Building the Quantum Future: Research, Education, and Collaboration Across Disciplines
Monday October 6th – 10:45 AM – 5:00 pm – Hosted by Dr. Mahmut Kandemir – HUB Room 132 Flex Theater
The workshop, coordinated in tandem with the ICDS Symposium, seeks to enhance the visibility of, and advance quantum sciences, computing and technologies across Penn State. This full-day workshop is open to all Penn State faculty, researchers and students within any discipline who have an interest in applying quantum sciences methodologies to their research.
Attendees will have the opportunity to listen to keynotes and short presentations and participate in collaborative breakout sessions. Sessions will cover topics such as quantum literacy and research, quantum algorithms and artificial intelligence, systems engineering, and more.
This workshop will also introduce the Quantum SuperSEED Grant program which covers a variety of different topics in quantum sciences and is designed for Penn State researchers who are interested in pursuing groundbreaking research in quantum sciences and technology. Attendees will learn about how to submit their high-impact interdisciplinary research proposals for consideration.
Click here to register for the ICDS Quantum Workshop
Program Schedule:
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM | Opening Remarks (Kandemir)
11:00 AM – 11:50 AM | Keynote Talk 1: Xiantao Li, Making Classical Problems Quantum
12:00 PM – 12:50 PM | Lunch
1:00 PM – 1:50 PM | Keynote Talk 2: David Weiss, Quantum Science and Experiments with Cold Atoms
1:50 PM – 2:00 PM | Break
2:00 PM – 3:20 PM | Lightning Talks:
- Morteza Kayyalha: Multiterminal Josephson junctions: A platform to emulate topological states of matter
- Venkat Gopalan: Exceptional nonlinear optical materials for quantum photonics
- Sarah Shandera: Engineering ensembles of open quantum systems
- Sean Hallgren: Exponential speedups and limitations of quantum computation
- Joan Marie Redwing: Quantum emitters based on 2D materials
- Mikael Rechtsman: A one way road for quantum light
- Stephanie Law: Synthesis of quantum materials and heterostructures
- Nitin Samarth: Spin defect qubits as quantum sensors
3:20 PM – 3:30 PM | Break
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM | Parallel Breakout Sessions
Breakout 1: Collaboration on Quantum Research
Breakout 2: Improving Quantum Literacy
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM | Readouts
We encourage you to attend the ICDS Symposium Student Poster session in Alumni Hall that concludes at 5:30 pm as you are able.