The MCQST Colloquium Series features interdisciplinary talks given by visiting international speakers. The monthly colloquium covers topics spanning all MCQST research units and will be broadcast live via Zoom for audiences worldwide. The main goal of the series is to create the framework for idea exchange, to strengthen links with QST leading groups worldwide, as well as to act as an integral part of the local educational environment.

MCQST Colloquium: Christopher Monroe - Distinguished Lecturer

We are excited to invite you to the colloquium talk by this year's Distinguished Lecturer Christopher Monroe (Duke University, USA).

Agenda

14:00 | Teaser talk by TBA on "Title TBA"

14:15 | Coffee break

14:30 | Colloquium talk by Christopher Monroe on “Quantum Computing in Academia and Industry”

Quantum Computing in Academia and Industry

The promise of processing information using entangled quantum superpositions has become one of the greatest modern scientific challenges. However, building a quantum computer involves the control of exotic hardware such as individual atoms, with electromagnetic control and modular scaling through photonic interconnections. This requires a new type of engineering with both academic and industrial efforts. I will summarize the state-of-the-art in atomic quantum information systems in both settings, for highly programmable Hamiltonian quantum simulation and quantum circuit synthesis applied to many areas of science. Hopefully this scientific path will develop into commercial utility, just as conventional computers did the 20th century.

About Christopher Monroe

Christopher Monroe is the Gilhuly Family Presidential Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics at Duke University. He is also the Co-Founder and Chief Scientist of IonQ, Inc., the first public quantum computing company. Monroe has pioneered nearly all aspects of atom-based quantum computers and simulators, from demonstrations of the first quantum gate, monolithic semiconductor-chip ion trap, and photonic interconnects between physically separated qubits; to the design, fabrication, and use of full-stack ion trap quantum computer systems in both university and industrial settings. He is a key architect of the US National Quantum Initiative, a Fellow of the American Physical Society, Optical Society of America, the UK Institute of Physics, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Join in-person or via Zoom

https://lmu-munich.zoom.us/j/69761439704
Meeting ID: 697 6143 9704, Passcode: mcqst2526