Quantum Computing for Engineers

Keynote Speakers: Koen Bertels and Carmen Almudever, TU Delft.

Abstract: In this talk, I will introduce the elementary concepts of quantum computing such as qubits and quantum circuits and where the potential speedup of quantum computers comes from. Based on those concepts, I will then discuss the different challenges of quantum computing by walking through the different system layers of a quantum computer which goes from high level quantum algorithms through a micro-architecture down to the microwaves going in the qubit layer. I will finish by presenting an experimental 5 qubit processor, as developed by Leo DiCarlo, and show how the introduction of an architectural layer provides flexible and precise control as well as programmability.

Short bio

Koen Bertels is PI in the Fault Tolerant quantum computing roadmap of QuTech and head of the Quantum Engineering department at the Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science Faculty at Delft University of Technology. In collaboration with Intel, he is responsible for the system architecture research for transmons and spinqubit based quantum devices.

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Carmen G. Almudever (PhD cum laude), is an expert in digital systems design and emerging technologies. She is currently an Assistant Professor at Delft University of Technology. In 2014, she joined Delft University of Technology for working on quantum computing and she is currently involved in the architectural and system design research with a particular emphasis on fault tolerant routing of quantum states and the corresponding quantum communication infrastructure.