[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] [qip] Fwd: Aspen Winter Conference on Advances in Quantum Algorithms and Computation March 2018

Begin forwarded message: From: Aram Harrow &lt;aram(a)mit.edu&gt; Subject: Aspen Winter Conference on Advances in Quantum Algorithms and Computation March 2018 Date: December 15, 2017 at 08:52:47 EST To: &lt;quantum-announce(a)mit.edu&gt; Dear Quantum Algorithm Enthusiasts, We would like to invite you to apply for the upcoming Aspen Center for Physics 2018 Winter Conference on Advances in Quantum Algorithms and Computation, to be held March 11-17, 2018. The Conference will commence with a Sunday evening reception, with meetings Monday morning through Saturday morning. The application deadline is December 31, 2017. Please complete your application at http://www.aspenphys.org <http://www.aspenphys.org/>. The conference website is at http://www.aspenphys.org/physicists/winter/2018/quantum/ <http://www.aspenphys.org/physicists/winter/2018/quantum/> . This conference follows two previous successful conferences in 2014 and 2016 which asked: if we had a quantum computer, what would we do with it? Then, quantum computers were still hypothetical devices that would use the quantum mechanical properties of superposition and entanglement to solve problems that are likely to be forever out of reach of classical computers. Now, there is a major worldwide effort to build scalable quantum computers to realize crucial, world-changing speedups over classical computers. Even larger quantum computers are being placed online and by 2018, we expect to see the first quantum computers actually outperforming the runtime of classical computers for certain problems. We bring together experts from diverse research avenues to discuss progress in quantum algorithms, identify killer applications of quantum computers, and discuss key challenges in the development of quantum algorithms for existing small- and near-term medium-scale quantum devices. The conference will highlight topics at the forefront of quantum computing, including: Adiabatic Quantum Optimization and Quantum Annealing Quantum Algorithms in the Quantum Circuit Model Quantum Query Models Quantum Simulation of Physical Systems Classical Methods for Simulation of Quantum Algorithms Quantum Fault Tolerance and Error Correction Quantum Hardware Advances Quantum Circuit Optimization Quantum Network Protocols The conference will consist of invited talks and poster submissions. There will also be a poster award. Some poster submissions may be considered for contributed talks. Limited travel support is available; please apply in the online application. Please send this email and information to others who may be interested. We hope to see you in Aspen! Best, Krysta Svore, Microsoft Research Aram Harrow, MIT Matthias Troyer, Microsoft Research Stephanie Wehner, TU Delft p.s. This is a mailing list used for very occasional conference announcements, such as this Aspen meeting, QIP, etc. To remove or add yourself, use the mailman link below. _______________________________________________ Quantum-announce mailing list http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/quantum-announce This mailing list is for occasional announcements of events related to quantum information and computing. &lt;a href="%(user_optionsurl)s?password=%(user_password)s&unsub=1&unsubconfirm=1"> Click here to unsubscribe &lt;/a>