QuIC Seminar
Quantum Information and Computation
at Michigan State University
Spring 2023
Quantum Information and Computation
at Michigan State University
Spring 2023
The QuIC seminars are a student-run, weekly seminar series focused on all things related to quantum information science. We combine research-level talks, tutorials, and coding workshops to keep MSU and the broader community up-to-date on this rapidly maturing field.
Quantum information science (QIS) is a relatively young field of study, with roots in physics, computer science, and mathematics. It has yielded rich ideas and tools that have shed light on the nature of, and relationship between, computation and physical laws.
At the same time, the quest for quantum computers and quantum communications systems has led to a wealth of interesting technological developments, which may one day lead to society-shifting breakthroughs.
April 25th, QuIC get-together
April 18th, Sam Vizvary (UCLA), Trapped Ion Quantum Computing with Barium-133
April 11th, Joe Kitzman (MSU), An Introduction to the Lindblad Master Equation
April 4th, Ilias Magoulas (Emory University), CNOT-Efficient Quantum Circuits for Computational Chemistry
March 28th, Chirag Bhansali (MSU), Error Correction and Decoding
March 21st, Gabriel Given (MSU), Fermionic mappings
March 14th, Nathan Jansen (MSU), Variational Quantum Eigensolver: applications to quantum chemistry
March 7th, no seminar (spring break)
Feb 28th, Ryan LaRose (EPFL), Mario is NP-hard
Feb 21st, Jacob Watkins (MSU), Qiskit Runtime
Feb 14th (cancelled)
Feb 7th, Joe Kitzman (MSU), Noise and decoherence
Jan 31st, Camryn Undershute (MSU), Superconducting qubits
Jan 24th, Camryn Undershute (MSU), Introduction to Quantum Computing and Hardware