Overview: The goal of the Quantum Seminar is to bring together students and faculty working on quantum computation/quantum information across different departments at BU (and beyond).
The Quantum Seminar takes place bi-weekly and features presentations and discussions on various quantum-related topics. Both faculty and students are equally welcome.
Time: 3pm to 5pm
Dates: Bi-weekly, starting 02/06/2026 to 05/15/26
Room: CDS 801 (8th floor)
Location: 665 Comm Ave, Center for Computing & Data Sciences, Boston University
Organizers: Alexander Poremba, Nikola Maksimovic, David Lake
Audience: Students and faculty
The tentative seminar schedule for the Spring 2026 semester is as follows:
| Date | Time | Location | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, Feb 6 | 3:00pm – 5:00pm | CDS 801 | Introductions & setting agenda |
| Friday, Feb 20 | 3:00pm – 5:00pm | CDS 801 | Rounding Almost Commuting Hamiltonians (Islam Faisal, BU) |
| Friday, March 6 | 3:00pm – 5:00pm | CDS 801 | Randomized Truncations of Quantum States (Angus Lowe, MIT) |
| Friday, March 20 | 3:30pm – 5:00pm | CDS 801 | Holographic Quantum Codes (Wanli Cheng, BU) |
| Friday, April 3 | 3:30pm – 5:00pm | CDS 801 | Quantum Sensing (Nikola Maksimovic, BU) |
| Friday, April 17 | 3:30pm – 5:00pm | CDS 801 | |
| Friday, May 1 | 3:30pm – 5:00pm | CDS 801 | Neutral Atom Quantum Computing (Pedro Lopes, QuEra) |
| Date | Time | Location | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, Sep 18 | 9:30am – 11:00am | CDS 1001 | Introductions & setting agenda |
| Friday, Oct 3 | 3:30pm – 5:00pm | CDS 801 | Random classical and quantum codes (Alexander Poremba) |
| Friday, Oct 17 | 3:30pm – 5:00pm | CDS 801 | Quantum spin ice (Chris Laumann) |
| Friday, Oct 31 | 3:30pm – 5:00pm | CDS 801 | Classical and quantum randomness (Srishti Nautiyal) |
| Friday, Nov 14 | 3:30pm – 5:00pm | CDS 801 | Quantum programming languages (Srishti Nautiyal) |
| Friday, Nov 28 | 3:30pm – 5:00pm | CDS 801 | Canceled due to Thanksgiving |
| Friday, Dec 12 | 3:30pm – 5:00pm | CDS 801 | CS599: Final Project Presentations |