June 23-24, 2020
Day 1 – Tuesday, June 23, 2020
11 a.m. — 4:30 p.m. (Central Time)
| Time | Event | |
| 11:00 – 11:05 a.m. | Welcome | David Awschalom, Liew Family Professor of Molecular Engineering, UChicago; Senior Scientist, Argonne |
| 11:05 – 11:45 a.m. | Keynote | Jay Gambetta, Vice President, Quantum Computing at IBM |
| 11:45 – 12:10 p.m. |
Breakout 1 (15 min discuss, 10 min report-back) |
Aims for the meeting |
| 12:10 – 1:10 p.m. |
Session 1: Student Talks (10 min talk, 2 min questions each) |
Aaron Marsh: Montana State University/Montana Instruments, Characterization of Montana Instruments Cryostats for QIS Research with Rare Earth Decoherence Erika Ye: Caltech/Google, Tensor Network Investigation of Physically Relevant Quantum Supremacy Tyler Smart: University of California, Santa Cruz/Argonne, Exciton and Spin Dynamics in Two-Dimensional Materials for Quantum Information Sonali Gera: Stony Brook University, New York/Brookhaven, Narrow Band Source of Single Photons Yunong Shi: University of Chicago/IBM, CertiQ: A Mostly Automated Verification Framework for Qiskit Quantum Compiler |
| 1:10 – 1:25 p.m. | Break | |
| 1:25 – 2:25 p.m. |
Session 2: Student Talks (10 min talk, 2 min questions each) |
Zachary Jones: University of Wisconsin-Madison/Adamas, Selective Imaging of Diamond Nanoparticles in Complex Matrices using Magnetically Induced Fluorescence Contrast Kai Shinbrough: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign/NIST, N2 Defects in Silicon Nitride for Quantum Applications Xi Cao: University of Pittsburgh/IBM, Design of a Galvanically Grounded Purcell Filter for Qubit Readout Kanav Setia: Dartmouth College/Google, Fermionic Quantum Simulation Ian Robert Christen: Massachusetts Inst. of Technology/Sandia, Large-Scale Optical Modulator Arrays for Quantum Control |
| 2:25 – 2:55 p.m. | Panel: Transitioning to Industry – Perspectives from Graduates | Nate Earnest-Noble, Quantum Computing Applications Researcher, IBM; Anastasia Marchenkova, Researcher, Bleximo; Daniel Sank, Senior Research Scientist, Google; Samuel Whiteley, Research Staff Scientist, HRL; Moderator: Barbara Jones, Research Staff Member, IBM |
| 2:55 – 3:10 p.m. | Break | |
| 3:10 – 4:30 p.m. |
Session 3: Student Talks (10 min talk, 2 min questions each) |
Navin Lingaraju: Purdue University/ORNL, Spectral Multiplexing and Processing for Quantum Networking Hao Tian: Purdue University/Laboratory of Physical Sciences, Nitride-on-Nitride Microwave to Optical Converter Linta Joseph: Dartmouth College/IBM, Exploring Localization in Many-Body Quantum Systems Using Solid-State NMR Joel Howard: Colorado School of Mines/NIST, Investigation the Speed Limit of Two-Qubit Entangling Gates with Superconducting Qubits Pedro Rivero Ramírez: Illinois Institute of Technology/Argonne, Quantum Computation for the Understanding of Mass: Simulating Quantum Field Theories Tristan Wilkinson: West Virginia University/NIST, All-on-Chip Nanophotonic Devices Coupling to Multiple Polarizations of Single Quantum Emitters |
| 4:30 p.m. – | Social Hour | Informal networking |
Day 2 – Wednesday, June 24, 2020
10:55 a.m. — 4:30 p.m. (Central Time)
| Time | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| 10:55 – 11:00 a.m. | Welcome | Evelyn Hu, Tarr-Coyne Professor of Electrical Engineering and Applied Science, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University |
| 11:00 – 12:30 p.m. |
Session 4: Student Talks (10 min talk, 2 min questions each) |
Kevin Sampson: University of Texas-Austin/NIST, Enhanced Exciton Dephasing in a MoSe2 Bilayer Laird Egan: University of Maryland/IonQ Inc., Implementing a Logical Qubit on a Trapped Ion Quantum Information Processor Ami Greene: MIT/Google, Error Mitigation in Logical Qubits by Simulated Stabilizer Measurement Tongyang Li: University of Maryland/IBM, Quantum Algorithms for Convex and Nonconvvex Optimization Matthew Feldman: Vanderbilt University/ORNL, Photochromism in a Hexagonal Boron Nitride Single Photon Emitter Abhinandan Antony: Columbia University/Raytheon BBN, Mechanically Exfoliated Boron Nitride as a Dielectric for High Frequency Superconducting Capacitors Alex Opremcak: University of Wisconsin-Madison/Google, High-Fidelity Measurement of a Superconducting Qubit using an On-Chip Microwave Photon Counter |
| 12:30 – 12:45 p.m. | Break | |
| 12:45 – 1:15 p.m. | Panel: The Future of the Field – Perspectives from Experts | Monica Allen, Assistant Professor of Physics, University of California, San Diego; Michael E. Flatté, Professor, Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa; Joseph Lukens, Research Scientist & Wigner Fellow, ORNL; Moderator: Evelyn Hu |
| 1:15 – 2:30 p.m. |
Session 5: Student Talks (10 min talk, 2 min questions each) |
Danh Ngo: University of California, Berkeley/Argonne, Exploiting Isotropic Ground States in Transition Metal Clusters for Magnetic Resonance Detection of Gas Analytes Samet Demircan: Stony Brook University/Brookhaven, Establishing a Long-Distance Free-Space Optical Link for Entanglement Distribution Xiaoyu Jiang: University of Wisconsin-Madison/Argonne, The Effect of Laser Noise on Rabi Oscillations Sumita Ghosh: Yale University/Fermilab, Development of Quantum Sensors as Single Photon Detectors for Dark Matter Axion Searches Kevin Kwock: Columbia University/LANL, Giant Second Harmonic Generation from Polar Van der Waals Bismuth Tellurohalide Semiconductors Dripto Debroy: Duke University/Google, Using Flags for NISQ Error Detection |
| 2:30 – 2:45 p.m. | Break | |
| 2:45 – 4:00 p.m. |
Session 6: Student Talks (10 min talk, 2 min questions each) |
Jeremy Amdur: Northwestern University/Argonne, Chemical Control of Spin-Lattice Relaxation Hong Qiao: University of Chicago/IBM, Chip-Scale Quantum Interconnect Technologies Based on Rare-Earth Nanophotonic Devices Abigail Shearrow: University of Wisconsin-Madison/Google, Development of Topologically Protected Charge-Parity Qubits Ethan Williams: Dartmouth College/National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, High Magnetic Field Experiments for Developing Electron Spin in Semiconductor Qubit Devices Evan Cobb: University of California, San Diego/LANL, Imaging Majorana Modes in a WTe2 Josephson Junction Xiaoliang Wu: Illinois Institute of Technology/Argonne, Quantum Network Simulation |
| 4:00 – 4:25 p.m. |
Breakout 2 (15 min discuss, 10 min report-back) |
Wishes for future QISE-NET meetings/activities |
| 4:25 – 4:30 p.m. | Concluding Remarks | Evelyn Hu |
| 4:30 p.m. – | Social Hour | Informal networking |