Recent Talks

1. “Simulating Hamiltonian Dynamics with the Off-diagonal Series Expansion”, Q-CASA 2023, University of St. Petersburg, FL, May 2023 (invited).

2. “Challenges in evaluating the economic impact of quantum computing funding”, Economics of Quantum Info Tech conference, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, May 2023 (invited).

3. “Mitigating the sign problem with Permutation Matrix Representation quantum Monte Carlo”, APS March Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, March 2023.

4. “Calculating functions of extremely large matrices: methods and applications“, ISI's CS&T Monthly meeting, Marina del Rey/virtual, CA, January 2023.

5. “Calculating elements of very large matrix-functions with the off-diagonal series expansion”, QCAT close-out meeting, Oak Ridge, TN, December 2022.

6. “The sign problem, non-stoquasticity and everything in between”, APS March meeting, virtual, March 2022 (invited).

7. “Quantum simulations in the NISQ era: Simulating Hamiltonian dynamics on a quantum computer using the off-diagonal series expansion", QEAMS21, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan Israel, September 2021 (invited).


8."Simulating topological models with Population Annealing QMC, QAFS/QEO telecon, Virtual meeting, August 2021 (invited).

9."Analog Quantum Computing”, IFGW Quantum Technologies School, virtual/Sao Paulo Brazil, October 2021 (invited).

10. “Simulating Hamiltonian dynamics on a quantum computer using the off-diagonal series expansion", Quantum Information seminar, George Mason University, virtual, February 2022.

11. “Determining QMC simulability with geometric phases”, SIGN22, Tel Aviv, Israel, September 2022.

12. “Permutation Matrix Expansion Quantum Monte Carlo", XXXII IUPAP Conference on Computational Physics (CCP 2021), Virtual meeting/Coventry, UK, August 2021 (invited).
13. “Quantum Algorithm for Simulating Hamiltonian Dynamics with the Off-diagonal Series Expansion”, IBM Quantum seminar, Virtual, July 2021.
14. “Non-stoquasticity and non-simulability in AQC", AQC 2021, Virtual meeting/Japan, June 2021 (invited).

Quantum annealers as QMC simulators

Quantum algorithm for simulating Hamiltonian dynamics with an off-diagonal series expansion

Non-stoquastic quantum annealing simulation

Limitations of physical quantum annealers

Some of my other talks include –

2021

  • “Analog Quantum Computing”, IFGW Quantum Technologies School, virtual/Sao Paulo Brazil, October 2021 (invited).
  • “Quantum simulations in the NISQ era: Simulating Hamiltonian dynamics on a quantum computer using the off-diagonal series expansion”, QEAMS21, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan Israel, September 2021.
  • “Permutation Matrix Expansion Quantum Monte Carlo”, XXXII IUPAP Conference on Computational Physics (CCP 2021), Virtual meeting/Coventry, UK, August 2021.
  • “Quantum Algorithm for Simulating Hamiltonian Dynamics with the Off-diagonal Series Expansion”}, IBM Quantum seminar, Virtual, July 2021. 
  • “Non-stoquasticity and non-simulability in AQC”, AQC 2021, Virtual meeting/Japan, June 2021.
  • “Quantum algorithm for simulating evolution under time-dependent Hamiltonians ”, DOE STAQC bi-weekly meeting, Virtual meeting, May 2021. 
  • “TEQUILAS: Towards enhanced quantum annealing in learning and simulation”, DARPA/DSO Reversible Quantum Machine Learning and Simulation mini kickoff meeting, Virtual, April 2021. 
  • “Novel methods for simulating quantum many-body systems on classical and quantum computers”, ISI’s CS&T Monthly meeting, Virtual, April 2021. 
  • “Novel methods for simulating quantum many-body systems on classical and quantum computers”, ACS Spring 2021, Virtual, April 2021 (poster). 
  • “Quantum Algorithm for Simulating Hamiltonian Dynamics with the Off-diagonal Series Expansion”, APS March Meeting, Virtual, March 2021. 
  • “Simulating Hamiltonian Dynamics with the Off-diagonal Series Expansion”, Quantum Computing seminar, University of Southern California Virtual meeting, February 2021. 
  • “Analog Quantum Computing”, UC Santa Barbara Winter School on Quantum Science, January 2021. 
  • “Quantum algorithm for simulating Hamiltonian dynamics with an off-diagonal series expansion”, QIP 2021, virtual, February 2021 (poster). 

