Talks and Posters

  • “Quantum Krylov algorithms for ground state energy approximation,” seminar @ Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory HEP-QIS group (7/8/23). Download slides.

  • “Exact and efficient Lanczos method on a quantum computer,” CSE23 (SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering 2023), Minisymposium on “Quantum Algorithms for Scientific Computing,” Invited Talk (3/2/23). Joint work with Mario Motta and Antonio Mezzacapo. Download slides.

  • “Contextual Subspace Variational Quantum Eigensolver,” QSC/SQMS Quantum Algorithms Workshop (University of New Mexico), Invited Talk (5/19/22). Joint work with Andrew Tranter, Alexis Ralli, Tim Weaving, Peter Coveney, and Peter Love.

  • “Contextuality and quantum weirdness,” Williams College Physics Colloquium, invited talk (10/22/21). Download slides.

  • “Exploiting Contextuality in Variational Quantum Eigensolvers,” QCQMB 2021 (4th Workshop on Quantum Contextuality in Quantum Mechanics and Beyond), invited talk (5/19/21). Joint work with Andrew Tranter and Peter J. Love. Download slides.

  • “Contextual Subspace Variational Quantum Eigensolver,” APS March Meeting 2021, contributed talk (3/18/21). Joint work with Andrew Tranter and Peter J. Love. Download slides.

  • “Improving Variational Quantum Algorithms by Isolating Nonclassicality,” QCGSS Seminar @ Iowa State, invited talk (2/19/21). Joint work with Andrew Tranter and Peter J. Love. Download slides. Watch video.

  • “Exploiting Contextuality in Variational Quantum Eigensolvers,” QIP 2021 (24th Annual Conference on Quantum Information Processing), contributed talk (2/1/21). Joint work with Andrew Tranter and Peter J. Love.

    • You can download my slides here, download my extended abstract here, and watch the video of the talk here.

  • “Exploiting Contextuality in Variational Quantum Algorithms,” Oxford “Sheaf Talks” Seminar, invited talk (12/1/20). Joint work with Andrew Tranter and Peter J. Love. Download slides.

  • Classical Simulation of Noncontextual Pauli Hamiltonians, TQC 2020 (poster). Joint work with Andrew Tranter and Peter J. Love. Download pdf.

  • Cancelled due to COVID19: Noncontextuality in Variational Quantum Algorithms, APS March Meeting 2020. Download slides.

  • Noncontextuality as Classicality in Variational Quantum Eigensolvers, 2020 SQuInT Meeting (poster). Joint work with Peter J. Love. Download pdf.

  • Calibration for Single-Qubit Gates using Robust Phase Estimation, APS March Meeting 2019, contributed talk (3/8/2019). Joint work with Shelby Kimmel. Download slides.

  • Efficient Quantum Compiling, 2016 APS New England Fall Meeting (poster). Joint work with Frederick W. Strauch.

  • Quantum Entanglement: Enigma and Resource, Weekend for Williams Lecture, 10/3/2015. Joint work with William K. Wootters.

  • A Tight Bound on Entanglement for Two Qubits, 2015 Williams College Summer Science Poster Session (poster). Joint work with William K. Wootters.