RQS Institute Workshop
The RQS Annual Institute Workshop brings together researchers from all five RQS universities - University of Maryland (UMD), Duke, Princeton, Yale, and North Caroline State University (NCSU), to discuss accomplishments and research findings from the previous year, and collaborate and plan for next year(s).
QSim Conference
The Quantum Simulation Conference brings together experts and students from around the world to discover cutting edge research and collaborate on future initiatives.
More details can be found at: https://qsimconference.org/
Career Connections: Internship Panel at UMD
Graduate Internships in Quantum
RQS presents a panel discussion with RQS students who have recently interned at a company. They will discuss:
- What they did during their internship
- How they learned about/applied for the internship
- Things they wish they had known in advance and advice for other applicants
- How RQS and/or an RQS university could make the internship process easier and better
They will also answer your questions if you have an interest in a future internship.
Grant Writing Workshop 1/2
How to write successful grant proposals, pushing your writing skills to the next level. Erin will provide a general overview of grant writing and focus on proposals for education and outreach, a key mandate of the NSF grant for the Quantum Leap Challenge Institute for Robust Quantum Simulation.
Please prepare your questions in advance and send them to rqs-seed@umiacs.umd.edu.
Grant Writing Workshop 2/2
How to write successful grant proposals, pushing your writing skills to the next level. Mohammad will provide a general overview of grant writing and focus on research proposals. Come with your general, and/or specific questions. Send them to rqs-seed@umiacs.umd.edu or bring them to the meeting.
You can send your questions in advance to rqs-seed@umiacs.umd.edu.
Friday Quantum Seminar Series Using a trapped ion quantum computer to simulate NMR spectra
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is a useful tool in understanding molecular composition and dynamics, but simulating NMR spectra of large molecules becomes intractable on classical computers as the spin correlations in these systems can grow exponentially with molecule size. In contrast, quantum computers are well suited to simulate NMR spectra of molecules, particularly zero- to ultralow field (ZULF) NMR where the spin-spin interactions in the molecules dominate.
RQS Journal Club: Folding-Free ZNE: A Comprehensive Quantum Zero-Noise Extrapolation Approach for Mitigating Depolarizing and Decoherence Noise
Quantum computers in the NISQ era are prone to noise. A range of quantum error mitigation techniques has been proposed to address this issue. Zero-noise extrapolation (ZNE) stands out as a promising one. ZNE involves increasing the noise levels in a circuit and then using extrapolation to infer the zero noise case from the noisy results obtained. This paper presents a novel ZNE approach that does not require circuit folding or noise scaling to mitigate depolarizing and/or decoherence noise.
Career Connections: Johns Hopkins APL at UMD
This Career Connections talk will be hosted at UMD and online.
11am - 11:30 am: Research Talk
11:30 am - 12:30 pm: Career Talk
Career Connections: IBM at UMD
Zlatko Minev is the technical lead and manager of the following groups at IBM Quantum - Qiskit Leap (quantum computing research) and Qiskit Metal (quantum hardware). His background is in experimental and theoretical quantum computing, software, fundamental and applied physics. Meet him for an informal chat about Quantum-related industry opportunities and his career progression.
Talk: "Discussing career progression and opportunities for young researchers"