CS&E Colloquium: Quantum computing: what, why, how and the road ahead

The computer science colloquium takes place on Mondays from 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. This week's speaker, Vlad Pribiag (University of Minnesota), will be giving a talk titled "Quantum computing: what, why, how and the road ahead".

Abstract

In this talk, I will attempt to give a broad overview (necessarily selective) of what is understood by quantum computing, highlight the main motivations driving research and development in this highly interdisciplinary field, and outline through a few examples the current state of play of quantum hardware and software. I will discuss briefly how my group’s research ties into the need for developing decoherence-protected quantum hardware.

Biography

Vlad Pribiag is Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Minnesota. He received his Ph.D. in physics from Cornell University and, prior to starting at Minnesota, was a VENI postdoctoral scholar in the Quantum Transport group at Delft University of Technology. His research focuses on experimental investigations of one- and two-dimensional quantum devices and materials, with a focus on possible applications to quantum-enabled computing technologies. He was awarded an NSF Career Award (2016), the IUPAP Young Investigator Prize in Low-Temperature Physics (2017), an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship (2017), a University of Minnesota McKnight Land-Grant Professorship (2019), and is a Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Experimental Physics Investigator (2024-2029).