Conference Description
After decades of experimental and theoretical efforts, the field of quantum science is now at an important junction: quantum simulators and computers are beginning to reach a scale where simulation by classical devices becomes impossible, and quantum metrology and communication is being considered for applications in a broad range of fields. There is tremendous activity and progress in this field, but important questions remain: How can quantum devices be scaled up? And what can they be used for? The conference will explore the cutting edge developments at this exciting frontier of modern science.
The 2022 Gordon Research Conference in quantum science will bring together a group of students, postdocs and senior scientists, all working at the frontier of quantum science to report and discuss ground-breaking experimental and theoretical advances. The main focus will be on devices based on AMO platforms, but also include condensed matter platforms such as superconducting circuits. The meeting will cover new developments in quantum simulation, quantum information, and quantum sensing. It will explore connections between entanglement, thermalization and decoherence with corresponding implications in quantum information AMO and CM physics, and gravitational physics. The conference will also review recent developments in the understanding of emergent universal properties of non-equilibrium dynamics of many-body systems across a broad range of fields from quantum simulators to ultrafast experiments in solids to high energy physics.
To encourage the participation of junior scientists, a Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) for students and postdocs will be held just before the GRC.
The topics, speakers, and discussion leaders for the conference sessions are displayed below. The conference chair is currently developing their detailed program, which will include the complete meeting schedule, as well as the talk titles for all speakers. The detailed program will be available by March 26, 2022. Please check back for updates.
Quantum Simulation
Discussion Leaders
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Ana Maria Rey (University of Colorado Boulder, USA)
Speakers
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Monika Aidelsburger (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany)
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Fabian Grusdt (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany)
Progress in Quantum Computing and Algorithms
Discussion Leaders
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Mikhail Lukin (Harvard University, USA)
Speakers
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Andrew Houck (Princeton University, USA)
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Matthias Troyer (Microsoft, USA)
Non-Equilibrium Quantum Matter
Discussion Leaders
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Monika Aidelsburger (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany)
Speakers
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Richard Averitt (University of California, San Diego, USA)
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Waseem Bakr (Princeton University, USA)
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Ana Maria Rey (University of Colorado Boulder, USA)
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Julian Léonard (Harvard University, USA)
From Quantum Simulation to Quantum Computing
Discussion Leaders
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Eun-Ah Kim (Cornell University, USA)
Speakers
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Rainer Blatt (University of Innsbruck, Austria)
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Dries Sels (New York University, USA)
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Mikhail Lukin (Harvard University, USA)
Quantum Metrology and Sensing
Discussion Leaders
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Susanne Yelin (Harvard University, USA)
Speakers
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Ania Bleszynski-Jayich (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
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Holger Mueller (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
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Vladan Vuletic (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
Late-Breaking Topics
Discussion Leaders
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Andrew Houck (Princeton University, USA)
Speakers
Quantum Matter
Discussion Leaders
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Andrea Cavalleri (Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Germany)
Speakers
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Amir Yacoby (Harvard University, USA)
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Andrea Young (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
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Sankar Das Sarma (University of Maryland, USA)
Light-Matter Interactions and Many-Body Quantum Optics
Discussion Leaders
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Jonathan Simon (University of Chicago, USA)
Speakers
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Andrea Cavalleri (Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Germany)
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Angel Rubio (Flatiron Institute, Simons Foundation, USA)
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Ephraim Shahmoon (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
Connection Between Quantum Science and Other Fields
Discussion Leaders
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Vladan Vuletic (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
Speakers
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Eun-Ah Kim (Cornell University, USA)