2020

  • “An integral-free representation of the Dyson series using divided differences”, STAQC Applications team meeting (virtual), November 2020. 
  • “Simulating Hamiltonian Dynamics with the Off-diagonal Series Expansion”, Quantum Algorithms 2020, Virtual meeting, September 2020. 
  • “Quantum Algorithms with the Off-diagonal Series Expansion”, DOE STAQC re-kickoff meeting, Virtual meeting, September 2020. 
  • “Quantum Annealers as Quantum Simulators”, QEO Milestone Review Meeting, Vir- tual meeting, June 2020 . 
  • “Simulating Hamiltonian Dynamics with the Off-diagonal Series Expansion”, DOE QCAT meeting, Virtual meeting, April 2020 . 
  • “Power of Non-Stoquastic Quantum Annealing Optimization”, AFRL Program Review, Virtual meeting, April 2020. 
  • “Future of Analog Quantum Computing: Hopes and Hinderances”, UCSB Quantum Foundry seminar, Santa Barbara CA, February 2020. 
  • “Future of Analog Quantum Computing: Hopes and Hinderances”, LBNL Advanced Quantum Testbed Colloquium, Berkeley CA, February 2020. 

2019

  • “Non-stoquasticity going forward”, QEO YR2 Program Review, Marina del Rey CA, December 2019. 
  • “Non-stoquasticity and quantum annealing”, QEO YR2 Program Review, Marina del Rey CA, December 2019. 
  • “The sign problem, non-stoquasticity and everything in between”, Quantum Information seminar, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field CA, December 2019. 
  • “The sign problem, non-stoquasticity and everything in between”, USC Condensed Mat- ter/ Quantum Information seminar, Los Angeles CA, October 2019. 
  • “Simulating quantum many-body physics on classical and quantum computers”, Nuclear theory seminar, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, October 2019. 
  • “Equation Planting: A Tool for Benchmarking Ising Machines”, USC-Fujitsu research kickoff meeting, Los Angeles CA, September 2019. 
  • “Can Analog Quantum Computers Solve Classical Spin Glasses?”, Workshop on Break- down Of Ergodicity In Isolated Quantum Systems: From Glassiness To Localization, Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics, Firenze, Italy, July 2019 (invited). 
  • “Quantum annealing with non-stoquastic interactions: Promising paths and likely dead ends”, AQC 2019- Adiabatic Quantum Computing Conference, Innsbruck, Austria, June 2019. 
  • “Future of Analog Quantum Computing: Hopes and Hinderances”, Quantum Information Seminar, La Sapienza, Rome, Italy, June 2019. 
  • “Future of Analog Quantum Computing: Hopes and Hinderances”, Condensed Matter Seminar, University of Napoli, Napoli, Italy, June 2019. 
  • “Paths to supremacy with quantum annealers”, Cetraro, Italy, June 2019 (invited). 
  • “Equation Planting: A Tool for Benchmarking Ising Machines, Lockheed Martin/D- Wave/USC technical exchange meeting, Los Angeles, CA, June 2019. 
  • “Future of Analog Quantum Computing: Hopes and Hinderances”, AMOS Seminar, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, May 2019. 
  • “Future of Analog Quantum Computing: Hopes and Hinderances”, Condensed Matter Seminar, Hebrew. University, Jerusalem, Israel, May 2019. 
  • “Future of Analog Quantum Computing: Hopes and Hinderances”, Quantum Optics Seminar, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel, May 2019. 
  • “Future of Analog Quantum Computing: Hopes and Hinderances”, Condensed Matter Seminar, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, April 2019. 
  • “Quantum Computing at ISI”, What’s Going On Breakfast Meeting at ISI, Marina del Rey, CA, April 2019. 
  • “Quantum Enhancement: Progress Report and Outlook”, QEO MIT LL site visit, Boston, MA, April 2019. 
  • “Off-Diagonal Series Expansion: From QMC to Hamiltonian Simulation”, STAQC Ap- plication Team, April 2019. 
  • “Equation Planting: A Tool for Benchmarking Ising Machines, Daniel Lidar’s group meeting, Los Angeles, CA, March 2019. 
  • “Errors in Analog Quantum Computers”, Virtual meeting on error mitigation for near- term QCs, March 2019. 
  • “Off-diagonal series expansion quantum Monte Carlo”, APS March meeting, Boston, MA, March 2019. 
  • “Center for Quantum Simulations”, DOE QIS Kickoff Meeting, Bethesda, MD, January 2019. 
  • “Paths to quantum enhancements.”, QEO Program Review, San Diego, CA, January 2019. 

