New Frontiers in Quantum Algorithms for Open Quantum Systems

January 12 - 16, 2026

Schedule

All times in this Schedule are Pacific Time (PT)

Monday, January 12, 2026

Morning Session
8:00 - 8:55 Check-In/Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
8:55 - 9:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks

SESSION CHAIR: Monday AM TBD
9:00 - 9:50
Andras Gilyen (Renyi Institute of Mathematics)

Quantum generalizations of Glauber and Metropolis dynamics

10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:05
Lin Lin (University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley))

End-to-End Efficiency in Dissipative Preparation of Thermal and Ground States

11:15 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 12:20
12:30 - 2:30 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session

SESSION CHAIR: Monday PM TBD
2:30 - 3:20
Ewin Tang (University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley))

A Dobrushin condition for quantum Markov chains

3:30 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 4:50
5:00 - 5:30 Lightning Poster Round
5:30 - 7:00 Poster Session & Reception (Hosted by IPAM)

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Morning Session
8:00 - 8:55 Check-In/Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)

SESSION CHAIR: Tuesday AM TBD
9:00 - 9:50
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:05
Anthony (Chi-Fang) Chen (Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing)

Fast Mixing of 1D Quantum Gibbs Samplers at All Temperatures

11:15 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 12:20
Jiaqing Jiang (University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley))

Predicting properties of quantum thermal states from a single trajectory

12:30 - 2:00 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session

SESSION CHAIR: Tuesday PM TBD
2:00 - 2:50
Ankur Moitra (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

 

3:00 - 3:15 Break
3:15 - 4:05
4:15 - 4:30 Break
4:30 - 5:20
Alexander Zlokapa (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Average-case quantum complexity from glassiness


Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Morning Session
8:00 - 8:55 Check-In/Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)

SESSION CHAIR: Wednesday AM TBD
9:00 - 9:50
Jianfeng Lu (Duke University)

 

10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:05
11:15 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 12:20
12:30 - 12:40 Group Photo
12:40 - 2:30 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session

SESSION CHAIR: Wednesday PM TBD
2:30 - 3:20
3:30 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 4:50
M. Isabel Franco Garrido (California Institute of Technology)

Optimization algorithms using Gibbs state preparation and beyond


Thursday, January 15, 2026

Morning Session
8:00 - 8:55 Check-In/Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)

SESSION CHAIR: Thursday AM TBD
9:00 - 9:50
Thiago Bergamaschi (University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley))

A Structural Theory of Quantum Metastability: Markov Properties and Area Laws

10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:05
11:15 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 12:20
12:30 - 2:30 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session

SESSION CHAIR: Thursday PM TBD
3:15 - 4:05
Yihui Quek (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Hamiltonian Decoded Quantum Interferometry

3:30 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 4:50

Friday, January 16, 2026

Morning Session
8:00 - 8:55 Check-In/Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)

SESSION CHAIR: Friday AM TBD
9:00 - 9:50
Kristan Temme (IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center)

 

10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:05
11:15 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 12:20