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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://it.pt/Events/Event/5599"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=678 height=381 style='width:7.0625in;height:3.9687in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D9E0AA.821051B0" alt="A person with a blue shirt Description automatically generated"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>We are inviting you for the microwave distinguished lecture “Quantum Computing: What is it, how does it work, and what are the Opportunities for Microwave Engineers?” presented by Prof. Joseph Bardin (University of Amherst, USA).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><i>Quantum computing offers the potential for an exponential speed-up of certain classes of computational problems, and, as such, the development of a practical quantum computer has been a field of intense research over the past two decades. Yet, it is still early in the development of these systems, as we have just reached the point at which laboratory experiments have shown that quantum computers can outperform classical computers at certain computational tasks. As such, it is an exciting time in the field, analogous to the early days of classical computer development. As microwave engineers, there is a tremendous opportunity to contribute to quantum computing, as the control and measurement of most quantum processors is carried out using microwave techniques. In this talk, I will describe the use of microwaves in quantum computing, with a focus on the superconducting qubit technology which was used to show that a quantum computer is capable of post-classical computation. The talk will be geared toward microwave engineers with no background in quantum computing and will provide a glimpse into the fundamentals, contemporary system architectures, recent experiments, and, finally, major microwave challenges that must be overcome if fault-tolerant quantum computing is to become a reality. While the “quantum” aspects of quantum computing will be described, the deeper technical discussion will focus on the specification and design of the microwave control and measurement systems required to operate these systems, using Google’s state-of-the-art Sycamore quantum computer as an example. Ongoing research in scalable control and measurement electronics will also be described.<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b>About the Keynote speaker:<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Joseph Bardin received a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 2009. In 2010, he joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Amherst, where he is currently a Full Professor. His research group currently focuses on low-temperature integrated circuits with applications in radio astronomy and the quantum information sciences. In 2017, he joined the Google AI Quantum team as a visiting faculty researcher and, in addition to his university appointment, he currently serves as a staff research scientist with this team. Professor Bardin was a recipient of a 2011 DARPA Young Faculty Award, a 2014 NSF CAREER Award, a 2015 Office of Naval Research YIP Award, a 2016 UMass Amherst College of Engineering Barbara H. and Joseph I. Goldstein Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, a 2016 UMass Amherst Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Research and Creative Activity, and a 2020 IEEE MTT-S Outstanding Young Engineer Award).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>When:<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>September 25, 2023 | 15:00<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Room LT2, 4th Floor, Torre Norte<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Instituto Superior Técnico<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Upcoming event: <a href="https://it.pt/Events/Event/5599">https://it.pt/Events/Event/5599</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Com os melhores cumprimentos/best regards, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US 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