Quantum computers open a new paradigm for potentially exponential improvement in computational speed for certain tasks when compared to classical computers. Noisy intermediate scale quantum (NISQ) computers are already available, and larger and noiseless quantum computers are expected within the next 10 years. This has sparked a large interest for quantum computing applications for condensed matter physics. The field of quantum physics calculations on quantum computers (QC) is less than 15 years old, yet it has experienced explosive growth in the last couple of years with thousands of new publications a year. This mini-colloquium will bring together experts from the quantum computing community with experts in condensed matter to give an overview of the field and of current developments, and to generate ideas for further quantum computing applications within condensed matter physics. The event is co-organised with EPSRC funded Computational Collaborative Project on Quantum Computing[1] and co-sponsored by Computational Collaborative Project No 5[2], No 9[3], National Quantum Computing Centre[4] and CECAM[5] (Centre Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculaire) UK Daresbury node[5].

Invited talks:

●      Quantum computing: prospects and challenges, Prof Viv Kendon, University of Strathclyde, UK

●      Practical error mitigation by verification, Dr Tom O’Brien, Google, Switzerland

●      Molecular Quantum Circuit Design, Dr Jakob Kottmann, Freie University Berlin, Germany

●      The Hubbard model – Open Questions, Prof Emanuel Gull, University of Michigan, USA

●      Quantum Computing for Chemistry and Materials Science: Outlook and Opportunities, Dr. Phalgun Lolur, National Quantum Computing Centre, UK

Contributed talks:

●      Noise-resilient time crystals in quantum computers, Dr Max Mcginley, Oxford University, UK

●      Time evolution on NISQ Hardware, a Matrix Product State Approach, Kieran Bull, University Of Leeds

●      Panel discussion

Sponsors:

[1]        https://ccp-qc.ac.uk

[2]        https://ccp5.ac.uk

[3]        https://ccp9.ac.uk

[4]        https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/

[5]        https://www.cecam.org