[Colloquium] Revised Time [defense] Holmes/Dissertation Defense/Aug 18, 2020

[Nita Yack]

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       Department of Computer Science/The University of Chicago

                     *** Dissertation Defense ***


Candidate:  Adam Holmes

Date:  Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Time:  11:00 AM

Place:  via zoom

Title: Quantum and Classical Algorithms and Optimizations Enabling
Practical Quantum Computation

Abstract:
Quantum and classical algorithmic and architectural design is
fundamental to enabling the construction of useful near-term and fault
tolerant quantum computers. This thesis demonstrates that careful
design of error correcting architectures and protocols can
significantly reduce the barriers and overheads of constructing
error-corrected fault tolerant machines. Additionally, careful design
of algorithmic and information theoretic methods to encode classical
data into quantum computers results in more efficient algorithm
execution, a necessity in both the near-term and fault tolerant
regimes. Altogether, this work designs and evaluates techniques that
help to enable useful quantum computation in the near-term, and seeks
to bring fault-tolerant quantum computation closer to reality.

Adam's advisor is Prof. Frederic Chong

Login to the Computer Science Department website for details,
including a draft copy of the dissertation:

 https://newtraell.cs.uchicago.edu/phd/phd_announcements#adholmes

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For any questions please contact the following people:
Nita Yack: nitayack at cs.uchicago.edu
Rene Noyola: rnoyola at uchicago.edu
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