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Dear fellow CS theorists,</div>
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I'm happy to invite you to attend a workshop I am chairing on the topic of near-term quantum advantage at the Rubenstein Forum on the UChicago campus from August 1-3.</div>
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This is a topic that straddles many academic disciplines, but I expect many of the talks to be accessible to a general CS theory audience and I hope to see many of you there!</div>
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See the formal invite below (please register ASAP if interested)</div>
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Best wishes,</div>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26)">You are invited to the</span><span class="m_-4712591637441995718apple-converted-space"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26)"> </span></span><b><span style="color:black"><a href="https://chicagoquantum.org/events/nsf-workshop-quantum-advantage-and-next-steps/" title="https://chicagoquantum.org/events/nsf-workshop-quantum-advantage-and-next-steps/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://chicagoquantum.org/events/nsf-workshop-quantum-advantage-and-next-steps/&source=gmail&ust=1658344557441000&usg=AOvVaw2_-WTjWHgQUQUeKz6fbn_x" style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204)"><span style="color:rgb(5, 99, 193)">NSF</span><span style="color:rgb(5, 99, 193);font-weight:normal"> </span><span style="color:rgb(5, 99, 193)">Workshop
on Quantum Advantage and Next Steps</span></a></span></b><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26)">, held on</span><span class="m_-4712591637441995718apple-converted-space"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26)"> </span></span><b><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26)">August
1-3, 2022</span></b><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26)">, at the</span><span class="m_-4712591637441995718apple-converted-space"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26)"> </span></span><span class="m_-4712591637441995718apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black">David </span></span><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26)">Rubenstein
Forum at the University of Chicago. </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26)">We have now arrived at a critical moment on the path towards developing large-scale quantum computers. For the first time, existing quantum experiments are pushing the boundaries of what is possible with a classical computer,
and we have recently seen the first claimed experimental demonstrations of quantum advantage.</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26)">Besides dispelling any skepticism about the experimental viability of quantum computers, quantum advantage also provides a test of quantum theory in the realm of high complexity. This workshop will bring together quantum
computing theorists and experimentalists to discuss the state-of-the-art research on quantum advantage. The focus will be both on understanding these experiments, as well as analyzing the extent to which these initial “proof of principle” demonstrations can
provide a foundation for the next generation of quantum experiments that will obtain speedups for practically useful computational problems. Confirmed Speakers include:</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 15px;color:rgb(14, 16, 26)">Scott Aaronson (UT Austin)<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 15px;color:rgb(14, 16, 26)">Abhinav Deshpande (Caltech)<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 15px;color:rgb(14, 16, 26)">Xun Gao (Harvard University)<span class="m_-4712591637441995718apple-converted-space"> </span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 15px;color:rgb(14, 16, 26)">Alexandru Gheorghiu (ETH Zürich)<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 15px;color:rgb(14, 16, 26)">Alexey Gorshkov (University of Maryland/NIST)</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 15px;color:rgb(14, 16, 26)">David Gosset (University of Waterloo)<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 15px;color:rgb(14, 16, 26)">Daniel Grier (University of Waterloo)</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 15px;color:rgb(14, 16, 26)">Dominik Hangleiter (University of Maryland)<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 15px;color:rgb(14, 16, 26)">Crystal Noel (Duke)<span class="m_-4712591637441995718apple-converted-space"> </span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 15px;color:rgb(14, 16, 26)">Changhun Oh (UChicago)<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 15px;color:rgb(14, 16, 26)"><span style="text-align:start;caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">Nicolas Quesada (Polytechnique
Montréal)</span><br>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 15px;color:rgb(14, 16, 26)">Umesh Vazirani (UC Berkeley)<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 15px;color:rgb(14, 16, 26)">Benjamin Villalonga (Google)<u></u><u></u></li></ul>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26)"> </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26)">The workshop is supported by the National Science Foundation, the Stevanovich Center for Financial Mathematics, and the Chicago Quantum Exchange.</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26)">Register here by</span><span class="m_-4712591637441995718apple-converted-space"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26)"> </span></span><b><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26)">Monday, July 25</span></b><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26)">:</span><span class="m_-4712591637441995718apple-converted-space"><span style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125)"> </span></span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://form.jotform.com/221313807619050" title="https://form.jotform.com/221313807619050" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://form.jotform.com/221313807619050&source=gmail&ust=1658344557441000&usg=AOvVaw3LZ7_2HTQthdXOAVDMvl4P" style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204)"><span style="color:rgb(5, 99, 193)">https://form.jotform.com/<wbr>221313807619050</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26)">In addition to attending, UChicago students and postdocs are invited to present a poster on the second day of the workshop (space permitting). Submit your poster information here:</span><span class="m_-4712591637441995718apple-converted-space"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26)"> </span></span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://form.jotform.com/221504236431040" title="https://form.jotform.com/221504236431040" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://form.jotform.com/221504236431040&source=gmail&ust=1658344557442000&usg=AOvVaw0CcWfGcvE76hVg7hJEIrMx" style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204)"><span style="color:rgb(5, 99, 193)">https://form.jotform.<wbr>com/221504236431040</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><span style="color:black">Sincerely, <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><u><span style="color:black">Program Committee</span></u><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><span style="color:black">Bill Fefferman (UChicago, chair)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><span style="color:black">Scott Aaronson (UT Austin)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><span style="color:black">Hannes Bernien (UChicago)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><span style="color:black">Adam Bouland (Stanford)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><span style="color:black">Abhinav Deshpande (Caltech)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><span style="color:black">Umesh Vazirani (UC Berkeley)</span></p>
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