| Date | Who | Paper |
| 18 Sep 01 | Andrew Childs | D. Bacon et al., Encoded universality in physical implementations of a quantum computer, quant-ph/0102140. |
| 25 Sep 01 | Aram Harrow | P. Shor and J. Preskill, Simple proof of security of the BB84 quantum key distribution protocol, PRL 85, 441 (2000). |
| 2 Oct 01 | Ben Recht | S. Lloyd and L. Viola, Control of open quantum system dynamics, quant-ph/0008101. |
| 9 Oct 01 | Bill Kaminsky | C. H. Bennett et al., Quantum nonlocality without entanglement, quant-ph/9804053. |
| 16 Oct 01 | Lin Tian | C. H. van der Wal et al., Quantum superposition of macroscopic persistent-current states, Science 290, 773 (2000). |
| 23 Oct 01 | Andrew Houck | Y. Nakamura et al., Coherent control of macroscopic quantum states in a single-Cooper-pair box, Nature 398, 786 (1999). |
| 30 Oct 01 | Matthias Steffen | L. M. K. Vandersypen et al., Experimental Realization of an Order-Finding Algorithm with an NMR Quantum Computer, Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 5452 (2000). |
| 6 Nov 01 | Andrew Childs | E. Knill, R. Laflamme, and G. Milburn, Efficient linear optics quantum computation, quant-ph/0006088. |
| 13 Nov 01 | Bill Kaminsky | A. Ambainis and R. de Wolf, Average-case quantum query complexity, quant-ph/9904079. |
| 20 Nov 01 | Aram Harrow | S. Lloyd, Ultimate physical limits to computation, Nature 406, 1047 (2000). |
| 27 Nov 01 | No meeting. | |
| 4 Dec 01 | No meeting: Lecture by Peter Shor, 4:30-5:30, Room 4-370. | |
| 11 Dec 01 | Adam Smith | C. Crepeau, D. Gottesman, and A. Smith, Secure multi-party quantum computation. Also his thesis, quant-ph/0111030. |