SIPQNP 2017

Dates: March 30-31, 2017
Location: MIT, Cambridge, MA
Sponsored by: NSF Center for Quantum Networks

Overview: SIPQNP 2017 explored a format wherein topics of discussion were not determined apriori. Instead, the community of attendees came together to determine the important challenges and “hot topics” that would benefit from brainstorming in interdisciplinary groups.

Participants: Konrad Banaszek, Boulat Bash, Karl Berggren, Don Boroson, Agata Branczyk, Darius Bunandar, Paola Cappellaro, Jacques Carolan, Changchen Chen, Chen-Fu Chiang, Joshua Combes, Marcelo Davanco, Paul Dixon, Zachary Dutton, Dirk Englund, Baris Erkmen, Brig Elliott, Raul Garcia-Patron Sanchez, Saikat Guha, Jonathan Habif, Katherine Hall, Scott Hamilton, Amr Helmy, Mikkel Heuck, Yuping Huang, Marwan Khater, Hari Krovi, Riccardo Laurenza, Marko Loncar, Norbert Lutkenhaus, John-Francis “JF” Mergen, Alan Migdall, Richard Mirin, Arman Mohseni Kabir, Sreraman Muralidharan, Ranjith Nair, Yuezhen Niu, Jason Orcutt, Mihir Pant, Perry Rice, Jeffrey Shapiro, Matthew Shaw, Si Hui Tan, Donald Towsley, Chee Wei Wong, Franco Wong, Feihu Xu

Agenda:

Thursday, March 30

8:00-8:30am Arrival, Registration, and Continental Breakfast

8:30am-12:00pm Session 1: Introduction and Determination of Discussion Topics

8:30am Welcome Remarks [Saikat Guha]

8:40am Introduction by Participants

9:25am Determination of Discussion Topics [Moderator: Dirk Englund]

10:15am Break and Posters

10:30am Plenary Talk [Prem Kumar]

11:00am Panel Discussion with the 6 Discussion Group Leads [Moderator: Prem Kumar]

12:00-1:00pm Lunch

1:00-3:30pm Session 2: Discussion Groups A: Application Areas

1:00pm Breakout Groups

2:00pm Team Presentations

3:00pm Break and Posters

3:30-5:30pm Session 3: Discussion Groups B: Devices

3:30pm Breakout Groups

4:30pm Team Presentations

5:30-6:30pm Reception in Kendall Marriott

6:30pm Dinner banquet in Kendall Marriott [Speaker: J.F. Mergen, Chief Scientist, BBN Technologies]

Friday, March 31

8:30am Session 4: Hot Topics

8:45am Discussion Group A1, Plenary Session

9:15am Discussion Group A2, Plenary Session

9:45am Discussion Group A3, Plenary Session

10:15am Break

10:30am Moderated Discussion

12:00pm Lunch

1:30pm Discussion Group B1, Plenary Session

2:00pm Discussion Group B2, Plenary Session

2:30pm Discussion Group B3, Plenary Session

3:00pm Break

3:30pm Moderated Discussion

6:00pm Closing Remarks and Vote of Thanks [Zac Dutton, BBN]

6:15pm Adjourn