Paraty, Rio de Janeiro - Brasil | School: 7-11 August 2023 / Workshop: 14-18 August 2023

Speakers

Glaucia Murta

Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

Security proofs on quantum key distribution

Gláucia Murta is a postdoc at the Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf and Principal Investigator in the cluster of excellence Matter and Light for Quantum Computing – ML4Q. Before that, she worked as a researcher in QuTech-TUDelft in the Netherlands. Gláucia obtained her PhD from UFMG (2016) with a research stay abroad (doutorado sanduíche) in the Quantum Information Center in Gdańsk (KCIK) in Poland. Her research is focused on understanding how the properties of quantum systems can be used to design new and better protocols for cryptographic tasks. Gláucia attended Quantum Paraty as a student in the editions of 2011, 2013 and 2015. She is looking forward to lecture at this year’s school.

Nadja Bernardes

Pernambuco Federal University

Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, detection and application

Nadja Bernardes is professor of Physics at the Federal University of Pernambuco, with research focusing on quantum information theory, specially open quantum systems dynamics and non-Markovian dynamics. Nadja is a member of the Ethics Committee of the Brazilian Physical Society and is committed to creating a more inclusive environment for scientists and advocating for equal opportunities and representation. She attended Quantum Paraty as a student in the edition of 2007, as a researcher in the editions of 2013 and 2015, and as part of the organizing committee in 2017 and 2019. She is looking forward to creating a dynamic with memories with you!

Stephen Walborn & Esteban Sepulveda

Universidad de Concepción

Quantum information with next generation fiber optics

Stephen Walborn is currently a professor of physics at the University of Concepción, Chile, and part of the Millennium Institute for Research in Optics (MIRO). He was previously a member of the Physics Institute at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. His research has focused on experimental and theoretical quantum optics/information with an emphasis on entangled photons. He has been to all but one Paraty school/workshop, having co-organized the event in 2007 and 2009. He is looking forward to the boat trip!

Fernando Brandão

Amazon Web Services, Caltech

Quantum error correction with superconducting qubits

Fernando Brandão is Director of Quantum Applications at AWS and the Bren Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech. He was awarded his BS (2004) and MS (2005) from UFMG and his PhD from Imperial College (2008), and has had positions at Imperial College, UFMG, ETH, UCL and Microsoft, before joining Caltech in 2016. Fernando has contributed to multiple areas of quantum information and computation, including entanglement theory, quantum algorithms and quantum error correction. He was awarded the 2020 Landauer and Bennett Award in Quantum Computing from the American Physical Society. He’s looking forward to coming to Paraty for the 3rd time to discuss quantum computing!

Richard Kueng

Johannes Kepler University Linz

The randomized measurement toolbox

Richard Kueng pursued his undergrad studies from 2007 to 2012 at ETH Zürich, Switzerland and completed his PhD in 2016 in Cologne (supervisor: David Gross). After brief postdoc appointments in Cologne and Berlin (Free University), he joined the California Institute of Technology. In 2020, Richard Kueng returned “home” to Linz and is currently associate professor (tenured) at the Department of Computer Science at the Johannes Kepler University Linz. Richard Kueng pursues an interdisciplinary research agenda at the interface between computer science, physics and applied math. Broadly speaking, he aspires to develop efficient and simple solutions for important algorithmic challenges that also come with rigorous performance guarantees. Together with Hsin-Yuan Huang and John Preskill (both at Caltech), Richard Kueng developed the classical shadow formalism – an efficient quantum-to-classical conversion procedure that has made a lasting impact on quantum computing technologies.