2021 Dirac Lectures on Quantum Information Science

Nov. 1, 2021, 9:00 am
– Nov. 5, 2021, 5:30 pm
Martin Savage, Steve Simon, Birgitta Whaley
From left: Guest lecturers Martin Savage, Steve Simon and Birgitta Whaley.

About the Event

The 2021 Dirac Lectures series was dedicated to the subject of Quantum Information Science and the impact it has had on a variety of fields like quantum computing, biology, nuclear and particle physics. The lectures were held in a virtual format as a Zoom video conference, during the week of November 1-5, 2021.


Martin Savage, University of Washington, Seattle

Steve Simon, University of Oxford, UK

Birgitta Whaley, University of California, Berkeley

Nov. 1, 2021

9-10:30 a.m. — Topologically ordered matter and why you should be interested
Steve Simon
Simon's 11/1 Recording

Nov. 2, 2021

9-10:30 a.m. — Quantum error correction and topological order
Steve Simon
Simon's 11/2 Recording

Nov. 3, 2021

4-5:30 p.m. — Advances and opportunities in nuclear physics in the era of quantum information science (Part I)
Martin Savage
Savage's 11/3 Recording

Nov. 4, 2021

1-2:30 p.m. — Finding the Quantum in Biology
Birgitta Whaley

Nov. 5, 2021

2-3:30 p.m. — Using Quantum Information science and its technologies to probe photosynthesis at the single photon level
Birgitta Whaley

4-5:30 p.m. — Advances and opportunities in nuclear physics in the era of quantum information science (Part II)
Martin Savage
Savage's 11/5 Recording

Nick Bonesteel, Fernando Febres Cordero, Kevin Huffenberger, Takemichi Okui, Jorge Piekarewicz, Laura Reina and Kohsaku Tobioka

FSU Department of Physics

FSU College of Arts and Sciences

FSU Office of Research