2020 Chicago Quantum Summit: Day 1
11:00 am – Opening Remarks
Robert J. Zimmer, President, University of Chicago
11:05 am – Welcome
David Awschalom, Liew Family Professor in Spintronics and Quantum Information and Deputy Dean, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago; Director, Chicago Quantum Exchange; Director, DOE QIS Q-NEXT, Argonne National Laboratory
11:15 am – Quantum Information Science: an Innovation Strategy
Harriet Kung, Deputy Director for Science Programs, Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy
11:45 am – From a Grain of Sand to a |Quantum⟩ Bit of Information
James Clarke, Director of Quantum Hardware, Intel
12:15 pm – Break
12:30 pm – Federal Centers and Institutes Panel
Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center: Advancing High Coherence Superconducting Systems
Anna Grassellino, Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Fermilab; Director, DOE QIS Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center, Fermilab
Quantum Leap Challenge Institute for Hybrid Quantum Architectures and Networks
Brian DeMarco, Professor of Physics and Associate Head for Undergraduate Programs, Department of Physics, College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Director, NSF Institute for Hybrid Quantum Architectures and Networks, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
A Brief Overview of the Quantum Science Center: Quantum Topology, Computing, and Sensors
David Dean, Director, DOE QIS Quantum Science Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Q-SEnSE: Quantum Systems through Entangled Science and Engineering
Jun Ye, Fellow, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Fellow of JILA and Professor Adjoint, JILA and Dept. of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder; Director, NSF QLCI Quantum Systems through Entangled Science and Engineering (Q-SEnSE), University of Colorado at Boulder
Challenge Institute for Quantum Computation (CIQC)
Dan Stamper-Kurn, Professor of Physics, University of California, Berkeley; Materials Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Director, NSF Challenge Institute for Quantum Computation, University of California, Berkeley
Moderated Q&A
Moderator: Charles Tahan, Assistant Director for Quantum Information Science and Director, National Quantum Coordination Office, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
1:30 pm – Daytime Program Concludes
Moderator: Supratik Guha, Senior Scientist/Senior Advisor to Argonne Physical Sciences & Engineering; Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago