 2006 by the individual authors</copyright>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2006 13:53:32 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Topological Quantum Compiling </title>
<link>http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/qubit_c06/bonesteel/</link>
<description>Nick Bonesteel (Florida State)</description>
<author>(Nick Bonesteel (Florida State))</author>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2006 11:35:00 -0700</pubDate>
    <itunes:duration>1:03:58</itunes:duration>
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<title>Universal Quantum Computation with the nu=5/2 FQHE State</title>
<link>http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/qubit_c06/bravyi/</link>
<description>Sergei Bravyi (IBM)</description>
<author>(Sergei Bravyi (IBM))</author>
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    <itunes:summary>Sergei Bravyi (IBM) (Wed, 17 May 2006 10:40)

I consider quantum computation with non-Abelian anyons in the simplest
realistic model corresponding to the fractional quantum Hall state at
the filling fraction 5/2. It is known that topological operations
(braiding and fusion of anyons) are not computationally universal in
this model. I demonstrate that universal set of gates can be reliably
simulated with additional very noisy non-topological operations (such
s direct short-range interaction between anyons) if the noise level
is below threshold value about 15%.</itunes:summary>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2006 10:40:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Quantum Computation in Semiconductor Nanostructures </title>
<link>http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/qubit_c06/dassarma/</link>
<description>Sankar Das Sarma (Maryland)</description>
<author>(Sankar Das Sarma (Maryland))</author>
    <itunes:author>Sankar Das Sarma (Maryland)</itunes:author>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2006 10:40:00 -0700</pubDate>
    <itunes:duration>54:01</itunes:duration>
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<title>Disentanglement by a Point Contact </title>
<link>http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/qubit_c06/fendley/</link>
<description>Paul Fendley (Univ. Virginia)</description>
<author>(Paul Fendley (Univ. Virginia))</author>
    <itunes:author>Paul Fendley (Univ. Virginia)</itunes:author>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2006 10:40:00 -0700</pubDate>
    <itunes:duration>53:26</itunes:duration>
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<title>Realizing non-Abelian Statistics in Time Reversal Invariant Systems </title>
<link>http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/qubit_c06/fradkin/</link>
<description>Eduardo Fradkin (UIUC)</description>
<author>(Eduardo Fradkin (UIUC))</author>
    <itunes:author>Eduardo Fradkin (UIUC)</itunes:author>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2006 10:40:00 -0700</pubDate>
    <itunes:duration>47:12</itunes:duration>
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<title>Things Golden: What makes the (double) Fibonacci theory unique and how should we look for it? </title>
<link>http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/qubit_c06/freedman/</link>
<description>Mike Freedman (Microsoft)</description>
<author>(Mike Freedman (Microsoft))</author>
    <itunes:author>Mike Freedman (Microsoft)</itunes:author>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2006 14:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
    <itunes:duration>50:06</itunes:duration>
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<title>Fractional Statistics of Laughlin Quasiparticles </title>
<link>http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/qubit_c06/goldman/</link>
<description>Vladimir Goldman (SUNY)</description>
<author>(Vladimir Goldman (SUNY))</author>
    <itunes:author>Vladimir Goldman (SUNY)</itunes:author>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2006 14:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
    <itunes:duration>57:02</itunes:duration>
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<title>Concatenated Quantum Error Correction and the Threshold for Fault-tolerant Quantum Computation </title>
<link>http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/qubit_c06/gottesman/</link>
<description>Daniel Gottesman (Perimeter)</description>
<author>(Daniel Gottesman (Perimeter))</author>
    <itunes:author>Daniel Gottesman (Perimeter)</itunes:author>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2006 09:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
    <itunes:duration>1:00:35</itunes:duration>
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<title>The Stability of Topologically Ordered States: Real Time and Quasi-Adiabatic Evolution </title>
<link>http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/qubit_c06/hastings/</link>
<description>Matthew Hastings (LANL)</description>
<author>(Matthew Hastings (LANL))</author>
    <itunes:author>Matthew Hastings (LANL)</itunes:author>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2006 09:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
    <itunes:duration>54:04</itunes:duration>
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<title>Topological Protection by Small Josephson Junction Arrays </title>
<link>http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/qubit_c06/ioffe/</link>
<description>Lev Ioffe (Rutgers)</description>
<author>(Lev Ioffe (Rutgers))</author>
    <itunes:author>Lev Ioffe (Rutgers)</itunes:author>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2006 14:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
    <itunes:duration>45:56</itunes:duration>
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<title>The Connes Tensor Product for Constrained Quantum Systems </title>
<link>http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/qubit_c06/jones/</link>
<description>Vaughan Jones (UC Berkeley)</description>
<author>(Vaughan Jones (UC Berkeley))</author>
    <itunes:author>Vaughan Jones (UC Berkeley)</itunes:author>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2006 11:35:00 -0700</pubDate>
    <itunes:duration>56:08</itunes:duration>
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<title>Protected Qubits using Josephson Junctions </title>
<link>http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/qubit_c06/kitaev/</link>
<description>Alexei Kitaev (Caltech)</description>
<author>(Alexei Kitaev (Caltech))</author>
    <itunes:author>Alexei Kitaev (Caltech)</itunes:author>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2006 14:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
