Colloquium
Quantum circuits, and the future of quantum technology in the cloud
Speaker: Jay M. Gambetta (IBM Fellow and VP of Quantum Computing, IBM Quantum)
Since 2016 when the first quantum processor was launched in the cloud by IBM for public use, open-source quantum computing software platforms have been proliferating. As we transition our focus from building a quantum processor to building a full-stack quantum system with emphasis on expanding computational capability, the role of quantum software developers becomes more prominent than before. With this vision, we launched Qiskit in 2017 an open-source quantum software development kit, to invite software developers to the quantum computing community. In this talk, I present how quantum software developers can help to advance quantum computing. Starting with basics of quantum computing, I will go over how to program a quantum computer with quantum circuits, the basic computational routine that maps quantum algorithms to a set of instructions to execute in a quantum system. I will explain what different types of circuits we can utilize, how we can optimize quantum circuits with compilers, and will overview the IBM Quantum hardware roadmap. At the end of the talk, I will discuss the future directions for the quantum software where we exploit both quantum and classical resources together to maximize the quality, capacity, and variety of quantum computing.
He was named as an IBM Fellow in 2018 for his scientific work on superconducting qubits, quantum validation techniques, implementation of quantum codes, improved gates and coherence, and near-term applications of quantum computing -- in addition to establishing IBM’s quantum strategy.
Under his leadership, the IBM Quantum team has made a series of major breakthroughs in the quantum industry: starting with launching the IBM Quantum Experience – the world-first cloud-based quantum computing platform for users to access real quantum computers, the IBM Quantum team released Qiskit – an open source software development kit for developing quantum programs, and deployed the IBM Quantum System One, a family of quantum processors for clients that now includes the 27 qubit Falcon and 65 qubit Hummingbird quantum processors. IBM Quantum continues to expand in the market by providing 38 quantum systems opened for service over the cloud from anywhere in the world, building the foundations of the quantum industry with a community of partners advancing quantum science and applications via the IBM Quantum Network.
Dr. Gambetta received his Ph.D. in Physics from Griffith University in Australia. In 2014, he was named as a Fellow of the American Physical Society and has over 130 publications in the field of quantum information science with over 23000 citations.