<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><b>When:</b>    </font></font><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">    Thurs</font><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">day, February 20,<span class="gmail_default"> </span>2025</span><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> at</font><b><font color="#000000" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </font><u><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">10:00</font></u></b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><font color="#000000"><b><u><font face="arial, sans-serif"> am</font></u></b><b><font face="arial, sans-serif"><u> CT</u> </font><font style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> </font><font style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> </font></b></font></span></font></font></div><div><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><p style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px"><b><font color="#500050" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></b></p><p style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><font color="#500050">Where:       </font></b><font color="#000000"><span class="gmail-il">Talk</span> will be given </font><font color="#000000" style="font-weight:bold"><u>live, in-person</u></font><font style="font-weight:bold"> </font>at<br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(80,0,80);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font color="#500050">               </font><font color="#000000">    TTIC, 6045 S. Kenwood Avenue</font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(80,0,80);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">                   5th Floor, Room 530<b> </b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(80,0,80);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black"><br></span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(60,64,67);letter-spacing:0.2px">Virtually:</b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(60,64,67);letter-spacing:0.2px">  </span><span style="letter-spacing:0.2px"><font color="#0000ff" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b> </b></font></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.2px"><font color="#3c4043"> </font><i style=""><b style=""><font color="#0000ff">tba</font></b></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;color:rgb(80,0,80);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);letter-spacing:0.2px"><font size="1" face="tahoma, sans-serif">                         </font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;color:rgb(80,0,80);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);letter-spacing:0.2px"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">                     </font></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font style="color:rgb(80,0,80);vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><b>Who: </b> <font color="#500050">    </font><font color="#000000"><font color="#500050">    </font></font></font></font></font>Ainesh Bakshi, MIT</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br></p><div style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:2.25pt solid rgb(11,118,159);padding:0in 0in 1pt"></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Title:</b> Understanding Quantum Systems via the Algorithmic Lens<u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="m_4509175122451554600outlook-search-highlight"><b><span style="color:black">Abstract</span></b></span><b><span style="color:black">:</span></b><span class="m_4509175122451554600apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="color:black">Quantum mechanics is one of our most profound<span class="m_4509175122451554600apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="m_4509175122451554600outlook-search-highlight">and</span><span class="m_4509175122451554600apple-converted-space"> </span>successful theoretical frameworks for underst<span class="m_4509175122451554600outlook-search-highlight">and</span>ing the physical world. It continues to drive remarkable technological<span class="m_4509175122451554600apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="m_4509175122451554600outlook-search-highlight">and</span><span class="m_4509175122451554600apple-converted-space"> </span>theoretical breakthroughs, spanning computing, coding theory, cryptography, material science,<span class="m_4509175122451554600apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="m_4509175122451554600outlook-search-highlight">and</span><span class="m_4509175122451554600apple-converted-space"> </span>chemistry. In this talk, I will describe how the algorithmic lens has been pivotal in rigorously analyzing such quantum systems<span class="m_4509175122451554600apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="m_4509175122451554600outlook-search-highlight">and</span><span class="m_4509175122451554600apple-converted-space"> </span>revealed deeper structural properties that were previously inaccessible through traditional approaches. I will also describe algorithmic progress on related computational tasks and discuss the implications for Quantum Advantage.</span></font></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p><p style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black">Bio:</span><span style="color:black"> </span></b><span class="gmail-il" style="color:black">Ainesh</span><span style="color:black"> Bakshi is a Postdoctoral Fellow jointly appointed in the Mathematics</span><span class="m_4509175122451554600apple-converted-space" style="color:black"> </span><span class="m_4509175122451554600outlook-search-highlight" style="color:black">and</span><span class="m_4509175122451554600apple-converted-space" style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">Computer Science departments at MIT. Prior to that, he obtained his PhD in Computer Science at CMU. He is broadly interested in theoretical computer science</span><span class="m_4509175122451554600apple-converted-space" style="color:black"> </span><span class="m_4509175122451554600outlook-search-highlight" style="color:black">and</span><span class="m_4509175122451554600apple-converted-space" style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">quantum information. His main research thread revolves around using the algorithmic toolkit, consisting of iterative methods</span><span class="m_4509175122451554600apple-converted-space" style="color:black"> </span><span class="m_4509175122451554600outlook-search-highlight" style="color:black">and</span><span class="m_4509175122451554600apple-converted-space" style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">convex hierarchies, to underst</span><span class="m_4509175122451554600outlook-search-highlight" style="color:black">and</span><span class="m_4509175122451554600apple-converted-space" style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">large quantum systems. These results have gained significant attention recently, including two Quanta articles, two QIP Invited Plenaries, </span>a QIP<span style="color:black"> Best Student Paper. He is also interested in extending this algorithmic toolkit</span><span class="m_4509175122451554600apple-converted-space" style="color:black"> </span><span class="m_4509175122451554600outlook-search-highlight" style="color:black">and</span><span class="m_4509175122451554600apple-converted-space" style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">applying it to problems arising in high-dimensional statistics, privacy, metric embeddings,</span><span class="m_4509175122451554600apple-converted-space" style="color:black"> </span><span class="m_4509175122451554600outlook-search-highlight" style="color:black">and</span><span class="m_4509175122451554600apple-converted-space" style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">numerical linear algebra.</span></font></p></div></div><div class="gmail_default"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div></div></div></div><div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b style="">Host: </b><a href="mailto:madhurt@ttic.edu" target="_blank" style=""><b>Madhur Tulsiani</b></a></font></div></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">Mary C. Marre</span><br></div><div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Faculty Administrative Support</font></div><div><i><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3d85c6" size="1"><b>Toyota Technological Institute</b></font></i></div><div><i><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3d85c6" size="1">6045 S. Kenwood Avenue, Rm 517</font></i></div><div><font size="1"><i><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3d85c6">Chicago, IL  60637</font></i><br></font></div><div><font size="1"><i><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3d85c6">773-834-1757</font></i></font></div><div><b><i><a href="mailto:mmarre@ttic.edu" target="_blank"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">mmarre@ttic.edu</font></a></i></b></div></div></div></div></div></div>