High Performance Computing and Quantum Computing 2019
In 2019 Cineca organized the second edition of the “High Performance Computing and Quantum Computing” workshop with the aim of bringing together researchers and professionals interested in quantum technology and the future prospects of this sector.
The workshop was held on Thursday 19th December at the Cineca headquarters.
The topics of quantum computing and HPC were addressed from multiple disciplinary points of view (physics, information theory, mathematics, engineering, data science), as well as from the business side (quantum technology, information technology, consulting, energy).
Agenda
10:00 – 10:15 Registration
10:15 – 10:25 Welcome
10:25 – 10:40 – CNR – Enrico Prati – Introduction to Quantum Computing
10:40 – 11:40 Industries: Chairman Carlo Cavazzoni
- IBM – Ingolf Wittmann – IBM Q Technology and Network update – Whats new in the IBM Quantum
- Community
- D-Wave – Andy Mason – Practical Quantum Computing
- Xanadu Quantum Technologies – Andrea Mari – Machine Learning with Hybrid Quantum-Classical
- Systems
11:40 – 12:00 Coffee Break
12:00 – 13:00 Industries: Chairman Carlo Cavazzoni
- Intel – Fabio Baruffa – Quantum Computing Simulations with the Intel® Quantum Simulator
- Atos – Ivano Pullano – Advancements on Atos Quantum Project
- Data Reply – Luca Asproni – Accuracy and minor embedding in subqubo decomposition
13:00 – 13:55 Lunch
13:55 – 15:30 General Purpose Quantum Computing : Chairman Enrico Prati
- University of Padova – Simone Montangero – Quantum technologies for high-energy physics
- University of Naples “Federico II” – Marcello Caleffi – Quantum Trajectories for the Quantum Internet:
- Noiseless Communications through Noisy Channels
- University of Bologna – Davide Vodola – Fighting Qubit Loss in Quantum Topological Memories
- Polytechnic University of Turin/LINKS Foundation – Bartolomeo Montrucchio – Engineering Quantum
- Computing at Politecnico di Torino: from technological modelling to industrial software applications
- University of Bologna/CNR – Marco Maronese – Quantum Activation Functions for qubit-based
- Feedforward Neural Networks
15:30 – 15:40 – Coffee Break
15:40 – 16:55 General Purpose Quantum Computing: Chairman Enrico Prati
- University of Bologna – Elisa Ercolessi – Quantum Simulations: a bridge between quantum computing and modelling in physics
- University of L’Aquila – Leonardo Guidoni – Quantum Chemistry Calculations using generalised
- Variational Quantum Eigensolver algorithms
- University of Parma – Michele Amoretti – Recent Approaches for Efficient Compiling of Quantum Circuits
- Polytechnic University of Milan/CNR – Lorenzo Moro – Managing quantum compiling by deep learning
16:55 – 17:05 – Coffee Break
17:05 – 18:00 Quantum Annealing: Chairman Daniele Ottaviani
- University of Modena and Reggio Emilia/CNR – Rosa Di Felice – Materials science and chemistry applications on a D-Wave quantum annealer
- University of Trento – Davide Pastorello – Hybrid Quantum-Classical Algorithms for Solving Optimization Problems
- University of Bologna/CNR – Lorenzo Rocutto – Unsupervised Learning on a D-Wave AQC
18:00 – 18:05 Closing of the Workshop