Invited Speakers
A. From Industry
1. Trond Andersen, (Google Quantum)
2. Abe Asfaw, (Google Quantum)
3. Fernando Brandao, (Caltech USA and AWS)
4. Oliver Dial, (IBM Yorktown Heights)
5. Mercedes Gimeno-Segovia, (PsiQuantum)
6. Helmut Katzgraber, (AWS)
7. Jarred McClean, (Google Quantum)
8. Marco Pistoia, (JPMorgan Chase & Co.)
9. Pedram Roushan, (Google Quantum)
10. Terry Rudolph, (PsiQuantum)
11. Simone Severini, (AWS)
12. Nathan Shammah, (Unitary Fund)
B. From Academia
1. Meigan Aronson, (UBC, Vancouver Canada)
2. Tommaso Calarco, (Julich, Germany)
3. Susan Coppersmith, (UNSW, Sidney)
4. Marcello Dalmonte, (ICTP, Trieste Italy)
5. Rosario Fazio, (ICTP, Trieste Italy)
6. Giulia Galli, (Univ. Chicago USA)
7. Steve Girvin, (Yale, USA)
8. Jens Koch, (Northwestern Univ. USA)
9. Erika Kawakami, (RIKEN, Japan)
10. Daniel Loss, (RIKEN and Univ. Basel, Switzerland)
11. Tiago Mendes, (University of Ausburg, Germany)
12. Will Oliver, (MIT, USA)
13. Francesco Petruccione, (UKZN, South Africa)
14. Anna Sanpera, (UAB, Barcelona Spain)
15. Christine Silberhorn, (Paderborn University, Germany)
16. Charles Tahan, (White House Office for Quantum, USA)
17. Mark Tame, (Stellenbosch, South Africa )
18. J.S. Tsai, (RIKEN and TUS, Tokyo Japan)
19. Benoit Vermersch, (CNRS, Grenoble France)
20. Frank Wilhelm-Mauch, (Julich, Germany)
21. Peng Xue (CSRC, China)
Overview: Click on titles to watch videos
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Sheet 1: Monday
| Quantum Africa Conference, Sixth Edition (QA6) | ||||||
| 12th to 16th of September, 2022 | ||||||
| SCHEDULE: MONDAY/12/SEPTEMBER | ||||||
| Time in Kigali | Time in Beijing | Time in California | Time in New York | Time in Tokyo | Speaker | Title |
| 08:15 – 09:00 | 14:15 – 15:00 | 23:15 – 00:00 | 02:15 – 03:00 | 15:15 – 16:00 | Welcome and Introduction | |
| 9:00 – 9:40 | 15:00 – 15:40 | 00:00 – 00:40 | 03:00 – 03:40 | 16:00 – 16:40 | Tommaso Calarco, Julich, Germany |
The European Quantum Initiative– from a Flagship to a Fleet – |
| 9:40 – 10:20 | 15:40 – 16:20 | 00:40 – 01:20 | 03:40 – 04:20 | 16:40 – 17:20 | J. S. Tsai RIKEN and TUS, Tokyo |
Superconducting Quantum Circuit |
| 10:20 – 11:00 | 16:20 – 17:00 | 01:20 – 02:00 | 04:20 – 05:00 | 17:20 – 18:00 | Daniel Loss RIKEN and Univ. Basel, Switzerland |
Spin qubits in hole quantum dots |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | 17:00 – 17:30 | 02:00 – 02:30 | 05:00 – 05:30 | 18:00 – 18:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:30 – 12:10 | 17:30 – 18:10 | 02:30 – 03:10 | 05:30 – 06:10 | 18:30 – 19:10 | Mark Tame Stellenbosch, S. Africa |
Quantum Plasmonics |
| 12:10 – 12:50 | 18:10 – 18:50 | 03:10 – 03:50 | 06:10 – 06:50 | 19:10 – 19:50 | Frank Wilhelm-Mauch Julich, Germany |
Convergence properties of the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm for the number partitioning problem |
