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2022 IEEE QSW Keynote: Koen Bertels

Time: TBA - CET time (Barcelona)

Quantum Programming for the Full Stack Architecture - The PISQ Vision

Bertels' current scientific research focuses on quantum computing and more specifically on the definition and implementation of a scalable quantum computer system for any scientific and operational field. He is currently building a new team to continue working on all layers of the full stack which has been his work from the first day working on quantum computing. Important to emphasise is that he uses almost exclusively perfect qubits, which has no decoherence and no errors in the quantum gates performed on the qubits. Perfect qubit is an older, theoretical concept, but it allows to think about the algorithmic solutions one wants to study in any field without having to worry about returning to the ground state and all kinds of errors in the quantum calculation. He calls this the PISQ-approach, where PISQ stands for Perfect (qubits) Intermediate Scale Quantum computing. This is complementary to the NISQ-approach where the emphasis is on all the physics-based challenges and that is what the word Noisy represents. Being active in the Quantum Computing field for about 10 years, his team initially developed all the layers in a quantum computer. The PISQ-approach is relatively young, but they are focusing now mostly on the application layers, in close collaboration with industrial partners.

Bio: Koen Bertels was full professor at Delft University of Technology but left it to work more on the quantum applications side. He is now part time professor in Porto and visiting professor at the university of Leuven and the university of Ghent. He also works with IMEC to build a Quantum accelerator that contains all the layers of the full stack vision. He currently emphasises research in the quantum chemistry and Pharma world.