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Horizons of Quantum Computation

We are pleased to announce the workshop, "Horizons of Quantum Computation" sponsored by the Simons Foundation through the William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute (FTPI) at the University of Minnesota. This event will be held in Minneapolis from Thursday, May 14 to Saturday, May 16, 2026. The goal of the event is to bring together a select group of experts belonging to diverse communities interested in quantum computation. Those include physics, chemistry, information science, computer science, etc. to facilitate mutual conversations and exchange of ideas.

Please contact us with any questions by email at [email protected].

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Program

Horizons of Quantum Computation
May 14-16, 2026

The workshop will be held in John T. Tate Hall 101 and will be streamed via Zoom. Recordings of the talks will be posted to FTPI's YouTube channel where permissible.

Presentation Slides

Thursday, 5/14 | Friday, 5/15 | Saturday, 5/16

Thursday, 5/14

8:30 - 8:55 am
Light Breakfast

8:55 - 9:00 am
Welcome
Alex Kamenev
University of Minnesota

Session Chair: Bill Fefferman, The University of Chicago

9:00 - 9:35 am
First-principles AI for Quantum Matter
Liang Fu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

9:35 - 10:10 am
Oh, the Places Quantum Will Go!: Toward Useful Quantum Simulation in Chemistry and Materials
Matthew Otten
University of Wisconsin, Madison

10:10 - 10:40 am
Coffee Break

10:40 - 11:15 am
Entanglement Enhanced Learning
Liang Jiang
The University of Chicago

11:15 - 11:50 am
Quantum Simulation of Open Quantum Systems via Partial Quantum Error Correction
Yu Zhang
Los Alamos National Laboratory

11:50 am - 1:20 pm
Lunch Break (on your own) 

Session Chair: Kade Head-Marsden, University of Minnesota

1:20 - 1:55 pm
Approximate-Symmetry-Adapted Quantum Subspace Expansion
Artur Izmaylov
University of Toronto 

1:55 - 2:30 pm
TBD
Bryan Clark
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

2:30 - 3:05 pm
On the Complexity of Quantum State Isomorphism Problems
Alexandru Gheorghiu 
IBM Quantum

3:05 - 3:35 pm
Coffee Break

3:35 - 4:10 pm
Recent Developments in Constructions of Pseudo-random Unitaries
Makrand Sinha
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 

4:10 - 4:45 pm
Peaked Quantum Advantage Using Error Correction
Abhinav Deshpande
IBM Quantum 

6:00 pm
Workshop Banquet
University Hall - McNamara Alumni Center, 200 Oak St. SE

Friday, 5/15

8:30 - 9:00 am
Light Breakfast

Session Chair: Fiona Burnell, University of Minnesota

9:00 - 9:35 am
Designing Error Correcting Codes
Stefan Krastanov
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

9:35 - 10:10 am
Quantum Error Correction in Nearly Critical Toric Codes
Zack Weinstein
California Institute of Technology

10:10 - 10:40 am
Coffee Break

10:40 - 11:15 am
Decoherence Induced Transitions and Quantum Error Correction in Non-Abelian States
Ehud Altman
University of California, Berkeley

11:15 - 11:50 am
Coupled Layer Construction of Quantum Product Codes
Nat Tantivasadakarn
Stony Brook University

11:50 am - 1:20 pm
Lunch Break (on your own) 

Session Chair: TBD

1:20 - 1:55 pm
A Passive Self-correcting Quantum Memory in Three-dimensions
Shankar Balasubramanian
California Institute of Technology

1:55 - 2:30 pm
Low Overhead Fault-tolerant Quantum Computation with qLDPC Codes
Michael Gullans
University of Maryland

2:30 - 3:05 pm
The Reactivity of Quantum Experiments
Thomas Schuster
California Institute of Technology

3:05 - 4:00 pm
Poster Session

4:00 - 4:35 pm
Quantum Optimization Through Dynamical Simulation 
Nathan Wiebe
University of Toronto

4:35 - 5:10 pm
Quantum Computational Sensing and Hamiltonian Learning
Alexey Gorshkov
University of Maryland & NIST

Saturday, 5/16

8:30 - 9:00 am
Light Breakfast

Session Chair: Alex Kamenev, University of Minnesota

9:00 - 9:35 am
Non-linear Sigma Model for the Surface Code with Coherent Errors
Yimu Bao
KITP, University of California, Santa Barbara

