The 2021 Open Quantum Hardware Workshop is hosted by IEEE’s Quantum Week, the IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE). Registration.

The virtual workshop will be held online on Tuesday, October 19th, 2021, 10:45 AM - 4:45 PM (Mountain Time).

Workshop Abstract

The past 5 years has witnessed an explosion of open-source tools for programming quantum computers. The open nature of these software tools has substantially increased the number of users of quantum computers, and created a whole new genre of programmer: the “quantum software engineer”. In turn, this has accelerated the development of quantum computing as a whole.

Much less attention has been paid to the tools and components actually used to build quantum computers and make them accessible. From electronic design and analysis, to control systems, to the “bare metal” itself, much work has gone on behind the scenes. These tools and components are relevant to the day-to-day work of electrical engineers, designers of quantum hardware, and researchers investigating co-design between hardware and software. However, these (and other) tools for “open quantum hardware” are not widely discussed, nor their applicability as well-appreciated in the open-source and academic quantum computing communities.

This workshop will bring together experts building these tools, and provide a clear overview of the state-of-the-art in open quantum hardware across design, control, and access to quantum computing systems. It will focus the conversation for the community of quantum engineers and software engineers on open challenges, including interoperability of these tools. In doing so, this workshop advances the development of quantum hardware — by accelerating the development of quantum technology solutions in open hardware — which, in turn, will produce an impact on the quantum technology ecosystem similar to that which has taken place in open quantum software.

The abstract of the workshop can also be found on IEEE Quantum Week’s website.

Invited Speakers and Moderators

  • Carmen G. Almudever, Technical University of Valencia
  • Sébastien Bourdeauducq, M-Labs
  • Susan Clark, Sandia National Lab
  • Anna Grassellino, Fermilab
  • Zlatko Minev, IBM Research
  • Loic Henriet, PASQAL
  • Sarah Kaiser, Unitary Fund
  • Guen Prawiroatmodjo, Microsoft
  • Anurag Saha Roy, Forschungszentrum Jülich
  • Irfan Siddiqi, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
  • Gary Steele, TUDelft
  • Jacob Taylor, University of Maryland/JQI

Organizers

Nathan Shammah, Unitary Fund

Travis Scholten, IBM Quantum