Talk Title: Logical Abstractions for Noisy Variational Quantum Algorithm Simulation. Speaker: Professor Yipeng Huang, Rutgers University Abstract: Existing quantum circuit simulators do not address the traits of variational algorithms, namely: 1) their ability to work with noisy qubits and operations, 2) their repeated execution of the same circuits but with different parameters, and 3) the…

Talk Title: Quantum Coding for Classical Communication Speaker: Travis C. Cuvelier, University Texas at Austin Abstract: Notable features of quantum error correction include the decomposition of continuous communication impairments into discrete channels and the ability of quantum error correcting codes (and their recovery operations) to protect against wide varieties of noise given such a discrete description.  Motivated…