Quantum Seminars

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Triangle Quantum Computing Seminar Series

Seminars held Friday at 2pm ET

Date	Speaker	Host	Title	Resources
1/19	Kasra Nowrouzi, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab	IBM Quantum Innovation Center at NC State	Technical and Organizational Challenges and Opportunities in Progress of Quantum Computing	Recording
1/26	Abhinav Anand, Duke University	Duke Quantum Center	Hamiltonians, groups, states and circuits	Recording
2/2	Santanu Ganguly, Cisco Systems	UNC Kenan-Flagler's Rethinc. Labs	Implementing Quantum Generative Adversarial Network (qGAN) and QCBM in Finance	Recording
2/9	Ruslan Shaydulin, JP Morgan Chase	UNC Kenan-Flagler's Rethinc. Labs	Evidence of Scaling Advantage for the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm on a Classically Intractable Problem	Recording
2/16	Kiochi Miyamoto, Center for Quantum Information and Quantum Biology(QIQB)	UNC Kenan-Flagler's Rethinc. Labs	On the bias in iterative quantum amplitude estimation	Recording
2/23	Andrew Eddins, IBM Research	Duke Quantum Center	Extending the reach of today's noisy quantum computers	Recording
3/1	No Seminar
3/8	Guoyi Zu, University of Cologne	IBM Quantum Innovation Center at NC State	Robust Teleportation of a Topological Surface Code Under Coherent Error	Recording
3/15	No Seminar - Spring Break
3/22	David Amaro, Quantinuum	IBM Quantum Innovation Center at NC State	Quantum Error Correction and Detection at Quantinuum	Recording
3/29	Margarita Davydova, Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Duke Quantum Center	Dynamic Codes and Quantum Computation
4/5	No Seminar
4/12	Ramin Ayanzadeh, Georgia Tech	Duke Quantum Center	Trustworthy Quantum Computing: Improving the Reliability and Security of quantum Computers	Recording
4/19	Jack Morgan, Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise	UNC Kenan-Flagler's Rethinc. Labs	A Enhanced Hybrid HHL Algorithm	Recording

General Seminars

Date	Speaker	Title	Resources
9/1/2023	Rebekah Herrman	Graph Theory, optimization and quantum algorithms	Recording
6/23/2022	Lincoln Carr	Quantum Engineering Opportunities: The National Quantum Initiative and the IBM Quantum Hub at NC State	Recording
4/1/2022	Lincoln Carr	Entangled quantum cellular automata, physical complexity, and Goldilocks rules	Recording
10/20/2021	Mark Jackson	Absolute Security Through Quantum Entanglement	Recording

Previous Semesters

Date	Speaker	Host	Title	Resources
9/8	Mohannad Ibrahim, Sr Quantum Architect, Intel	IBM Quantum Innovation Center at NC State	Utilizing Crosstalk Characterization to Optimize the Performance of Parameterized Quantum Circuits	Recording
9/15	Yungyue Zhu, Graduate Student, The University of Maryland	Duke Quantum Center	Parallel Entangling Gates and Efficient Benchmark on a Trapped-Ion Quantum Computer	Recording
9/22	Yu Tong, California Institute of Technology	Duke Quantum Center	Recent Progress in Hamiltonian Learning
9/29	Andrea Delgado, Distinguished Staff Fellow, ORNL	IBM Quantum Innovation Center at NC State	Crafting Generative Models & Unraveling High-Energy Physics with Parameterized Circuits	RESCHEDULED
10/6	Ed Chen, IBM	Duke Quantum Center	Realizing the Nishimori transition at the intersection of quantum error correction and statistical physics	Recording
10/13	Andrea Delgado, Distinguished Staff Fellow, ORNL	IBM Quantum Innovation Center at NC State	Crafting Generative Models & Unraveling High-Energy Physics with Parameterized Circuits	Recording
10/20	Eric Ghysels, Professor, UNC-Chapel Hill Jack Morgan, Researcher, Rethinc.Labs	IBM Quantum Innovation Center at NC State	On Potential Exponential Computational Speed-Ups to Solving Dynamic Asset Pricing Models	Recording
10/27	David Leibrandt, Professor, University of California, Los Angeles	Duke Quantum Center	Quantum logic and the search for new physics with atomic and molecular ions	Recording
11/3	Mingyu Lee, Junseo Lee, and Myeongjin Shin	UNC Kenan-Flagler's Rethic. Labs	Mutual Information Maximizing Quantum Generative Adversarial Network and Its Applications in Finance	Recording
11/10	Reza Nejabati, Professor, University of Bristol	IBM Quantum Innovation Center at NC State	The Art of Possible with Dynamic Quantum Networking: From Scalavle Quantum Security to Quantum Data Centre Interconnect	Recording
11/17	Pranav Gokhale, VP of Quantum Software, Infleqtion	IBM Quantum Innovation Center at NC State	Superstaq: Deep Optimization of Quantum Programs	Recording
12/1	Swamit Tannu, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison	IBM Quantum Innovation Center at NC State	Architecting the Present and Future Quantum Computing Systems	Recording

