2022 EPiQC Retreat: in person, in Chicago

Friday June 3, 2022 (8:30AM-5PM CDT + Dinner/Social 6-8PM)

Agenda (Central TIMES)

FRIDAY June 3, 2022

Where: UChicago Campus CS Department - John Crerar Library Building (5730 South Ellis Avenue) Room 390

(Breakout rooms: JCL 390, 223 [12], 236[8], 354[8+5], 356[8])

8:30-9:00 Breakfast/Coffee/Social (please arrive early if you need to do a rapid test)

9:00-10:00 Overview & Introductions
10:00- 10:45 Break
10:45-12:15 BREAKOUT Session ONE & Report Out

  • Quantum Game Pilot Testing (Diana Franklin)

  • Algorithms & Theory (Kunal Marwaha)

  • Error Correction (Ken Brown)

12:30-1:30 Lunch (take boxed lunches outside if possible)

1:30-2:45 BREAKOUT Session TWO & Report Out

  • Variational Algorithms & Variational Error Mitigation (Gokul Ravi)

  • Quantum Optimal Control (Zac Manchester)

  • Compiler Intermediate Representations & Optimizations (Leon Riesbos)

  • Outreach Beyond Chicago & UCSB (Randy Landsberg)

2:45-3:15 Diversity Awareness Talk: "Designing for Diverse Audiences” (Diana Franklin)

3:15-3:45 Coffee Break

3:45-5:00 BREAKOUT Session THREE & Report Out

  • Formal Methods & Verification (Robert Rand)

  • Pulse Level Programming (Max Seifert)

  • Error Decoding (Moin Qureshi)

6-8 pm Dinner/Social @ SPIN - (ping pong & food) 344 N. State St. Chicago, IL (transport via shared ride-shares)