Quantum Computing Meets Quantum Chemistry

Europe/Berlin
Lecture Hall ( Institute for Advanced Study (IAS))

Lecture Hall

Institute for Advanced Study (IAS)

Lichtenbergstraße 2a, 85748 Garching bei München
    • 13:00 13:50
      Registration 50m
    • 14:00 14:20
      Welcome 20m
      Speakers: Ali Alavi (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research), Christian Ochsenfeld (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich), Frank Ortmann (Technical University of Munich), Martin Stratmann (Max Planck Society, Munich Quantum Valley e.V.)
    • 14:20 16:20
      Session 1
      • 14:20
        Projective quantum algorithms for quantum chemistry 40m
        Speaker: Francesco Evangelista (Emory University, GA)
      • 15:00
        Quantum computing research at Covestro 40m
        Speaker: Christian Gogolin (Covestro Deutschland AG)
      • 15:40
        Quantum computing applications in quantum chemistry 40m
        Speaker: Ivano Tavernelli (IBM Zuerich)
    • 16:20 17:00
      Break 40m
    • 17:00 18:20
      Session 2
      • 17:00
        Towards a Quantum Future for Quantum Chemistry 40m

        (virtually)

        Speaker: Matthias Troyer (Microsoft, WA)
      • 17:40
        Prospects for simulating quantum chemistry on quantum computers 40m

        (virtually)

        Speaker: Ryan Babbush (Google, CA)
    • 18:20 18:25
      Closing Session – Wrap Up Day 1 5m
  • Wednesday 15 June
    • 14:40 16:00
      Session 3
      • 14:40
        Simulating open quantum systems with quantum computers 40m
        Speaker: Michael Marthaler (HQS Quantum Simulations GmbH)
      • 15:20
        Embedding theories for quantum simulations on hybrid classical-quantum architectures 40m

        (virtually)

        Speaker: Giulia Galli (University of Chicago)
    • 16:00 16:30
      Break 30m
    • 16:30 18:30
      Session 4
      • 16:30
        Emulation of quantum computation of molecular energies using VQE on high-performance computers 40m
        Speaker: Kristel Michielsen (Forschungszentrum Jülich)
      • 17:10
        Nonorthogonal configuration interaction for strong electron correlations: General considerations and a nonorthogonal quantum eigensolver 40m

        (virtually)

        Speaker: Martin Head-Gordon (University of California Berkeley)
      • 17:50
        Tackling the electronic structure problem on near-term quantum devices: algorithmic improvements and error mitigation techniques 40m

        (virtually)

        Speaker: Mario Motta (IBM, CA)
    • 18:30 19:00
      Closing Session – Wrap Up 30m