Engage with Microsoft at IEEE Quantum Week 2024

At IEEE Quantum Week 2024, we’re interested in meeting with you and will be sharing some of the latest developments in quantum and AI, with applications to help accelerate the scientific discovery process.  

Where: Palais des Congrès, Montréal, Québec, Canada

When: September 15-20, 2024

We invite you to engage with us at IEEE Quantum Week:

• Microsoft Booth #306 and demo showcase: We’re excited to meet with you to discuss the latest developments in quantum computing and AI, to share examples of how our work has been impacting research and development in organizations across the world.  Stop by and meet with the team, and learn more about what Microsoft is doing via our examples of applications and interactive demos.
• Schedule a meeting: We’re interested in learning more about how we can help you. Fill out the IEEE Quantum Week meeting request form to connect with the team in Montréal.

Join us at a number of informative and engaging sessions at IEEE Quantum Week:

Keynote: “Hope vs Hype: Quantum, AI, and the Path to Commercial Advantage” -

When: Tuesday, September 17, 2024, 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Where: Room 517A

Speaker: Dr. Matthias Troyer

The promise of quantum is real, and we are beginning to see where this technology can have the greatest impact. Decades of quantum research and development point to one primary class of practical application for quantum computing next to cryptanalysis: the simulation of quantum systems, especially for chemistry and materials science. As we continue to improve the fidelity and scale of quantum machines, we will first be able to unlock scientific quantum advantage, solving a growing class of scientifically interesting and classically intractable problems. As we scale to quantum supercomputers, we will be able to achieve commercial quantum advantage and solve the world’s most pressing challenges through quantum-enabled advances in chemistry, biochemistry, and materials science . Yet scaled quantum systems won’t exist in isolation but will operate alongside AI and classical supercomputing. At Microsoft, we are today engineering these hybrid classical-quantum supercomputing systems with Azure Quantum Elements with the goal of accelerating scientific discovery. Join us to learn more about the promising applications for quantum computing, our latest achievements, and our path to scale.

Tutorial: “Using programming exercises with immediate feedback for learning and teaching quantum computing”

When:  Sunday, September 15, 2024, 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Where:  Room 524A

Speaker:  Mariia Mykhailova

Tutorial: “Using Copilot in Scientific Research and Development Workflows” -

When: Monday, September 16, 2024, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m., and 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Where: room 520F

Speakers: Mariia Mykhailova, Alexander Chocron, Dr. Alexis Mills

Panel: “How Microsoft and Quantinuum built on decades of research to achieve the most reliable logical qubits on record” -

When: Tuesday, September 17, 2024, 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Where: room 517D

Speakers: Dr. David Hayes (Quantinuum), Dr. Josh Savory (Quantinuum), Dr. Matthias Troyer (Microsoft), Matt Zanner (Microsoft)

Quantum Exhibit Theater Session: “Expanding AI and next generation simulation tools to accelerate scientific discovery”

When: Tuesday, September 17, 2024, 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Where: Exhibition Hall Rom 220C

Speaker: Dr. Alexis Mills

Technical Paper: “Analytical Performance Estimations for Quantum Repeater Network Scenarios”

When: Tuesday, September 17, 2024, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Speakers: Allen Zang (University of Chicago), Joaquin Chung (Argonne National Laboratory), Rajkumar Kettimuthu (Argonne National Laboratory), Martin Suchara (Microsoft Corporation), Tian Zhong (University of Chicago)

Tutorial: “Using Azure Quantum Development Kit for Quantum Algorithm Development and Resource Estimation”

When: Wednesday, September 18, 2024, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Where: Room 523AB

Speaker: Mariia Mykhailova

Workshop: “Quantum Resource Estimation”

When: Thursday, September 19, 2024, 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m., 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Where: Room 522AB

Speaker: Mariia Mykhailova

Workshop: “Academic & Professional Training in Quantum Computing: The Important Open-source” 

When: Friday, September 20, 2024, 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Speaker: Mariia Mykhailova

Panel: “What does 'Break-Even' Mean?” 

When: Friday, September 20, 2024, 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Speakers: Adam Paetznick (Microsoft), Shival Dasu (Quantinuum), Elijah Durso-Sabina (Quantinuum), David Hayes (Quantinuum), Michael Newman (Google), Andrew Cross (IBM Quantum), Thomas Bohdanowicz {Atom Computing)

Panel: “Panel Discussion in the Workshop on Quantum Network Simulations”

When: Monday, September 16, 2024, 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Where: room 521AB

Speakers: Guus Avis (NetSquid, UMass Amherst), Julia Kunzelmann (ReQuSim, Uni. Düsseldorf), Martin Suchara (Microsoft Corporation)

Join us at the Microsoft reception

Wednesday, September 18, 2024, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Marquee and Terrace Rooms (rooftop), Palais de Congres

We invite you to meet with the Microsoft team at this informal reception; additional information will be available at the Microsoft sessions, and we hope to see you there!

Connect with Microsoft

Our Azure Quantum team is excited to connect with the IEEE community from September 15-20 in Montréal. To connect with Microsoft at IEEE Quantum Week or outside of the event:

Register for the upcoming Quantum Innovator Series webinar

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