Using Post-Supremacy Quantum Devices for Practical Applications

          @misc{ scivideos_15437,
            doi = {},
            url = {https://simons.berkeley.edu/talks/using-post-supremacy-quantum-devices-practical-applications},
            author = {},
            keywords = {},
            language = {en},
            title = {Using Post-Supremacy Quantum Devices for Practical Applications},
            publisher = {The Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing},
            year = {2020},
            month = {feb},
            note = {15437 see, \url{https://scivideos.org/Simons-Institute/15437}}
          }
          

Abstract

Recent advances in the technologies related to quantum computing have allowed the achievement of the so-called "quantum supremacy" milestone.  In this talk, I will briefly recap this achievement, and address how it relates to progress towards practical applications of quantum computers to problems in physics, chemistry, machine learning, and related areas.  I will overview some of the promising algorithms in this area, such as hybrid quantum-classical algorithms and variational quantum eigensolvers (VQE), including challenges that remain in their successful implementation.  This will naturally lead to a discussion of the impact of errors and the road towards quantum error correction prior to full fault tolerance using methods such as quantum subspace expansions.