Quantum Information Science (QIS) Seminar

(CSI 991 - 006)

Monday, October 24, 2005, 4:30 - 6:00 PM
George Mason University, Fairfax Campus
Science Showcase, George Johnson Center, Room 237

Presenter: Professor Maria Dworzecka, Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy, George Mason University

Title: Quantum Mechanics Courses and Superposition or Why Students in QIS Should Study QM

Abstract: In this talk I   will discuss the courses on quantum mechanics taught by the physics department at GMU.  It will summarize the main postulates; solve and analyze two level systems, superposition principle, and its importance in quantum mechanics.

About the Author: Maria Dworzecka got her PhD in theoretical physical from Warsaw University in Poland.  She had a post doc position in nuclear theory group at Michigan State University, was a visiting Assistant Professor at University of Massachusetts and an Assistant Professor at University of Maryland.  She is at present a Full Professor and the Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at George Mason University.  Her field of specialization is nuclear theory, with special interest in heavy ion physics.  In the last 10 years she was also involved in introducing computers in teaching by publishing a set of books to be used in teaching upper level physics courses.  For many years she has taught Quantum Mechanic courses at different levels.