2. Frontiers of Physics short distance long distance complexity
Higgs boson
Neutrino masses
Supersymmetry
Quantum gravity
String theory
Large scale structure
Cosmic microwave background
Dark matter
Dark energy
Gravitational waves
“More is different”
Many-body entanglement
Phases of quantum matter
Quantum computing
Quantum spacetime

3. Classical systems cannot simulate quantum systems efficiently
(widely believed but unproven)

4. ???
Quantum Supremacy!

5. (Maybe. We don’t actually know for sure.)
particle collision
molecular chemistry
entangled electrons
A quantum computer can simulate efficiently any physical process that occurs in Nature.
(Maybe. We don’t actually know for sure.)
superconductor
black hole
early universe

6. 22 Professorial Faculty, Two Divisions
PMA Division
Physics: 15
9 theorists, 7 experimentalists
(Total Physics Professorial Faculty: 40)
EAS Division
Applied Physics: 5 experimentalists
Computer Science: 2 theorists

7. entanglement frontier!
Challenging the
entanglement frontier!
Quantum Information
Quantum Matter
Surface-spin
Quantum Optics
Mechanical Quantum Systems
1 atom

8. Quantum Information
Fernando Brandão
Xie Chen
Alexei Kitaev
John Preskill
Thomas Vidick
(Computer Science)
(+ Leonard Schulman in CS, and the other CMP theorists).
-- Interface of quantum physics with computer science and information theory.
-- Quantum algorithms and complexity.
-- Quantum error correction and fault tolerance.
-- Quantum cryptography, quantum games, …
-- Quantum hardware.
-- Entanglement and dynamics in quantum many-body physics.
-- Quantum gravity and quantum field theory.
Algorithms for 1D physics
Holographic quantum codes

14. Quantum chaos and holography Joe Iverson Quantum error correction
Matt Fishman
Tensor networks
Nick Hunter-Jones
Quantum chaos and holography
Joe Iverson
Quantum error correction
Anna Komar
Quantum memory
Alex Kubica
Quantum error correction
Jenia Mozgunov
Many-body quantum dynamics
Eugene Tang
Quantum geometry
Nicole Yunger Halpern
Quantum thermodynamics

15. Annenberg
Watson
Steele
Bridge
Sloan
Downs
Cahill

16. Annenberg Center

17. Quantum Information For more information … Meet QI group members:
Annenberg 204
Tuesday, 1:30—3:30 pm
Our website:
iqim.caltech.edu
Our blog:
quantumfrontiers.com

18. Annual IQIM Weekend Retreat
Research discussions, informal interactions, recreation, …