Foundations of Quantum Computing
The University of Maryland Science Academy is offering a summer course on the Foundations of Quantum Computing. This three-week bootcamp will take place from June 7-25, 2021, and sessions will be held online from 4:00-7:00pm EDT on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
For more information please visit https://scienceacademy.umd.edu/quantumcomputing/bootcamp.
Analog quantum simulation and quantum many-body dynamics in atomic, molecular and optical systems
Dissertation Committee Chair: Professor Steven L. Rolston
Committee:
Professor Alexey V. Gorshkov, Advisor
Professor Xiaodi Wu, Dean’s Representative
Professor Zohreh Davoudi
Professor Christopher Monroe
Non-Integrable Dynamics in a Trapped-Ion Quantum Simulator
Dissertation Committee Chair: Prof. Christopher Monroe
Committee:
Prof. Alexey Gorshkov
Prof. Zohreh Davoudi
Prof. Chris Jarzynski
Prof. Qudsia Quraishi
The complexity of simulating quantum physics: dynamics and equilibrium
Dissertation Committee Chair: Prof. Mohammad Hafezi
Committee:
Prof. Alexey V. Gorshkov (co-chair)
Prof. Andrew M. Childs (Dean’s Representative)
Prof. Bill Fefferman
Prof. Christopher Monroe
Abstract:
Few-body universality in waveguide quantum electrodynamics
Dissertation Committee Chair: Prof. Victor Galitski
Committee:
Prof. Alexey V. Gorshkov
Prof. Michael J. Gullans
Prof. Alicia Kollár
Prof. Andrew M. Childs (Dean’s Representative)
Abstract:
Optical and Electrical Response of Superconducting Resonators for a Hybrid Quantum System
Dissertation Committee Chair: Professor Frederick Wellstood
Committee:
Professor Christopher Lobb
Professor Steven Rolston
Dr. Benjamin Palmer
Professor Ichiro Takeuchi
Abstract:
Bose Einstein Condensates for Analogue Cosmology Experiments
Dissertation Committee Chair: James Williams, Chair
Committee:
Gretchen Campbell, Co-Chair/Advisor
Ian Spielman
Theodore Jacobson
Ronald Walsworth, Dean's Representative
Abstract:
This thesis presents the construction and characterization of an experimental apparatus to produce sodium Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) in arbitrary potentials.
Particular attention is devoted to the study of toroidal BECs as platforms for analogue cosmology models.
Locality, Symmetry, and Digital Simulation of Quantum Systems
Dissertation Committee Chair: Professor Zohreh Davoudi
Committee:
Professor Zohreh Davoudi, Chair
Professor Alexey V. Gorshkov, Co-Advisor
Professor Jacob M. Taylor, Co-Advisor
Professor Alicia J. Kollár
Professor Andrew M. Childs
Abstract:
Design and optimization in near-term quantum computation
Dissertation Committee Chair: Prof. Zohreh Davoudi
Committee:
Prof. Alexey V. Gorshkov (co-chair/co-advisor)
Prof. Stephen P. Jordan (co-advisor),
Prof. Christopher Monroe,
Prof. Andrew M. Childs (Dean’s representative)
Abstract: