Seminar

Thursday, August 19, 2021 12:00 pm - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Quantum Today: Dimension Reductions in Quantum Key Distribution

Join Twesh Upadhyaya, MSc student at the University of Waterloo’s Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) and Department of Physics & Astronomy, in conversation with scientific outreach manager John Donohue. They’ll discuss his latest journal article entitled “Dimension Reductions in Quantum Key Distribution for Continuous- and Discrete-Variable Protocols” published in Physical Review X Quantum on May 24.

Tuesday, July 27, 2021 4:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

IQC-QuICS Math and Computer Science Seminar

Lower Bounds on Stabilizer Rank
Dr. Ben Lee Volk, The University of Texas at Austin

The stabilizer rank of a quantum state ψ is the minimal integer r such that ψ can be written as a linear combination of r stabilizer states. The running time of several classical simulation methods for quantum circuits is determined by the stabilizer rank of the n-th tensor power of single-qubit magic states.

Monday, June 28, 2021 11:00 pm - 11:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Non-equilibrium dynamics in lattice-confined antiferromagnetic spinor condensates

Dr. Zihe Chen - Oklahoma State University

A spinor Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) is highly controllable especially when combining with optical lattices. Lattice-confined spinor BEC is an ideal candidate for studying many non-equilibrium quantum dynamics since it can be easily prepared far from equilibrium. I will present the results of our experimental studies on non-equilibrium quantum spin dynamics in our spinor BEC (23Na) confined by 3D cubic optical lattices.

Thursday, July 8, 2021 12:00 pm - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Quantum Today: A measurement-based variational quantum eigensolver

Join Luca Dellantonio, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Waterloo’s Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC), in conversation with scientific outreach manager John Donohue. They’ll discuss his latest journal article entitled A measurement-based variational quantum eigensolver published in Physical Review Letters on June 4.