[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Group Meeting, Jan 26, 3:30 PM, Div Room

Hi all, Tomorrow a visiting postdoc candidate, Yudong Cao (see past emails from Borja), will give group meeting at 3:30 PM in the Div Room. See below for the title and abstract. Also, group meeting will return to the Thursday 2:30 time slot starting next week, and will stay at that slot for the rest of the semester. All the best, Ian ------------------------------------- Speaker: Yudong Cao Title: Quantum algorithms and quantum complexity for quantum chemistry Abstract: Recent advances in quantum algorithms and quantum complexity theory could bring new possibilities in applications. Of particular interest is the quantum algorithm for solving linear systems of equations proposed by Harrow, Hassidim and Lloyd. I will talk about my past work with theorists and experimentalists on practical issues of realizing the algorithm, as well as some potential applications for quantum chemistry. On the quantum complexity end, my work is inspired by the observation that some of the tools developed by complexity theorists could be significantly improved and applied on practical adiabatic simulation of many-body quantum systems. I will present some results along this line of inquiry and also how it could be useful for quantum chemistry.