Byron Bay Quantum  Workshop

2019 Focus: Bosonic error-correcting codes

Encoding an error-correctable qubit (or qudit) into an infinite-dimensional system such as a bosonic mode is an exciting alternative to qubit-based error correcting codes. The first ideas arose more than 20 years ago, and recently these ideas are seeing a resurgence due in part to experimental progress that's been demonstrated in laboratories across the world.

The last few years have seen huge advances in the field of continuous-variable quantum computation, both theoretically and experimentally. There still exist many obstacles between where we are and where we're going: fault-tolerant universal quantum computation. We're excited to bring together the world's experts in bosonic error-correcting codes at BBQI 2019 to push towards overcoming these challenges and also to explore other uses for bosonic codes beyond computing, such as quantum communication and metrology.

2019 Invited Participants:

• Rafael Alexander University of New Mexico

• Kosuke Fukui 東京大学 (University of Tokyo)

• Warit Asavanant 東京大学 (University of Tokyo)

• Liang Jiang University of Chicago/Yale University

• Chiao-Hsuan Wang University of Chicago/Yale University

• Jonathan Gross Université de Sherbrooke

• Austin Lund University of Queensland

• Nick Menicucci RMIT University

• Giacomo Pantaleoni RMIT University

• Baptiste Royer Yale University

• Victor Albert California Institute of Technology

• Kyungjoo Noh University of Chicago/Yale University

• Daniel Weigand Technische Universiteit Delft (TU Delft)

• Mikkel Larsen Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)

• Rajveer Nehra University of Virginia

• Christa Flühmann Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH Zürich)

• Marina Kudra Chalmers Tekniska Högskola (Chalmers University of Technology)

• Takaya Matsuura 東京大学 (University of Tokyo)

• Alexander Grimm Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI)/Yale University

• Yvonne Gao Singapore Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR)

• Brennan de Neeve Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH Zürich)

• Steven Touzard National University of Singapore

• Jérémie Guillaud l'institut National de Recherche dédié aux Sciences du Numérique (INRIA)

• Jonathan Conrad Technische Universiteit Delft (TU Delft)/Freie Universität Berlin

• Timothy Ralph University of Queensland

• Gavin Brennen Macquarie University

• Dat Thanh Le University of Queensland

• Juliette Soule University of Sydney

• Andrew Darmawan  京都大学基礎物理学研究所 (Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University)

• Nathan McMahon University of Queensland

• Deniz Stiegemann University of Queensland

• Arne Grimsmo University of Sydney (workshop organizer)

• Joshua Combes University of Queensland (workshop organizer)

• Ben Baragiola RMIT University (workshop organizer)

Scientific organizing committee:

• Ben Baragiola, RMIT University

• Arne Løhre Grimsmo, The University of Sydney

• Josh Combes, The University of Queensland

Contact: byron.bay.quantum@gmail.com

Schedule:

• Morning: Each day of the workshop, we have a morning session at the Byron Community Centre. 

• Afternoon: Lunch and afternoons are free for participants to collaborate and delve into ideas. 

• Tuesday and Thursday evening: We reconvene at the Byron Bay Community Centre for another session before dinner.

• Wednesday evening: We gather at Main House for a more casual set of talks and discussion (marked in green above).

• Late evenings: After the evening sessions each night, participants are free for dinner and late-night activities. 

Venues:

• Day and evening sessions will take place at the Byron Community Centre: https://byroncentre.com.au/ 

• The discussion session Wednesday evening will take place at Main House: 41 Beachcomber Dr, Byron Bay NSW 2481