9:35 - 10:10 am
Finite-temperature Quantum-state Complexity from Private Correlations 
Samuel Garratt
Princeton University

10:10 - 10:40 am
Coffee Break

10:40 - 11:15 am
Many-body Brownian Ratchets for Active Dynamics
Charles Stahl
Stanford University

11:15 - 11:50 am
Winding the Clock: Extremely Entangled Ground States from Quantum Circuits
Matteo Ippoliti
University of Texas, Austin

11:50 am 
End of Workshop

Speakers
Ehud Altman

Ehud Altman

University of California, Berkeley

Shankar Balasubramanian

Shankar Balasubramanian

Caltech

Yimu Bao

Yimu Bao

Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics  
University of California, Santa Barbara

Brian Clarke

Bryan Clark

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Abhinav Deshpande

Abhinav Deshpande

IBM Quantum

Liang Fu

Liang Fu

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Samuel Garratt

Samuel Garratt

Princeton University

Alexandru Gheorghiu

Alexandru Gheorghiu

IBM Quantum

Alexey Gorshkov

Alexey Gorshkov

University of Maryland & NIST

Michael Gullans

Michael Gullans

University of Maryland

Matteo Ippoliti

Matteo Ippoliti

University of Texas, Austin

Artur F. Izmaylov

Artur F. Izmaylov

University of Toronto

Liang Jiang

Liang Jiang

The University of Chicago

Stefan Krastanov

Stefan Krastanov

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Matthew Otten

Matthew Otten

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Thomas Schuster

Thomas Schuster

Caltech

Makrand Sinha

Makrand Sinha

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Charles Stahl

Charles Stahl

Stanford University

Nathanan Tantivasadakarn

Nathanan Tantivasadakarn

Stony Brook University

Zack Weinstein

Zack Weinstein

Caltech

Nathan Wiebe

Nathan Wiebe

University of Toronto

Yu Zhang

Yu Zhang

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Organizers
Fiona Burnell headshot

Fiona Burnell

School of Physics and Astronomy 
University of Minnesota

Bill Fefferman

William Fefferman

Department of Computer Sciences  
University of Chicago

Kade Head-Marsden

Kade Head-Marsden

Department of Chemistry   
University of Minnesota

Alex Kamenev headshot

Alex Kamenev

Fine Theoretical Physics Institute 
School of Physics and Astronomy  
University of Minnesota

Location

Workshop Location:

The workshop will be held in Tate Hall 101 on the East Bank of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus.

The building can be accessed via the main doors on Church Street (accessible entrance) and the doors off of Northrop Mall.

Getting to the University of Minnesota:

Once you land at the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport (MSP), you have several options you can take to get to the University of Minnesota (UMN).

Taxi, Uber and Lyft services are available at MSP. It will take approximately 20-30 minutes to get to campus depending on traffic. Visit the Ground Transportation page of the MSP website for more information on app-based ride services. 

Car rental is not recommended. Parking around campus is limited and expensive.

Map of the Green Line light rail system, showing routes, stations, and connections in a clear layout.

The Metro Transit Light Rail is the most efficient and cost effective mode of travel. The trains run every 15 - 20 minutes on weekdays and will get you to the UMN campus in about 30 minutes. From MSP, take the Blue Line north to US Bank Station. From there you will transfer to the Green Line and take that to the East Bank Station (Graduate Hotel) or Stadium Village Station (Hilton Garden Inn). Find more information on the Metro Transit website. We recommend Uber/Lyft at night. 

 

Local Restaurants:

Please see our Restaurant Locations Map for ideas on where to eat in the area. 

Lodging
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Lodging for non-local invited speakers will be provided by the workshop sponsors at the Graduate Hotel by Hilton. The Graduate is a five minute walk to the workshop location and the Hampton is about a 20 minute walk. The Hampton also has a shuttle you can take to and from the University each day. 

Information regarding details of hotel arrangements will be sent via e-mail to each participant of the workshop after registration. Please DO NOT contact the hotel to update reservations; contact the email address below for any changes that need to be made.

Please don't hesitate to contact us with any questions by e-mail at [email protected].

Associates of workshop speakers

There is a courtesy block at the Days Inn University for postdocs/grad students to reserve and pay for their lodging at the UMN discounted rate. Please reach out to organizers at [email protected] for a link to register.