Day 1, June 14 (Monday)
1:00 p.m. Short Overview of HQAN (30 min)
External Advisory Board (EAB) members & HQAN leadership
2:00 p.m. Opening Remarks (10 min)
Brian DeMarco, Director of HQAN, Physics, UIUC
2:10 p.m. Education, Workforce Development and Partnerships (5 min)
Shimon Kolkowitz, Physics, UWM
2:15 p.m. Education and Outreach Activities (10 min)
Mallory Conlon, Outreach Program Coordinator, UWM
2:25 p.m. Industry Partnerships & Training Activities (10 min)
Dr. Bhavna Hirani, Research Program Manager, IQUIST, UIUC
2:35 p.m. Overview of MA1: Distributed Processor and Network Testbeds (20 min)
Mark Saffman, Physics, UWM & Hannes Bernien, PME, UChicago
3:00 p.m. Poster Session I (using Gather.Town) & Networking (1 hour)
Junior Investigators present research projects
Day 2, June 15 (Tuesday)
2:00 p.m. Day’s Remarks (5 mins)
Brian DeMarco, Director of HQAN, Physics, UIUC
2:05 p.m. Overview of MA2: Distributed Processing, Network Protocols, and Software
Development (20 min)
Eric Chitambar, ECE, UIUC & Andrew Cleland, PME, UChicago
2:30 p.m. Overview of MA3: Topologically Protected Qubits (20 min)
Robert McDermott, Physics, UWM & Dale Van Harlingen, Physics, UIUC
3:00 p.m. Poster Session II (using Gather.Town) & Networking (1 hour)
Junior Investigators present research projects
3:55 p.m. Closing Remarks (5 min)
Brian DeMarco, Director of HQAN, Physics, UIUC
4:00 p.m. Readout meeting (40 min)
