The Frontier in Quantum Computing

TD Management Data and Analytics Lab Speaker Series
December 14, 2018, 8:30-12:30pm | Fleck Atrium (Ground floor, North Building), Rotman School of Management

Agenda:

7:45-8:25 Check-In and Light Breakfast

8:30 sharp Welcoming Remarks

8:40 Contemporary Quantum Computing and Quantum Machine Learning

Peter Wittek, Assistant Professor and Academic Director - Quantum Program, Creative Destruction Lab and Data Scientist - TD Management Data and Analytics Lab, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

9:10 Quantum Annealing for Commercial Applications

Alan Baratz, EVP - R&D and Chief Product Officer, D-Wave

9:40 Opportunities in Universal Quantum Computing

Ryan Karle, Head of Customer Success, Rigetti

10:10-10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 Quantum Chemistry and Machine Learning

Alán Aspuru-Guzik, Professor, University of Toronto; Faculty Member, Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence; CSO, Zapata Computing; CVO, Kebotix

11:00 Material Discovery and Quantum Computing Today

Michael Helander, President and CEO, OTI Lumionics

11:35 Quantum Machine Learning in Automated Warehouses

Wojtek Burkot, Co-Founder and Chief Physics Officer, Beit.tech

12:00 Panel Discussion

Invited Moderator: Avi Goldfarb, Rotman Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare and Professor of Marketing and Chief Data Scientist -Creative Destruction Lab, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto