Workshop on Quantum Materials and Entanglement

Rationale and Scope:
There is increasing recognition that the interplay between quantum materials and quantum information has the potential to advance both fields. This workshop will address the exciting progress made so far and the future directions of research in this intersection area. It will engage the communities who are interested in this field from a variety of perspectives and platforms, which include:

• Quantum magnetism
• Quantum Hall systems
• Quantum emulators
• Strange metals
• Topological excitations
• Entanglement witness.

The workshop, organized by Rice University’s Extreme Quantum Materials Alliance (eQMA) in collaboration with the Smalley-Curl Institute (SCI), will bring together a diverse pool of theoretical and experimental experts on these topics. Specific topics to be discussed during the workshop include:

- Implications that the properties of quantum materials and quantum emulators may have for advancing quantum information science
- Realization of quantum materials settings that host enhanced quantum entanglement
- The depth to which quantum information tools are able to characterize and understand the inner workings of quantum materials
The total number of invited speakers will be about 21.

Registration fee:

Registration fee is $50 for Rice University attendees, and $200 for non-Rice attendees. The registration fee is waived for the invited speakers and eQMA/RCQM/SCI faculty.

The workshop expects to have a (limited) number of ICAM fellowships to support non-Rice junior participants.

Location: Rice University

Invited Speakers:

A tentative list of the lecturers and the respective topics they will cover is as follows:

Quantum magnetism and quantum materials
• Meigan Aronson (UBC, Canada)
• Bin Gao (Rice U.)
• Karyn Le Hur (Ecole Polytechnique, France)
• Filip Ronning (LANL)
• Nandini Trivedi (Ohio State U.)

Quantum Hall systems
• Philip Kim (Harvard U.)
• Charlie Marcus (U. Washington, Seattle)
• Ady Stern (Weizmann, Isarael)
• Robert L. Willet (Nokia Bell Labs)

Quantum Emulators
• Annabelle Bohrdt (U. Regensburg, Germany) (TBC)
• Markus Greiner (Harvard U.)
• Dasom Kim (Rice U.)
• Markus Müller (PSI, Switzerland)
• Wenchao Xu (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)

Entanglement witnesses
• Lei Chen (Rice U.)
• Robert Konik (BNL)
• Bella Lake (Helmholtz-Berlin, Germany) (TBC)
• Matteo Mitrano (Harvard U.)
• Silke Paschen (TU Wien, Austria)
• Alan Tennant (U. Tennessee, Knoxville)

Entanglement and quantum information
Mohammed Amin (D-wave systems, Canada)
Philip Brantul (EPFL) (TBC)
Pedram Roushan (Google)
Ashvin Vishwanath (Harvard U.)

Format:
The workshop will last for nearly three days, incorporating invited speaker slots as well as two poster sessions to engage junior participants. We expect to select several contributed talks, each lasting 12+3 mins, from abstracts submitted for poster presentations.

The scientific program will start in the morning on Monday, October 7, and conclude by mid-Afternoon on Wednesday, October 9.

Organizers:

Gabriel Aeppli (ETH Zürich)
Pengcheng Dai (Rice University)
Kaden Hazzard (Rice University)
Qimiao Si (Rice University)
Yonglong Xie (Rice University)
Ming Yi (Rice University)

For questions on the scientific program, please contact one of the organizers listed above.

For accommodation and other logistics questions, please contact [email protected]

University Event Page: https://eqma.rice.edu/eqma-workshop-quantum-materials-and-entanglement

Sample Abstract:

If Speaker or Poster Presenter, please include abstract in registration. If interested in contributing, all participants are encouraged to submit titles and abstracts. Sample abstract: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EJPbblA5h5aASI_gblBWkVkvjmkSBsC2/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=110778504983373685801&rtpof=true&sd=true

Hotel and Ground Transportation Information

Visitor Parking

Parking at Rice University: https://parking.rice.edu/

Attendees Hotel

Intercontinental Hotel Houston – Medical Center

6750 Main Street, Houston

Texas 77030 USA

713-422-2779

Rice University has reserved a block of rooms at the Intercontinental Houston for invited speakers for the workshop.

Transportation from Hotel

We will be arranging for the Rice University shuttle to pick up at hotel each morning and to drop off at the end of each day. More details coming soon.

Other ground transportation option for workshop attendees

Uber & Lyft

Uber and Lyft operate in Houston

Limo & Cab Service

Merlo’s Limousines & Charters

Phone: 866-367-5466

Email: [email protected]

Yellow Cab 713-236-1111

Fiesta Cab 713-225-2666

United Cab 713-699-0000

Host or Publisher eQMA