Mathematical and Computational Challenges in Quantum Computing Reunion Conference
UCLA Lake Arrowhead Lodge, U.S.A.

June 9-13, 2025

Monday, June 9
9:00-9:40 Lin Lin Rapid quantum ground state preparation via dissipative dynamics
10:00-10:20 Joao Basso Optimizing random local Hamiltonians by dissipation
10:30-10:50 Ke Wang Non-Markovian Open Quantum Systems Dynamics and Noise Mitigation
11:00-11:20 Ruizhe Zhang Recent Progress in Post-Kitaev Quantum Phase Estimation
14:00-14:20 Katerina Gratsea Quantum Resource Estimations for future quantum hardware
14:30-14:50 Wendy Billings Molecular electronic structure on early fault-tolerant quantum computers with QMEGS
15:00-15:20 Michael Jones Hamiltonian-moments-based ground-state-energy estimation
Tuesday, June 10
9:00-9:40 Di Fang Time-dependent Hamiltonian Simulation: Quantum Algorithm and Superconvergence
10:00-10:20 Andrew Baczewski Quantum simulation of materials in extreme conditions
10:30-10:50 Marius Junge Lipschitz complexity and simulation of open quantum systems
11:10-11:30 Diyi Liu Early Fault-Tolerant Block Encoding with Low Clifford+T Count\\ for Second Quantized Hamiltonian
Wednesday, June 11
9:00-9:40 Yasuyuki Kawahigashi Tensor networks, two-dimensional topological order and operator algebras
10:00-10:20 Brandon Barton Interpretable Scaling Behavior in Sparse Subnetwork Representations of Quantum States
10:30-10:50 Rahul Sarkar Inverse nonlinear fast Fourier transform on SU(2) with applications to quantum signal processing
11:00-11:20 Maria Boada Challenges in open quantum systems: Superconductivity
Thursday, June 12
9:00-9:40 Jiaqi Leng Operator-Level Quantum Acceleration of Non-Logconcave Sampling
10:00-10:20 Ojas Parekh (Where are) Quantum Advantages for Discrete Optimization (hiding?)
10:30-10:50 Jose Morales Escalante Quantum Algorithms for Stochastic Gradient Descent based on the Wigner formulation of Open Quantum Systems
11:00-11:20 Lucas Tecot Provably Robust Training of Quantum Circuit Classifiers Against Parameter Noise
14:00-14:20 Ahmad Majed Alkadri-Arafa
14:30-14:50 Shuchen Zhu
15:00-15:20 Soo-Jong Rey Learning Quantum Hamiltonian without Wave Function and Time Evolution
15:30-15:50 Spencer Lee Quantum Optimal Control: How It's Done and Why You Should Use My Software
Friday, June 13
9:00-11:00 Wrap-up discussion