UMBC Quantum Computation Seminar

Thermal light N-qubits

Yanhau Shih

Physics Department, UMBC

2:30-4:00 Tuesday, 1 October 2013, ITE 325b

This talk will discuss a few recent experiments on Nth-order interference of N independent and incoherent thermal fields from their intensity fluctuation correlation measurement. The observed interference is similar to that of entangled states. These experiments have demonstrated the possibility of producing N-qubits from N incoherent thermal fields.

Yanhua Shih received his B.S. degree in theoretical physics from Northwestern University of China in 1981, and his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1987. He joined the Faculty of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 1989 and established the Quantum Optics Program at UMBC. He is currently Professor of Physics at UMBC. His research interests include fundamental problems of quantum theory and general relativity.

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Autodesk Scaleform, makers of popular user interface libraries for video games, have two positions open in their Greenbelt, MD office:

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Autodesk Scaleform, makers of popular user interface libraries for video games, have two positions open in their Greenbelt, MD office:

Graphics/Rendering Engineer:

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Software Engineer:

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Autodesk Scaleform, makers of popular user interface libraries for video games, have two positions open in their Greenbelt, MD office:

Graphics/Rendering Engineer:

https://autodesk.taleo.net/careersection/ADSK_gen/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=13WD13966

Software Engineer:

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Autodesk Scaleform, makers of popular user interface libraries for video games, have two positions open in their Greenbelt, MD office:

Graphics/Rendering Engineer:

https://autodesk.taleo.net/careersection/ADSK_gen/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=13WD13966

Software Engineer:

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Autodesk Scaleform, makers of popular user interface libraries for video games, have two positions open in their Greenbelt, MD office:

Graphics/Rendering Engineer:

https://autodesk.taleo.net/careersection/ADSK_gen/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=13WD13966

Software Engineer:

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Security expert Linda McCarthy has written a 48-page book, Digital Drama: Staying Safe While Being Social Online, aimed teens and their families on how to manage online behavior to enhance safety, security and privacy. McCarthy is an author and computer security consultant with more than twenty years of industry experience in educating families, security auditing, consulting, training, research and development, and leading high-performing teams.

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In support of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, Microsoft has provided support to allow her to offer free downloads of Digital Drama from Amazon in both English and Spanish. The free offer is only available this week, from today through 3:00am (EDT) Saturday, September 28.

Kim Sanchez, who heads Microsoft’s Online Safety – Trustworthy Computing Communications efforts, interviewed McCarthy last week about her new book and it’s goals. “Digital Drama has something for everyone.”, McCarty said about who she write the book for. “Parents can read it and get ideas about how to talk with their kids about online safety. Even if you don’t have kids, you’ll find guidance that will help you, a family member, or a friend. So download the ebook and share it with everyone you know.”

Here’s how the book is described on McCarthy’s site:

Every day, millions of teens log on and make decisions that can compromise their safety, security, privacy, and future. If you are like most teens, you are already using social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook and have your smartphone super-glued to your hand. You tag your friends in photos, share your location and thoughts with friends, and post jokes online that later may be misunderstood. At the same time, you might not realize how that information can affect your reputation and safety, both online and offline. We’ve all heard the horror stories of stolen identities, cyber stalking, pedophiles on the Internet, and lost job, school, and personal opportunities. All teens need to learn how to protect themselves against malware, social networking scams, and cyberbullies. This book helps you learn crucial skills:

• Deal with cyberbullies
• Learn key social networking skills
• Protect your privacy
• Create a positive online reputation
• Protect yourself from phishing and malware scams

Microsoft (@Safer_Online) will hold an online Twitter chat at 3:00pm (EDT) on September 25 with Linda McCarthy (@ddramabook) and other online safety experts about how her ebook can help people talk with kids about digital safety. Use #ChatSTC to ask questions or join the conversation.

Professor Charles Nicholas has received research funding from the National Science Foundation to develop better ways to detect malicious software (malware) and defend computers against it. The award will provide up to $75,000 over the next year to support the research of Dr. Nicholas and his students.

The process of creating malware has become more automated in recent years, as a result of so-called exploit kits, such as the Blackhole exploit kit. The UMBC project will investigate ways of characterizing these exploit kits, as well as the malware they produce. Developing models of how current kits work will help to predict what exploit kits will look like in the future as well as suggest better techniques for detecting the malware they are used to produce.

On challenging problem the research will address is dealing with polymorphic malware, malware that makes new versions of itself as it moves from machine to machine, in the hope of avoiding detection by conventional, signature-based anti-virus software. The research will characterize malware families that exist as products of a specific exploit kit as well as those that develop through polymorphism.

Dr. Nicholas is the faculty advisor of UMBC’s Cyber Defense Team, a student group that studies information security, intrusion detection, cybersecurity, and network security and participates in competitions such as the Maryland Cyber Challenge. He is also teaching a special topics class this semester on Malware Analysis for both undergraduate and graduate students.

CSEE Professor Marie desJardins was one of three UMBC professors who spoke at a recent UMBC Provost’s luncheon and new faculty seminar on Great Teachers Talk about Teaching. She was joined by Professor James Grubb (History) and Manil Suri (Mathematics & Statistics), who also spoke at the seminar.

Dr. desJardins will also be talking on Diversity in CS Education and Research at a special Women in Data Science event hosted by the Data Innovation DC meetup group.  The group explores the “intersection of the data revolution and the art of creating value” and meets monthly in the DC area.

The event, which will also include presentations from two other women working in data science, is intended to demonstrate the impact of women technologists in the growing area of data analytics and encourage more participation by women. The meeting is free and open to the public (RSVP here) and will take place between 6:00pm and 8:30pm on Monday, September 23, 2013 at Cooley LLP (1299 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Suite 700, Washington, DC map)

UMBC students interested in learning more about pursuing a graduate program in a STEM area should consider taking advantage of a free GEM GRAD Lab event to be held at the University of Virginia on Saturday, September 28th. UMBC is a co-sponsor, along with UVA and VA Tech and will provide free bus transportation. See here for more information and details about how to reserve a seat on the bus. The event will cover topics that include why go to graduate school, how to apply to graduate school, how to fund graduate school and voices from the field.