CS Seminar: Designing Quantum Codes using Physics Constraints (Lane Gunderman)
When:
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
Where: Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library), 3514, 2233 Tech Drive, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: free
Contact:
Wynante R Charles
(847) 467-8174
Group: Department of Computer Science (CS)
Category: Academic, Lectures & Meetings
Description:
Wednesday / CS Seminar
October 1st / 12:00 PM
Hybrid / Mudd 3514
Speaker
Lane Gunderman, University of Illinois at Chicago
Talk Title
Designing Quantum Codes using Physics Constraints
Abstract
Quantum computers are widely believed to enable massive computational speedups for certain tasks. The downside to quantum computers, due to their very nature, is that they require having reliable information that is extremely susceptible to noise. For this reason quantum error-correction is expected to be needed to perform reliable computations. In this talk I will discuss my work in improving the quality of error-correction through two different approaches. Firstly designing around different platform's qubit characteristics, such as mobility. Secondly, as many qubit devices are a simplification of the physics underlying these systems, I have developed methods for generating quantum error-correcting codes which are perhaps more suitable for these systems and can better leverage the true dynamics of the system.
Biography
Lane is originally from Chicago (or Evanston depending on the year). He obtained Bachelor degrees in physics and math from MIT, then obtained his PhD from the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) at the University of Waterloo in Canada in the Fall of 2022. He then worked at Xanadu Quantum Technologies for about a year, then joined HRL for half a year, before joining UIC's ECE department, in the Fall of 2024.