INQA Conference 2024:ÌýTowards Quantum Advantage in Real-World Applications
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16Ìý- 18 October 2024Ìýin Toyko, Japan
Start time: 9am JST
End time: 6±è³¾Ìý´³³§°Õ
Banquet dinner: 6pm, October 17 2024Ìý
Quantum Annealing is a computational method to solve combinatorial optimization and sampling problems. The INQA 2024Ìýconference will cover various topics related to quantum annealing, focusing on new hardware platforms and novel optimization algorithms and their implementation. The conference aims to bring together leading researchers from academia and industry to share their latest findings and discuss future directions for quantum annealing research.Ìý
Location: The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (MIRAIKAN), 2-3-6 Aomi Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Conference room: MIRAIKAN hall (7th floor)Ìý
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Invited speakers
Johan Ã…kerman (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
Mohammad Amin (D-Wave Systems, Canada)
Valentina Brosco (CNR, Italy)
Nick Chancellor (Newcastle University, UK)
Constantin Dalyac (Pasqal, France)
Marta Estarellas (Qilimanjaro, Spain)
Takuya Hatomura (NTT, Japan)
Erika Kawakami (RIKEN, Japan)
Tadashi Kadowaki (AIST/DENSO, Japan)
Helmut Katzgraber (Amazon Web Service, USA)
Chris Kim (University of Minnesota, USA)
Kazue Kudo (Ochanomizu University, Japan)
Daniel Lidar (USC, USA)
Alicia Magann (Sandia National Labs, USA)
Yuki Minamoto (Fixstars Amplify, Japan)
YasunobuÌýNakamura (RIKEN, Japan)
Mikel Sanz (UPV/EHU, Spain)
Important deadlines
Registration and abstract submission opens August 29 2024
INQA Conference 2023:ÌýNew Platforms and Algorithms
6th- 8thÌýNovemberÌý2023Ìýin Innsbruck, Austria
Quantum Annealing is a computational method to solve combinatorial optimization and sampling problems. The INQA 2023 conference will cover various topics related to quantum annealing, focusing on new hardware platforms and novel optimization algorithms and their implementation. The conference aims to bring together leading researchers from academia and industry to share their latest findings and discuss future directions for quantum annealing research. The event is a sequel to INQA 2022 (London).
Find out more about
INQA Conference 2022
Quantum Annealing: Routes to Understanding and Improving Scaling
Quantum annealing is yet to demonstrate the elusive goal of a scaling speedup when benchmarked against classical heuristic optimisers. In this INQA conference we will meet to learn about, consider and discuss possible routes to understanding and improving scaling of QA metrics with system size. Theoretical, numerical and experimental approaches will be discussed. Contributions within this theme or in any other related area of quantum annealing research are welcome.
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Programme
. Please note that this document will update regularly and will not be available for download until the contents are finalised.
See below, for a simplified programme:Ìý
Wednesday 9th November 2022
Time
Session
Speaker
09:00
Coffee and Pastries
Ìý
09:30
Welcome
Paul Warburton, Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾, UK
09:45
Fast tunneling of frozen chains using AC drives and tone synchronizationÌý
Eliot Kapit, Colorado School of Mines, USA
10:30
Using quantum annealers for brief periods of time
Juanjo JoÅ›e GarcÃa-Ripoll, CSIC, Spain
11:15
Coffee
Ìý
11:45
Application specific annealers: a case study for Fermi-Hubbard annealers
Filip Wudarski, USRA, USA
12:30
Quantum Annealing: From theory to practice
Nick Chancellor, University of Durham, UK
13:15
Lunch
Ìý
14:30
A graph-theoretical analysis on first order quantum phase transitions for adiabatic quantum computing
Matthias Werner, Qilimanjaro, Spain
14:52
Rapid quantum approximate solvers for combinatorial optimisation problems inspired by Hamiltonians for optimal state-transfer
Bobby Banks, Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾, UK
15:14
Tea
Ìý
15:45
Effects of targeted XX-catalysts on quantum annealing spectra with perturbative crossings
Natasha Feinstein, Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾, UK
16:30
Analysis on gaps, encodings and hybrid approaches at Qilimanjaro
Ana Palacios, Qilimanjaro, Spain
17:15
Reception
Ìý
Ìý
Thursday 10th November 2022
Time
Session
Speaker
09:00
Coffee and Pastries
Ìý
09:30
Talk TBA
Glen Mbeng, University of Innsbruck, Austria
10:15
Applications on quantum annealers at FZJ
Dennis Willsch, FZ-Jülich, Germany
11:00
Coffee
Ìý
11:30
Accreditation of analogue simulators
Theo Kapourniotis, University of Warwick, UK
11:52
Constrained optimization on quantum annealers using linear penalty functions
Puya Mirkarimi, University of Durham, UK
12:14
Adiabatic quantum computing with parameterized quantum circuits
Ioannis Kolotouros, University of Edinburgh, UK
12:36
Lunch
Ìý
14:00
Coherent quantum annealing and quantum critical spin-glass dynamics
Andrew King, D-Wave, Canada
14:45
Superconducting quantum annealer based on application specific architecture
Shiro Kawabata, AIST, Japan
15:30
Tea
Ìý
16:00
AVaQus project progress
Pol Forn-DÃaz, IFAE, Spain
Ìý
Friday 11th November 2022
Time
Session
Speaker
09:00
Coffee and Pastries
Ìý
09:30
Shortcuts in quantum annealingÌý
Adolfo Del Campo, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
10:15
Navigating Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Changing Tides of Quantum Technologies
Abbie Bray, Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾, UK
11:00
Coffee
Ìý
11:30
Error Mitigation for Quantum Approximate Optimization
Anita Weidinger, University of Innsbruck, Austria
12:15
Using copies to improve precision in continuous-time quantum computing
Jemma Bennett, University of Durham, UK
13:00
Lunch
Ìý
14:15
Engineering challenges in quantum annealing using Kerr-parametric oscillators
Aiko Yamaguchi, NEC, Japan
15:00
Landau-Zener tunneling: from weak to strong environment coupling