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Quantum Computing Materials Challenges

August 27 - 29, 2018

Schedule

Monday, August 27, 2018
9:00 - 9:40	Matthias Troyer (Microsoft Research) Quantum Computing Materials Challenges
10:15 - 10:55	Yoshihisa Yamamoto (Stanford University) Physics of quantum-to-classical crossover and coherent Ising machines
11:30 - 12:10	Garnet Chan (California Institute of Technology) Classical and quantum simulations of quantum materials
2:30 - 3:10	Eric Cances (École Nationale des Ponts-et-Chaussées) What can applied mathematicians do for you?
4:00 - 4:40	Edwin Barnes (Virginia Tech) Modeling and cancellation of noise in semiconductor quantum dot spin qubits
Tuesday, August 28, 2018
9:00 - 9:40	Markus Reiher (ETH Zurich) What is required for solving chemical problems on a quantum computer?
10:15 - 10:55	Bela Bauer (Microsoft Station Q) Dynamics of Majorana-based qubits
11:30 - 12:10	Roman Lutchyn (Microsoft Research) Scalable Designs for Quasiparticle-Poisoning-Protected Topological Quantum Computation with Majorana Zero Modes
2:30 - 3:10	Susan Coppersmith (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Building a Quantum Computer Using Quantum Dots in Silicon/Silicon-Germanium Heterostructures
4:00 - 4:40	Hidetoshi Nishimori (Tokyo Institute of Technology) Performance enhancement of quantum annealing by non-traditional quantum driving
Wednesday, August 29, 2018
9:00 - 9:40	Rick Muller (Sandia National Laboratories) Modeling quantum and nanoscale semiconductor electronic devices
10:15 - 10:55	Yasuyuki Kawahigashi (University of Tokyo) Topological phases of matter, modular tensor categories and operator algebras
11:30 - 12:10	Sophia Economou (Virginia Tech) Defects in SiC: Electronic structure, spin control, and spin-photon interfaces
2:00 - 2:30	Zhenghan Wang (Microsoft Research) Qubit Materialization Challenges: Rise above the Noise