PMES Program

Program

09:00 Welcome [PDF]

09:10 Keynote 1: Thomas N. Theis, (Columbia University). Emerging Devices and Architectures for Energy Efficient Computing. [PDF]

10:00 break (food provided by SC)

10:30 Session 1: Quantum Computing

1. Quantum approximation with hard and soft constraints. Bryan O'Gorman, Eleanor Rieffel, Zhihui Wang, Stuart Hadfield, Davide Venturelli and Rupak Biswas. [PDF] [ACM DL]
2. Graph Partitioning using Quantum Annealing on the D-Wave System. Hayato Ushijima-Mwesigwa, Christian F. A. Negre and Susan M. Mniszewski. [ACM DL]
3. Navigating a Maze using a Quantum Annealer. Scott Pakin. [ACM DL]

11:30 Panel 1: Quantum HPC systems - Integration strategies

- Moderator: Travis Humble (ORNL)

- Panelists:

• Scott Pakin (LANL)
• Steve Reinhardt (D_Wave)
• Sue Mnisnewski (LANL)
• Stuart Hadfield (Columbia)

12:30 lunch (participants on their own)

14:00 Keynote 2: John Martinis (Google). Quantum supremacy: checking a quantum computer with a classical supercomputer

15:00 break (food provided by SC)

15:30 Session 2: Neuromorphic Session

1. Accelerating Neural Network Ensemble Learning Using Optimization and Quantum Annealing Techniques. Ali Jooya, Babak Keshavarz Hedayati, Nikitas Dimopoulos and Jaspreet S. Oberoi. [ACM DL]
2. Simulating and Estimating the Behavior of a Neuromorphic Co-Processor. Catherine Schuman, Raphael Pooser, Tiffany Mintz, Md Musabbir Adnan, Garrett Rose, Bon Woong Ku and Sung Kyu Lim. [ACM DL]

16:15 Panel: Significant Initiatives in PMES

- Moderator: David Mountain (LPS)

- Panelists:

• NSCI - National Strategic Computing Initiative: Bill Harrod, DOE [PDF]
• IRDS - International Roadmap on Devices and Systems: David Mountain, LPS [PDF]
• DOE Big Idea on Beyond Moore's Computing: John Shalf, LBL [PDF]

17:30 adjourn