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2026 CalBay Quantum School – Schedule Overview

⏱ 08:30
Check in and Breakfast - 8:30 am
Morning session Chair: Monika Schleier-Smith
⏱ 09:00
Jelena Vuckovic — Semiconductor quantum systems
⏱ 09:45
Shimon Kolkowitz — Enhancing quantum sensors by applying concepts from quantum computation
⏱ 10:30
Coffee Break
⏱ 11:15
Alain Fauquex [UC Berkeley] — Superconducting Quasiparticle Amplifying Transmons (SQUATs) – Using Qubits as Particle Detectors
Anna Dardia [UCSB] — Quantum Simulation of Strong Field Ionization and Stabilization in Periodically Driven Ultracold Atom Traps
⏱ 12:00
Lunch Break
Afternoon session Chair: Shimon Kolkowitz
⏱ 13:00
Peter Hommelhoff — Free electron quantum optics based on accelerator-on-a-chip technology
⏱ 13:45
Florian Egli [MPQ] — Toward High-Precision XUV Spectroscopy of the 1S–2S transition in He+
Balázs Dura-Kovács [MPQ] — A dual-qubit array of single atomic species for error correction
⏱ 14:30
Coffee Break
⏱ 15:15
David Leibrandt
⏱ 16:00
Panel
Panel: Broad Applications of Quantum Hardware: Sensing, Networking, AI
Moderator: Jon Simon & Monika Schleier-Smith | Panelists: Shimon Kolkowitz, Peter Hommelhoff, Jelena Vuckovic, Yi-Zhuang You
⏱ 17:00
Happy Hour & Poster Session(California presenters)
⏱ 18:00
Happy Hour & Poster Session(California presenters)
⏱ 19:00
Buffet Dinner for attendees in Mackenzie room
⏱ 08:30
Breakfast - 8:30 am
Morning session Chair: Jonathan Simon
⏱ 09:00
Immanuel Bloch — Quantum simulation using atoms and molecules
⏱ 09:45
David Weld — Frontiers in quantum dynamics
⏱ 10:30
Coffee Break
⏱ 11:15
Julian Bösl [TUM] — Skeleton of isometric Tensor Networks
Marianna Crupi [MPQ] — Efficient Characterization of Coherent and Correlated Low-Degree Noise
⏱ 12:00
Lunch Break
Afternoon session Chair: Dan Stamper-Kurn
⏱ 13:00
Ben Lev — An Experimental Quantum-Optical Spin Glass: From Ultrametricity to Associative Memory
⏱ 13:45
Lucia Valor [TUM] — Cavity models of non-Abelian gauge theories
Chao Yin [Stanford] — Digital quantum algorithms meet spin squeezing
⏱ 14:30
Coffee Break
⏱ 15:15
Ignacio Cirac — Efficient preparation of many-body states
⏱ 16:00
Varian/PAB Lab Tours
⏱ 17:00
Varian/PAB Lab Tours
⏱ 18:00
Varian/PAB Lab Tours
⏱ 19:00
Dinner - self organized
⏱ 08:30
Breakfast - 8:30 am
Morning session Chair: Ehud Altman
⏱ 09:00
Pedram Roushan — Novel quantum dynamics with superconducting qubits
⏱ 09:45
Vedika Khemani - The physics of LDPC codes
⏱ 10:30
Coffee Break
⏱ 11:15
Xiangkai Sun [Caltech] — Experimental observation of conformal field theory spectra
Ludvik Cigna [LMU] — Locally Optimal Disentangling of Quantum States
⏱ 12:00
Lunch Break
Afternoon session Chair: David Weld
⏱ 13:00
Monika Aidelsburger — Probing Strongly Correlated Quantum Systems Out of Equilibrium with Large-Scale Neutral-Atom Quantum Simulators
⏱ 13:45
Harry Levine — Prospects for measuring atoms with squeezed light
⏱ 14:30
Coffee Break
⏱ 15:15
Frank Pollmann — Probing the Dynamics of Quantum Phases of Matter on Quantum Processors
⏱ 16:00
Panel
Panel: Frontiers in Quantum Simulation
Moderator: Dan Stamper-Kurn | Panelists: David Weld, Frank Pollmann, Monika Aidelsburger, Immanuel Bloch, Ignacio Cirac
⏱ 17:00
Happy Hour & Poster Session(Bavaria presenters)
⏱ 18:00
Happy Hour & Poster Session(Bavaria presenters)
⏱ 19:00
Dinner for faculty at Vina Enoteca
⏱ 08:30
Breakfast - 8:30 am
Morning session Chair: Vedika Khemani
⏱ 09:00
Ehud Altman
⏱ 09:45
Robert Huang — Processing massive classical data on small quantum computers
⏱ 10:30
Coffee Break
⏱ 11:15
Yuzhen Zhang [UCSB] — Non-Abelian anyons are extremely magical
Haimeng Zhao [Caltech] — Learning to erase quantum states: thermodynamic implications of quantum learning theory
⏱ 12:00
Lunch Break
Afternoon session Chair: Manuel Endres
⏱ 13:00
Johannes Zeiher — Quantum computing with strontium arrays
⏱ 13:45
Matt Norcia — Techniques for deep logical circuits with many neutral-atom qubits
⏱ 14:30
Coffee Break
⏱ 15:15
Florian Marquardt — Machine Learning for better Quantum Computers
⏱ 16:00
Spilker Lab Tours
⏱ 17:00
Spilker Lab Tours
⏱ 18:00
Spilker Lab Tours
⏱ 19:00
Dinner - self organized
⏱ 08:30
Breakfast - 8:30 am
⏱ 09:00
Panel
9-10 am Panel: Quantum Computing Careers: from Academia to Industry
Moderator: Dave Schuster | Panelists: Manuel Endres, Matt Norcia, Johannes Zeiher, Pedram Roushan, Jeongwan Haah
⏱ 09:45
Travel
Bus to Berkeley: 10:30 AM
⏱ 12:00
Lunch Break
⏱ 12:30
Berkeley Lab Tours
⏱ 13:45
Berkeley Lab Tours
⏱ 14:30
Coffee Break
⏱ 15:15
Berkeley Lab Tours
⏱ 16:00
Berkeley Lab Tours
⏱ 17:00
Berkeley Lab Tours
⏱ 17:30
Dinner Buffet
⏱ 19:00
Bus back to Stanford