The international PhD programme "Quantum Computing, Control & Communication" (QCCC) within the Elitenetzwerk Bayern was opened by a lecture series and reception at the Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optics MPQ in Garching on December 12th, 2005.

Welcome address by Prof. Steffen Glaser (Speaker of QCCC)

Opening addresses by Dr. W. Schubö (Vice Rector LMU) and Prof. R. Schilling (Vice President TUM)

Perspective Lecture: "Quantum Information Processing by Quantum Optics", Prof. P. Zoller (Univ. Innsbruck)

Overview on the PhD programme QCCC and presentations of the scientific projects of the initiating groups by

Prof. S. J. Glaser (TUM), Prof. J. I. Cirac (MPQ), Prof. G. Rempe (MPQ), and Prof. H. Weinfurter (LMU).

Dr. T. Schulte-Herbrüggen (TUM) QCCC Coordinator

Prof. A. Imamoglu (ETH Zürich) "Cavity QED with Quantum Dots: Prospects for Quantum Information Processing"

Prof. N. Khaneja (Harvard) "Application of Control Theory to Coherent Spectroscopy and Quantum Information Science"

Prof. S. J. Glaser (TUM) Speaker of QCCC

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