AVS Quantum Science Workshop: The Industry around quantum materials and quantum information science is currently evolving rapidly with a focus on synthesis and device fabrication, algorithm and library development, and exploration of early applications of quantum computing, sensing, storage, network, amongst others. In addition to technological and scientific advancement on a fundamental level, this requires rapid training of a particularly skilled workforce at the intersection of these fields. While this is true for many interdisciplinary fields, there is a risk that the gap that needs to be bridged is particularly large between the fundamental fields of quantum mechanics, math, computer science, and domain science. In this all-invited session, we will have speakers from academia, industry, national labs, and funding agencies to describe their perspective on the state of the art and to outline challenges. We envision the discussion of concrete strategies to address these challenges and brainstorming on what is most needed immediately to shape the near-term future of the workforce that will support the quantum industry. This Workshop will be followed by a number of QS mini-symposium sessions throughout the week.
Invited Speakers:
- Government: Tomasz Durakiewicz, National Science Foundation
- National Lab: Kathy-Anne Soderberg, Air Force Research Laboratory
- Non-Profit: Jonathan Felbinger, SRI / QED-C
- Quantum/Short Course Organizer: Tim Gessert, Gessert Consulting, LLC
- Industry: Josh Mutus, Rigetti Computing
- Academia: Chris Palmstrøm, University of California, Santa Barbara
This workshop will be followed by QS scientific sessions throughout the week.
AQS-SuA: AVS Quantum Science Workshop Oral Session (ALL-INVITED SESSION)
- Matthew LaHaye, Air Force Research Lab
- Roman Lutchyn, Microsoft Quantum, “Fault Tolerant Quantum Computation using Majorana-Based Topological Qubits”
- John Martinis, Qolab, “How to Build a Quantum Supercomputer: Scaling from Hundreds to Millions of Qubits”
- Satyavolu Papa Rao, NY CREATES, “Enabling the Scaling of Superconducting Quantum Devices in a 300 mm Wafer Fab”
- Richard S. Ross, UCLA, “Laboratory-based Experiential Learning for Quantum Information Science”
- Athena Sefat, DOE