QSE Center organizes first IBM-EPFL Workshop on Quantum Algorithms
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The first IBM-EPFL Workshop on Quantum Algorithms organized by the Center for Quantum Science and Engineering (QSE) brought together experts from across Switzerland for two days of sharing and advancing research.
Quantum computers will enable complex problems in fundamental science, engineering, material, and life sciences to be solved more efficiently than today’s most powerful supercomputers, offering the promise of great societal benefit. To achieve this ambitious goal, progress in how quantum computers are programmed will be just as important as the progress in quantum hardware.
To advance research and promote discussions in this field, the EPFL Center for Quantum Science and Engineering (QSE) organized the first IBM-EPFL Workshop on Quantum Algorithms. This two-day workshop, held on November 17-18 in the premises of the Bernoulli Center, gathered leading experts on quantum algorithms from EPFL, IBM Research Europe, ETHZ, and CERN to share and discuss their latest advances in this exciting field of research.
Scientists at the workshop discussed cutting-edge research on quantum algorithms that predict the properties of molecules, materials, and elementary particles, as well as applications in quantum machine learning and artificial intelligence. Speakers included Giuseppe Carleo and Zoe Holmes from the QSE Center, along with Sofia Vallecorsa from CERN, Marina Marinkovic from ETH Zurich, Guglielmo Mazzola from the University of Zurich, and members of the IBM Research team. The meeting led to lively roundtable discussions.
“The development of useful quantum algorithms for near-term quantum computers is a rapidly emerging field that is still in its infancy. This workshop was a great opportunity to set new research goals and establish synergies between the leading Swiss researchers,” says Vincenzo Savona, Academic Director of the QSE Center.
The first IBM-EPFL Workshop on Quantum Algorithms led to new ideas, fostered fruitful collaborations, and promoted the excellence of Swiss research in this exciting field, and is just the start of a great tradition of collaborative workshops between the QSE Center, the Bernoulli Center, and quantum industry both in Switzerland abroad. This workshop is planned to become an annual event, with the second edition being hosted at the IBM offices in Zurich next year.