Date	Speaker	Host	Title	Resources
1/6	No Speaker
1/13	Robert Barr and Colin Trout	Duke Quantum Center	Dephasing Robust Characterization of Qubit Control Noise" and "Provably Optimal Control for Multiplicative Amplitude Control Noise	Recording
1/20	Bing Qi	IBM Quantum Innovation Center at NC State	Towards Practical Quantum Key Distribution	Not Recorded
1/27	Sisi Zhou	IBM Quantum Innovation Center at NC State	Quantum Error Correction meets Continuous Symmetries: Fundamental trade-offs and case studies	Recording
2/3	Ajit Desai and Danica Marsden	UNC Kenan-Flagler's Rethic. Labs	Improving the Efficiency of Payments Systems Using Quantum Computing	Recording
2/10	Nayeli Rodriguez Briones	IBM Quantum Innovation Center at NC State	Enhanced Heat-Bath Algorithmic Cooling	Recording
2/17	Loic Henriet	UNC Kenan-Flagler's Rethic. Labs	Financial Risk Management on a Neutral Atom Quantum Processor	Cancelled
2/24	Yiwen Chu	UNC Kenan-Flagler's Rethic. Labs	Schrödinger Cat States of a 16-microgram Mechanical Oscillator	Not Recorded Slide Deck
3/3	Yuan Liu	Duke Quantum Center	Error Correction of Quantum Algorithms: Arbitrarily Accurate Recovery of Noisy Quantum Signal Processing	Recording
3/10	Jakub Szefer	IBM Quantum Innovation Center at NC State	Quantum Computer Architectures and Hardware Security	Recording
3/27	Date Changed for Joint NC State Physics/ Quantum Speaker - Bert deJong	IBM Quantum Innovation Center at NC State	Practical approaches to probing many-body systems with quantum computers	Recording
3/31	Michael Hatridge	IBM Quantum Innovation Center at NC State	Parametric controls and modular quantum computing in superconducting quantum circuits	Recording
4/7	Lucas Leclerc	IBM Quantum Innovation Center at NC State	Financial Risk Management on a Neutral Atom Quantum Processor	Recording
4/14	Lei Feng	IBM Quantum Innovation Center at NC State	Continuous Symmetry Breaking in a Trapped-Ion Spin Chain	Recording
4/21	Zheshen Zhang	IBM Quantum Innovation Center at NC State	Entanglement - Enhanced Sensing and Data Processing	Recording

Date	Speaker	Host	Title	Resources
9/9	Or Katz of Duke University	Duke Quantum Center	Programmable interactions between spins and bosons in trapped ion systems	Recording
9/16	Yufei Ding of UC Santa Barbara	IBM Quantum Hub at NC State	Quantum Computing Systems: Challenges and Opportunities	Recording
9/23	Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde, University of Pennsylvania	UNC Kenan-Flagler's Rethic. Labs	Dynamic Programming on a Quantum Annealer: Solving the RBC Model	Recording
9/30	Zohreh Davoudi of University of Maryland	IBM Quantum Hub at NC State	Simulations of gauge field theories with quantum tools	Recording
10/7	Nick Bronn, Research Staff Member at IBM Quantum in the IBM TJ Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, NY	IBM Quantum Hub at NC State	Outlook for Quantum Computing with Superconducting Qubits	Recording
10/14	Arkopal Dutt of MIT	Duke Quantum Center	Optimal algorithms for learning quantum phase states	Recording
10/21	Gavin Jones, Manager, Research Staff Member Quantum Applications, IBM Quantum IBM Quantum Technical Ambassador IBM Research, San Jose, CA	IBM Quantum Hub at NC State	Quantum computing for chemistry	Recording
10/28	Mike Newman, Google	IBM Quantum Hub at NC State	Suppressing quantum errors by scaling a surface code logical qubit	Recording
11/4	Ellis Wilson of NC State	IBM Quantum Hub at NC State	Combining Hard and Soft Constraints in Quantum Constraint-Satisfaction Systems	Recording
11/11	Cancelled	IBM Quantum Hub at NC State
11/18	Adam Kaufman Of NIST/ University of Colorado	Duke Quantum Center	Quantum science with microscopically-controlled arrays of alkaline-earth atoms	Recording

