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Wednesday, February 8, 2006

3:00 pm in 343 Altgeld Hall,Wednesday, February 8, 2006

#### To Be Announced

###### Sheldon Katz   [email] (UIUC Math and Physics)

Abstract: Either finishing the intro to quantum field theory or beginning string theory, pending how far we get on Monday.

4:00 pm in 245 Altgeld Hall,Wednesday, February 8, 2006

#### How I happen to do research in quantum information theory

###### Marius Junge (Department of Mathematics, UIUC)

Abstract: This is a talk from non-experts to non-experts. I will describe how I came to do research in quantum information theory, without even knowing it. My motivation for the inequalities I want to talk about are coming from norm estimates for linear maps between finite dimensional vector spaces. To my surprise these norm estimates have a meaning for channels in quantum information theory. I am willing to share my little knowledge on quantum information theory. The real experts are in the physics department.