CQT Webinars Series on Quantum Computation and Quantum Simulation

Title: Quantum supremacy and machine learning in driven analog quantum many-body systems
Date/Time: 05-Jun, 10:00AM
Venue: Online via zoom

In these  webinar series organized by Angelakis group at CQT, we discuss the latest developments in quantum technologies with a focus in quantum simulation and computation. Following our group meetings format, the first part of the talk should an introduction to the topic,and should understandable by senior undergraduates in Science or Engineering/CS or Maths. The speakers of the series are shown below. 

Organizer and Host: CQT Principal Investigator Dimitris G. Angelakis

Schedule

Friday, May 29, 10am(Singapore time)

Matthew Harrigan, Google Quantum AI Group

“Quantum Approximate Optimization of Non-Planar Graph Problems on a Planar Superconducting Processor”

Friday, June 5, 10am (Singapore time)

Jirawat Tangpatinanon,  Angelakis Group CQT

“Quantum supremacy and machine learning in driven analog quantum many-body systems”

Friday, June 12, 10am (Singapore time)

Nicholas Rubin, Google Quantum AI Group

“Hartree-Fock on a Superconducting Qubit Quantum Computer”

Friday, June 19, 10am (Singapore time)

Marc Lemonde, Angelakis Group CQT

An efficient encoding scheme for quadratic optimization on a quantum computer

Register: http://bit.ly/cqtonlinetalks

CQT Webinars Series on Quantum Computation and Quantum Simulation

Title: Hartree-Fock on a Superconducting Qubit Quantum Computer
Date/Time: 12-Jun, 10:00AM
Venue: Online via zoom

In these  webinar series organized by Angelakis group at CQT, we discuss the latest developments in quantum technologies with a focus in quantum simulation and computation. Following our group meetings format, the first part of the talk should an introduction to the topic,and should understandable by senior undergraduates in Science or Engineering/CS or Maths. The speakers of the series are shown below. 

Organizer and Host: CQT Principal Investigator Dimitris G. Angelakis

Schedule

Friday, May 29, 10am(Singapore time)

Matthew Harrigan, Google Quantum AI Group

“Quantum Approximate Optimization of Non-Planar Graph Problems on a Planar Superconducting Processor”

Friday, June 5, 10am (Singapore time)

Jirawat Tangpatinanon,  Angelakis Group CQT

“Quantum supremacy and machine learning in driven analog quantum many-body systems”

Friday, June 12, 10am (Singapore time)

Nicholas Rubin, Google Quantum AI Group

“Hartree-Fock on a Supeconducting Qubit Quantum Computer”

Friday, June 19, 10am (Singapore time)

Marc Lemonde, Angelakis Group CQT

An efficient encoding scheme for quadratic optimization on a quantum computer

Register: http://bit.ly/cqtonlinetalks

CQT Webinars Series on Quantum Computation and Quantum Simulation

Title: An efficient encoding scheme for quadratic optimization on a quantum computer
Date/Time: 19-Jun, 10:00AM
Venue: Online via zoom

In these  webinar series organized by Angelakis group at CQT, we discuss the latest ­developments in quantum technologies with a focus in quantum simulation and computation. Following ourgroup meetings format, the first part of the talk should an introduction to the topic,and should understandable by senior undergraduates in Science or Engineering/CS or Maths. The speakers of the series are shown below. 

