Name: Summer School on Quantum Information Processing - Gate-based and Annealing Systems
Start: 2023-08-28T08:15:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-01T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Forschungszentrum Jülich

Summer School on Quantum Information Processing - Gate-based and Annealing Systems

from Monday, August 28, 2023 (8:15 AM) to Friday, September 1, 2023 (5:00 PM)

Monday, August 28, 2023

8:45 AM Registration
Registration
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301
9:30 AM Organisation and who is who - Nils Küchler
Organisation and who is who
- Nils Küchler
9:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301
10:10 AM Welcome and introdction to JSC - Kristel Michielsen
Welcome and introdction to JSC
- Kristel Michielsen
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301
10:30 AM Introduction to gate-based quantum computing - Dennis Willsch (Forschungszentrum Jülich, JSC)
Introduction to gate-based quantum computing
- Dennis Willsch (Forschungszentrum Jülich, JSC)
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301 Introduction to quantum bits and quantum gates Programming and Simulating quantum circuits Applications: QFT, Quantum Adder, QAOA
11:30 AM Lunch break
Lunch break
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301
12:30 PM Introduction to quantum annealing - Madita Willsch
Introduction to quantum annealing
- Madita Willsch
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301 This talk is a general introduction to quantum annealing. It covers - how does a quantum annealer work in theory and what can it be used for - what are the theoretical and practical limitations - how to solve problems on quantum annealers, in particular D-Wave quantum annealers as the one hosted by JSC: - the basic information about the architecture of D-Wave quantum annealers - how to formulate an optimization problem as a QUBO or Ising problem - different encoding strategies - how to incorporate constraints - how to embed a (logical) problem onto the given hardware graph (considering physical connectivity) - how to send a problem to the quantum annealer using D-Wave's Ocean SDK and how to interpret the response Finally, some small examples are presented and the talk ends with a short hands-on exercise.
2:15 PM Tours at JSC
Tours at JSC
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301
3:00 PM Quantum annealing applications - Dennis Willsch
Quantum annealing applications
- Dennis Willsch
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301 Optimization Problems: Airline Scheduling, TSP, Garden Optimization Constraint Problem: 2-SAT Machine Learning Problem: Quantum Support Vector Machine Sampling Problem: Quantum Boltzmann Machin
4:10 PM Tour PGI
Tour PGI
4:10 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301

5:00 PM Poster session
Poster session
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301

6:30 PM Finger food dinner and socializing
Finger food dinner and socializing
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301

10:00 PM Last bus from FZJ to Jülich City
Last bus from FZJ to Jülich City
10:00 PM - 10:15 PM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301
Tuesday, August 29, 2023
9:00 AM QUBO Formulation and QAOA: A tutorial on encoding and solving combinatorial optimization problems - part I - Alejandro Montanez
QUBO Formulation and QAOA: A tutorial on encoding and solving combinatorial optimization problems - part I
- Alejandro Montanez
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301 In this tutorial, we will dive into combinatorial optimization problems and explore how effectively encode these problems using the Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization (QUBO) formulation and how to tackle them using the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA).
10:00 AM Introduction of hands-on topics - Alejandro Montanez Dennis Willsch Dmytro Nabok Carlos Gonzalez
Introduction of hands-on topics
- Alejandro Montanez
- Dennis Willsch
- Dmytro Nabok
- Carlos Gonzalez
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301 In this session, the topics for the hands-on sessions will be introduced.
10:20 AM Hardware & Software Setup - Nils Küchler
Hardware & Software Setup
- Nils Küchler
10:20 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301 Last checks if everyone has access to JUNIQ-Cloud.
11:00 AM Hands-on session
Hands-on session
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301

