International Workshop on Quantum Annealing and its Applications in Science and Industry (QuAASI’16)

Workshop, 26-28 July 2016, Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany

Start
26th July 2016 07:00 AM
End
28th July 2016 16:00 PM
Location
Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Rotunda, building 16.4, Room 301
Graphic for Workshop QuAASI'16


Invitation poster for the QUAASI'16 workshop
(PDF, 517 kB)

Description

Quantum annealing is a technique, inspired by the classical simulated annealing techniques based on temperature fluctuations, for finding the global minimum of a function by a process using quantum fluctuations. It is mainly used for optimization problems having a discrete search space with many local minima. Many challenging optimization problems of this kind play a role in scientific research and in industrial applications.

D-Wave is the first company that has commercialized quantum annealers. Their quantum annealer is a programmable artificial spin system manufactured as an integrated circuit of superconducting qubits that performs quantum annealing. The latest D-Wave system, D-Wave 2X, is a 1000-qubit quantum annealer.

Although discussions about whether the D-Wave machines outperform classical optimizers are continuing, it is clear that the availability of operational hardware allows exploring the potential of quantum annealing for a range of real-world applications as of today.

This two-day workshop will provide participants the opportunity to discuss the potential of quantum annealing for pure scientific and more applied purposes. The workshop is followed by a D-Wave Exploration Day which will allow a limited number of selected participants to get a feeling on how to use a quantum annealer for computation.

The talks, given by invited speakers only, will cover topics including the history of quantum annealing, adiabatic quantum computation, quantum annealing algorithms for optimization problems in science and industry, and D-Wave’s quantum annealing architecture.

Organizers

Prof. Dr. Kristel Michielsen (chair)
Prof. Dr. Thomas Lippert
Jülich Supercomputing Centre
Forschungszentrum Jülich

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Marquardt
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Forschungszentrum Jülich

The workshop is supported by Jülich Supercomputing Centre at Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany.

Invited Speakers

Steven Adachi (Lockheed Martin)
Denny Dahl (D-Wave Systems Inc.)
Bo Ewald (D-Wave Systems Inc.)
Mark Johnson (D-Wave Systems Inc.)
Daniel Lidar (University of Southern California)
Guglielmo Mazzola (ETH Zürich)
Kristel Michielsen (Forschungszentrum Jülich)
Daryl Nazareth (Roswell Park Cancer Institute)
Mark Novotny (Mississippi State University)
Federico Spedalieri (University of Southern California)
Tobias Stollenwerk (German Aerospace Center Köln)
Davide Venturelli (NASA-Ames Research Center)

Participants

 List of Participants (QuAASI'16) (PDF, 65 kB)

Participants of the International Workshop on Quantum Annealing and its Applications in Science and Industry (QuAASI’16)

Programme

We will not allow non-registered persons to participate in the workshop because we reached the maximum capacity of the conference room.

 Final Programme of the Workshop QuAASI'16 (PDF, 99 kB)
(as of 25 July 2016)

Tuesday, 26 July 2016 (Workshop)

Time

Topic

09:00-09:30

Registration / Coffee

09:30-10:00

Opening
Wolfgang Marquardt, Forschungszentrum Jülich
Research at Forschungszentrum Jülich in the Era of Digitalisation (PDF, 3 MB)

10:00-11:00

Bo Ewald, D-Wave International, Inc.:
An Introduction to Quantum Computing, D-Wave Style (PDF, 7 MB)

11:00-11:30

Coffee Break

11:30-12:30

Kristel Michielsen, Forschungszentrum Jülich
Solving hard 2-SAT problems on a D-Wave Two system (PDF, 1 MB)

12:30-14:00

Group Photo / Lunch

14:00-15:00

Davide Venturelli, USRA - Quantum AI Laboratory NASA Ames
Solving Planning and Scheduling Problems with Quantum Annealers: Status and Challenges (PDF, 8 MB)

15:00-16:00

Guglielmo Mazzola, ETH Zürich
Simulating Quantum Annealing with Quantum Monte Carlo (PDF, 6 MB)

16:00-16:30

Coffee Break

16:30-17:30

Tobias Stollenwerk, German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Quantum Annealing for Air Traffic Management

17:30-18:30

Mark Novotny, Mississippi State University
Explorations on Quantum Annealers: Past, Present, and Future (PDF, 10 MB

18:30-20:00

Reception


Wednesday, 27 July 2016 (Workshop)

Time

Topic

09:00-10:00

Randall Correll, QC Ware Corp.
QA for the Enterprise: Platform and Applications (PDF, 2 MB)

10:00-11:00

Daryl Nazareth, Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Quantum Annealing Applied to Optimization Problems in Radiation Medicine (PDF, 2 MB)

11:00-11:30

Coffee Break

11:30-12:30

Steve Adachi, Lockheed Martin
Near-Term Applications of Quantum Annealing (PDF, 3 MB)

12:30-14:00

Lunch

14:00-15:00

Federico Spedalieri, University of Southern California
Overcoming limitations of quantum annealers (PDF, 8 MB)

15:00-16:00

Closing
Coffee Break

16:00-17:00

Preparation for D-Wave Exploration Day*
Mark Johnson, D-Wave Systems, Inc.
Next Generation Quantum Annealing Processors

17:00-17:15

Coffee Break

17:15-18:30

Denny Dahl, D-Wave Systems, Inc.
An Insight into Quantum Computing Programming

18:30

Dinner


Thursday, 28 July 2016 (D-Wave Exploration Day)*

* Participation in the D-Wave Exploration Day is reserved for invited speakers, invited and selected participants

Time

Topic

09:00-11:00

Mark Johnson, D-Wave Systems, Inc.
D-Wave 2X Hardware Characteristics

11:00-11:30

Coffee Break

11:30-12:30

Denny Dahl, D-Wave Systems, Inc.
D-Wave 2X Introduction to Programming / Visualization Tools

12:30-14:00

Lunch

14:00-16:00

Denny Dahl, D-Wave Systems, Inc.
D-Wave 2X Software Programming Exercise 1: Embedding

16:00-16:30

Coffee Break

16:30-17:30

Denny Dahl, D-Wave Systems, Inc.
D-Wave 2X Software Programming Exercise 2: Solver API (SAPI)

17:30

Closing

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