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

Organized by


Micheline Soley, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Lawrence Cheuk, Princeton
Tijs Karman, Radboud University