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Events During the Week of May 24th through May 31st, 2020
Monday, May 25th, 2020
- No events scheduled
Tuesday, May 26th, 2020
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute
- Quantum Employer Spotlight: Atom Computing
- Time: 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
- Place: RSVP here for the virtual event:
- Speaker: TBA
- Abstract: More info about the event will be posted here when available, or visit the event's main website at
Wednesday, May 27th, 2020
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute
- CQE Research Briefing — Learning to Optimize Variational Quantum Circuits to Solve Combinatorial Problems
- Time: 11:00 am - 11:30 am
- Place: Join Virtually:
- Speaker: Yuri Alexeev, Argonne National Laboratory
- Abstract: Citation: Learning to Optimize Variational Quantum Circuits to Solve Combinatorial Problems. S. Khairy, R. Shaydulin, L. Cincio, Y. Alexeev, P. Balaprakash. To appear in the proceedings of the Thirty-Fourth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
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More upcoming CQE Research Briefings are coming soon. If you are interested in presenting future Briefings, please contact quantum@uchicago.edu. - Department Meeting
- Time: 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
- Place: Virtual - coordinates to be sent soon
- Speaker: Sridhara Dasu, UW-Madison
- Host: Sridhara Dasu, Department Chair
Thursday, May 28th, 2020
- Thesis Defense
- Continuous-Wave Optical Modulation via Stimulated Raman Scattering
- Time: 1:00 pm
- Place: Virtual
- Speaker: David Gold, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Abstract:
- Host: Deniz Yavuz (Advisor)
- Department Coffee Hour
- Time: 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- Place: Virtual
- Abstract: Join us weekly for an informal virtual coffee hour! Catch up with others in the department, tell us how things are going, and impress everyone with your Zoom background skills.
Link: - Host: Department
Friday, May 29th, 2020
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute
- Quantum Employer Spotlight: IBM
- Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
- Place: RSVP here for the virtual event:
- Speaker: TBA, IBM
- Abstract: More info about the event will be posted here when available, or visit the event's main website at