Date	Speaker	Host	Title	Resources
1/21	Daiwei Zhu	Duke Quantum Center	Interactive Protocols for Classically-Verifiable Quantum Advantage with an Ion-Trap Quantum Computer	Recording
1/28	Nikitas Stamatopoulos	UNC Kenan-Flagler's Rethic. Labs	Towards Quantum Advantage in Financial Market Risk using Quantum Gradient Algorithms	Recording
2/4	No Speaker This Week
2/11	Pranav Gokhale	Duke Quantum Center	Abstraction barrier between quantum hardware and software	Recording
2/18	Todd Brun	Duke Quantum Center	Quantum field theories from quantum cellular automata	Recording
2/25	Christa Zoufal	IBM Quantum Hub at NC State	Variational Quantum Boltzmann machines	Recording
3/4	Mauricio Gutierrez	Duke Quantum Center	Quantum Error Correction in Costa Rica	Recording
3/11	No Speaker		Spring Break - Duke
3/18	No Speaker		Spring Break - NC State and UNC
3/25	Nathan Earnest-Noble	IBM Quantum Hub at NC State	Error Mitigation and Compiling	Recording
4/1	Elton Zhu	IBM Quantum Hub at NC State	QGAN work using IonQ	Recording
4/8	Joao Doriguello	UNC Kenan-Flagler's Rethic. Labs	Quantum Algorithm for Stochastic Optimal Stopping Problems	Recording
4/15	Dylan Herman	UNC Kenan-Flagler's Rethic. Labs	NISQ-HHL: Portfolio Optimization for Near-Term Quantum Hardware	Recording
4/22	Xiaodi Wu	IBM Quantum Hub at NC State	Computational Thinking Toward End-to-End Quantum Applications	Recording

Date	Speaker	Title	Resources
09/03	Josh Combes, University of Colorado, Boulder	Quantum computing with rotation-symmetric bosonic codes	Recording
09/10	Oinam Romesh Meitei, Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Gate-free state preparation for fast VQE molecular simulations	Recording
09/17	Andrew Houck, Princeton	Circuit QED: From Materials to Mathematics	Recording
09/24	Craig Gidney, Google AI Quantum	Software and the Honeycomb Code	Recording
10/01	Fall Break - No Speaker
10/08	Rescheduled to 10/29
10/15	Franca, Copenhagen	Tensors	Recording
10/22	Hamed Mohammadbagherpoor, NC State	Applying QC Optimization Algorithms	Recording
10/29	Layla Hormozi, BNL	Topological Quantum Compiling -- an introduction	Recording
11/05	Tameem Albash, UNM	Adiabatic Quantum Computing	Recording
11/12	Tilley/Clark/Brown, GTRI	Optical Gates	Recording
11/19	Jonathan King, Atom Comput	Quantum Computing with Neutral Atoms	Recording

Date	Speaker	Title	Resources	Slides
01/29	Erik Gustafson	Monte Carlo State Preparation in Quantum Computing
02/12	Yannick Meurice	Tensor Methods in Quantum Computing
02/26	Lex Kemper	Many-Body Thermodynamics on Quantum Computers via Partition Function Zeros
03/05	WELLNESS Day No Lunch
03/12	No SPEAKER Yet
03/19	Prof Milad Marvian	Quantum Earth Mover's Distance: A New Approach to Learning Quantum Data
03/26	Mekena Metcalf	Quantum Algorithms and Reinforcement Learning for Open Quantum System Simulation	Recording
04/09	Yipeng Huang	Logical Abstractions for Noisy Variational Quantum Algorithm Simulation	Recording
04/23	Travis Cuvelier	Quantum Coding for Classical Communication
04/30	Last Day of Classes Spring
05/07	Exam Week No Lunch