PROGRAM PROGRAM
PROGRAM

Schedule

(Updated as of August 24, 2021)
Important notes:

1. The webtalks should be viewed ONLINE ONLY. Unauthorized recording of any session is prohibited.
2. The Zoom ID with password will be sent to accepted participants by email in due course.
3. Please obtain the consent from the speaker concerned for any adaptation/sharing of his/her presentation materials.
 
Should you have further enquiries, please feel free to contact the secretariat by email at iascqt@ust.hk.
Day 1 August 26, 2021 (Thu)
Time
Event
Opening Session
Chair: Gyu Boong JO (HKUST)
Online discussion via Zoom - 09:10 - 09:30 HKT (GMT+8)
09:10 - 09:20 Opening Remarks
Andrew COHEN (Director of HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study, Acting Dean of Science, and Lam Woo Foundation Professor, HKUST)
09:20 - 09:30 Introduction of IAS Center for Quantum Technologies, HKUST
Bei ZENG (Director of IAS Center for Quantum Technologies)
Session 1
New Era with Quantum Technologies I
Chair: Gyu Boong JO (HKUST)
Online discussion via Zoom - 09:30 - 12:30 HKT (GMT+8)
09:30 - 10:30 Grand Unification of Quantum Algorithms
Isaac CHUANG (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
10:30 - 11:30 Ultracold Atoms and Quantum Light
Dan STAMPER-KURN (University of California, Berkeley)
11:30 - 12:30 Ultrafast and Ultracold Quantum Simulator with Attosecond Precision
Kenji OHMORI (Institute for Molecular Science)
Session 2
New Era with Quantum Technologies II
Chair: Sen YANG (HKUST)
Online discussion via Zoom - 15:00 - 18:00 HKT (GMT+8)
15:00 - 16:00 Probing Quantum Matter In- and Out-Of Equilibrium on a Large Scale Atomic Quantum Simulator
Immanuel BLOCH (Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics and Ludwig-Maximilian University)
16:00 - 17:00 Quantum Communication: Overcoming Practical Challenge
Hoi Kwong LO (The University of Hong Kong)
17:00 - 18:00 Quantum Sensing and Computing with Spins
Jörg WRACHTRUP (University of Stuttgart)
Session 3
Quantum Technologies in Industry
Chair: Bei ZENG (HKUST)
Online discussion via Zoom - 20:00 - 23:00 HKT (GMT+8)
20:00 - 20:05 Introduction of IAS Center for Quantum Technologies, HKUST
Bei ZENG (Director of IAS Center for Quantum Technologies)
20:05 - 21:00 [IAS Distinguished Lecture] Advances in Trapped Ion Quantum Computing Technology
Jungsang KIM (Duke University)
21:00 - 21:12 Shaping the Future of Quantum Computing
Justin GING (Honeywell Quantum Solutions)
21:12 - 21:24 Photonic Quantum Computing in the Cloud
Rafal JANIK (Xanadu)
21:24 - 21:36 Co-designing Application Specific Quantum Accelerators to HPC
Bruno TAKETANI (IQM)
21:36 - 21:48 Supporting the Development of New Computing Technologies with Quantum Metrology
Felipe FÁVARO DE OLIVEIRA (Qnami AG)
21:48 - 22:00 Quantum Enhanced Sensing Innovation and Industrial Application
Chuanqi WAN (CIQTEK)
22:00 - 23:00 Panel Discussion
Chair: Bei ZENG (HKUST)
Members:
- Felipe FÁVARO DE OLIVEIRA (Qnami AG)
- Stephen FLEMING (The University of Arizona)
- Justin GING (Honeywell Quantum Solutions)
- Rafal JANIK (Xanadu)
- Alan LAM (Gravity Capital Partners Company Limited)
- Bruno TAKETANI (IQM)
- Chuanqi WAN (CIQTEK)
Day 2 August 27, 2021 (Fri)
Time
Event
Session 4
Recent Development in Quantum Technologies I
Chair: Berthold JAECK (HKUST)
Online discussion via Zoom - 09:30 - 13:30 HKT (GMT+8)
09:30 - 10:30 High-coherence Superconducting Qubits
Andrew HOUCK (Princeton University)
10:30 - 11:30 Quantum Communication in Urban Networks and Single Photon Engineering
Christian KURTSIEFER (National University of Singapore)
11:30 - 12:30 Quantum Enhanced Classical Communications
Saikat GUHA (The University of Arizona)
12:30 - 13:30 Quantum Sensing with SU(1,1) Interferometers
Jeff Zhe-Yu OU (City University of Hong Kong)
Session 5
Recent Development in Quantum Technologies II
Chair: Qiming SHAO (HKUST)
Online discussion via Zoom - 15:00 - 18:10 HKT (GMT+8)
15:00 - 16:00 Quantum Networking over Meter-Scale Distances Using Microwave Photons
Andreas WALLRAFF (ETH Zurich)
16:00 - 17:00 Superconducting Quantum Computing
Xiaobo ZHU (University of Science and Technology of China)
17:00 - 18:00 Symmetric Jordan-Wigner Transformation in Higher Dimensions
Adrian Hoi Chun PO (HKUST)
18:00 - 18:10 Closing Remarks