IQC Colloquium

Topological quantum codes and quantum computation

Aleksander Kubica, AWS Center for Quantum Computing & California Institute of Technology

Quantum computers are one of the central pillars of quantum information science. However, designing them is a daunting task that will require the implementation of fault-tolerant protocols and quantum error-correcting codes. In this talk, I will present a realistic and resource-efficient approach to building scalable quantum computers based on topological quantum codes. I will discuss efficient decoding algorithms with good performance and simple-to-implement logical gates. I will also introduce a new topological quantum code that exhibits robustness to measurement errors, which in turn dramatically reduces the time overhead of fault-tolerant universal computation.

Join the in-person colloquium in QNC 0101.