Quantum Information Science is one of the most dynamic areas of inter-disciplinary research involving a wide range of scientists ranging from physicists to computer scientists to mathematicians and engineers. The fundamental observation in this field is that any computation is essentially a physical process. The current relentless drive towards increasing speed and miniaturization of computers will eventually lead the computer industry into a molecular/atomic domain where seemingly strange quantum behavior takes over from familiar classical notions. Quantum physics offers an entirely new form of computational parallelism that will make quantum computers more powerful than conventional computers by many orders of magnitude.

The first Asia-Pacific Workshop on Quantum Information Sciences was organized for the first time in Singapore in 2001. Since then, the workshop and conference have been held at various places in Taiwan, Korea, Australia and China. The workshop will provide an opportunity for the international scientific community to discuss the recent experimental and theoretical developments in all aspects of quantum information science, and the program comprises invited talks and poster presentation.

This workshop is part of an overall effort to develop an interdisciplinary research team in quantum information science with specific emphases on quantum simulation, quantum communication theory and quantum algorithm. This workshop will also be held in conjunction with a Festchrift for Prof Vladimir Korepin.

'''Jointly Organized by'''
* Institute of Advanced Studies @ NTU Singapore
* Department of Physics, NUS

'''Supported by'''
* Centre for Quantum Technologies
* South East Asia Theoretical Physics Association
* Institute of Physics, Singapore