8 December 1999. Thanks to MA.
December 13 - 15, 1999 NEC Research Institute, 4 Independence Way, Princeton, NJ
Organiser: Dominic Mayers, NEC Research
Institute, mayers@research.nj.nec.com
Supporting Institutions:
NEC Research Institute, Princeton, NJ, USA.
NEC Fundamental Research Laboratory, Tsukuba, Japan.
Princeton Area Center for Theory (PACT), Princeton, NJ, USA.
Some of the participants
Dorit Aharanov, UCLA -- Berkeley
Charles Bennett, IBM T.J. Watson
Michael Ben-Or, The Hebrew University
Donald S. Bethune, IBM Almaden Research Center
Eli Biham, Comp. Sci. Dept, Technion
Patrick Oscar Boykin, UCLA Dept of Physics
Howard Brandt, US Army Research
Harry Buhrman, CWI
Richard Cleve, University of Calgary
Claude Crepeau , McGill University
David DiVincenzo, IBM T.J. Watson
Paul Dumais, McGill University
Lance Fortnow, NEC Research Institute
James Dean Franson, Johns Hopkins, University
Gerald Gilbert, The MITRE Corp
Nicolas Gisin, University of Geneva
Osamu Hirota, Tamagawa University
Richard Hughes, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Nobuyuki Imoto, SOKEN University
Hitoshi Inamori, Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford
Julia Kempe, University of California -- Berkeley
Adrian Kent, CERN, Geneva
Joe Killian, NEC Research Institute
H. Jeff Kimble, California Institute of Technology
Masato Koashi, SOKEN University
Alex Kurzmich, University of Rochester
Hoi-Kwong Lo, MagiQ Technologies, Inc.
Norbert Lutkenhaus, Helsinki Institute of Physics
Keith C. Miller, National Security Agency
Hiroshi Miyauchi, NEC Fundamental Research Laboratory
Tal Mor, UCLA & College of Judea and Samaria, Israel
Michele Mosca, University of Waterloo
Yoshihiro Nambu, NEC Fundamental Research Laboratory
Vwani Roychowdhury, UCLA
Louis Salvail, University of Aarhus
Peter Shor, AT&T
Adam Smith, MIT
Warren Smith, NEC Research Institute
John Smolin, IBM T.J. Watson
Cliff Smyth, Rutgers University.
Alain Tapp, Waterloo University
Amnon Ta-Shma, ICSI Berkeley
Barbara M. Terhal, IBM T.J. Watson
Ashish Thapliyal, IBM T.J. Watson
Akihisa Tomita, NEC Fundamental Research Laboratoty
Paul D. Townsend, BT Advanced Communications Technology Centre
Jaw-shen Tsai, NEC Fundamental Research Laboratory
Steven Van Enk, Caltech
Umesh Vazirani, Berkeley (to be confirmed)
David Waltz, NEC Research Institute
Lijun Wang, NEC Research Institute
Ian Walmsley, University of Rochester
Susanne Gudrun Wetzel, Lucent Technologies
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Preliminary program
Sunday Evening: Small gathering
Brief description: For those who arrive Sunday, December 12. Please join us anytime between the hours of 8:00 and 10:00 PM in the Novotel's Paris/London Room for conversation and light refreshments.
Monday Morning: Experimental QKD Vs Security issues I.
Brief description: Some security issues are raised and quantum key distribution protocols are described.
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9:00 - 9:10 Bill Gear, President of NECI
Welcome
9:10 - 9:55 Norbert Lutkenhaus, Helsinki Institute of Physics, Germany.
9:55 -10:40 Nicolas Gisin, University of Geneva.
10:40-11:00 Break
11:00-11:45 Richard Hughes, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA.
11:45-12:30 Paul Townsend, British Telecom, UK.
12:30- 2:00 Lunch.
Monday Afternoon: Experimental QKD Vs Security issues II.
Brief description: A solution to the current security issues is to use more sophisticated protocols and more sophisticated tests. New technologies are required.
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2:00 - 2:45 Lijun Wang, NECI, USA.
2:45 - 3:30 Jeff H. Kimble, Caltech, USA.
3:30 - 4:00 Break.
4:00 - 4:30 Peter Shor, AT&T, USA.
Brief overview of security proofs for QKD
4:30 - 7:15 Snack, Free discussion and poster presentations.
Monday Evening
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7:15 - 7:30 Departure for the Novotel.
7:30 Buffet dinner.
Tuesday Morning: Security Proofs for QKD.
Brief description: This session provides partial but practical solutions to the imperfect source issue as well as new simple proofs which are interesting in themselves.
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9:00 - 9:45 Hitoshi Inamori, Oxford, UK.
9:45 -10:30 Tal Mor, Univ. of California at Los-Angeles, Cal, USA.
10:30-11:00 Break.
11:00-11:45 Peter Shor, AT&T.
11:45-12:30 Michael Ben-Or, Hebrew University, Israel.
12:30- 1:45 Lunch
Tuesday afternoon: Non QKD protocols.
Brief description: The impact of the impossibility of an inconditionally secure bit commitment is further analysed. This session indicates an interesting future for a combination of quantum mechanics and computational assumptions in cryptography.
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1:45 - 2:15 Claude Crépeau, McGill University, Canada.
2:15 - 2:45 Adam Smith, MIT, USA.
Quantum multi-party computation.
