Member and Partner Events
The Chicago Quantum Exchange organizes events throughout the year to promote academic collaboration and information exchange across the quantum information science community. These events enable researchers and students at our member and partner institutions to learn from one another and to hear from some of the most prominent quantum researchers around the globe.
If you are a CQE member or corporate partner and would like to access these events, contact quantum@uchicago.edu. For information on previous events, visit the CQE calendar.
*Due to COVID-19, all CQE Seminars will be held virtually until otherwise noted.
Member and Partner Workshops
The CQE regularly hosts workshops dedicated to bringing together leading experts in emerging fields of quantum information science and engineering to discuss interesting and exciting emerging technologies, challenges and opportunities. These workshops are often interactive with substantive discussions and exploration of collaborations.
CQE Seminar Series
The CQE Seminar Series consists of 60-minute presentations by thought leaders and prominent researchers from across the world. The series, which rotates among CQE member universities and national laboratories, invites these individuals to present the latest research and findings to CQE members and corporate partners. Participation from CQE members and partners is encouraged.
CQE Research Briefings
04/16/2021
04/07/2021
From Active Qubit Reset to Quantum Error Correction: ground-breaking quantum computing experiments revisited using new control paradigm and a standard programming language
Host: Chicago Quantum Exchange
12/16/2020
CQE Seminar Series: Alireza Seif, University of Chicago
11 a.m. Central
Host: University of Chicago
Title: Compressed Sensing Measurement of Long-Range Correlated Quantum Noise
10/07/2020
CQE Seminar Series: Tommaso Calarco, Peter Grünberg, Institute at Forschungszentrum Jülich
11 a.m. Central
Host: Northwestern University
Title: Building the second quantum revolution by training Schrödinger cats, from very fat to very fast
09/30/2020
CQE Seminar: Warren Grice, Qubitekk
11 a.m. Central
Host: University of Chicago
Title: A Commercial Perspective on Quantum Networks
09/09/2020
CQE Briefing: David Awschalom, University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory, and Kevin Miao, University of Chicago
11 a.m. Central
Title: Universal Coherence Protection in a Solid-State Spin Qubit
Citation: Universal coherence protection in a solid-state spin qubit. Kevin C. Miao, Joseph P. Blanton, Christopher P. Anderson, Alexandre Bourassa, Alexander L. Crook, Gary Wolfowicz, Hiroshi Abe, Takeshi Ohshima, David D. Awschalom. Science 13 Aug 2020. View paper
07/29/2020
CQE Briefing: Marco Govoni, Argonne National Laboratory
11 a.m.
Title: Quantum simulations of materials on near-term quantum computers
Citation: Quantum simulations of materials on near-term quantum computers. View paper.
05/27/20
CQE Briefing: Yuri Alexeev, Argonne
11 a.m.
Title: Learning to Optimize Variational Quantum Circuits to Solve Combinatorial Problems
Citation: Learning to Optimize Variational Quantum Circuits to Solve Combinatorial Problems, Sami Khairy, Ruslan Shaydulin, Lukasz Cincio, Yuri Alexeev, Prasanna Balaprakash. To appear in the proceedings of the Thirty-Fourth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). View paper
05/21/20
CQE Briefing: Shimon Kolkowitz, University of Wisconsin-Madison
11 a.m.
Title: Understanding sources of decoherence in nitrogen-vacancy centers
Description: A discussion of Fast Relaxation on Qutrit Transitions of Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers in Nanodiamonds and new results.
Citation: Fast Relaxation on Qutrit Transitions of Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers in Nanodiamonds. A. Gardill, M.C. Cambria, and S. Kolkowitz. Phys. Rev. Applied 13, 034010. View paper
05/13/20
CQE Seminar: Emily Stamm, Allstate and CyberSecurity Non-Profit
11 a.m. Central
Host: University of Chicago
Title: Mathematics of Post-Quantum Cryptography & the CyberSecurity Non-Profit
04/29/20
CQE Seminar: Sophia Economou, Virginia Tech
11 a.m. Central
Host: Fermilab
Title: Efficient variational quantum eigensolvers for NISQ hardware
01/22/20
CQE Seminar: Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin, Ohio State
11 a.m. Central
Host: Northwestern University
Title: Quantum Magnonics in V[TCNE]2