Wednesday / CS Seminar
April 29 / 12:00 PM
Hybrid / Mudd 3514
Speaker
Bill Fefferman, University of Chicago
Talk Title
Have we seen a demonstration of experimental quantum advantage?
Abstract
"A major goal for the field of quantum computation is “quantum advantage" -- the first experimental demonstration of a quantum computation that is beyond the capabilities of any classical computer. While we have now seen many quantum advantage claims made by experimental groups around the world, many of these claims have been disproven.
In this talk we'll discuss the status quo regarding the latest experimental quantum advantage claims and the evidence for their classical hardness. We’ll then discuss the classical verification problem, and propose a new quantum advantage proposal that uses ideas from quantum error correction to enable a large gap between classical verification and simulation."
Biography
"Bill Fefferman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Chicago. His research explores the power of quantum computers in both the near-term and the indefinite future. He is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award (2020), a Young Investigator Award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (2018), and a Google Scholar Award (2022). Before coming to Chicago he held research positions at the University of Maryland/NIST and at the University of California at Berkeley. He received his Ph.D. in computer science in the Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences and the Institute for Quantum Information and Matter at Caltech."
Research Area/Interest: Quantum computing, theory
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Cost: free
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