Due to the APS March Meeting being canceled, IQC has scheduled a mini-symposium for University of Waterloo students to give their accepted talks.
Talks are open for all to attend.
Researchers from the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) at the University of Waterloo report the first occurence of directly splitting one photon into three.
Variational quantum algorithms such as VQE or QAOA aim to simulate low-energy properties of quantum many-body systems or find approximate solutions of combinatorial optimization problems. Such algorithms employ variational states generated by low-depth quantum circuits to minimize the expected value of a quantum or classical Hamiltonian.
Approximate counting -- given a black-box function f:[N]->{0,1}, multiplicatively estimate the number of x's such that f(x)=1 -- is one of the most basic problems in quantum algorithms. In 1998, Brassard, Hoyer, Mosca, and Tapp (BHMT) gave a fully quadratic quantum speedup for the problem, while Nayak and Wu showed that this speedup was optimal. What else is there to say?
Nigar Sultana
Researchers at the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) have demonstrated a new method, called cycle benchmarking, to assess scalability and compare capabilities of different quantum computer platforms.
By cleverly manipulating two properties of a neutron beam, NIST scientists and their collaborators have created a powerful probe of materials that have complex and twisted magnetic structures.
Additional resources help enable researchers to capitalize on a research opportunity or a bold idea.
The Quantum Innovators in Computer Science and Mathematics workshop brings together promising researchers working on theoretical aspects of quantum information and computation in computer science and mathematics.
Talks are open for anyone to attend.
Mária Kieferová talks quantum algorithms, studying a PhD at two universities and keeping up with industry.