| 12:50 – 15:00 | 18:50 – 21:00 | 03:50 – 06:00 | 06:50 – 09:00 | 19:50 – 22:00 | LUNCH IN KIGALI | |
| 15:00 – 15:40 | 21:00 – 21:40 | 06:00 – 06:40 | 09:00 – 09:40 | 22:00 – 22:40 | Steve Girvin Yale |
Introduction to Quantum Error Correction with Superconducting Qubits and Microwave Photons |
| 15:40 – 16:20 | 21:40 – 22:20 | 06:40 – 07:20 | 09:40 – 10:20 | 22:40 – 23:20 | Will Oliver MIT |
Giant Artificial Atoms and Waveguide QED |
| 16:20 – 16:50 | 22:20 – 22:50 | 07:20 – 07:50 | 10:20 – 10:50 | 23:20 – 23:50 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:50 – 17:30 | 22:50 – 23:30 | 07:50 – 08:30 | 10:50 – 11:30 | 23:50 – 00:30 | Helmut G. Katzgraber AWS |
Moving Quantum from POC towards Production Readiness |
| 17:30 – 18:10 | 23:30 – 00:10 | 08:30 – 09:10 | 11:30 – 12:10 | 00:30 – 01:10 | Fernando Brandao AWS |
Fault tolerant Quantum computing with bosonic systems |
| 18:10 – 18:50 | 00:10 – 00:50 | 09:10 – 09:50 | 12:10 – 12:50 | 01:10 – 01:50 | Pedram Roushan Google Quantum |
Time-Crystalline Eigenstate Order on a Quantum Processor |
Sheet 2: Tuesday
| Quantum Africa Conference, Sixth Edition (QA6) | ||||||
| 12th to 16th of September, 2022 | ||||||
| SCHEDULE: TUESDAY/13/SEPTEMBER | ||||||
| Time in Kigali | Time in Beijing | Time in California | Time in New York | Time in Tokyo | Speaker | Title |
| 08:15 – 09:00 | 14:15 – 15:00 | 23:15 – 00:00 | 02:15 – 03:00 | 15:15 – 16:00 | ||
| 9:00 – 9:40 | 15:00 – 15:40 | 00:00 – 00:40 | 03:00 – 03:40 | 16:00 – 16:40 | ||
| 9:40 – 10:20 | 15:40 – 16:20 | 00:40 – 01:20 | 03:40 – 04:20 | 16:40 – 17:20 | Erika Kawakami RIKEN, Japan |
Floating electrons as qubits |
| 10:20 – 11:00 | 16:20 – 17:00 | 01:20 – 02:00 | 04:20 – 05:00 | 17:20 – 18:00 | Nathan Shammah Unitary Fund |
Quantum Error Mitigation: An open-source software approach |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | 17:00 – 17:30 | 02:00 – 02:30 | 05:00 – 05:30 | 18:00 – 18:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:30 – 12:10 | 17:30 – 18:10 | 02:30 – 03:10 | 05:30 – 06:10 | 18:30 – 19:10 | Trond Andersen Google Quantum |
Formation of robust bound states of interacting photons |
| 12:10 – 12:50 | 18:10 – 18:50 | 03:10 – 03:50 | 06:10 – 06:50 | 19:10 – 19:50 | ||
| 12:50 – 15:00 | 18:50 – 21:00 | 03:50 – 06:00 | 06:50 – 09:00 | 19:50 – 22:00 | LUNCH IN KIGALI | |
| 15:00 – 15:40 | 21:00 – 21:40 | 06:00 – 06:40 | 09:00 – 09:40 | 22:00 – 22:40 | Contributed Talks | |
| 15:40 – 16:20 | 21:40 – 22:20 | 06:40 – 07:20 | 09:40 – 10:20 | 22:40 – 23:20 | Marco Pistoia JPMorgan Chase & Co |
Quantum Computing and Quantum Communications at JPMorgan Chase |
| 16:20 – 16:50 | 22:20 – 22:50 | 07:20 – 07:50 | 10:20 – 10:50 | 23:20 – 23:50 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:50 – 17:30 | 22:50 – 23:30 | 07:50 – 08:30 | 10:50 – 11:30 | 23:50 – 00:30 | Giulia Galli Univ. Chicago |
Embedding theories for quantum simulations on hybrid classical-quantum architectures |
