NetSys 2019

QTOP'19 Workshop

• Monday, Mar 18, 2019

  09:00 - Conference Opening   Video
  Sebastian Feld (LMU Munich, Germany); Claudia Linnhoff-Popien (LMU Munich, Germany)

  09:10 - Keynote - An Introduction to Quantum Computing and its Application   Video
  Robert H. (Bo) Ewald (D-Wave Systems, Canada)

  • 09:50 - Session 1 - Analysis of Optimization Problems

    Chair: Michel Barbeau, Carleton University, Canada

    Embedding inequality constraints for quantum annealing optimization   Video
    Tomás Vyskocil (Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA); Scott Pakin (Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA); Hristo N. Djidjev (Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA)

    Assessing Solution Quality of 3SAT on a Quantum Annealing Platform   Video
    Thomas Gabor (LMU Munich, Germany); Sebastian Zielinski (LMU Munich, Germany); Sebastian Feld (LMU Munich, Germany); Christoph Roch (LMU Munich, Germany); Christian Seidel (MVI Proplant, Germany); Florian Neukart (Volkswagen Group of America, USA); Isabella Galter (Volkswagen Data:Lab, Germany); Wolfgang Mauerer (OTH Regensburg; Siemens Corporate Research); Claudia Linnhoff-Popien (LMU Munich, Germany)

    Principles and Guidelines for Quantum Performance Analysis   Video
    Catherine C McGeoch (D-Wave Systems, Canada)

  10:45 - Coffee Break

  • 11:15 - Session 2 - Quantum Gate Algorithms

    Chair: Sebastian Feld, LMU Munich, Germany

    Nash embedding and equilibrium in pure quantum states   Video
    Faisal Shah Khan (Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi); Travis S. Humble (Oak Ridge National Lab, USA)

    A Quantum Algorithm for Minimising the Effective Graph Resistance upon Edge Addition   Video
    Finn de Ridder (Radboud University, Netherlands); Niels Neumann (TNO, Netherlands); Thijs Veugen (TNO, Netherlands; CWI, Netherlands); Robert Kooij (Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore; Delft University of Technology, Netherlands)

    Variational Quantum Factoring
    Eric Anschuetz (Zapata Computing, USA); Jonathan Olson (Zapata Computing, USA); Alán Aspuru-Guzik (Zapata Computing, USA); Yudong Cao (Zapata Computing, USA)

    Function Maximization with Dynamic Quantum Search   Video
    Charles Moussa (TOTAL American Services, USA; Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA); Henri Calandra (TOTAL SA, France); Travis Humble (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA)

  12:30 - Lunch Break

  • 13:30 - Session 3 - Applications of Quantum Annealing

    Chair: Catherine C. McGeoch, D-Wave Systems, Canada

    Flight Gate Assignment with a Quantum Annealer   Video
    Tobias Stollenwerk (DLR, Germany); Elisabeth Lobe (DLR, Germany); Martin Jung (DLR, Germany)

    Solving Quantum Chemistry Problems with a D-Wave Quantum Annealer   Video
    Michael Streif (Volkswagen Group, Germany); Florian Neukart (Leiden University, Netherlands; Volkswagen Group of America, USA); Martin Leib (Volkswagen Group, Germany)

    Solving large Maximum Clique problems on a quantum annealer   Video
    Elijah Pelofske (Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA); Georg Hahn (Lancaster University, U.K.); Hristo Djidjev (Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA)

    Quantum Annealing based Optimization of Robotic Movement in Manufacturing   Video
    Arpit Mehta (BMW AG, Germany); Murad Muradi (BMW AG, Germany); Selam Woldetsadick (BMW AG, Germany)

    Quantum Annealing of Vehicle Routing Problem with Time, State and Capacity   Video
    Hirotaka Irie (DENSO Corporation, Japan); Goragot Wongpaisarnsin (Toyota Tsusho Nexty Electronics, Thailand); Masayoshi Terabe (DENSO Corporation, Japan); Akira Miki (DENSO Corporation, Japan); Shinichirou Taguchi (DENSO Corporation, Japan)

    Boosting quantum annealing performance using evolution strategies for annealing offsets tuning   Video
    Sheir Yarkoni (D-Wave Systems, Canada; Leiden University, Netherlands); Hao Wang (Leiden University, Netherlands); Aske Plaat (Leiden University, Netherlands); Thomas Bäck (Leiden University, Netherlands)

  15:15 - Coffee Break

  • 15:45 - Session 4 - Foundations and Quantum Technologies

    Chair: Wolfgang Mauerer, OTH Regensburg, Germany

    Quantum Photonic TRNG with Dual Extractor   Video
    Mitchell A. Thornton (Southern Methodist University, USA); Duncan L. MacFarlane (Southern Methodist University, USA)

    Secure Quantum Data Communications Using Classical Keying Material   Video
    Michel Barbeau (Carleton University, Canada)

    Continuous-variable Quantum Network Coding Against Pollution Attacks
    Tao Shang (Beihang University, China); Ke Li, Ranyiliu Chen (Beihang University, China); Jianwei Liu (Beihang University, China)

    On the Influence of Initial Qubit Placement During NISQ Circuit Compilation   Video
    Alexandru Paler (Johannes Kepler University, Austria)

    Towards a Pattern Language for Quantum Algorithms   Video
    Frank Leymann (University of Stuttgart, Germany)

  17:15 - Break

  18.30 - City Tour

  20:00 - Reception