Conference agenda
Join us for inspiring talks, interactive roundtables, innovative research, and discover the latest scientific and technological advancements spanning all areas of Quantum Science and Technology (QST).
Covered topics at the virtual scientific MCQST2020 conference include: Quantum Information Theory, Quantum Simulation, Quantum Computing, Quantum Communication, Quantum Metrology & Sensing, Quantum Matter, and Explorative Directions.
Special sessions include industry round tables and a talk on implicit bias in physics.
The program uses Central European Summer Time (CEST).
Program
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Monday
08:45 - 09:00 | Welcome Keynote
Quantum Information Theory
09:00 - 09:30 | Renato Renner - ETH Zürich | Testing the non-existence of information
09:35 - 10:05 | Holger Boche - TU München | Post Shannon Quantum Communication and (unexpected) Links between Computing and Information Processing
10:10 - 10:30 | Break & Networking (round table with the speakers in Posters Room A; participants only)
Quantum Information Theory
10:30 - 11:00 | Nilanjana Datta - University of Cambridge | Discriminating between unitary quantum processes
11:05 - 11:35 | Norbert Schuch - MPQ | An entanglement-based view on quantum many-body systems
11:40 - 12:00 | Break & Networking (round table with the speakers in Posters Room A; participants only)
Quantum Simulation
12:00 - 12:30 | Thierry Lahaye - Institut d’Optique, Palaiseau | Quantum simulation using arrays of single Rydberg atoms
12:35 - 13:05 | Pimonpan Sompet - MPQ | From one- to two-dimensional Fermi-Hubbard model with quantum gas microscope
13:10 - 13:30 | Round table with the speakers in Posters Room B (participants only)
13:10 - 14:30 | Poster Session I | odd poster numbers presenting (1, 3, 5...)
Quantum Matter
14:30 - 15:00 | Collin Broholm - Johns Hopkins University Baltimore | Towards the experimental realization of a quantum spin liquid
15:05 - 15:35 | Aisha Aqeel - TU München | Electrical detection of skyrmions in a chiral magnetic insulator
15:40 - 16:00 | Break & Networking (round table with the speakers in Posters Room F; participants only)
Quantum Matter
16:00 - 16:30 | Fabian Grusdt - LMU München | Confined and deconfined partons in strongly correlated quantum matter
16:35 - 17:05 | Allan McDonald - University of Texas | Moiré Quantum Matter
17:10 - 17:30 | Break & Networking (round table with the speakers in Posters Room F; participants only)
Quantum Computing
17:30 - 18:00 | Christian Mendl - TU München | Quantum Computing Applications
Quantum Simulation
18:05 - 18:35 | Lode Pollet - LMU München | The mixed-dimensional t − Jz model from a lattice gauge theory perspective
18:35 - 19:00 | Break & Networking (round table with the speakers in Posters Room B; participants only)
Tuesday
Explorative Directions
09:00 - 09:30 | Frank Verstraete - Ghent University | Continuous tensor networks for many body systems
09:35 - 10:05 | Christian Schilling - LMU München | The electron correlation problem from a quantum information perspective
10:10 - 10:30 | Break & Networking (round table with the speakers in Posters Room G; participants only)
Explorative Directions
10:30 - 11:00 | Bing Yang - University of Innsbruck | Observation of gauge invariance in a 71-site quantum simulator
11:05 - 11:35 | Martin Zeppenfeld - MPQ | Investigation of long-range interactions between polar molecules and Rydberg atoms
11:40 - 12:00 | Break & Networking (round table with the speakers in Posters Room G; participants only)
12:00 - 14:30 | Science meets Industry - Talks & Panel Discussion
Quantum Computing
14:30 - 15:00 | Thomas Monz - University of Innsbruck | Progress in experimental quantum error correction with trapped ions
15:05 - 15:35 | Stefan Filipp - WMI & TU München | Tailored quantum gates for chemistry calculations on superconducting quantum devices
15:40 - 16:00 | Break & Networking (round table with the speakers in Posters Room C; participants only)
Quantum Computing
16:00 - 16:30 | John Martinis - University of California Santa Barbara | Quantum supremacy using a programmable superconducting processor
Quantum Simulation
16:35 - 17:05 | Vedika Khemani - Stanford University | Many-body physics in the NISQ era: quantum programming a discrete time crystal
17:10 - 17:30 | Break & Networking (round table with the speakers in Posters Room C; participants only)
17:30 - 18:30 | Live Quantum Quiz
Wednesday
Quantum Communication
09:00 - 09:30 | Kai Müller - TUM | Dynamics of non-classical light generation based on semiconductor quantum dots
09:35 - 10:05 | Arno Rauschenbeutel - Humboldt University | Correlating photons using the collective non-linear response of atoms weakly coupled to an optical mode
10:10 - 10:30 | Break & Networking (round table with the speakers in Posters Room D; participants only)
Quantum Communication
10:30 - 11:00 | Pascale Senellart - C2N-CNRS | Pure quantum light generation in the solid-state
11:05 - 11:35 | Jasmin Meinecke - LMU | Quantum communication and correlations in noisy environments
11:40 - 12:00 | Break & Networking (round table with the speakers in Posters Room D; participants only)
12:00 - 13:05 | Marika Taylor - University of Southampton | Implicit bias in physics
13:10 - 13:30 | Round table with the speaker in the Networking Area - Room: Debohra Jin (participants only)
13:10 - 14:30 | Poster Session II | even poster numbers presenting (2, 4, 6...)
Quantum Metrology & Sensing
14:30 - 15:00 | Amir Yacoby - Harvard University | Magnons as Probes of Strongly Correlated Electron Physics
15:05 - 15:35 | Hans Hübl - WMI | Inductively coupled nano-electromechanics – a pathway towards strong coupling?
15:40 - 16:00 | Break & Networking (round table with the speakers in Posters Room E; participants only)
Quantum Metrology & Sensing
16:00 - 16:30 | Paola Cappellaro - MIT | Quantum-Enhanced Sensing
16:35 - 17:05 | Dominik Bucher - TU München | Quantum sensing with (sub)-Hz frequency resolution: A new tool for chemical and life sciences
17:10 - 17:30 | Round table with the speakers in Posters Room E.
17:10 | Closing Keynote (awards will be announced on this website in the coming week)
from 17:30 | MCQST Advisory Board Meeting (Closed Session)
