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Challenges in Quantum Computation
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Summer Cluster: Challenges in Quantum Computation
Location
Calvin Lab auditorium
Date
Monday, June 11
–
Friday, June 15, 2018
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Monday, June 11, 2018
8:30
–
9 a.m.
Coffee and Check-In
9
–
9:15 a.m.
Welcome Remarks
9:15
–
9:45 a.m.
Classical Simulation of Quantum Many-body Systems with Tensor Networks
Glen Evenbly, University of Sherbrooke
10
–
10:30 a.m.
Recent Advances in Quantum Simulation
Nathan Wiebe, Microsoft Research
10:45
–
11:15 a.m.
Break
11:15
–
11:45 a.m.
Classical Approaches to Simulating Quantum Chemistry
Martin Head-Gordon, UC Berkeley
12
–
12:30 p.m.
Simulating Chemistry on Realistic Quantum Computers
Ryan Babbush, Google
12:45
–
2:15 p.m.
Lunch
2:15
–
3:15 p.m.
Moderated Discussion
3:15
–
3:45 p.m.
Break
3:45
–
4:15 p.m.
Analog Quantum Simulations: What We Have, What We Would like to Have, and the Potential for Seeing a Quantum Advantage
Jens Eisert, Freie Universität Berlin
4:30
–
5 p.m.
Quantum Simulators: Where Do We Stand?
Maciej Lewenstein, Institute of Photonic Sciences
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
8:45
–
9:15 a.m.
Coffee and Check-In
9:15
–
9:45 a.m.
Quantum Supremacy: Checking a Quantum Computer with a Classical Supercomputer
John Martinis, UC Santa Barbara
10
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10:30 a.m.
Testing Physics with Small Quantum Computers
Ben Reichardt, University of Southern California
10:45
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11:15 a.m.
Break
11:15
–
11:45 a.m.
Quantum Simulators and Processors Based on Rydberg Atom Arrays
Mikhail Lukin, Harvard University
12
–
1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30
–
2 p.m.
Quantum Supremacy and its Applications
Scott Aaronson, University of Texas at Austin
2:15
–
2:45 p.m.
Quantum Computing and Simulation with Trapped Ions
Chris Monroe, University of Maryland
3
–
3:30 p.m.
Break
3:30
–
5 p.m.
Moderated Discussion
5
–
6 p.m.
Reception
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
8:45
–
9:15 a.m.
Coffee and Check-In
9:15
–
9:45 a.m.
Recent Algorithmic Primitives: Linear Combination of Unitaries and Quantum Signal Processing
Robin Kothari, Microsoft Research
10
–
10:30 a.m.
The Power of Block-encoded Matrix Powers: Improved Regression Techniques via Faster Hamiltonian Simulation
Stacey Jeffery, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica
10:45
–
11:15 a.m.
Break
11:15
–
11:45 a.m.
Quantum Algorithm for Simulating Real Time Evolution of Lattice Hamiltonians
Jeongwan Haah, Microsoft Research
12
–
12:30 p.m.
Improvements in Quantum SDP Solving
Andras Gilyen, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica
2:15
–
5 p.m.
FREE AFTERNOON
Thursday, June 14, 2018
8:45
–
9:15 a.m.
Coffee and Check-In
9:15
–
9:45 a.m.
The Short-path Algorithm for Combinatorial Optimization
Matthew Hastings, Microsoft Research
10
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10:30 a.m.
Challenges in Adiabatic Optimization
Elizabeth Crosson, California Institute of Technology
10:45 a.m.
–
11:15 p.m.
Break
11:15
–
11:45 a.m.
Quantum Algorithms for Classification
Iordanis Kerenidis, Université Paris Diderot
12
–
2 p.m.
Lunch
2
–
3 p.m.
Lightning Talks I
3
–
3:30 p.m.
Break
3:30
–
4:30 p.m.
Lightning Talks II
Friday, June 15, 2018
8:45
–
9:15 a.m.
Coffee and Check-In
9:15
–
10 a.m.
Classical Verification of Quantum Computations
Urmila Mahadev (Caltech)
10:15
–
10:45 a.m.
Cryptography for Quantum Computers
Sanjam Garg, UC Berkeley
11
–
11:30 a.m.
Break
11:30 a.m.
–
12:15 p.m.
Verifying Quantum Proofs with Entangled Games
Anand Natarajan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
12:30
–
2 p.m.
Lunch
2
–
2:30 p.m.
Non-Interactive Verifiable Computation via Non-signaling
Yael Kalai, Microsoft Research
2:45
–
3:15 p.m.
Spatial Isolation Implies Zero Knowledge Even in a Quantum World
Tom Gur, UC Berkeley
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