Quantum Computing Meet-up (supported by AT&T Foundry, QCWare and Unitary Fund)

Hello Bay Area! Lots has been happening in quantum computing and we're excited to host our next meetup on Thursday February 28th. The event will hosted by AT&T Foundry in Palo Alto at 6.45pm.

Schedule:

Arrival 6:45-7.00pm

Talks from 7.00-8:30pm

• Sohaib Alam [Rigetti Computing] Quantum Computing for High Energy Physics

• Yewon Gim [AT&T] on Quantum Networks

• Robert Parrish [QCWare] on Quantum Algorithms for Large-Scale Chemical Simulations: The Multistate, Contracted Variational Quantum Eigensolver and Application to the Ab Initio Exciton Model

• Guillaume Verdon [Google AI] On Quantum Continuous Optimization Algorithms for Quantum Deep Learning and Beyond

Mingling 8:30-9pm

Our sponsors and organizers:

QCWare is a quantum computing software company based in Palo Alto.
https://qcware.com/

The Unitary Fund is a non-profit that makes grants to support the development of open source quantum software. You can apply and see the projects at:
http://unitary.fund

AT&T is the world's largest telecommunications company and they have been following quantum technologies in networks and computing for many years. AT&T has partnered with Caltech to establish INQNET program to take an active role in investigating future of quantum network.

The AT&T Foundry is a collaborative innovation space for talking about and working on new technologies. Ericsson is one of the leading providers of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to service providers, with about 40% of the world’s mobile traffic carried through our networks. We enable the full value of connectivity by creating game-changing technology and services that are easy to use, adopt and scale, making our customers successful in a fully connected world.
Since 2011 Ericsson has sponsored the AT&T Foundry to co-create and innovate together.