Physics research group I am currently working in (this one's pretty damn serious): Optics of Hybrid
Nanostructures. My work is concentrated on figuring out the exact solutions of fluorescence enhancement of PCP complexes conjugated with metal nanoparticles. Seems a bit hard, but doable.
Trapped ion quantum computer simulations
As the topic for my MSc thesis in computer science, I chose a quantum
computer based on trapped ions. Currently I am preparing to write the
software which could, hopefully, simulate the system of trapped ions and laser beams
and the quantum C-NOT gate. Gonna be fun! Research and diploma thesis advisor - Piotr Bala, PhD.
UPDATE (January 2010)
I have encoutered few problems, some - purely numerical, some - concerning physics of the system. Introduction to the method and some early results here.
It seems like I'm on the right track. The basic numerical code is
done, the main problem now is the physical arrangement of the system - Paul
trap trapping potential, ion interaction with light. But with a little help
from my teachers, I should be fine.
UPDATE (April 2010)
Some progress is finally visible - summary in my seminar presentation - both considering the accuracy and the speed. Thanks to Maciej Cytowski code is running on Cell processors at ICM @ Warsaw University. The speed up is... let's just say it's considerable :)
UPDATE (August 2010)
Here it is: my MSc thesis in CS :)
Gesture nad face recognition software: Houdini (2007/08, mainly April 2008):
The general idea was to create a software allowing user to interact with computer wihtout using any electronic pointing device. For more information, email me. Developers: Tomek Piotrowski, Przemek Taflinski, Arek Boruczenko, Mateusz Wozniak and me.
Project was created as a Team Programming assignment.
Our work was occasionally supervised by Prof. W.
Duch.
Fortunately, our project hasn't died like hunreads of others after the
presenation, but lived a happy life for another year under the nickcname: Slydini.
SPH code for stars collision simulation: (no name?) (summer 2006):
Simple physics, little more sophisticated algorithms - SPH code based on Dr Stephen Oxley DPhil
Thesis (only data structures and algorithms were created on the basis of this paper; none of the widely criticized physical results were confirmed). Physics included only gravitational and simplified thermodynamical interactions - no radiation transfer (typical for SPH codes).
Project suspended after comparing it to definitely more efficient GADGET-2
Charge carrier transfer along DNA molecules (2007-2009):
My physics bachelor disseraton. Research conducted with help and under supervision of Dr Jacek Matulewski. Periodic shape of potentials created by bases consituting DNA strand suggests that this molecule might have very interesting electric properties. Semi-quantum-mechanical approach developed by Dr Matulewski, on contrary to very common model, includes simplified interaction between DNA bases with surrounding environment. Numerical simulations verifying this model are carried on with program written by me.
First results conducted on the simplest cases indicate that this model might describe hole transport better then the
ones which neglect interaction with surrounding.
Further infos soon!
Update! Seems like my model is unable to describe basic mechanisms of fast
transfer :/ Anyway, at this point I'm done with this project. I might get
back to it when Giese, Barton and Schuster receive the Nobel prize :)
