Dear Colleague,
I am writing to enthusiastically announce the first (hopefully annual) workshop on Assessing Performance of Quantum Computers (APQC). APQC will be a 3-day workshop, held on September 25-27, 2019, at the Ridgeline Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. The workshop will focus on approaches, techniques, and theories for assessing the quality and performance of quantum computational hardware. The goal of APQC is to bring together experts in all the fields that are essential to performance assessment – including QCVV, quantum algorithms, quantum supremacy, error correction, and experimental quantum hardware – to stimulate advances in the emerging field of quantum performance assessment. The main focus of APQC is expected to be the performance of digital (gate- or circuit-model) quantum computing devices, but connections to other architectures and models, including annealing and analog, are welcome.
We invite all interested participants to apply to participate and submit a contributed talk (if desired) – at <https://qpl.sandia.gov/APQC/APQC_registration.html>. Space and funding restrictions will limit participation to at most 70 participants. Applications received by August 16, 2019 will be guaranteed full consideration, and further applications received until September 8 may be considered if space permits. There will be a $250/person registration fee for accepted applicants. A discounted lodging rate at the Ridgeline Hotel and most meals will be provided.
Confirmed invited speakers include:
We expect the program to include approximately 16 contributed talks, in addition to ~8 invited talks. For more information, see <https://qpl.sandia.gov/APQC/index.html>.
APQC is being organized by Sandia’s Quantum Performance Lab (QPL), and the University of New Mexico’s Center for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (CQUIC), with support from the National Science Foundation.
I would be very grateful if you would share this announcement with interested colleagues (including students and postdocs!), and forward it to anyone you believe would be interested.
Sincerely,
Robin Blume-Kohout (on behalf of the Quantum Performance Lab)