2018

  • “Quantum Annealing, Analog Errors, Quantum Simulations and more”, ASCR DOE QCAT Kickoff Meeting, Online Meeting, November 2018. 
  • “A Center for Quantum Simulations”, USC Quantum Center brainstorming workshop, Los Angeles, CA, November 2018. 
  • “Probing Analog Quantum Machines with Supercomputer Simulations”, Computer Simulations in Physics and Beyond (3rd International Conference), Moscow, Russia, September 2018 (invited). 
  • “Analog Quantum Computers: Hopes and Limitations”, HPC workshop, Cetraro, Italy, July 2018 (invited). 
  • “Quantum Enhancements Task One Year Review”, QEO Review Meeting 2018, Moffett Field, CA, June 2018. 
  • “Quantum Annealers as QMC Substitutes”, AQC 2018, Moffett Field, CA, June 2018. 
  • “Analog Errors in Ising Machines”, NASA Ames research center, Moffett Field, CA, June 2018. 
  • “Solving NP-hard problems with Janus”, Janus Collaboration meeting, Madrid, Spain, June 2018. 
  • “Future of Analog Quantum Computing and ISI’s Role in It”, CS&T monthly meeting, Marina del Rey, CA, April 2018. 
  • “Quantum Annealers as Substitutes to QMC Algorithms”, D-Wave/L,CO/USC Technical exchange meeting, Marina del Rey, CA, April 2018. 
  • “Off-Diagonal Series Expansion for Quantum Partition Functions”, Daniel Lidar’s group meeting, Los Angeles, CA, April 2018. 
  • “Can Analog Quantum Computers Solve Spin Glasses?”, APS March Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, March 2018 (invited). 
  • “Different Facets of Benchmarking”, QEO Technical Exchange Meeting, Moffett Field, CA, February 2018. 

2017

  • “Limitation of and Hopes for Physical Quantum Annealers”, DARPA/MEC Quantum Applications Workshop, Berkeley, CA, November 2017 (invited). 
  • “Searching for Optimal Quantum Annealing Architectures”, QEO Kickoff Meeting, San Diego, CA, October 2017. 
  • “Quantum Enhancement”, QEO Kickoff Meeting, San Diego, CA, October 2017. 
  • “Limitation of and Hopes for Physical Quantum Annealers”, Quantum Information Seminar, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niteroi, RJ, Brasil, October 2017. 
  • “Power of Adiabatic Quantum Computing: Theory and Reality”, Physics Colloquium, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niteroi, RJ, Brasil, October 2017. 
  • “Understanding Analog Quantum Computers with Digital Supercomputers ”, CECAM Workshop — Synergy between quantum computing and high-performance computing, Zurich, Switzerland, August 2017 (invited). 
  • “Off-diagonal Expansion Quantum Monte Carlo”, Conference of Computational Physics 2017, Paris, France, July 2017. 
  • “Limitations of Physical Quantum Annealers”, AQC 2017 – 5th International Workshop on Adiabatic Quantum Computing, Tokyo, Japan, June 2017 (invited). 
  • “Power of Adiabatic Quantum Computing: Theory and Reality”, Dahlem Center Col- loquium, Dahlem Center for Complex Quantum Systems — Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany, June 2017. 
  • “Quantum Computing at ISI: D-Wave and Beyond”, Air Force Space Command SMC visit, Marina del Rey, CA, April 2017. 
  • “Beyond HFS”, Lockheed Martin/D-Wave/USC technical exchange meeting, Marina del Rey, CA, April 2017. 
  • “Thermalization, freeze-out and J-chaos: deciphering experimental quantum annealers”, APS March Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 2017 (conference talk). 
  • “Realizable quantum adiabatic search”, SQuInT (Southwest Quantum Information and Technology), Baton Rouge, Louisiana, February 2017 (poster). 
  • “Quantum annealers: Past and Future”, ISI’s CS&T Monthly meeting, Marina del Rey, CA, January 2017. 
  • “The fair in unfair quantum ground state sampling”, Daniel Lidar’s group meeting, Los Angeles, CA, January 2017. 

