New Frontiers in Quantum Algorithms for Open Quantum Systems - IPAM

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

08:00-08:55
Check-In/Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
08:55-09:00
Welcome and Opening Remarks
SESSION CHAIR: Monday AM Jianfeng Lu
09:00-09:50
Andras Gilyen (Renyi Institute of Mathematics)
Quantum generalizations of Glauber and Metropolis dynamics
10:00-10:15
Break
10:15-11:05
Lin Lin (California Institute of Technology)
End-to-End Efficiency in Dissipative Preparation of Thermal and Ground States
11:15-11:30
Break
11:30-12:20
Zhiyan Ding (University of Michigan)
New insights into system–bath interaction models for quantum ground- and thermal-state preparation

Afternoon Session

12:30-14:30
Lunch (on your own)
SESSION CHAIR: Monday PM Lin Lin
14:30-15:20
Anthony (Chi-Fang) Chen (Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing)
Fast Mixing of 1D Quantum Gibbs Samplers at All Temperatures
15:30-16:00
Break
16:00-16:50
Yu Tong (Duke University Medical Center)
Quantum and classical algorithms for weakly interaction fermions at finite temperature
17:00-17:30
Lightning Poster Round
17:30-19:00
Poster Session & Reception (Hosted by IPAM)

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Morning Session

08:00-08:55
Check-In/Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
SESSION CHAIR: Tuesday AM Andras Gilyen
09:00-09:50
Eric Carlen (Rutgers University New Brunswick/Piscataway)
Boundary-driven quantum systems near the Zeno limit: steady states and long-time behavior
10:00-10:15
Break
10:15-11:05
Ewin Tang (University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley))
A Dobrushin condition for quantum Markov chains
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

Afternoon Session

12:30-14:00
Lunch (on your own)
SESSION CHAIR: Tuesday PM Eric Carlen
14:00-14:50
Ankur Moitra (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Transitions in Quantum Spin Systems
15:00-15:15
Break
15:15-16:05
Yunchao Liu (Harvard University)
Beyond worst-case mixing-time analysis in quantum Gibbs sampling
16:15-16:30
Break
16:30-17:20
Alexander Zlokapa (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Average-case quantum complexity from glassiness

Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Morning Session

08:00-08:55
Check-In/Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
SESSION CHAIR: Wednesday AM Anthony Chen
09:00-09:50
Cambyse Rouze (Institut Polytechnique de Paris at Inria)
Virtual Talk: Heisenberg-limited Hamiltonian learning continuous variable systems via engineered dissipation
10:00-10:15
Break
10:15-11:05
Jianfeng Lu (Duke University Medical Center)
“Lifting of Quantum Markov Processes”
11:15-11:30
Break
11:30-12:20
Daniel Stilck Franca (University of Copenhagen)
Learning and certification of local time-dependent quantum dynamics and noise

Afternoon Session

12:30-12:40
Group Photo
12:40-14:30
Lunch (on your own)
SESSION CHAIR: Wednesday PM Zhiyan Ding
14:30-15:20
Pawel Wocjan (IBM Research)
Quantized Markov chain couplings that prepare Qsamples
15:30-16:00
Break
16:00-16:50
M. Isabel Franco Garrido (California Institute of Technology)
Optimization algorithms using Gibbs state preparation and beyond

Thursday, January 15, 2026

Morning Session

08:00-08:55
Check-In/Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
SESSION CHAIR: Thursday AM Kristan Temme
09:00-09:50
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
Xiantao Li (Penn State University)
A general dilation framework for non-Hermitian dynamics simulations
11:15-11:30
Break
11:30-12:20
Di Fang (Duke University)
Mathematical Analysis of Many-Body Quantum Simulation with Coulomb Potentials

Afternoon Session

12:30-14:30
Lunch (on your own)
SESSION CHAIR: Thursday PM Di Fang
14:30-15:20
Yihui Quek (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Hamiltonian Decoded Quantum Interferometry
15:30-16:00
Break
16:00-16:50
Chunhao Wang (Penn State University)
Quantum Regression Theory and Efficient Computation of Response Functions for Non-Markovian Open Systems
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