HQI Special Seminar – Uma Girish (Princeton)
Monday, April 10, 2023
4:00 – 4:45 PM
Pierce 209
Title: Space-Bounded Quantum Computation & Quantum versus Classical Separations
The study of space-bounded quantum computation is important, as quantum computers in the
near future are likely to have limited memory. We present space-efficient methods for
eliminating intermediate measurements in quantum algorithms and establish fascinating
connections of this problem to matrix powering and derandomization.
Understanding the relative advantages of quantum over classical computation is a
fascinating problem. While quantum algorithms are widely believed to outperform classical
ones, there are very few settings in which this has been proved without assumptions. Query
and communication complexity are striking examples of such settings. We study the
advantages of quantum over classical in these settings and show improved quantum versus
classical separations.
If you would like to meet with Uma Girish during her visit on April 10-11, please contact
cploucha@fas.harvard.edu<mailto:cploucha@fas.harvard.edu>
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HQI Special Seminar – Uma Girish
Monday, April 10, 2023
4:00 – 4:45 PM
Pierce 209
Title: Space-Bounded Quantum Computation & Quantum versus Classical Separations
The study of space-bounded quantum computation is important, as quantum computers in the
near future are likely to have limited memory. We present space-efficient methods for
eliminating intermediate measurements in quantum algorithms and establish fascinating
connections of this problem to matrix powering and derandomization.
Understanding the relative advantages of quantum over classical computation is a
fascinating problem. While quantum algorithms are widely believed to outperform classical
ones, there are very few settings in which this has been proved without assumptions. Query
and communication complexity are striking examples of such settings. We study the
advantages of quantum over classical in these settings and show improved quantum versus
classical separations.
If you would like to meet with Uma Girish during her visit on April 10-11, please contact
cploucha@fas.harvard.edu<mailto:cploucha@fas.harvard.edu>