July 30, 2019
The workshop’s objectives are: To bring together Alberta’s quantum community including academic (universities and polytechnics), industrial and government researchers and technologists to engender mutual understanding of the diverse quantum research and development activities in Alberta. To connect academic researchers with national industrial quantum activities and needs. To develop a strategy for knowledge advancement, translation and innovation pertinent to quantum science and technology.
Quantum science and technology encompass a broad set of research topics, which often intersect. As these fields continue to advance, it is expected that their impact and overlap with each other will grow. Quantum Alberta has five research themes as below.
- Quantum foundations and quantum gravity
- Quantum chemistry and multiscale modelling
- Quantum materials
- Quantum nanoscience and technology
- Quantum optics and quantum information
Thank you to the day’s sponsors!
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary
- Theoretical Physics Institute, University of Alberta
Location
Lister Centre
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB
T6G 2H6
Agenda
| 8:00am – 8:50am | Breakfast/Set up Exhibition and Posters | Aurora Room/Maple Leaf Room |
| 8:50am – 9:05am | Opening remarks Barry Sanders | Maple Leaf Room |
| 9:05am – 9:50am | Theme: QChem Invited speaker: Alex Brown (University of Alberta) “Quantum computing for chemistry” | Maple Leaf Room |
| 9:50am – 10:35am | Theme: QOptics Invited speaker: Shabir Barzanjeh (Institute of Science and Technology – IST Austria) “Superconducting based entangled radiation and its application in quantum radar” | Maple Leaf Room |
| 10:35am – 11:10am | Coffee Break/ Exhibition and Posters | Aurora Room |
| 11:10am – 11:55am | Theme: QMaterials Invited speaker: Ion Garate (University of Sherbrooke) “An efficient algorithm for the optimization of Majorana devices” | Maple Leaf Room |
| 11:55am – 1:00pm | Lunch | Maple Leaf Room |
| 1:00pm – 2:00pm | Theme Breakout Session | Maple Leaf Room |
| 2:00pm – 2:45pm | Panel Discussion (Paul Barclay, Alex Brown, Saurya Das, Joseph Maciejko, Christoph Simon) | Maple Leaf Room |
| 2:45pm – 3:30pm | Theme: QNano Invited speaker: John Davis (University of Alberta) “Quantum technologies enabled by cavity optomechanics” | Maple Leaf Room |
| 3:30pm – 4:15pm | Coffee Break / Exhibition and Posters | Aurora Room |
| 4:15pm – 5:00pm | Theme: QFoundations Invited speaker: Christoph Simon (University of Calgary) “Quantum optics approaches to fundamental questions” | Maple Leaf Room |
| 5:00pm – 5:30pm | Discussion & Wrap-up | Maple Leaf Room |
Invited talks will be 35 minutes, followed by 10 minutes of discussion.