Quantum Computing Meet-up (supported by AT&T Foundry, QCWare and Unitary Fund)
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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
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Sohaib Alam [Rigetti Computing] Quantum Computing for High Energy Physics
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Yewon Gim [AT&T] on Quantum Networks
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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
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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.