2016

  • “The fair in unfair quantum ground state sampling”, AGU meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2016 (poster). 
  • “Probing Analog Quantum Annealers with High Performance Computers”, SC16 (USC booth), Salt Lake City, UT, November 2016. 
  • “A Scaling Law for Dilution Fridges”, Lockheed Martin/D-Wave/USC technical ex- change meeting, Marina del Rey, CA, October 2016. 
  • “Quantum-Classical Hybrid Monte Carlo Algorithms with Applications to AQC”, Work- shop on Theory and Practice of Adiabatic Quantum Computers and Quantum Simulation, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, August 2016 (invited). 
  • “Role of classical hardness for quantum annealers”, Berkeley Quantum Information and Computation Center, Berkeley, CA, August 2016. 
  • “Temperature chaos, J-chaos and the like in quantum annealers”, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, August 2016. 
  • “Classical Modeling of Quantum Tunneling”, Adiabatic Quantum Computing Confer- ence, Venice, CA, June 2016. 
  • “Practical Engineering of Hard Spin-Glass Instances”, Daniel Lidar’s Group Meeting, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, May 2016. . 
  • “Quantum Annealing for Constrained Optimization”, APS March meeting, Baltimore, MD, March 2016. 
  • “Quantum Annealing for Constrained Optimization”, Google Quantum Group meeting, Venice, CA, March 2016. 
  • “Quantum Annealing for Constrained Optimization”, SQuInT (Southwest Quantum In- formation and Technology), Santa Fe, NM, February 2016 (conference talk). 

2015

  • “Fidelity-optimized quantum state estimation”, Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS) 2015, Montreal, CA, December 2015. 
  • “Simulations, modeling and benchmarking of experimental quantum annealing optimizers”, SC15 (USC booth), Austin, TX, November 2015. 
  • R&D in Computing, Rethink Disruption CTO Forum, San Francisco, CA, November 2015 (panelist, invited). 
  • “Quantum Annealing for Constrained Optimization”, D-Wave/Lockheed-Martin/USC Meeting, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, September 2015. 
  • “Generating hard problems on the Chimera”, Fourth Conference in Adiabatic Quantum Computing, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, June 2015. 
  • “Power of Adiabatic Quantum Computation: Theory and Reality”, QCD: from The- ory to Experiment (symposium in honor of Marek Karliner’s 60th birthday), Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, May 2015 (invited talk). 
  • “Power of Adiabatic Quantum Computation: Theory and Reality”, Physics Seminar, San Jose State University, San Jose CA, April 2015. 
  • “Optimized Adaptive Tomography”, Daniel Lidar’s Group Meeting, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, April 2015. 
  • “Harnessing Spin-Glass Theory to Probe Quantum Annealers”, Condensed-Matter sem- inar, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel, April 2015 (seminar talk). 
  • “Role of Classical Hardness for Quantum Annealers”, APS March Meeting, San Anto- nio, TX, March 2015. 
  • “Role of Classical Hardness for Quantum Annealers”, SQuInT (Southwest Quantum Information and Technology), Berkeley, CA, February 2015 (conference talk). 
  • “Classical Simulations of Large-Scale Quantum Computers”, ASCR Workshop on Quan- tum Computing for Science, Bethesda, MD, February 2015 (invited talk). 
  • “Near-Future Quantum Advantages Beyond Speedup”, ASCR Workshop on Quantum Computing for Science, Bethesda, MD, February 2015 (invited talk). 
  • “Effects of Classical Control Errors on the Performance of Quantum Annealers”, Quan- tum Control MURI Retreat, Huntington Beach, CA, February 2015. 
  • “Role of Classical Hardness for Quantum Annealers”, Peter Young Retirement Conference, Santa Cruz, CA, February 2015 (invited talk). 
  • QEO proposers’ day, IARPA, College Park, MD, October 2015. 

