Keynote Speaker
Building Quantum Systems at Universities
Kenneth R. Brown
Duke University | Michael J. Fitzpatrick Distinguished Professor of Engineering
KEY08 — Thursday, September 19, 2024 @ 17:00–18:30 Eastern Time (EST) — UTC-4
Biography
Kenneth Brown is the Michael J. Fitzpatrick Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Physics, and Chemistry at Duke University. He is the Director of the NSF Software-Tailored Architectures for Quantum codesign (STAQ) project. He currently represents the Division of Quantum Information on the American Physical Society Council. He is on the Editorial Board of PRX Quantum and IEEE BITS and is a Scientific Advisor for IonQ. His primary research interests are quantum control, quantum error correction, and ion-trap quantum systems.
Abstract
Quantum computers have improved dramatically as industry has pushed the capability of these devices in terms of both scale and quality. Continued improvement requires research at all levels of the stack from the physical control of qubits to the software-layer that executes programs. Quantum systems at universities enable scientists and engineers to optimize over all these levels and to test new frameworks for quantum system design. In this talk, I will discuss how varying levels of access to quantum computers at companies, national laboratories, and universities enable different kinds of research.