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SUMMARY:Build-a-Bear for quantum computer architectures - Lia Yeh (Oxford)
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CONTACT:Tom Gur
DESCRIPTION:A decade ago\, with the first multiqubit quantum computing dev
 ices\, the prevailing opinion was that a clear winner would emerge amongst
  them. Today\, not only is there no clear winner\, but there are even more
  viable hardware platforms and models of quantum computation that they can
  execute than ever before. As we approach the tail end of the NISQ era\, w
 e are seeing the emergence of numerous fundamentally different proposals o
 f fault-tolerant\, full-stack quantum computer architectures. The biggest 
 challenge that quantum computer science faces is to take these "silos"\, a
 nd assemble the pieces as necessary to build robust\, practically useful q
 uantum computers.\n\n In this talk\, we will dive into what it takes to ac
 hieve the "Write Once\, Run Anywhere" paradigm in quantum computer science
 . We will focus on three pillars of semantic equivalence for quantum progr
 ams: 1) reconciling representations of quantum information\, 2) computatio
 nal reasoning for dynamic quantum protocols\, and 3) zooming in and out of
  different abstraction layers. We will discuss examples of each pillar thr
 ough advancements in quantum graphical calculi\, quantum error correction\
 , and quantum computer architectures.
LOCATION:Computer Laboratory\, William Gates Building\, Room FW26
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