NSF NQVL Town Hall
Advancing Quantum Computing with Neutral Atoms
26th-28th January, 2025
As part of the National Science Foundation (NSF) National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NQVL) program, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will be convening a town hall meeting on the future of quantum computing using neutral atoms together with partner institutions Harvard University, the University of Maryland, and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The meeting will take place January 26 - 28, 2025 at the MIT Endicott House in Dedham, Massachusetts, the historic location where the legendary physicist Richard Feynman first proposed the idea using quantum physics to build a more powerful computer.
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The town hall meeting will convene leading experts in topical areas such as neutral atom qubit hardware, next-generation photonic control, quantum error correction, defining practical quantum advantage, interfaces and interconnects between quantum devices, and large-scale quantum control and compilation.
The NSF has funded several teams as part of the National Quantum Virtual Laboratory program, with the goal of developing a highly accessible shared research infrastructure framework that draws on the full spectrum of expertise throughout the nation to rapidly translate quantum information science & engineering (QISE) capabilities into practical advantage. The neutral atom quantum computation team is led by principal investigators Dirk Englund (MIT), Mikhail Lukin (Harvard), Paola Cappellaro (MIT), Jacob Taylor (Maryland), and Jason Cong (UCLA), and is focused on advancing QISE through pioneering research and development on the neutral atom quantum platform. In collaboration with academic researchers, industry leaders, and stakeholders, we aim to establish a national roadmap for the next generation of neutral atom-based quantum technologies while fostering a vibrant community around this effort.
The town hall meeting program will start at 9am on Monday, January 27 and continue through the end of Tuesday, January 28, 2025. Arrival at MIT Endicott House will start from 3pm on Sunday, January 26, with a welcome reception to follow. View the detailed schedule.
Executive Committee
Dirk Englund
MIT
Mikhail Lukin
Harvard
Paola Cappellaro
MIT
Jake Taylor
Maryland
Jason Cong
UCLA
Organizing Committee
Adrian Menssen
MIT
Tout Wang
Harvard
Andrew Stasiuk
MIT
Hanyu Wang
UCLA
Jon Kunjummen
Maryland
Thomas Propson
MIT
Avinash Kumar
MIT
Erik Yost
MIT
Invited Speakers and Panelists
Defining Practical Quantum Advantage
- Soonwon Choi - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- Aram Harrow - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- Michael Gullans - University of Maryland (UMD)
- Di Luo - University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
- Joonho Lee - Harvard University
- Norman Yao - Harvard University
- Noah Shutty - Google
Quantum Processing Architecture: Atom Control
- Harry Zhou - QuEra
- Dolev Bluvstein - Harvard University
- Giulia Semeghini - Harvard University
- Benjamin Bloom - Atom Computing (AC)
- Mark Saffman - University of Wisconsin (UW)
- Jeff Thompson - Princeton University
- Johannes Zeiher - Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ)
- Alexandre Cooper-Roy - University of Waterloo
- Lucas Lassablière - Pasqal
Quantum Processing Architecture: Next Generation Light Control
- Matt Eichenfield - University of Arizona (UAZ)
- Dan Blumental - University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
- Bingzhao Li - University of Washington
- Kiyoul Yang - Harvard University
- Nate Gemelke - QuEra
- Marko Loncar - Harvard University
- Mark Dong - MITRE
- Ruonan Han - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Quantum Error Correction
- Alex Kubica - Yale University
- Liang Jiang - UChicago
- Nicolas Delfosse - IonQ
- Eun-ah Kim - Cornell University
Quantum Teleportation and Interfacing
- Edo Waks - University of Maryland (UMD)
- Vladan Vuletic - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- Jake Covey - University of Illinois
- Johannes Borregaard - Lightsinq
- Jon Simon - Stanford University
- Akihisa Goban - Nanofiber Quantum Technologies
- Ivana Dimitrova - Northeastern University
Large-Scale Quantum Control and Compilation + Digital Twins and Virtual Collaboration Tools
- Yunong Shi - Amazon
- Prith Banerjee - ANSYS
- Hanrui Wang - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- Jan Balewski - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Daniel Tan - Harvard University
- Elica Kyoseva - Nvidia
Workforce Development
- Robin Côté - University of Massachusetts Boston
- Steven Hubbard - MassTech
- Robert Niffenegger - University of Massachusetts Boston
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