Bulletin of the American Physical Society

APS March Meeting 2015

Volume 60, Number 1

Monday–Friday, March 2–6, 2015; San Antonio, Texas

Session Index

Session Q38: Focus Session: Ground State Quantum Computing and Quantum Annealing	Show Abstracts
Sponsoring Units: GQI Chair: Ryan Babbush, Harvard University Room: 212B

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 2:30PM - 3:06PM		Q38.00001: The Space-Time Circuit-to-Hamiltonian Construction and Its Applications Invited Speaker: Barbara Terhal Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		Q38.00002: Dimensionality reduction for adiabatic quantum optimizer in presence of local disorder Gian Giacomo Guerreschi, Salvatore Mandr\`a, Al\'an Aspuru-Guzik Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 3:18PM - 3:30PM		Q38.00003: Best-case performance of quantum annealers on native spin-glass benchmarks: How chaos can affect success probabilities Zheng Zhu, Andrew J. Ochoa, Firas Hamze, Stefan Schnabel, Helmut G. Katzgraber Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		Q38.00004: Role of Classical Hardness for Quantum Annealers Itay Hen, Victor Martin-Mayor Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		Q38.00005: Benchmarking using Frustrated Ising Problems with Planted Solutions Joshua Job, Itay Hen, Tameem Albash, Troels R{\O}nnow, Matthias Troyer, Daniel Lidar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		Q38.00006: Annealing of Embedded Spin Glasses Salvatore Mandra, Davide Venturelli, Sergey Knysh, Vadim Smelyanskiy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		Q38.00007: Quantum annealing of a semiclassical spin chain with defects Mark Dykman, Vadim Smelyanskiy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		Q38.00008: Investigations of a D-Wave Two: Ground States of Random Spanning Trees J.S. Hall, M.A. Novotny, T. Neuhaus, Kristel Michielsen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		Q38.00009: Reexamining classical and quantum models for the D-Wave One processor Tameem Albash, Troels Ronnow, Matthias Troyer, Daniel Lidar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		Q38.00010: Optimal quantum annealing in p-spin model Kostyantyn Kechedzhi, Vadim Smelyanskiy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		Q38.00011: Isothermal quantum annealing of the 1D transverse Ising chain Davide Venturelli, Vadim Smelyanskiy, Alejandro Perdomo-Ortiz, Sergei Isakov, Sergey Knysh, Mark Dykman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		Q38.00012: Computational Role of Collective Tunneling in a Quantum Annealer Hartmut Neven, Vadim Smelyanskiy, Sergio Boixo, Alireza Shabani, Sergei Isakov, Mark Dykman, Vasil Denchev, Mohammad Amin, Anatoly Smirnov, Masoud Mohseni Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 5:18PM - 5:30PM		Q38.00013: Collective disispative tunneling during quantum annealing on D-Wave II device Vadim Smelyanskiy, Sergio Boixo, Alireza Shabani, Sergey Isakov, Mark Dykman, Vasil Denchev, Mohammad Amin, Anatoly Smirnov, Masoud Mohseni, Hartmut Neven Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 5:30PM - 5:42PM		Q38.00014: Optimising simulated quantum annealing, simulated annealing and a mean-field algorithm to find ground states of Ising spin glasses Damian S. Steiger, Troels F. R{\O}nnow, Matthias Troyer Preview Abstract

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

APS March Meeting 2015

Volume 60, Number 1

Monday–Friday, March 2–6, 2015; San Antonio, Texas

Session Index

Session Q38: Focus Session: Ground State Quantum Computing and Quantum Annealing

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