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An International Network on Quantum Annealing
The International Network on Quantum Annealing (INQA) will for the first time establish a mechanism by which four global collaborations come together to share technical and intellectual know-how and critically analyse developments in theoretical and experimental research in quantum annealing.
Upcoming Seminars
- 23 July 2024 | 08:00 UTC | Kazue Kudo | Ochanomizu University
Observation of localization based on quantum dynamics
Many-body localization (MBL) has attracted considerable interest lately. MBL occurs in a strongly disordered quantum many-body system. Recently, techniques to probe MBL using quantum devices have developed, which take advantage of quantum dynamics. Numerical simulations using exact diagonalization showed that the magnetization and a quantity called twist overlap evaluated after a short time can detect the disorder-induced localization [1]. The localization can also be observed using a noisy quantum computer. The computation using a small quantum device reveals that the twist overlap suffers from noise-induced errors more significantly than the magnetization [2]. [1] K. Kudo, Entropy 24, 1085 (2022). [2] K. Kudo, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 93, 024002 (2024).
- 30 July 2024 | 16:00 UTC | TBC | TBC
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About INQA
The INQA network unifies the research activities of major global collaborations in quantum annealing in North America, Japan, the European Union and the United Kingdom.
By hosting weekly on-line seminars and annual international conferences and by funding exchange visits, the INQA network will address the key topics which will enable quantum annealing to move towards a true quantum scaling advantage over classical approaches to NP-hard computational problems.
The topics INQA will focus on include:
- Exploiting quantum coherence
- Extending the order and degree of qubit interactions
- Strategies for error correction
- Exploiting diabaticity and non-stoquasticity in a systematic way
The network will be led by Professor Paul Warburton of UCL, who is a co-investigator in the UK’s Quantum Computation and Simulation (QCS) Hub and in the recently-announced QEVEC project. He was also previously a co-investigator in the US-led QEO and QAFS collaborations.
Members of the management board include:
- Prof Paul Warburton (UCL, UK)
- Dr Pol Forn-Díaz (IFAE, Spain)
- Dr Shiro Kawabata (AIST, Japan)
- Prof Viv Kendon (University of Strathclyde, UK)
- Dr Jamie Kerman (MIT Lincoln Lab, USA)
INQA is supported by a International Network Grant from the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.