Thursday, November 17th
12:00 | Arrival at Bernoulli Center, EPFL |
12:30 | Lunch |
14:00 | Opening address |
14:15 | Stefan Woerner, IBM Research Introduction of IBM Quantum and the Quantum Applications Research & Software Group |
15:00 | Zoe Holmes, EPFL Hybrid Variational Classical-Quantum Computing: Ingredients to make it work |
15:45 | Break |
16:15 | Guglielmo Mazzola, University of Zurich Quantum-powered Monte Carlo |
17:00 | Giuseppe Carleo, EPFL Hybrid Variational Classical-Quantum Computing: The Machine-Learning Way |
17:45 | Posters and scientific exchanges |
19:30 | Dinner at L’Accademia, Ouchy |
Friday, November 18th
9:00 | Ivano Tavernelli, IBM Research Quantum Computing for Natural Sciences |
9:45 | Sofia Vallecorsa, CERN openlab Quantum Computing at CERN: opportunities and challenges in High Energy Physics |
10:30 | Break |
11:00 | Marina Marinkovic, ETHZ Particle and atomic physics simulations on NISQ devices |
11:45 | David Sutter, IBM Research Circuit Knitting with Classical Communication |
12:30 | Lunch |
14:00 | Round table: Perspectives and opportunities for research on quantum algorithms in Switzerland |
15:30 | Wrap up and departure |