Classical and Quantum CS Theory Seminar
Classical and Quantum CS Theory Seminar
Unless noted otherwise, talks will be on Tuesday from 1:00pm - 2:00pm in Exploratory Hall, room 4208.
Organizers: Weiwen Jiang, Michael Jarret, Fei Li and Maria Emelianenko.
Spring 2025
Past Seminars
Fall 2024
September 18
Improved Classical and Quantum Algorithms for the Shipment Rerouting Problems
Fei Li, GMU
September 25
Majorana representation of quantum states and symmetry class of tensors
Chi-Kwong Li, College of William & Mary
Spring 2024
Fall 2023
Dear colleagues and students,
I wanted to pass along information regarding Quantum Computing seminar that will be resuming operations starting Monday Sept. 18. It will be held on Mondays 12:30-1:30pm in EXPL 4106 this semester.
Led by Prof. Fei Li (CS) in collaboration with myself and colleagues from QSEC, the seminar (in working group format) this semester will focus on going over the lecture notes on QC by Andrew Childs (UMD). Target audience are graduate students interested in learning quantum, as well as faculty who want to get an intuition of how quantum computing connects to familiar mathematical concepts. I wanted to stress that this semester the material will be very mathematical (relying mostly on linear algebra) and it is a good opportunity to jump on board.
Here are the preliminary notes you can review to get an idea on what to expect. The organizers will adjust the pace/level to the audience, so if you have interest in this topic you are welcome to attend. Please spread the word!
Maria Emelianenko
Spring 2023
February 20
Atomically Precise Nanochemistry and Quantum Computing: Where are we headed?
Andre Clayborne, GMU
February 27
Some Matrix Problems and Results in Quantum Information Science
Chi-Kwong Li, William & Mary
March 6
Unlocking the Potential of Quantum Machine Learning with IBM Qiskit and INA Solutions
Suresh Nair & Tim Akers, INA Solutions
March 20
Quantum Algorithms for Computing Betti Numbers
Will Maxwell, Naval Surface Warfare Center - Dahlgren
April 3
Jake Bringewatt, University of Maryland
April 10
Quantum-inspired matrix arithmetic framework for dequantizing quantum machine learning
Nai-Hui Chia, Rice University
April 17
Quantum error correction schemes for channels with fully correlated noise
Chi-Kwong Li, William & Mary
April 24
Quantum Speedups of Continuous Sampling and Optimization Problems
Ruizhe Zhang, University of Texas at Austin
May 1
Isospectral Reductions and Quantum State Transfer
Mark Kempton, Brigham Young University
Fall 2022
September 12
Enabling robust quantum computer system by understanding errors from NISQ machines
Qiang Guan, Kent State University
September 26
The stability of solutions to Schrodinger's equation short of the adiabatic limit
Michael Jarret, GMU
October 3
Candidate for a passively-protected quantum memory in two dimensions
Alexey Gorshkov, NIST
October 11 (note: Tuesday)
Over 2X Circuit Compression without Accuracy Loss for Quantum Machine Learning
Dr. Weiwen Jiang, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, George Mason University
October 17 (Zoom)
Deep Learning Models with Quantum State Fidelity and Beyond
Ying Mao, Fordham University
October 24 (Zoom)
Enabling Deeper Quantum Compiler Optimizations at High Level
Gushu Li, University of Pennsylvania
October 31 (Zoom)
Quantum Information Science and Engineering: Beating the Classical Limits with Entanglement
Zheshen Zhang, University of Michigan
November 7 (In-person and Zoom)
Compiling Quantum Circuits for Lattice Theories
Michael Cervia, George Washington University
November 14 (In-person and Zoom)
Konstantina Trivisa, University of Maryland
November 21 - Thanksgiving break
November 28 (In-person)
Andre Clayborne, GMU
Spring 2022
February 7
Quantum linear system solvers based on continuous and discrete adiabatic quantum computing
Dong An, University of Maryland
February 14
Simulating Hamiltonian dynamics on a quantum computer using the off-diagonal series expansion
Itay Hen, Information Sciences Institute and University of Southern California
February 21
The Role of Entanglement for Function Estimation with Quantum Sensor Networks
Jacob Bringewatt, University of Maryland
February 28
Catalytic Embeddings: From Gate Teleportation to Circuit Synthesis
Andrew Glaudell, Booz Allen / George Mason University
March 21
A Quantum Advantage for a Natural Streaming Problem
John Kallaugher, Sandia National Laboratories
April 4
Jiayu Zhang, Caltech
April 18
Connor Mooney, George Mason University
April 25
Quantum Earth Mover's Distance: A New Approach to Learning Quantum Data
Milad Marvian, New Mexico
May 2
Ce Jin, MIT