Quantum Computing Materials Challenges - IPAM

Quantum Computing Materials Challenges

August 27 - 29, 2018

Schedule

All times in this Schedule are Pacific Time (PT)

Monday, August 27, 2018

Morning Session

08:00-08:50
Check-In/Light Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
08:50-09:00
Welcome and Opening Remarks
09:00-09:40
Matthias Troyer (Microsoft Research)
Quantum Computing Materials Challenges
10:00-10:15
Break
10:15-10:55
Yoshihisa Yamamoto (Stanford University)
Physics of quantum-to-classical crossover and coherent Ising machines
11:15-11:30
Break
11:30-12:10
Garnet Chan (California Institute of Technology)
Classical and quantum simulations of quantum materials

Afternoon Session

12:30-14:30
Lunch (on your own)
14:30-15:10
Eric Cances (École Nationale des Ponts-et-Chaussées)
What can applied mathematicians do for you?
15:30-16:00
Break
16:00-16:40
Edwin Barnes (Virginia Tech)
Modeling and cancellation of noise in semiconductor quantum dot spin qubits
17:00-18:30
Poster Session & Reception (Hosted by IPAM)

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Morning Session

08:00-09:00
Check-In/Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
09:00-09:40
Markus Reiher (ETH Zurich)
What is required for solving chemical problems on a quantum computer?
10:00-10:15
Break
10:15-10:55
Bela Bauer (Microsoft Station Q)
Dynamics of Majorana-based qubits
11:15-11:30
Break
11:30-12:10
Roman Lutchyn (Microsoft Research)
Scalable Designs for Quasiparticle-Poisoning-Protected Topological Quantum Computation with Majorana Zero Modes

Afternoon Session

12:30-14:30
Lunch (on your own)
14:30-15:10
Susan Coppersmith (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Building a Quantum Computer Using Quantum Dots in Silicon/Silicon-Germanium Heterostructures
15:30-16:00
Break
16:00-16:40
Hidetoshi Nishimori (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Performance enhancement of quantum annealing by non-traditional quantum driving

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Morning Session

08:00-09:00
Check-In/Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
09:00-09:40
Rick Muller (Sandia National Laboratories)
Modeling quantum and nanoscale semiconductor electronic devices
10:00-10:15
Break
10:15-10:55
Yasuyuki Kawahigashi (University of Tokyo)
Topological phases of matter, modular tensor categories and operator algebras
11:15-11:30
Break
11:30-12:10
Sophia Economou (Virginia Tech)
Defects in SiC: Electronic structure, spin control, and spin-photon interfaces

Afternoon Session

12:30-14:00
Lunch (on your own)
14:00-14:30
Zhenghan Wang (Microsoft Research)
Qubit Materialization Challenges: Rise above the Noise
14:30-15:30
Discussion led by Eric Cances & Mitchell Luskin
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