Quantum information theory has developed during the last years several theoretical tools and protocols to describe quantum many body systems and to do useful things with them. In this series of talks Professor Cirac will concentrate on tensor network ideas and its applications to condensed matter and atomic physics problems. He will also explain how dissipation may even help to design quantum devices. Professor Cirac is a leader in the fields of Theoretical Quantum Optics, Quantum Information and Degenerate Quantum Gases. For his work he was awarded several prizes including: the Benjamin Franklin Medal, the Carl Zeiss-Research Award and the International Quantum Communication Award.

Program of Lectures

Type	Title	Date	Time	Location	Presentation
Colloquium	Dissipation: a new tool in quantum information science	03-Dec-2012	14:30	Lidow Rosen Auditorium (323)
Condensed Matter Seminar	An order parameter for symmetry-protected phases in 1D spin chains	04-Dec-2012	14:30	Lidow Nathan Rosen (300)
Theor./Math. Physics Seminar	Efficient Descriptions of Many-body quantum systems	05-Dec-2012	13:30	Lewiner Seminar Room (412)