All present day computers are operationally based on the principles of classical physics.

Are there computations and communication tasks that can only be achieved, or handled

much more efficiently, with quantum technologies? What is the physical basis, theoretically

and experimentally, for constructing such quantum machines? In recent years investigations

of such questions have led to an emerging new research field called "Quantum Information

Processing," with the enthusiastic participation from many physicists, chemists, and

computer scientists. This workshop aims to give a comprehensive introduction to this

exciting inter-disciplinary subject.