• 3 November 2024
  • 1:00 EST

Chetan Nayak - Utility-Scale Quantum Computers

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Talk abstract

From the speaker:

“I will discuss the most likely applications of quantum computers and the corresponding requirements on any quantum computing system that targets these applications.”

Presenter

Chetan Nayak is an American physicist and distinguished professor specializing in condensed matter physics and quantum computing. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society. He is currently a Technical Fellow at Microsoft and a professor of physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). His research focuses on topological phases of matter, high-temperature superconductivity, the quantum Hall effect, and periodically-driven quantum systems. Nayak leads quantum hardware development at Microsoft.

Michigan State University (MSU) operates the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) as a user facility for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science(link is external) (DOE SC), with financial support from and furthering the mission of the DOE‑SC Office of Nuclear Physics. FRIB is registered to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 27001, and ISO 45001.

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