Division/Committee: [PHYS: Division of Physical Chemistry]

This symposium is designed to stimulate provocative discussions on big questions at the interface between quantum information science and chemistry. From spin qubits to trapped ions, chemical principles such as bonding, reactivity, and symmetry play a critical role in building complexity and optimizing novel quantum systems. However, chemistry is a relatively new participant in the QIS field, owing to previous difficulties in combining molecular complexity with the necessity for clean state preparation and measurement. This symposium will bring in researchers who are working at this interface, with the aim to discuss paths which allow for routine design and discovery of new QIS compatible systems. We are particularly motivated by areas where QIS can be applied to probe chemical change, and areas where chemical intuition can be brought to optimize or add functionality to existing QIS systems.

Jacob Olshansky

Amherst College

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