Programme
Algorithms for Chemistry I
Morning session, Tuesday 20 August 2024
Room 707
Michał Tomza (Uniwersytet Warszawski) presiding| 8:00 AM | Introductory remarks |
| 8:05 AM | Alan Aspuru-Guzik (University of Toronto, Vector Institute, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research) Ten years of VQE. What is next? The generative quantum eigensolver |
| 8:35 AM | Nathan O. Wiebe (University of Toronto) Super Polynomial Improvements in Accuracy for Quantum Simulation of Molecular Dynamics |
| 9:05 AM | Intermission |
| 9:15 AM | Kade Head-Marsden (University of Minnesota Twin Cities) Open quantum systems and current quantum computation |
| 9:45 AM | Lucas Visscher (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) Bit of quantum in computational chemistry, why and how |
| 10:15 AM | Francesco Evangelista (Emory) Accelerating quantum algorithms for quantum chemistry: Strategies and challenges |
| 10:45 AM | Intermission |
| 10:55 AM | Nicholas Rubin (Google Quantum AI) Potential of quantum algorithms for chemistry and materials simulation |
| 11:25 AM | Markus Reiher (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich) Challenges for demonstrating a chemical advantage of quantum computing over traditional approaches |
| 11:55 AM | Concluding Remarks |
Atoms & Molecules for Quantum Simulation
Afternoon session, Tuesday 20 August 2024
Room 707
Hannes Bernien (University of Chicago) presiding| 2:00 PM | Introductory Remarks |
| 2:05 PM | Eugene Demler (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich) Quantum simulations of spin physics: from cold atoms to quantum dots in semiconductors to ion chains |
| 2:35 PM | Danna Freedman (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Vanadium molecular color centers |
| 3:05 PM | Intermission |
| 3:15 PM | Yu Liu (University of Maryland) Advancing chemical structure and dynamics studies with fully-controlled molecules |
| 3:45 PM | Daniel McCarron (University of Connecticut) Optical cycling in CH radicals: A path towards ultracold organic chemistry |
| 4:15 PM | Felipe Herrera (Universidad de Santiago de Chile) How do chemical bonds break in the ultrastrong coupling regime of cavity QED? |
| 4:45 PM | Intermission |
| 4:55 PM | Marianna Safronova (University of Delaware) Quantum many-body theory for quantum information and quantum sensors |
| 5:25 PM | Kaden Hazzard (Rice University) SU(N) magnetism with ultracold molecules |
| 5:55 PM | Concluding Remarks |
Algorithms for Chemistry II
Morning session, Wednesday 21 August 2024
Room 707
Kade Head-Marsden (University of Minnesota Twin Cities) presiding| 8:00 AM | Introductory Remarks |
| 8:05 AM | Susanne Yelin (Harvard University) Programmable simulations of molecules and materials with present-day reconfigurable quantum processors |
| 8:35 AM | Sabre Kais (Purdue University) Simulation of chemical reactions on a quantum computer |
| 9:05 AM | Intermission |
| 9:15 AM | Todd J. Martinez (Stanford University, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center) Compressed representations in static and dynamic quantum problems |
| 9:45 AM | Troy Van Voorhis (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Fragment embedding as a strategy for near-term quantum computing |
| 10:15 AM | David Mazziotti (University of Chicago) Fewer measurements from shadow tomography with N -representability conditions |
| 10:45 AM | Intermission |
| 11:25 AM | Timur Tscherbul (University of Nevada Reno) Ultracold molecules as qubits: From quantum information dynamics to a hybrid quantum-classical algorithm for multichannel scattering |
| 11:55 AM | Concluding Remarks |
Molecules as Qubits
Afternoon session, Wednesday 21 August 2024
Room 707
Daniel McCarron (University of Connecticut) presiding| 2:00 PM | Introductory Remarks |
| 2:05 PM | Michał Tomza (Uniwersytet Warszawski) Exploring exotic molecules for ultracold quantum physics and chemistry |
| 2:35 PM | Stefan Truppe (Imperial College London) Laser-cooled, alkaline-earth-like diatomic molecules: a new platform for fundamental physics, chemistry and quantum science |
| 3:05 PM | Intermission |
| 3:15 PM | Alan Jamison (University of Waterloo) Ultracold Chemistry and Quantum Computing with Molecules |
| 3:45 PM | Sebastian Will (Columbia University) Bose-Einstein condensates of molecules for quantum simulation and computing |
| 4:15 PM | Intermission |
| 4:55 PM | Hannes Bernien (University of Chicago) Quantum simulation and computation in a dual-species Rydberg array |
| 5:25 PM | Prineha Narang (University of California Los Angeles) Quantum Information Science and the Impact of Quantum Algorithms on Materials Science |
| 5:55 PM | Concluding Remarks |


