<div dir="ltr">Sorry folks, I made a mistake in the title. The correct abstract is below!<div><br></div><div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large">******************************</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large">******************************</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large">**************************</span><b style="font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"><font size="4"><br></font></b></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"><font size="4"><br></font></b></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"><font size="4">Date</font></b><b style="font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-size:1.13em;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px">:</b><span style="font-size:1.13em;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"><font size="4">October 18, 2023</font></span><br></div><div><div style="margin:0px"><div style="margin:0px"><div style="margin:0px"><div style="margin:0px"><div style="margin:0px"><div style="color:rgb(32,31,30);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"><div style="font-size:16px;margin:0px;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"><font style="font-size:1.13em"><b>Time: </b>12:30pm CT</font></div><div style="font-size:16px;margin:0px;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"><font style="font-size:1.13em"><b>Location: </b>JCL 390</font></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size:16px;margin:0px;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"><b><font style="font-size:1.13em"><br></font></b></div><div dir="auto" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"><font size="4"><b>Speaker: </b></font><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.2px"><font size="4"><a href="https://christopherkang.me/" target="_blank">Christopher Kang</a> (University of Chicago)</font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size:16px;margin:0px;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"><font size="4"><br></font></div></div><div style="margin:0px"><span style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;word-spacing:1px"><font style="font-size:1.13em"><b>Title: </b></font></span><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.2px"><b><font size="4">Topological Quantum Error Correction for Classical Theorists</font></b></span></div><div style="color:rgb(32,31,30);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;margin:0px"><b style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-size:16px;word-spacing:1px"><font style="font-size:1.13em"><br></font></b></div><div style="color:rgb(32,31,30);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"><font style="font-size:1.13em"><b>Zoom: </b>[<a href="https://uchicago.zoom.us/j/91616319229?pwd=dDdXQnFXeGNubFRkZy9hTDQrcWlXdz09" target="_blank">link</a>]</font></span></div><div style="color:rgb(32,31,30);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;margin:0px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px"><div dir="auto" style="margin:0px"><font style="word-spacing:1px"><span style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13pt;margin:0px"><b>Abstract:</b></span><span style="color:rgb(32,31,30);font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0px;word-spacing:0px"> </span></font><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.2px"><font size="4">The advent of larger quantum hardware has raised the question: how will we effectively store and manipulate quantum data? While progress in device fabrication and quantum control has been breakneck, error rates will likely still fall between 1e-3-1e-5. These error rates are orders of magnitude above classical hardware and would prevent useful applications. We need Quantum Error Correction (QEC).</font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="margin:0px"><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.2px"><font size="4"><br></font></span></div><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.2px"><font size="4">In this talk, I will present an intuition-focused lecture on methods to protect quantum information. We will focus on topological QEC, which often times maps nicely to real hardware constraints (e.g. 2D planar connectivity). No quantum experience is required.</font></span><div dir="auto" style="margin:0px"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="margin:0px"><font style="word-spacing:1px"><span style="margin:0px;word-spacing:0px"><span style="color:rgb(32,31,30);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large">[</span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/embed?src=c_osgf1c1qemdras8mu7l7pdhjrs@group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America*Chicago__;Lw!!BpyFHLRN4TMTrA!pwdRh9yLA-IBD6NCNvREJGd9Nj5jtC6_N-AowF6HSwIQeb1FPAmu0L_tAsww4XtIRnQ$" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/embed?src=c_osgf1c1qemdras8mu7l7pdhjrs@group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Chicago" target="_blank" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">Theory</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="margin:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">Lunch</span></span></span></span></span><span style="margin:0px"> </span>Calendar</a><span style="color:rgb(32,31,30);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large">]</span></span></font></div><div dir="auto" style="margin:0px"><font style="word-spacing:1px"><span style="margin:0px;word-spacing:0px"><span style="color:rgb(32,31,30);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></span></span></font></div><div dir="auto" style="margin:0px"><font style="word-spacing:1px"><span style="margin:0px;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:large">******************************</span><span style="font-size:large">******************************</span><span style="font-size:large">**************************</span></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 12:15 PM Antares Chen <<a href="mailto:antaresc@uchicago.edu">antaresc@uchicago.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Hey everyone, </span></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Just wanted to announce that we'll be having our first theory lunch this quarter tomorrow. It'll be in <b>JCL 390</b> during our normal time of <b>Wednesday 10/18</b> from <b>12:30pm - 1:30pm</b>, with our very own Chris Kang presenting about quantum error correction! If you have a moment, stop by for food and fun with others in the department.</span></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Also, we only have one other talk scheduled this quarter at the moment (on Nov 1). If some of you are interested in speaking / know of anyone who might be interested, please don't hesitate to reach out. Other than that, I hope the quarter is going well for all of you!</span></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Best, </span></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Antares</span></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br>******************************</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large">******************************</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large">**************************</span><b style="font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"><font size="4"><br></font></b></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"><font size="4"><br></font></b></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inheri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