| 17:30 – 18:10 | 23:30 – 00:10 | 08:30 – 09:10 | 11:30 – 12:10 | 00:30 – 01:10 | Steve Flammia AWS |
Averaged Circuit Eigenvalue Sampling |
| 18:10 – 18:50 | 00:10 – 00:50 | 09:10 – 09:50 | 12:10 – 12:50 | 01:10 – 01:50 | Mercedes Gimeno-Segovia, PsiQuantum | Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing with photons |
Sheet 3: Wednesday
| Quantum Africa Conference, Sixth Edition (QA6) | ||||||
| 12th to 16th of September, 2022 | ||||||
| SCHEDULE: WEDNESDAY/14/SEPTEMBER | ||||||
| Time in Kigali | Time in Beijing | Time in California | Time in New York | Time in Tokyo | Speaker | Title |
| 08:15 – 09:00 | 14:15 – 15:00 | 23:15 – 00:00 | 02:15 – 03:00 | 15:15 – 16:00 | Terry Rudolph PsiQuantum |
Quantum Computing at the speed of light |
| 9:00 – 9:40 | 15:00 – 15:40 | 00:00 – 00:40 | 03:00 – 03:40 | 16:00 – 16:40 | Susan Coppersmith UNSW, Sidney |
Quantum stochastic resonance of individual Fe atoms |
| 9:40 – 10:20 | 15:40 – 16:20 | 00:40 – 01:20 | 03:40 – 04:20 | 16:40 – 17:20 | Marcello Dalmonte ICTP |
Rydberg topological quantum memories and toric code dynamics |
| 10:20 – 11:00 | 16:20 – 17:00 | 01:20 – 02:00 | 04:20 – 05:00 | 17:20 – 18:00 | Francesco Petruccione Stellenbosch, S. Africa |
Bad vibrations: Quantum Tunnelling and SARS-CoV-2 infections |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | 17:00 – 17:30 | 02:00 – 02:30 | 05:00 – 05:30 | 18:00 – 18:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:30 – 12:10 | 17:30 – 18:10 | 02:30 – 03:10 | 05:30 – 06:10 | 18:30 – 19:10 | Christine Silberhorn Paderborn Univ. Germany | Quantum photonics using non-linear integrated optics and pulsed light |
| 12:10 – 12:50 | 18:10 – 18:50 | 03:10 – 03:50 | 06:10 – 06:50 | 19:10 – 19:50 | Oliver Dial IBM Yorktown Heights |
A Mitigated Path to Quantum Advantage |
| 12:50 – 15:00 | 18:50 – 21:00 | 03:50 – 06:00 | 06:50 – 09:00 | 19:50 – 22:00 | LUNCH IN KIGALI | |
| 15:00 – 19:00 | 21:00 – 21:40 | 06:00 – 06:40 | 09:00 – 09:40 | 22:00 – 22:40 | Sight Seeing | |
| 19:00 – 21:00 | 21:40 – 22:20 | 06:40 – 07:20 | 09:40 – 10:20 | 22:40 – 23:20 | Conference Banquet | |
Sheet 4: Thursday
| Quantum Africa Conference, Sixth Edition (QA6) | ||||||
| 12th to 16th of September, 2022 | We had a good conference. Click on the titles to watch the videos. | |||||
| SCHEDULE: THURSDAY/15/SEPTEMBER | ||||||
| Time in Kigali | Time in Beijing | Time in California | Time in New York | Time in Tokyo | Speaker | Title |
| 08:15 – 09:00 | 14:15 – 15:00 | 23:15 – 00:00 | 02:15 – 03:00 | 15:15 – 16:00 | ||
| 9:00 – 9:40 | 15:00 – 15:40 | 00:00 – 00:40 | 03:00 – 03:40 | 16:00 – 16:40 | Contributed Talks | |
| 9:40 – 10:20 | 15:40 – 16:20 | 00:40 – 01:20 | 03:40 – 04:20 | 16:40 – 17:20 | Contributed Talks | |
| 10:20 – 11:00 | 16:20 – 17:00 | 01:20 – 02:00 | 04:20 – 05:00 | 17:20 – 18:00 | Bennoit Vermersch CNRS, Grenoble |
