Conference: ICMS: Topological Quantum Computing

会议：ICMS：拓扑量子计算

• 批准号: 2327208
• 负责人: Eric Rowell
• 金额: $ 3.6万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-15 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2327208&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; ICMS; Topological; Quantum; Computing

Quantum computation has been a major area of research for several decades now, with researchers from many scientific fields across academia, industry and government working together towards the development of quantum technologies. If a powerful quantum computer can be built it will fundamentally transform the landscape of information science and technology. While errors due to the delicate nature of typical quantum states have mitigated progress, topological quantum computation (TQC) is an approach that could overcome this issue. This is by utilizing materials in which information can be "knotted," like a quantum quipu, making them naturally robust against the most common errors. After several years of the relevant research groups working separately, the time is right to bring together a diverse group of physicists and mathematicians with the goal of re-examining the field and exploring new platforms for topological quantum computation. This grant supports the participation of US-based researchers in a workshop to be held in the UK to achieve this goal, foster new collaborations between researchers in the US, the UK, and the rest of the world, and broaden the participation of junior researchers and members of groups historically under-represented in this area. This workshop will bring together researchers in a diversity of fields in and around TQC for the purpose of broadening and deepening the subject, with an eye towards accelerating the realization of scalable technology.The hurdle of scalable fault-tolerance is insurmountable with the current incremental progress -- while it is possible to engineer systems supporting hundreds of physical qubits, applications beyond mere proof of principle require millions of qubits to implement robust error correction. Topological quantum computation relies upon the preparation of topological phases of matter supporting non-abelian anyons to perform inherently fault-tolerant operations. As errors are corrected at the hardware level through the topological nature of anyons, the problem of scalability is simultaneously overcome. On the other hand, despite years of effort we still do not have unassailable confirmation that non-abelian anyons exist. We will explore new directions beyond the traditional anyon community, embracing relevant topics such as quantum cellular automata, fractons, categorical symmetries and motion groups in 3-dimensions. A website for this event is available at: https://www.icms.org.uk/TopologicalQuantumComputation.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

几十年来，量子计算一直是研究的主要领域，来自学术界，工业和政府许多科学领域的研究人员共同努力开发量子技术。如果可以构建强大的量子计算机，它将从根本上改变信息科学和技术的景观。尽管由于典型量子状态的微妙性质引起的错误已经减轻了进展，但拓扑量子计算（TQC）是一种可以克服此问题的方法。这是通过利用可以“打结”的材料，就像量子quipu一样，使其自然而然地在最常见的错误上。经过几年的相关研究小组的分别工作，现在是时候将一组各种各样的物理学家和数学家组合在一起，以重新验证该领域并探索用于拓扑量子计算的新平台。这项赠款支持美国研究人员在英国举行的研讨会的参与，以实现这一目标，促进美国，英国和世界其他地区的研究人员之间的新合作，并扩大了初级研究人员和在这一领域历史上缺乏人数不足的群体的参与。该研讨会将使TQC及其周围各种领域的研究人员聚集在一起，目的是扩大和加深主题，以加速可扩展技术的实现。可伸缩性耐受性的障碍是在当前的增量进步的不可稳定性的障碍 - 在支持数百次实施的Quarl Irlive Quartipe Quartipe formiptile Quripect的范围内是否可以逐步实施。拓扑量子计算依赖于支持非亚伯亚人的物质的拓扑阶段来进行固有的耐断层操作。由于Anyons的拓扑性质在硬件层面上纠正了错误，因此可以同时克服可伸缩性问题。另一方面，尽管付出了多年的努力，但我们仍然无法确认存在非亚洲人。我们将探索传统的Anyon社区以外的新方向，其中包含相关主题，例如3维中的量子蜂窝自动机，分形，分类对称组和运动组。该活动的网站可在以下网站上获得：https：//www.icms.org.uk/topologicalquantumcomputation.topogicalquantumcomputation.this Award反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的智力优点和更广泛影响的审查标准通过评估来获得支持的。