2:45 - 3:15 Break
3:15 - 3:45 Amnon Ta-Shma, ICSI Berkeley, USA
Quantum Bit Escrow.
3:45 - 4:15 Louis Salvail, Aarhus University, Denmark.
On the power of 2-party quantum cryptography.
4:15 - 6:00 Snack, free discussion and poster presentations.
Tuesday evening: The Princeton Area Center for Theory (PACT) evening.
Brief description: A special evening with poster presentations and a dinner with short talks by Charles Bennett, Richard Hughes, ... The talks are expected to be non technical and rather humoristic. If you have an idea for a talk please contact Dominic Mayers <mayers@research.nj.nec.com>
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6:00 - 6:30 Departure for the Nassau Inn.
6:30 - 7:30 Cocktail + Poster presentations.
7:30 Dinner (and the talks).
Wednesday: The future of Quantum Cryptography.
Brief Description: Building blocks (quantum repeaters, entanglements, etc.) which are important for the future of quantum cryptography are analysed. The philosophy is that the future of quantum cryptography is very much related to quantum information processing in general.
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9:00 - 9:45 Hoi-Kwong Lo, MagiQ Technologies, Inc., New York, New York, USA.
Industrial perspectives of Quantum Cryptography.
9:45 -10:30 J. Shen Tsai, NEC Fundamental Res. Laboratory, Japan.
Toward Quantum Computing.
10:30-10:45 Break.
10:45-11:30 James D. Franson, Johns Hopkins, USA.
Photon-exchange interactions for use in quantum repeaters.
11:30-12:15 Ian Walmsley, University of Rochester.
Control of Entanglement in Ultrafast Parametric Downconversion: Theory and Experiment
12:15- 1:15 Lunch
1:15 - 2:00 Charles Bennett, IBM Watson, USA.
2:00 - 2:45 Masato Koashi, Soken University, Japan.
2:45 - 3:00 Break
3:00 - 3:45 Donald S. Bethune. IBM Almaden Research Center, USA (to be confirmed)
3:45 - 4:30 Osamu Hirota, Tamagawa University, Japan.
Registration
* There is no charge to participate in the workshop. Lunches are free, but you must register. To register please send an e-mail to Jo-Anne Velardo <joanne @research.nj.nec.com> with your name, phone number and address at least 10 days prior to the workshop. Mention that you wish to attend the entire workshop (3 days) or specify the days that you will attend.
* IMPORTANT. You are also welcome to attend the evening dinners (see program below). However, you must mention in your e-mail (to Jo-Anne Velardo) that you wish to attend both dinners (Monday evening and Tuesday evening) or otherwise specify which dinner you wish to attend.
* For more details about the workshop contact Dominic Mayers <mayers@research.nj.nec.com>
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Hotel Information
Novotel Princeton
100 Independence Way
Princeton, NJ 08540
phone: 609-520-1200
There is a web page for the hotel http://www.hotelweb.fr/HOTELWEB/G/11/1182G.htm#NIVEAU-0. However, don't use it to make your reservation. Jo-Anne Velardo <joanne@research.nj.nec.com> will make the hotel reservations. You only need to check in on the date you arrive. Unless a specific arrangement has been made, the hotel must be paid by the participants.
Please reserve as soon as possible to take advantage of our corporate rate: $79 (USD) + tax per night, which includes breakfast.
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Airport Information
There are three airports close to NECI, Princeton. The best choice is Newark airport located 45 miles from NECI. The information for local transportation (next point) is only provided for this airport. An alternative is Philadelphia airport which is approximately the same distance, but we don't have any information for local transportation. A third choice which is less recommended because of the driving distance and traffic is JFK airport.
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Local Transportation from the airport to the Novotel
Airporter
You can access their website: http://www.goairporter.com/novotel.html. You must reserve in advance at 1-800-385-4000. The last bus leave Newark airport at 10:15 PM. The approximate cost is $21 USD + Tip one way.
Limo from the airport to the Novotel
A1 Limousine Phone # 609-952-0070. The approximate cost is $90 USD one way.
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Local Transportation during the workshop
Transportation between NECI and the Novotel for those participants without a car has been arranged. The Novotel courtesy shuttle will handle all the transportation between Novotel/NECI/Nassau Inn for the Workshop sessions. It will depart the Novotel each morning at 8:45 AM for the short drive to NECI. If you prefer, it is a very quick walk from the Novotel to NECI, approximately 5-10 minutes.
For transportation other than to and from the Workshop, the availability of the courtesy shuttle service is dependent on the timing and the size of the group. Please inquire at the Novotel front desk if you are interested in making transportation arrangements.
To supplement this service, the courtesy of participants with a car to assist those without a car will be appreciated. The other option of course, would be a local taxi service, numbers for which will be made available.
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Sunday evening gathering
For those who arrive sunday evening, there will be a small gathering on December 12. Please join us anytime between the hours of 8:00 and 10:00 PM in the Novotel's Paris/London Room for conversation and light refreshments.
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Reimbursement
Except for lunches and dinners provided at the workshop, all expenses (hotels, etc) are to be paid by the participants unless a specific arrangement has been made.
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Poster Presentations
We have interesting poster presentations. If you have a poster that you would like to present please send an e-mail to Dominic Mayers <mayers@research.nj.nec> .com with title and abstract. Poster presentations should help to establish contact with newcomers in the field! It doesn't have to be a recent result.
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