    <itunes:duration>54:00</itunes:duration>
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<title>Planar Feynman-type Diagrams for Invariant Tensors </title>
<link>http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/qubit_c06/kuperberg/</link>
<description>Greg Kuperberg (UC Davis)</description>
<author>(Greg Kuperberg (UC Davis))</author>
    <itunes:author>Greg Kuperberg (UC Davis)</itunes:author>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2006 09:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
    <itunes:duration>41:04</itunes:duration>
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<title>String-net Condensation and Topological Phases in Quantum Spin Systems </title>
<link>http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/qubit_c06/levin/</link>
<description>Mike Levin (MIT)</description>
<author>(Mike Levin (MIT))</author>
    <itunes:author>Mike Levin (MIT)</itunes:author>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2006 09:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
    <itunes:duration>56:32</itunes:duration>
</item>
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<title>"Engineering" Quantum Magnetism and Quantum Hall States in Optical Lattices</title>
<link>http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/qubit_c06/lukin/</link>
<description>Mikhail Lukin (Harvard)</description>
<author>(Mikhail Lukin (Harvard))</author>
    <itunes:author>Mikhail Lukin (Harvard)</itunes:author>
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    <itunes:summary>Mikhail Lukin (Harvard) (Tue, 16 May 2006 14:55)

We will review various approaches for realzation of quantum magnetic
systems with topological order and quantum Hall states using ultra-cold
atoms in optical lattices. As an outlook we will discuss several aspects
of potential proof-of-principle realizations of topologically protected
memory and computation in such systems.</itunes:summary>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2006 14:55:00 -0700</pubDate>
    <itunes:duration>52:12</itunes:duration>
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<title>Spin-based Qubits: Recent Experiments and Integration Scenarios </title>
<link>http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/qubit_c06/marcus/</link>
<description>Charlie Marcus (Harvard)</description>
<author>(Charlie Marcus (Harvard))</author>
    <itunes:author>Charlie Marcus (Harvard)</itunes:author>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2006 11:35:00 -0700</pubDate>
    <itunes:duration>56:13</itunes:duration>
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<title>Decoherence from Two-Level States </title>
<link>http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/qubit_c06/martinis/</link>
<description>John Martinis (UCSB)</description>
<author>(John Martinis (UCSB))</author>
    <itunes:author>John Martinis (UCSB)</itunes:author>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2006 16:20:00 -0700</pubDate>
    <itunes:duration>59:02</itunes:duration>
</item>
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<title>An Optical Lattice Toolbox: Optical potentials for coherent control of atoms. </title>
<link>http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/qubit_c06/porto/</link>
<description>Trey Porto (NIST)</description>
<author>(Trey Porto (NIST))</author>
    <itunes:author>Trey Porto (NIST)</itunes:author>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2006 16:20:00 -0700</pubDate>
    <itunes:duration>52:21</itunes:duration>
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<title>Non-Abelian Quantum Hall States: Properties and Prospects </title>
<link>http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/qubit_c06/read/</link>
<description>Nick Read (Yale Univ.)</description>
<author>(Nick Read (Yale Univ.))</author>
    <itunes:author>Nick Read (Yale Univ.)</itunes:author>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2006 09:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
    <itunes:duration>1:01:53</itunes:duration>
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<title>Probing Non-Abelian Statistics with Quasiparticle Interferometry </title>
<link>http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/qubit_c06/shtengel/</link>
<description>Kirill Shtengel (UC Riverside)</description>
<author>(Kirill Shtengel (UC Riverside))</author>
    <itunes:author>Kirill Shtengel (UC Riverside)</itunes:author>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2006 11:35:00 -0700</pubDate>
    <itunes:duration>44:22</itunes:duration>
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<title>Quantum Group Symmetry Breaking and Bose Condensation in Nonabelian Hall States </title>
<link>http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/qubit_c06/slingerland/</link>
<description>Joost Slingerland (Microsoft)</description>
<author>(Joost Slingerland (Microsoft))</author>
    <itunes:author>Joost Slingerland (Microsoft)</itunes:author>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2006 09:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
    <itunes:duration>1:02:00</itunes:duration>
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<title>Braiding and Fusion in px+ipy Superconductors </title>
<link>http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/qubit_c06/stone/</link>
<description>Michael Stone (UIUC)</description>
<author>(Michael Stone (UIUC))</author>
    <itunes:author>Michael Stone (UIUC)</itunes:author>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2006 14:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
    <itunes:duration>50:32</itunes:duration>
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<title>Classification of TQFTs </title>
<link>http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/qubit_c06/wang/</link>
<description>Zhenghan Wang (Microsoft)</description>
<author>(Zhenghan Wang (Microsoft))</author>
    <itunes:author>Zhenghan Wang (Microsoft)</itunes:author>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2006 09:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
    <itunes:duration>57:35</itunes:duration>
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<title>Experiments at 5/2 Filling Factor </title>
<link>http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/qubit_c06/willett/</link>
<description>Robert Willett (Lucent)</description>
<author>(Robert Willett (Lucent))</author>
    <itunes:author>Robert Willett (Lucent)</itunes:author>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2006 14:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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