When: January 31, 2018 Time: 9:30 am - 3:30 pm including lunch
Where: Stanford Li Ka Shing Learning and Knowledge Center (LKSC room 130)
Agenda:
9:30 Welcome - Don Listwin, Founder, Canary Foundation
9:50 Introduction to Quantum Computing - Bo Ewald, President D-Wave International
10:45 Quantum Computation - Edward Dahl, Senior Research Scientist, D-Wave
11:30 Opportunities and Challenges in Quantum-enhanced Machine Learning - Alejandro Perdomo-Ortiz, Research Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center
12:15 Catered lunch
1:00 D-Wave Advanced Features - Richard Harris, Senior Scientist, D-Wave
1:45 Quantum Computing: All Hype or Huge Advance? - Mark Novotny, Department Head Department of Physics and Astronomy, Mississippi State University
2:15 Quantum Annealing Experiences and Motivation at Los Alamos National Laboratory - John Sarrao, Associate Director for Theory, Simulation, and Computation (AD-TSC) at Los Alamos National Laboratory
3:00 Q&A / Wrapup
Folllowed by Coffee/Dessert