12:00 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301
1:00 PM QUBO Formulation and QAOA: A tutorial on encoding and solving combinatorial optimization problems - part II - Alejandro Montanez
QUBO Formulation and QAOA: A tutorial on encoding and solving combinatorial optimization problems - part II
- Alejandro Montanez
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301 In this tutorial, we will dive into combinatorial optimization problems and explore how effectively encode these problems using the Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization (QUBO) formulation and how to tackle them using the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA).
2:00 PM Hands-on session
Hands-on session
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301
4:00 PM Simulation of quantum systems - Kristel Michielsen
Simulation of quantum systems
- Kristel Michielsen
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301 - Full dynamics of a CLOSED quantum spin-1/2 system: gate-based quantum computer & quantum annealer - Full dynamics of an OPEN quantum spin-1/2 system: gate-based quantum computer & quantum annealer - Solving the time-dependent Schrödinger equation numerically - (Part of) our histrory of simulating quantum computers
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
9:00 AM Quantum simulation using quantum annealers - Jaka Vodeb
Quantum simulation using quantum annealers
- Jaka Vodeb
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301 I will talk about the first experimental signatures of two-dimensional many-body false vacuum decay in a quantum material emerging from microscopic interactions. We used a programmable noisy superconducting quantum simulator with 2008 qubits in order to perform simulations corresponding to our specific experiment on quantum domain reconfiguration in a topical electronic crystal. We carefully chose a simulator with the same measured noise spectrum to ensure the fidelity of the model correspondence between the two systems, thereby presenting a realization of simulating real-world open quantum systems according to the original vision of Feynman.
10:00 AM Developing a theory of macroscopic resonant tunneling of flux in a double-well potential in the presence of realistic flux noise - a pen & paper excercise - Jaka Vodeb
Developing a theory of macroscopic resonant tunneling of flux in a double-well potential in the presence of realistic flux noise - a pen & paper excercise
- Jaka Vodeb
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301 Superconducting qubits based on different forms of quantum dynamics of magnetic flux in SQUIDs continue demonstrating steady progress. Nevertheless, the low-frequency flux noise in SQUID structures remains the major obstacle to their further development to the level necessary for quantum computing applications. Because of this noise, quantum coherence is essentially reduced to the states with the same qubit value of either 0 or 1 (characterized by the same average value of flux). Only minimal coherence exists between states 0 and 1. We will develop a theory of macroscopic resonant tunneling of flux in a double-well potential in the presence of realistic flux noise with a significant low-frequency component.
10:30 AM Hands-on session
Hands-on session
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301

12:00 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301
1:00 PM Simulating noise of quantum computers - Kevissen Sellapillay
Simulating noise of quantum computers
- Kevissen Sellapillay
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301 As much as we want to isolate them, we must see quantum machines as open systems. Interactions happen between the quantum machine and its environment leading to decoherence. This effectively give different types of noise at the level of the machine. What are they and how can we take them into account when doing simulation on our classical computer?
2:00 PM Hands-on session
Hands-on session
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301

2:50 PM Visiting Aachen: City Tour, Dinner, Bar
Visiting Aachen: City Tour, Dinner, Bar
2:50 PM - 7:50 PM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301
Thursday, August 31, 2023

9:00 AM Introduction to Forschungszentrum Jülich & Campus Tour
Introduction to Forschungszentrum Jülich & Campus Tour
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301
11:00 AM Gate-based Quantum Computing - A Broader Perspective - David DiVincenzo
Gate-based Quantum Computing - A Broader Perspective
- David DiVincenzo
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301
12:00 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301

1:00 PM Poster session
Poster session
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301

2:00 PM Hands-on session
Hands-on session
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301
4:00 PM Quantum Annealing - A Broader Perspective - Viv Kendon
Quantum Annealing - A Broader Perspective
- Viv Kendon
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301
5:00 PM Poster session
Poster session
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301

6:30 PM Finger food dinner and socializing
Finger food dinner and socializing
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301

10:00 PM Last bus from FZJ to Jülich City
Last bus from FZJ to Jülich City
10:00 PM - 10:15 PM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301
Friday, September 1, 2023

9:00 AM Hands-on session
Hands-on session
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301

11:00 AM Feedback session
Feedback session
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301

12:00 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301

1:00 PM Tour JUNIQ
Tour JUNIQ
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301

2:00 PM The future of quantum computing
The future of quantum computing
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301

3:00 PM Wrap-up and goodbye
Wrap-up and goodbye
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Building 16.4, room 301