Entanglement versus quantum computers |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | 17:00 – 17:30 | 02:00 – 02:30 | 05:00 – 05:30 | 18:00 – 18:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:30 – 12:10 | 17:30 – 18:10 | 02:30 – 03:10 | 05:30 – 06:10 | 18:30 – 19:10 | Peng Xue CSRC, China |
Non-Bloch parity-time symmetry and exceptional points |
| 12:10 – 12:50 | 18:10 – 18:50 | 03:10 – 03:50 | 06:10 – 06:50 | 19:10 – 19:50 | Rosario Fazio ICTP |
Exotic states in quantum many-body open systems |
| 12:50 – 15:00 | 18:50 – 21:00 | 03:50 – 06:00 | 06:50 – 09:00 | 19:50 – 22:00 | LUNCH IN KIGALI | |
| 15:00 – 15:40 | 21:00 – 21:40 | 06:00 – 06:40 | 09:00 – 09:40 | 22:00 – 22:40 | Charles Tahan White House Office for Quantum, USA |
The US National Quantum Initiative |
| 15:40 – 16:20 | 21:40 – 22:20 | 06:40 – 07:20 | 09:40 – 10:20 | 22:40 – 23:20 | Jens Koch Northwestern Univ. |
Computer-aided quantization and numerical modeling of superconducting circuits with "scqubits" |
| 16:20 – 16:50 | 22:20 – 22:50 | 07:20 – 07:50 | 10:20 – 10:50 | 23:20 – 23:50 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:50 – 17:30 | 22:50 – 23:30 | 07:50 – 08:30 | 10:50 – 11:30 | 23:50 – 00:30 | Meigan Aronson UBC, Vancouver |
Alternatives to Ordered Phases at Zero Temperature |
| 17:30 – 18:10 | 23:30 – 00:10 | 08:30 – 09:10 | 11:30 – 12:10 | 00:30 – 01:10 | Jarred McClean Google Quantum |
What quantum computer science teaches us about chemistry and quantum advantage in learning from experiments |
| 18:10 – 18:50 | 00:10 – 00:50 | 09:10 – 09:50 | 12:10 – 12:50 | 01:10 – 01:50 | ||
Sheet 5: Friday
| Quantum Africa Conference, Sixth Edition (QA6) | ||||||
| 12th to 16th of September, 2022 | ||||||
| SCHEDULE: FRIDAY/16/SEPTEMBER | ||||||
| Time in Kigali | Time in Beijing | Time in California | Time in New York | Time in Tokyo | Speaker | Title |
| 08:15 – 09:00 | 14:15 – 15:00 | 23:15 – 00:00 | 02:15 – 03:00 | 15:15 – 16:00 | ||
| 9:00 – 9:40 | 15:00 – 15:40 | 00:00 – 00:40 | 03:00 – 03:40 | 16:00 – 16:40 | Contributed Talks | |
| 9:40 – 10:20 | 15:40 – 16:20 | 00:40 – 01:20 | 03:40 – 04:20 | 16:40 – 17:20 | Contributed Talks | |
| 10:20 – 11:00 | 16:20 – 17:00 | 01:20 – 02:00 | 04:20 – 05:00 | 17:20 – 18:00 | Contributed Talks | |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | 17:00 – 17:30 | 02:00 – 02:30 | 05:00 – 05:30 | 18:00 – 18:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:30 – 12:10 | 17:30 – 18:10 | 02:30 – 03:10 | 05:30 – 06:10 | 18:30 – 19:10 | Tiago Mendes Univ. Ausburg, Germany |
Unsupervised learning universal critical behavior via the intrinsic dimension |
| 12:10 – 12:50 | 18:10 – 18:50 | 03:10 – 03:50 | 06:10 – 06:50 | 19:10 – 19:50 | Anna Sanpera UAB, Barcelona |
Attractor Neural Networks: storage capacity and learning |
| 12:50 – 15:00 | 18:50 – 21:00 | 03:50 – 06:00 | 06:50 – 09:00 | 19:50 – 22:00 | LUNCH IN KIGALI | |