Venue: Sonora Room, Microsoft Conference Center (Building 33)
The Quantum Algorithms and Devices Workshop was part of the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit 2016.
In 1981, Richard Feynman proposed a device called a “quantum computer” that would take advantage of methods founded on the laws of quantum physics and promise computational speed-ups over classical methods. In the last three decades, quantum algorithms have been developed that offer fast solutions to problems in a variety of fields including number theory, optimization, database search, chemistry, and physics. For quantum devices, this past year marks significant progress towards scalable quantum bits and gates. The workshop highlighted recent advances in quantum algorithms, quantum devices, control systems, and quantum error correction. For a comprehensive list of the topics covered, see the “Abstracts” tab.