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OneQuantum Africa Weekly Meetings | Aleksandr Priiutov - QRATE and Russia Quantum Center | May 26 @ 1500hrs CAT
Why do we need a quantum tech community in Africa?
Through communities that are open, we can achieve the following:
1. Prepare those interested and active for potential life in quantum, helping guide their curiosity and engender lasting interest for innovation and creativity. (All very important ingredients for initiative and invention)
2. Provide a safe space - welcoming, enjoyable, and fun for all, whether or not one takes quantum beyond the enthusiast-level
3. Enable individuals to get the necessary exposure to expertise that make them confident citizens in a world being constantly reshaped by technology, as well as develop an informed interest in quantum technologies
4. Build a platform where people from different roles come together to discuss how best to move quantum forward. Quantum information science, like all of science, is subject to social, economic, technological, ethical, and cultural influences and its application has both beneficial and detrimental effects on society.
Topic: OneQuantum Africa Weekly Meetings
Description: On May 26, we are glad to host Aleksandr Priiutov and El Mekhtiev from QRATE in Russia. He is also Project Manager at the Russia Quantum Center.
He will introduce Quantum activities in Russia and share opportunities for collaboration.
Please invite all your quantum tech colleagues.
Looking forward to having a good discussion.
See you at OneQuantum Africa as we collaborate, learn, and exchange.
Have a great week!
Farai Mazhandu | President | OneQuantum Africa
Invitation from our colleagues at the Warsaw Quantum Computing Group
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WQCG: Episode XXIX (online-only), 31.05.2021, 18:00 CET, "Using fermions to attain quantum computational advantage"
We invite you to attend Episode XXIX of the Warsaw Quantum Computing Group meetup, this time on 31.05, at 18:00 CET. We will host Dr. Michał Oszmaniec, he will give a talk "Using fermions to attain quantum computational advantage".
If you are interested, please register by 30.05 EOD CET: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfFxK0Z_EDfpZ4WpFUsrZvHE2R5iC07tf8SuCTYW39lO6l8aA/viewform
Abstract from Michał:We introduce Fermion Sampling - a scheme for attaining quantum computational advantage with fermionic particles. In our proposal fermions are first initialized in a suitable starting state, undergo free fermionic evolution, and are subsequently measured by particle-number detectors. I will present a detailed comparison between our scheme and Boson Sampling, which realizes analogous sampling tasks in photonic systems. Along the way, I will discuss the conceptual underpinnings of modern proposals for attaining quantum computational advantage. I will also highlight the role of symmetries in establishing the hardness results. Finally, I will argue that, due to its connection with variational quantum algorithms, Fermion Sampling has prospects for experimental realization in systems of superconducting qubits.
The presentation is based on arXiv:2012.15825, a paper written together with Ninnat Dangniam, Mauro Morales, and Zoltan Zimboras.
BIO:
Michał Oszmaniec a theoretical physicist specializing in quantum information and quantum computing. He obtained his Ph.D. in 2015 from the University of Warsaw under the supervision of prof. Marek Kuś. Afterward, he was a postdoc at Institute for Photonic Sciences (ICFO) in Barcelona and in National Center for Quantum Information (KCIK) in Gdańsk. Since Autumn 2019, dr. Oszmaniec is a leader of the "Theory of Quantum Computing" group in the Center for Theoretical Physics PAS in Warsaw (www.quantin.pl). His current research interests include quantum advantage/quantum supremacy proposals, efficient classical simulation of quantum systems, group-theoretic methods in quantum information, and NISQ - especially characterization and error-mitigation of noisy devices.
You can find the details on the event's website: https://www.qaif.org/events/warsaw-quantum-computing-group/next-meeting.
We hope to see you soon!
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