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Q-philosophers: Analogy between philosophers and quantum computers

September 14, 2014: Here is a cartoon about how philosophers could behave analogous to the currently investigated experimental realizations of a quantum computer (the field I'm working in). It is made in the style of the famous xkcd science cartoons.

qphilosophers cartoon by Yves Salathe

GenericUSBMIDI: Mac OS X driver for a Roland(Ed) PC-300 USB MIDI Keyboard

This is a driver I programmed to connect a Roland PC-300 MIDI keyboard to a computer running Mac OS X. It works well with GarageBand. Just follow this link to the GitHub project page.

Entanglement Distillation Without Communication

A.K.A. Search for Non-Interactive Entanglement Distillation Protocols Aided by Numerical Optimization

My Semester thesis, which I wrote under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Stefan Wolf (now professor at USI) with advises by Dr. Dejan Dukaric.

sem_thesis_ysalathe.pdf
The thesis without program code
sem_thesis_ysalathe_with_code.pdf
The thesis with the programmed code attached

Optimizing Zeeman Deceleration of Atomic Hydrogen by Evolutionary Algorithms

My Bachelor thesis which I wrote in the group of Prof. Dr. Frédéric Merkt.

bsc_thesis_ysalathe.pdf
the thesis with attached code

Neuromancer - Neural Networks

The final project for my high school projects was about neural networks. I tried to develop a simple character recognition application based on a multi-layer perceptron network. The result can be downloaded on the following web page:

Zentralschweizer Linux-Treff vom 20.04.2006: Neuronale Netze

FVWM2 Configuration

Here you find a configuration for FVWM2 which I made for my ThinkPad T40 (running Debian GNU/Linux).

Screenshot | dot.fvwm-ysa.tar.gz

Links to interesting webpages

Chalet Seefels in Ringgenberg

This is a page (currently in german only) about our cozy chalet at lake Brienzersee, which we offer for rent.

Zentralschweizer Linux Treff

The Linux Meeting of Central Switzerland should give Linux fans in the central area of switzerland (around Lucerne) the opportunity to exchange their experiences.

Kulturwerk 118

The "Kulti" is a bar and concert hall in Sursee which gives young bands the opportunity to make their first experience on stage.

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