Itay Hen, University of Southern California, Future of Analog Quantum Computing: Hopes and Hinderances

Speaker

Itay Hen
Research Lead
Information Science Institute
University of Southern California

Bio

Itay Hen is a Research Lead at USC’s Information Sciences Institute with an adjunct appointment as a research assistant professor in the USC department of Physics and Astronomy. Dr. Hen received his Ph.D. in particle physics at Tel-Aviv University in 2009. He was appointed a post-doctoral fellow in theoretical condensed matter at Georgetown University in 2008, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in theoretical condensed matter and quantum computing at UC Santa Cruz in 2012. Before joining USC, Dr. Hen spent a year as a senior scientist in the Intelligent Systems Division at NASA Ames Research Center, as a senior research scientist in the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.

Abstract

It is unclear whether even ideal analog quantum machines can perform computational tasks faster than their classical counterparts. I will discuss the results of several recent studies that suggest the existence of several fundamental limiting factors to physical analog quantum devices. I will also discuss a couple of potentially promising directions.