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<span class="" style="font-size:14.666666984558105px">This is an announcement of Jonathan Baker's Dissertation Defense.</span><br class="" style="font-size:14.666666984558105px">
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<span class="" style="font-size:14.666666984558105px">Candidate: Jonathan Baker</span><br class="" style="font-size:14.666666984558105px">
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<span class="" style="font-size:14.666666984558105px">Date: Thursday, September 15, 2022</span><br class="" style="font-size:14.666666984558105px">
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<span class="" style="font-size:14.666666984558105px">Time: 12 pm CST</span><br class="" style="font-size:14.666666984558105px">
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<span class="" style="font-size:14.666666984558105px">Updated Remote Location: </span><span class="" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px"> </span><font face="Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class=""><span class="" style="font-size:14px; background-color:rgb(241,243,244)"><a href="https://uchicago.zoom.us/j/94776754686?pwd=aVFzRFpvQU1vRzlUcUUyUWdhSGtkZz09" class="">https://uchicago.zoom.us/j/94776754686?pwd=aVFzRFpvQU1vRzlUcUUyUWdhSGtkZz09</a></span></font> <br class="" style="font-size:14.666666984558105px">
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<span class="" style="font-size:14.666666984558105px">Title: Architectural Design for Emerging Quantum Technologies</span><br class="" style="font-size:14.666666984558105px">
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<span class="" style="font-size:14.666666984558105px">Abstract: Despite its relative infancy, there are a number of emerging quantum technologies for quantum computation, and it is unclear which will be the clear winner. Evaluation of these technologies at
the architectural level, far beyond the small-scale prototypes of 1 to 2 qubits, is critical to producing viable systems capable of executing both near and long-term applications effectively. In order to fairly evaluate new hardware platforms, it is vital
to develop technology-specific optimizations and compilation frameworks, pushing hardware closer to its fundamental limits rather than being hindered by ineffective software. Ultimately, our goal is to decide whether or not proposed technologies are able to
scale efficiently into the future. Central questions in platform evaluation can be roughly categorized into three themes: 1. Does this technology support fast and economical program execution. 2 Can this technology produce consistent and high-quality program
outputs? 3. Does this technology fit the requirements of practical applications now and/or in the future?</span><br class="" style="font-size:14.666666984558105px">
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<span class="" style="font-size:14.666666984558105px">In this thesis, I explore the design, optimization, and evaluation of a variety of competing quantum technologies which are each vital when deciphering good candidates for scalable quantum computation, even
in its very early stages. This manifests as several case studies serving as examples of a much larger, fundamental architectural questions. First, we consider what are the right abstractions for a quantum computing system by exploring the use of multivalued
quantum logic to better make use of hardware capabilities. Second, we consider architectural trade-off spaces by considering neutral atom hardware. Third, we consider application-guided architectural design, evaluating how technology specific architectures
can be designed to best fit target applications, like error correction codes. We examine the use of localized memory to enable virtualization of error corrected logical qubits. Finally, we explore a variety of technology specific (and agnostic) compilation
optimizations to push proposed architectures and hardwares to their limits to best evaluate their ability to scale beyond prototypes and support large scale applications.</span><br class="" style="font-size:14.666666984558105px">
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<span class="" style="font-size:14.666666984558105px">Advisors: Fred Chong</span><br class="" style="font-size:14.666666984558105px">
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<span class="" style="font-size:14.666666984558105px">Committee Members: Fred Chong, Ken Brown, Ali Javadi-Abhari, and Hank Hoffmann</span>
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