BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:UW-Madison-Physics-Events BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 UID:UW-Physics-Event-9564 DTSTART:20260129T213000Z DTEND:20260129T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260413T102620Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260120T220428Z LOCATION:Morgridge Hall\, 7th floor Seminar Room SUMMARY:Oh\, the Places Quantum Will Go!: Toward useful quantum simula tion in chemistry and materials\, Wisconsin Quantum Institute Colloqui um\, Matthew Otten\, University of Wisconsin-Madison DESCRIPTION:

Chemistry and materials challenges such as corrosion\, catalysis\, and transition metal reactivity often come down to accurat ely solving strongly correlated electrons\, which can exceed the pract ical limits of today’s best computers. Quantum computers promise a n ew route: represent and evolve many body quantum states directly on qu antum hardware. A central question is when and for which problems this becomes useful\, especially on early fault tolerant (error corrected) machines where resources remain limited. \n \nThis talk gives an appl ication-driven\, end to end view of useful quantum simulation. I will describe how full stack resource estimation connects scientific target s to quantum algorithms and fault tolerant implementation\, and how cr oss layer choices can dramatically change feasibility for realistic ch emistry and materials problems. I will also emphasize the role of stat e of the art classical baselines in validating results\, defining cred ible success criteria\, and providing structured starting points that can reduce quantum overhead. The takeaway is a practical roadmap for i dentifying early targets and making claims of competitiveness testable . \n

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This event starts at 3:30pm with refreshments\, followed at 3:45pm by a short presentation by Jihyeon Park (Otten group) title d "'CANOE: Classically Assisted Non-Orthogonal Eigensolver". The invit ed presentation starts at 4pm.

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