July 19 – 21, 2023
Institute for Quantum Computing
University of Waterloo
This conference marking Raymond Laflamme's 60th birthday is to celebrate Raymond and his many contributions to quantum computing. As per Raymond's request, the conference will consist solely of his former students and postdocs. The conference is divided into three days of scientific talks and networking.
Schedule
Lazaridis QNC 0101
| Time | Wednesday, July 19 | Thursday, July 20 | Friday, July 21 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am |
Breakfast, Registration, and Rapid-Antigen Tests |
Breakfast | Breakfast |
| 9:30 am - 10:45 am | Welcome and Session 1a | Session 2a | Session 3a |
| 10:45 am - 11:15 am | Coffee Break | Coffee Break | Coffee Break |
| 11:15 am - 12:30 pm | Session 1b | Session 2b | Session 3b |
| 12:30 pm - 1:50 pm | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
| 1:50 pm - 3:05 pm | Session 1c | Session 2c | Session 3c |
| 3:05 pm - 5:20 pm | Networking Activity 1 at RAC (RAC tours and floor hockey) | Networking Activity 2 (Huron Natural Area) | Networking Activity 3 (Brewery Tour) |
| 5:20 pm - 6:00 pm | Break to freshen up (Delta Hotel) | Break to freshen up (Delta Hotel) | Networking Activity 3 (Brewery Tour) |
| 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Dinner (Beer Town) | Dinner (Perimeter Institute Bistro) | Dinner (Huether Hotel) |
Scientific Schedule
| Time | July 19 | July 20 | July 21 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:30 - 9:55 | Welcome & Logistics Shayan Majidy |
Quantum Computing Exploration at Yonsei Daniel Kyungdeock Park |
Multi-core Quantum Computation Aharon Brodutch |
| 9:55 - 10:20 | Semiconductor Quantum Devices Jonathan Baugh |
Advancements in Alternative Approaches to Quantum Machine Learning Casey Myers |
Stochastic Quantum Channels |
| 10:20 - 10:45 | Unitary and Dissipative Simulation of Diffusion Processes Pooya Ronagh |
Density Matrix Exponentiation and its Applications Dawei Lu |
Activation of Strong Local Passive States with Quantum Information Nayeli A. Rodriguez Briones |
| Coffee Break | |||
| 11:15 - 11:40 |
Bringing Quantum to the Museum in a Big Way |
Noncommuting Charges in Quantum Thermodynamics and Beyond Shayan Majidy |
Fast Quantum State Tomography in the Nitrogen Vacancy Center of Diamond Jingfu Zhang |
| 11:40 - 12:05 | Beyond Academia, Data Science in Industry Paulina Corona Ugalde |
Quantum Computation Using Photonic Quantum Walks Chandrashekar C. Madaiah |
Simple Master Equations for Describing Driven Systems Subject to Highly Non-Markovian Noise Peter Groszkowski |
| 12:05 - 12:30 | Inclusion as a Principle David Rideout |
Photonic Quantum Science and Technologies Urbasi Sinha |
Universal Computing Models: The Quantum Landscape Dongsheng Wang |
| Lunch | |||
| 1:50 - 2:15 | One-Bit Addition with the Smallest Interesting Colour Code Ben Criger |
Building a Quantum Start-Up Chris Erven |
Using Quantum Computers to Solve Industry Problems Alexandre Martins de Souza |
| 2:15 - 2:40 | Speed Limits for Fault-tolerant Quantum Computation Mike Vasmer |
Noisy Measurements in Quantum Error Correction and How to Handle Them |
IQC Hospital for Advanced Personalized Quantum Cancer Treatment Robabeh Rahimi |
| 2:40 - 3:05 | Raymond Laflamme, Complexity Theorist Scott Aaronson |
Logical Gates in Quantum Error Correction Tomas Jochym-O'Connor |
Closing Remarks Raymond Laflamme |
Addresses
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Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo 200 University Ave West, Waterloo Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Center (QNC) |
Delta Hotel Waterloo 110 Erb Street West, |
Perimeter Institute 31 Caroline Street, |
Huether Hotel 59 King Street North, |
Beer Town 75 King St S Waterloo |
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact Shayan Majidy (smajidy@uwaterloo.ca)
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