Collaborations to Advance Broader Access to the Quantum Computing Stack

Event Type

Conference/Workshop

Sponsor

IQUIST, IIDAI, Siebel School, GCoE, NCSA

Location

NCSA Building, 1205 W. Clark St., Urbana IL 61801

Date

Feb 14, 2025   8:30 am  

Registration

Registration Deadline is February 5, 2025

Contact

Aliya Yabekova

E-Mail

aliya@illinois.edu

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Originating Calendar

NCSA Research and Education

Quantum computing in the state of Illinois (and worldwide) is moving forward at a brisk pace.  The Illinois Quantum Information Science and Technology Center (IQUIST) continues to spearhead this effort bringing a variety of quantum stakeholders together to lead this initiative.  

There are still areas in the complete quantum computing stack that are underdeveloped. We intend to identify these areas so that the University of Illinois will continue to be a spearhead into the future of practical quantum computing. The introduction of quantum computing to a broader audience of scientists could be a challenging technology to implement and is critical to complete this picture for the future. Trailblazing the path to develop tools and standards to minimize the barriers to this broader audience will be very helpful to those who could benefit from quantum computing systems.

It is the intention of this workshop to identify these areas, share ideas and determine which entities can fill these roles at University of Illinois.

Intended audience:

• Researchers with challenging research problems that can potentially benefit from quantum computing.  We welcome those who are uncertain, so we may determine the potential for your research

• Graduate students and postdocs affiliated with research in classical as well as quantum computing

• All campus community members interested in quantum computing

• NCSA staff and faculty affiliates

• IQUIST faculty, senior personnel

• GCoE faculty and staff

• IIDAI performers

• Siebel School faculty members

Register HERE.

Agenda:

When	What	Who	Where
8:00 am	Continental Breakfast	Sponsors	NCSA atrium
8:30 am	Welcome, workshop goals and agenda	Chuck Pavloski	NCSA auditorium
8:35 am	IQUIST overview	Elizabeth Goldschmidt
8:45 am	IQMP overview	Harley Johnson
8:55 am	IIDAI overview	André Schleife
9:05 am	NCSA overview	John Towns
9:15 am	Siebel CS School overview	TBD
9:25 am	Bringing Dependability to Classical-Quantum Systems Integration	Santiago Nunez-Corrales
9:40 am	Quantum Computing as an accelerator: Materials science, Physics, Life sciences, and Optimization	André Schleife\
10:00 am	Providing Broader Access to the Quantum Computing Stack	John Towns
10:10 am	Charge to the breakout sessions	Bryan Clark (Tentative)
10:20 am	Coffee break	Sponsors	NCSA atrium
10:40 am	Breakout sessions: current research opportunities   A. From quantum algorithms to application prototypes   B. Tools needed to better access quantum computing	Moderators:    A. Bryan Clark (Tentative)    B. Santiago Nunez-Corrales	A. NCSA 1030   B. NCSA 1040
12:30 pm	Networking lunch	Sponsors	NCSA atrium
1:00 pm	Reports from Breakout Sessions	Moderator: Santiago Nunez-Corrales	NCSA auditorium
2:00 pm	Panel and open discussion from breakout session results	Moderator: Chuck Pavloski Panelists: Elizabeth Goldschmidt John Towns André Schleife TBD
2:40 pm	Next steps	Chuck Pavloski
2:45 pm	Coffee break	Speaker	NCSA atrium
3:00 pm	NCSA Colloquium: Scaling Quantum Computers: Challenges and Prospects	Wolfgang Pfaff	NCSA auditorium
4:00 pm	Event closes