Support for US participation in Nordita/Mittag-Leffler conference and programs on quantum information

该奖项为2010年秋季在瑞典参加两个量子信息科学项目的美国参与者提供旅费：*量子信息科学项目于2010年9月27日至10月29日在瑞典斯德哥尔摩的北欧理论物理研究所（NORDITA）举行。(http://agenda.albanova.se/conferenceDisplay.py?*量子信息理论项目，于2010年9月1日至12月15日在瑞典Djursholm的mittagi - leffler数学研究所举行。（http://www.mittag-leffler.se/programs/future/1011f/）Both计划共享参与一个共同的中央会议，“量子信息与计算国际会议”，于2010年10月4日至8日在瑞典斯德哥尔摩的温纳-格伦中心举行(http://agenda.albanova.se/conferenceDisplay.py？（confId=1440）这项旅行补助金的资助对象是年轻的美国科学家，使他们能够在国际科学界建立重要联系，并为培养下一代量子信息科学家做出贡献。欲了解更多信息，请联系塔夫茨大学的Mary Beth Ruskai博士[marybeth.ruskai@tufts.edu]。量子信息科学是利用量子效应进行计算、通信和密码学的研究。量子计算机将比现有的计算机更强大；它可以执行今天的经典计算机无法执行的任务。尽管建造量子计算机仍然是一个艰巨的挑战，但已经取得了很大进展，新的量子加密方法的设备现在已经商业化。量子信息科学是一个跨学科的领域，其参与者从致力于量子计算机和其他信息处理设备的物理实现的实验家到在量子信息理论中有意想不到的应用的抽象领域工作的数学家。量子计算机将威胁到常用加密协议的安全性，这些协议用于安全传输信用卡号码或医疗记录，以及传输对国家安全至关重要的信息。美国在这个快速发展的领域保持领先地位至关重要。这项资助将促进美国科学家参与量子信息理论的重要国际研究项目。

This award supports travel for U.S. participants in two programs on quantum information science in Sweden during the fall of 2010:* The scientific program on Quantum Information held at the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (NORDITA), Stockholm, Sweden, from 27 September to 29 October, 2010. (http://agenda.albanova.se/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=1434)* The program in Quantum Information Theory held at the Mittag-Leffler Mathematics Institute, Djursholm, Sweden, from 1 September to 15 December, 2010. (http://www.mittag-leffler.se/programs/future/1011f/)Both programs share involvement in a common central meeting, the "International Conference on Quantum Information and Computation," held 4-8 October 2010 at the Wenner-Gren Center, Stockholm, Sweden.(http://agenda.albanova.se/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=1440)Support under this travel grant is targeted to young U.S. scientists, enabling them to make important contacts in the international scientific community, and contributing to the training of the next generation of quantum information scientists. For further information, please contact Dr. Mary Beth Ruskai, Tufts University [marybeth.ruskai@tufts.edu].Quantum information science is the study of using quantum effects for computation, communication, and cryptography. A quantum computer would be more powerful than existing ones; it could perform tasks which are not feasible with the classical computers of today. Although building a quantum computer remains a formidable challenge, much progress has been made, and devices for new quantum methods of cryptography are now commercially available. Quantum information science is an interdisciplinary field, whose participants range from experimentalists working on the physical implementation of quantum computers and other information processing devices to mathematicians working in abstract fields which have had unanticipated applications in quantum information theory.A quantum computer would threaten the security of commonly-used encryption protocols for tasks ranging from secure transmission of credit card numbers or medical records to transmission of information vital to national security. It is essential that the U.S. remain a leader in this rapidly developing field. This grant will facilitate the participation of U.S. scientists in important international research programs on quantum information theory.