http://alan.aspuru.com Random thoughts of a quantum chemist. Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:11:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The book Electronic Structure Theory Modeling:Connections Between Theory and Software by Trindle and Shillady came out. The book seems to be very complete (I ordered a copy) and features my work on linear-scaling quantum Monte Carlo, and the Zori code in the quantum Monte Carlo chapter. http://alan.aspuru.com/2008/06/14/in-the-textbooks-for-electronic-structure/ Today is our third wedding anniversary. Dori and I married in 2005. She and I have had a great time together, and we already have lived in two cities and three apartments, gone to two campuses, had two cars, and ate at many sushi restaurants. Tonight, we had sushi again to ... http://alan.aspuru.com/2008/06/11/third-wedding-anniversary/ It has been a while (almost a semester) since I last attended the excellent quantum computing group meetings organized by Eddie Farhi. Many people from the Boston Area interested in quantum computing meet weekly at the institute for theoretical physics at MIT. These meetings have been important for my lab ... http://alan.aspuru.com/2008/06/11/quantum-monte-carlo-for-adiabatic-quantum-computation/ On Friday, I went to Grafton Street for a one-hour drink with Mike Stopa, my friend and collaborator. It's a good way for both of us to wind down after a week of hard work. We have met together two weeks in a row now, and this weekly gathering may ... http://alan.aspuru.com/2008/06/08/a-kind-of-crossroads-in-life/ I have been thinking of re-starting my blog for quite some time. Since I became an assistant professor, things have been quite hectic and exciting, and that led to abandoning my previous blog. I decided to remove my pre-2006 (graduate student-time) blog from the Internet, and begin afresh. This time ... http://alan.aspuru.com/2008/06/08/new-beginning/