2014

  • “Quantum Speedups with D-Wave Two”, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, October 2014 (seminar talk). 
  • “Quantum versus Thermal Annealing: Seeking a Fair Comparison”, D-Wave Users Colloquium, Sunnyvale, CA, September 2014 (invited talk). 
  • “Performance of D-Wave Two on Problems with Planted Solutions”, Practical Applica- tions of Quantum Annealing Workshop, Griffiss Air Force Base, Rome, NY, September 2014 (invited talk). 
  • “Quantum versus Thermal Annealing: Seeking a Fair Comparison”, Workshop on heuris- tic and quantum-inspired optimization, Zurich, Switzerland, August 2014 (invited talk). 
  • “Optimization via Open System Quantum Annealers”, ARO Program Review, Arlington VA, August 2014. 
  • “Quantum Computational Science”, 2014 OLCF Users Meeting, Oak Ridge, TN, July 2014 (invited talk). 
  • “Performance of D-Wave Two on Problems with Planted Solutions”, Google Quantum Group Seminar, Google, Venice, CA, June 2014. 
  • “Performance of D-Wave Two on Problems with Planted Solutions”, AQC 2014, Los Angeles, CA, June 2014 (invited talk). 
  • “Period Finding with Adiabatic Quantum Computation”, Aspen Winter Conference on Advances in Quantum Algorithms and Computation, Aspen, CO, March 2014 (invited talk). 
  • “Period Finding with Adiabatic Quantum Computation”, APS March Meeting, Denver, CO, March 2014. 
  • “Period Finding with Adiabatic Quantum Computation”, SQuInT (Southwest Quantum Information and Technology), Santa Fe, NM, February 2014 (conference talk). 
  • “Controlled Quantum Adiabatic Evolution”, Quantum Control MURI retreat, Laguna Beach, CA, February 2014. 
  • “Power of Adiabatic Quantum Computation”, Physics Colloquium, University of South- ern California, Los Angeles, CA, February 2014 (colloquium). 
  • “Quantum Adiabatic Circuits”, 3rd D-Wave Application Colloquium, Google, Venice, CA, January 2014. 
  • “Hardness of D-Wave-specific problems with planted solutions”, QRA/Lockheed-Martin/USC Meeting, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, January 2014. 
  • “Period Finding and other Quantum Adiabatic Algorithms”, Quantum Seminar, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, January 2014 (seminar talk). 

