Videos & Presentations
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Keynote
Quantum technology in the short term and long term: the search for applications
John Preskill, Richard P. Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, and Director of the Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, California Institute of Technology
Quantum Supremacy and Its Applications
Scott Aaronson, David J. Bruton Centennial Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Quantum Information Center, University of Texas at Austin
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Quantum Information, Computing, Sensor, and Networking Program
Maj. Gen. William T. Cooley, Commander, Air Force Research Laboratory
Hardware Vendor
Alan Ho, Product Management and Business Development lead for Google Quantum AI Lab
D-Wave
Bo Ewald, President D-Wave Systems US
IonQ
Christopher Monroe, CEO IonQ Inc
Rigetti
Chad Rigetti, Founder and CEO, Rigetti Quantum Computing
Panel
Industry Panel: Exploring Quantum Applications Today
Paul Burchard - Head of Research in R&D and Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
Michael J. Hayduk - Chief, Computing and Communications Division, Air Force Research Laboratory
Thierry Botter - Head of Airbus Blue Sky Oliver Wick - Manager, Open Innovation / Technology Scouting – Quantum Computing Lead, BMW
Jose Fernandez da Ponte - EVP, Beyond Core - New Digital Business, BBVA
Bootcamp
Welcome
Matt Johnson, QC Ware Corp
Introduction to QC Ware
Yianni Gamvros, QC Ware Corp
Introduction to Quantum Computing
Wim van Dam, QC Ware Corp
Quantum Computing Hardware Landscape
Peter McMahon, QC Ware Corp
Quantum Algorithms Landscape
Adam Bouland, QC Ware Corp
Quantum Simulation for Chemistry using VQE
Fabio Sanches, QC Ware Corp
Quantum Optimization with QAOA
Asier Ozaeta, QC Ware Corp
Customer Success Stories and Best Practices
Randy Correll, QC Ware Corp
Research
New results on the QAOA
Edward Farhi, Google / Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Quantum algorithms for supervised and unsupervised learning
Iordanis Kerenidis, Head of Quantum Algorithms International - QC Ware / Research Director CNRS Paris
Quantum Boltzmann sampling - noisiness of some existing HW approaches
Witold Jarnicki, Co-Founder and Chief Mathematics Officer, Beit Technologies
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When cryptography & quantum timelines collide: a practical approach to quantum-safe security
Martin Laforest, Senior Business Development Manager and Quantum Technology Expert, Isara
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Quantum-secure Key-Agreement Protocols
Ananth Raghunathan, Senior Research Scientist, Google
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Quantum threat: what matters today?
Vlad Gheorghiu, Postdoctoral researcher, Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo
Dev Kits
IBM - Qiskit
Paul Nation, IBM Theory of Quantum Computation
Google - Cirq
Alan Ho, Product Management and Business Development lead for Google Quantum AI Lab
Announcements
A roadmap to practical quantum computing
Matt Johnson, QC Ware Corp
Airbus Quantum Computing – Bringing Flight Physics into the Quantum Era
Thierry Botter, Head of Airbus Blue Sky
Airbus Quantum Computing – Bringing Flight Physics into the Quantum Era (Further Details)
Thierry Botter, Head of Airbus Blue Sky
Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions Findings and Closing Remarks
In this wrap-up session, moderators and participants of the Birds of a Feather sessions that were held throughout day 3 summarize the key findings of each session.