Program (EST)
7:30 - 9:00 AM | BREAKFAST
9:00 - 9:15 AM | Opening Remarks
9:15 - 10:00 AM | Keynote (Swamit Tannu, UW-Madison)
10:00 - 11:00 AM | Student Session I
Mapping Stabilizer Codes onto QCCD Trapped Ion Architectures, Sahil Khan (mentored by Poulami Das and Jonathan Baker)
Dynamically Reconfigurable Decoder Architecture for Adaptive Error Correction Using Cryogenic Non-Volatile FPGAs, Tesshu Nakamura (mentored by Gokul Ravi)
11:00 - 11:20 AM | Break
11:20 - 12:20 PM | Tutorial Session I
Applications of quantum systems, Christopher Kang
Quantum error correction and graph processing for decoding, Joshua Viszlai
12:20 - 1:30 PM | Lunch
1:30 - 2:30 PM | Student Session II
Simulation Informed Quantum Calibration and Characterization, Travis Hurant and Aniket Dalvi (mentored by Jonathan Baker)
Robust and Efficient Quantum Communication, Xinran Wang and Connor Wolf Howe (mentored by Yufei Ding)
2:30 - 2:50 PM | Break
2:50 - 3:30 PM | Tutorial Session II
Hybrid classical / quantum systems, Gokul Ravi
3:30 - 4:00 PM | Closing, Continuing Conversations, Networking
Overview
Current trends anticipate that the demand for a quantum workforce will greatly outweigh the supply in the near term. To fill this gap, talent has to be cultivated from the classical fields of science and engineering. Directly or indirectly, classical computing ideas are applicable in the quantum world, allowing for contributions from scientists and engineers who may not be fully trained in the fine details of quantum mechanics. Computer architects are especially critical to this endeavor as they are adept at bridging the information gap between different layers of the computing stack and are well poised to apply their cross-layer experiences from classical computing to the quantum domain.
While educating classical computing experts and novices in the deeper mathematics and physics of the quantum world is challenging, enabling them to think about quantum from the perspective of classical computing control for quantum computing is more conceivable. In this spirit, the I2Q workshop is focused on recognizing and mentoring innovative PhD students across a broad range of technical research areas, with a goal of contributing towards and furthering quantum research. I2Q enables graduate students with a solid classical foundation, a passion for quantum computing and preliminary ideas in a specific quantum domain to be mentored by quantum experts from academia, industry and national labs and support them in their quest towards achieving their research goals.
NOTE: We are specifically targeting proposals led by students who are at the early stage of quantum exploration. We encourage others, who do not fit into this category, to be a part of such teams led by novice quantum research students as described above. If unsure, please reach out to us at i2q.isca.23@gmail.com
Mechanics
Students will submit a proposal on any innovative idea targeting quantum computing and are encouraged to seek ideas inspired from their own classical computer architecture expertise.
I2Q will carefully review submitted proposals based on their potential for quantum innovation and solidity in (classical) foundation and select the I2Q finalists.
The I2Q finalists will be mentored by quantum experts over an ~8 week period prior to the ISCA workshop (April-June) to facilitate the successful formulation of the proposed research.
The finalists will present their maturing research proposals at the I2Q workshop.
Further, we strongly encourage the continuation of these research partnerships beyond the workshop scope and timeline.
SUbmissions
Topics
Submissions are encouraged in quantum computing directions inspired by (but not limited to) computer architecture ideas such as:
Compilation, Scheduling, Approximate Computing, Error Correction, Verification, Design Automation, Simulation, Parallelism, Memory Management, Edge Computing, Distributed Computing, Heterogeneous Co-processing, Security, Communication, Benchmarking, Ultra-low Power/Temperature Computing, Modularity, Microarchitecture, Integration vs Abstraction, ISA.
Guidelines
The goal of this workshop is to help students think about a nascent quantum problem/idea in an holistic manner and communicate those ideas to the wider quantum community so that we can provide valuable early-stage feedback and mentorship, hopefully leading to long-term collaborations.
Submissions are loosely expected to discuss:
Description of the quantum problem and its scope.
Preliminary idea for a solution and its potential classical inspiration.
Evidence of building towards a realistic implementation of the solution as well as evaluation methodology.
Discussion of related ideas and future goals to provide more breadth to the proposal.
A short note on student background and skills and why they are suited to this project.
Specifics
Submissions must be PDF files, in 2-column, single-spaced, 10pt format.
Submissions must be 1-2 pages long, not including references.
Submissions will be single-blind.
Please provide author information in the submission.
Submissions can be individual or in teams, but all are expected to be in early stages of their quantum research pursuits.
ROUND 2 Deadline: May 1, 2023, 11:59pm EST.
(ROUND 1 submissions assigned)
Submission Portal
https://i2q-2023.hotcrp.com/
QUESTIONS?
Please reach out to us at: i2q.isca.23@gmail.com
ORGANIZERS
The workshop is organized by members of EPiQC: Enabling Practical-scale Quantum Computation, an NSF Expedition in Computing.
Gokul Subramanian Ravi: Gokul Ravi is a 2020 NSF CI Fellows postdoctoral scholar at the University of Chicago, mentored by Prof. Fred Chong. His research targets quantum computing architecture and systems, primarily on themes at the intersection of quantum and classical computing. He received his PhD from UW-Madison in 2020 and was advised by Prof. Mikko Lipasti.
Christopher Kang: Christopher Kang is a PhD student at the University of Chicago advised by Prof. Fred Chong. His research focuses on the design of full-stack quantum architectures for metrology and Hamiltonian simulation.
Joshua Viszlai: Joshua Viszlai is a PhD student at the University of Chicago advised by Prof. Fred Chong. His research addresses architectures for fault-tolerant quantum computing in the context of existing quantum systems.
Jonathan Baker: Jonathan Baker is a research scientist at the Duke Quantum Center (DQC) at Duke University and will join the faculty at The University of Texas at Austin as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, starting in August 2023. He earned a Ph.D in computer science from the University of Chicago where he was advised by Prof. Fred Chong and studied quantum computer architectures.
Frederic Chong: Fred Chong is the Seymour Goodman Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Chicago as well as the Lead Principal Investigator for the EPiQC Project. Chong received his PhD from MIT in 1996 and was a faculty member and Chancellor’s fellow at UC Davis from 1997-2005. He was also a Professor of Computer Science, Director of Computer Engineering, and Director of the Greenscale Center for Energy-Efficient Computing at UCSB from 2005-2015.
