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OneQuantum Africa Weekly Meetings | Scott Aaronson, Professor at University of Texas at Austin | June 23 @ 1500hrs CAT
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OneQuantum Africa Weekly Meetings
On June 23rd at 1500hrs CAT/SAST, we are glad to host Scott Aaronson, Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He is David J. Bruton Centennial Professor of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin. He received his bachelor's from Cornell University and his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley. Before coming to UT Austin, he spent nine years as a professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT. Aaronson's research in theoretical computer science has focused mainly on the capabilities and limits of quantum computers. His first book, Quantum Computing Since Democritus, was published in 2013 by Cambridge University Press. He received the National Science Foundation’s Alan T. Waterman Award, the United States PECASE Award, and the Tomassoni-Chisesi Prize in Physics, and is a Fellow of the ACM.
He will talk about Quantum Computational Supremacy
Abstract
In Fall 2019, a team at Google made the first-ever claim of "quantum computational supremacy"---that is, a clear quantum speedup over a classical computer for some task---using a 53-qubit programmable superconducting chip called Sycamore. In Fall 2020, a group at USTC in China made a claim of quantum supremacy, using "BosonSampling" (a proposal by Scott and Alex Arkhipov in 2011) with 50-70 photons in an optical network. In addition to engineering, these accomplishments built on a decade of research in quantum complexity theory.
This talk will discuss questions like:
What exactly were the contrived computational problems that were solved?
How does one verify the outputs using a classical computer?
And how sure are we that the problems are indeed classically hard?
Please invite your quantum tech colleagues.
We look forward to having an interesting discussion with you.
This is a great learning opportunity.
Register for the cocktail party that comes after the meeting at 1600hrs CAT for one on one networking.
See you at OneQuantum Africa where we build strong local communities connected to the global quantum tech ecosystem.
Have a great week!
Farai Mazhandu | President | OneQuantum Africa
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Opportunity Alert!!!!!!
South African Theory School Course Offerings Announcement
Dear SA theoretical physics community,
We are contacting you to advertise a series of online courses taught by faculty at South African higher education institutions that will run in the second semester of 2021 for honors and masters students who themselves are registered at South African higher education institutions. These courses are NITheCS funded and are an experimental pilot for what we hope will become a fully-fledged pan-South African Masters program in the future. The courses which will be on offer from August over a period of one or two terms are:
Advanced Methods for Theoretical Physics
Nonlinear Hamiltonian Dynamics and Chaos
Intro to Machine Learning for Theoretical Physicists
Intro to Cosmology
Intro to General Relativity
Quantum Field Theory I
Quantum Field Theory II
More details of each course can be found here.
SQMS Carolyn B. Parker Fellowship
I would like to bring to your attention an opportunity that has recently opened in the SQMS Research Center at Fermilab. This is the SQMS Carolyn B. Parker Fellowship, which honors and preserves the legacy of the first African American woman to earn a postgraduate degree in physics. This fellowship is available to Black and African American scholars with a background in physics or engineering seeking a postdoc position.
May you help to share this opportunity within your network or other channels.
Fellowship description: https://www.fnal.gov/pub/forphysicists/fellowships/carolyn_parker/index.html
Applications are open here: https://jobs-us.technomedia.com/fermilab/?offerid=1352
Connect with Silvia Zorzetti | Deputy Head | Quantum Computing Co-Design Department at Fermilab SQMS
MACHINE LEARNING FOR QUANTUM X
Machine Learning for Quantum X aims to bring together students, researchers, and industry professionals working at the interface of quantum science and machine learning. It will bridge physics, chemistry, applied mathematics, and computing, exploring how results and techniques from different fields can be used to solve problems of the others.
REGISTER NOW (DEADLINE 25/06/2021)
See the program or submit an abstract (extended deadline 25/06/2021)
Greetings to current and future researchers in the mathematical scientific community:
We cordially invite you to participate in the 2021 Conference for African American Researchers in the Mathematical Sciences (CAARMS). As we are still adhering to the coronavirus pandemic health and safety guidelines, the conference will be held virtually via webinars from June 18 - July 9, 2021.
The conference lectures presented by outstanding researchers in mathematical scientific fields will focus on themes over four consecutive Friday afternoons all held from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM:
June 18th: CAARMS History, Activities, and Goals (followed by a talk on Statistics)
June 25th: Machine Learning and Statistics
July 2nd: Data Driven Decision Making
July 9th: Quantum Materials and Computing
For students, we are introducing the CAARMS Live Projects. For the next 3 weeks, we will have CAARMS-directed programming application workshops that coincide with the last 3 conference themes. Each Monday new projects will be presented online followed by CAARMS help desk support available Tuesday and Wednesday. Students will be able to present their work on Thursday that same week.
Please register at caarms.princeton.edu and indicate your interest in these workshops.
Our goal is to deliver quality, informative, and engaging research presentations in a manageable forum so that you can engage with your peers and colleagues in the usual CAARMS way.
Please register at caarms.princeton.edu to attend all the lectures.
Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship
We’re currently accepting submissions for this year’s Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship. The global program identifies and empowers the next generation of exceptional computing research talent. We are looking for the best and brightest talent and celebrate individuality. We invite and encourage candidates to come as they are and do what they love.
Microsoft recognizes the value of diversity in computing and aims to increase the pipeline of talent receiving advanced degrees in computing-related fields to build a stronger and inclusive computing-related research community. We currently offer PhD fellowships in Asia-Pacific, Canada and the United States, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa), and Latin America.
University nominations for Canada and the United States are due June 30, 2021, while student proposals for Asia-Pacific, EMEA and Latin America are due on June 30, 2021.
We encourage you to forward this email message within your communities either directly with your student and faculty contacts, via topically relevant email lists, or share on social media: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
Please direct any questions not answered on the program page to the regional program managers below.
Asia-Pacific: Yunyun Jiang at fellowra@microsoft.com
Canada & US, EMEA, and Latin America: Mariah L. Christianson at msfellow@microsoft.com
Thank you,
Microsoft Research Outreach
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