Organizer and Host: CQT Principal Investigator Dimitris G. Angelakis

Schedule

Friday, May 29, 10am(Singapore time)

Matthew Harrigan, Google Quantum AI Group

“Quantum Approximate Optimization of Non-Planar Graph Problems on a Planar Superconducting Processor”

Friday, June 5, 10am (Singapore time)

Jirawat Tangpatinanon,  Angelakis Group CQT

“Quantum supremacy and machine learning in driven analog quantum many-body systems”

Friday, June 12, 10am (Singapore time)

Nicholas Rubin, Google Quantum AI Group

“Hartree-Fock on a Superconducting Qubit Quantum Computer”

Friday, June 19, 10am (Singapore time)

Marc Lemonde, Angelakis Group CQT

An efficient encoding scheme for quadratic optimization on a quantum computer 

Register: http://bit.ly/cqtonlinetalks

CQT Inaugural Talk by Yvonne Gao, CQT and Department of Physics, NUS

Title: Building bespoke quantum hardware with superconducting circuits
Date/Time: 11-Jun, 04:00PM
Venue: Online via Zoom  

Abstract:
Over the past decade, developments in our ability to effectively create quantum states and coherently control their entanglement properties have enabled a wide range of powerful new technologies. While these unique features of quantum physics can be harnessed in many physical systems, the superconducting circuits technology has emerged as the leading contender for realising sophisticated quantum hardware due to its simplicity, robustness, and versatility. In this talk, I will introduce the key building blocks of superconducting circuits and the necessary infrastructure we aim to establish in CQT. I will then discuss the potential of using superconducting circuits to build tailored hardware for implementing quantum computing tasks as well for exploring interesting effects in many-body physics, chemistry, and complexity theory.


Please register to receive zoom details: http://bit.ly/cqtinauguraltalk

CQT Inaugural Talk by Charles Lim, CQT and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NUS

Title: Securing ourselves through quantum cryptography
Date/Time: 18-Jun, 04:00PM
Venue: Online via Zoom  

Abstract:
It can be said that cryptography is the art of protecting private information in the presence of adversaries. Quantum cryptography can take modern cryptography to the next level, offering protection not only against quantum adversaries but also when the underlying crypto-devices are untrustworthy. In this presentation, we will cover various aspects of quantum cryptography, from the security of applied quantum key distribution, quantum random number generation, to measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution and device-independent quantum cryptography.


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CQT Inaugural Talk by Marco Tomamichel, CQT and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NUS

Title: Quantifying information - from classical to quantum
Date/Time: 25-Jun, 04:00PM
Venue: Online via Zoom  

Abstract:
What is information, and what makes it quantum? This almost sounds like a philosophical question, but in this talk I will instead take a mathematical and operational perspective, inspired by the pioneering work of Shannon and many others after him. I will show how our intuitions can be meaningfully formalised for classical information, and that these mathematical formalisations can then take us further and also give us solid footing in the quantum realm where our intuition would otherwise often fail. I will present several recent developments that I contributed to that collectively give us a fruitful new perspective on a fundamental result in quantum information theory, the strong sub-additivity of quantum entropy.

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CQT Online Talk by Adam Kaufman, JILA and University of Colorado

Title: Atom arrays of ultracold strontium: new tools formetrology and many-body physics 
Date/Time: 11-Jun, 11:00AM
Venue: Online via Zoom

Abstract:
The development of microscopic detection of ensemblesof neutral atoms has transformed our ability to study complex many-bodysystems. Techniques like quantum gas microscopy and optical tweezer arraysgrant a unique single-particle-resolved perspective on solid-state analogs andidealized quantum spin models, as well as novel detection capabilities forquantities like entanglement. In this talk, I will describe our progresstowards developing these tools for a new atomic species, strontium. In doingso, we establish new prospects enabled by combining the rich internaldegrees-of-freedom of alkaline-earth atoms with microscopic control. Iwill report on our recent results in which we apply our platform to opticalatomic clocks, a new application of optical tweezer arrays which indicates anumber of strengths for metrology. In particular, I will describe ourstrategies for reaching arrays with hundreds of tweezers with sub-Hzatom-optical coherence, half-minute scale atomic coherence, and atomicstability on par with the state-of-the-art. I will then describe our parallelprogress towards engineering entanglement on an optical clock transition, aswell as new scaling strategies involving atom-by-atom assembly in opticallattice potentials.

Please register to receive zoom details: http://bit.ly/cqtwebinar