Older Talks

  • “Period Finding and other Quantum Adiabatic Algorithms”, Condensed Matter Semi- nar, Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel, December 2013 (seminar talk). 
  • “Hardness of D-Wave-specific problems with planted solutions”, Daniel Lidar’s Group Meeting, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, December 2013. 
  • “Hardness of D-Wave-specific problems with planted solutions”, Google’s Quantum Com- puting Group, Venice–Los Angeles, CA, December 2013. 
  • “Period Finding with Adiabatic Quantum Computation”, Daniel Lidar’s Group Meeting, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, October 2013. 
  • “New Quantum Adiabatic Algorithms”, Quantum Computing Meetup Group, Mountain View, CA, October 2013 (invited talk). 
  • “Programming the D-Wave Chip”, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, August 2013. 
  • “Harnessing Adiabatic Quantum Computing for Operational Planning Problems”, 2nd D-Wave Application Colloquium, ISI/USC, Marina del Rey, CA, June 2013 (invited talk). 
  • “Harnessing Adiabatic Quantum Computing for Operational Planning Problems”, NASA- Ames QuAIL Seminar, Moffett Field, CA, June 2013 (seminar talk). 
  • “Complexity of the Quantum Adiabatic Algorithm”, APS March Meeting, Baltimore, MD, March 2013 (invited talk). 
  • “Some New Quantum Adiabatic Algorithms”, AQC 2013 – 2nd International Workshop on Adiabatic Quantum Computing, London, UK, March 2013 (conference talk). 
  • “Complexity of the Quantum Adiabatic Algorithm”, Quantum Information Laboratory Workshop, NASA Ames research center, Moffett Field, CA, November 2012 (seminar talk). 
  • “Complexity of the Quantum Adiabatic Algorithm”, Condensed Matter Seminar, Uni- versidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, September 2012 (seminar talk). 
  • “Complexity of the Quantum Adiabatic Algorithm”, Workshop on Complex quantum systems: Nonergodicity, glassiness and localization, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, August 2012 (invited talk). 
  • “Adiabatic Quantum Computing”, Advanced Machine Learning Class, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, June 2012 (tutorial). 
  • “Complexity of the Quantum Adiabatic Algorithm”, Condensed Matter Seminar, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, April 2012 (seminar talk). 
  • “Complexity of the Quantum Adiabatic Algorithm”, NASA Space Research Expo, Mof- fett Field, CA, March 2012 (poster). 
  • “Complexity of the Quantum Adiabatic Algorithm”, APS March Meeting, Boston, MA, February 2012 (conference talk). 
  • “Complexity of the Quantum Adiabatic Algorithm”, Quantum Computing Group Semi- nar, LPS, College Park, MD, January 2012 (seminar talk). 
  • “Complexity of the Quantum Adiabatic Algorithm”, First NASA Quantum Future Tech- nologies Conference, Moffett Field, CA, January 2012 (poster). 
  • “Complexity of the Quantum Adiabatic Algorithm”, 2012 Mini Stat Mech Meeting, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, January 2012 (poster). 
  • “Complexity of the Quantum Adiabatic Algorithm”, Condensed Matter Seminar, Rutgers Center for Materials Theory, Piscataway, NJ, December 2011 (seminar talk). 
  • “Complexity of the Quantum Adiabatic Algorithm”, Condensed Matter Seminar, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, December 2011 (seminar talk). 
  • “Complexity of the Quantum Adiabatic Algorithm”, Condensed Matter Seminar, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, December 2011 (seminar talk). 
  • “Complexity of the Quantum Adiabatic Algorithm”, Condensed Matter Seminar, BarIlan University, Ramat Gan, Israel, December 2011 (seminar talk). 
  • “Complexity of the Quantum Adiabatic Algorithm”, Condensed Matter Seminar, Ben- Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel, December 2011 (seminar talk). 
  • “Complexity of the Quantum Adiabatic Algorithm”, Condensed Matter Seminar, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, November 2011 (seminar talk). 
  • “Complexity of the Quantum Adiabatic Algorithm”, International Workshop on Simulation and Manipulation of Quantum Systems for Information Processing, Ju ̈lich, Germany, October 2011 (poster). 
  • “Complexity of the Quantum Adiabatic Algorithm”, ARO/ NSA 2011 Quantum Com- puting and Quantum Algorithms Program Review, Denver, CO, August 2011 (poster). 
  • “Implementation of the Quantum Adiabatic Algorithm”, Farhi Group Meeting, MIT, Cambridge, MA, February 2011 (Informal seminar talk). 
  • “Strongly Interacting Atom Lasers in 3D Optical Lattices”, 2011 Mini Stat Mech Meeting, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, January 2011 (poster). 
  • “Phase Diagram of Hardcore Bose-Hubbard Model in the Presence of a Superlattice”, Condensed Matter Seminar, Boston University, Boston, MA, November 2010 (seminar talk). 
  • “No-Broadcasting Theorem and Its Classical Counterpart”, ARO/ NSA 2010 Quantum Computing, Quantum Algorithms & Multi-Qubit Coherent Operations Program Re-view, Cincinnati, OH, August 2010 (poster). 
  • “Phase Diagram of the Hardcore Bose-Hubbard Model in the Presence of a Superlattice”, APS March Meeting, Portland, OR, March 2010 (conference talk). 
  • “Phase Diagram of the Hardcore Bose-Hubbard Model in the Presence of a Superlattice”, Condensed Matter Seminar, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, January 2010 (seminar talk). 
  • “Phase Diagram of the Hardcore Bose-Hubbard in the Presence of a Superlattice”, AMOPP group talk, University College London, London, UK, January 2010 (Job talk). 
  • “Phase Diagram of the Hardcore Bose-Hubbard Model in the Presence of a Superlattice”, Condensed Matter Physics Seminar, Georgetown University, Washington DC, November 2009 (seminar talk). 
  • “Phase Diagram of the Hardcore Bose-Hubbard Model in the Presence of a Superlattice”, Quantum Information/Bose-Einstein Condensation Seminar, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, December 2009 (seminar talk). 
  • “No-Broadcasting Theorem and Its Classical Counterpart”, 2nd Vienna Symposium on the Foundations of Modern Physics, Vienna, Austria, June 2009 (poster). 
  • “Superfluid to Mott-insulator Transition of Hardcore Bosons in a Superlattice”, Con- densed Matter Physics Seminar, Georgetown University, Washington DC, May 2009 (seminar talk). 
  • “Superfluid to Mott-insulator Transition of Hardcore Bosons in a Superlattice”, APS March Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, March 2009 (conference talk). 
  • “Superfluid to Mott-insulator Transition of Hardcore Bosons in a Superlattice”, Con- densed Matter Physics Seminar, Georgetown University, Washington DC, March 2009 (seminar talk). 
  • “Hexagonal Structure of Baby Skyrmion Lattices”, Nonlinear Physics: Theory and Ex- periment V, Gallipoli, Italy, June 2008 (conference talk). 
  • “Spontaneous Breaking of Rotational Symmetry in Field Theory Solitons”, Particle Physics Seminar, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, June 2008 (seminar talk). 
  • “Hexagonal Structure of Baby Skyrmion Lattices”, Integrable Systems Seminar, Univer- sity of Leeds, Leeds, UK, March 2008 (seminar talk). 
  • Hexagonal Structure of Baby Skyrmion Lattices”, Israel Physical Society, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, December 2007 (conference talk). 

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