TQS Agenda
Day 1
7:00 – 8:00
Registration, Continental Breakfast
The Zone Lobby, Kyle Field
Plenary Session 1
8:00 – 8:05
Opening remarks
The Zone Club, Kyle Field
Olga Kocharovskaya
Chair of the Program Committee
Texas A&M University
8:05 – 8:15
Welcome
The Zone Club, Kyle Field
Joe Elabd
Vice Chancellor for Research
The Texas A&M University System
8:15- 8:45
New Frontier of Quantum Computing and Quantum Information
The Zone Club, Kyle Field
Mikhail Lukin
Harvard University and QuEra Quantum Computing Inc.
8:45 – 9:15
Quantum Coherence and System Scaling for Clock and Fundamental Physics
The Zone Club, Kyle Field
Jun Ye
National Institute of Standards and Technology
9:15 – 9:45
Google Quantum AI: Recent Results on Hardware and Applications
The Zone Club, Kyle Field
Matt Reagor
Google Quantum
9:45 – 10:00
Coffee Break
The Zone Club, Kyle Field
Plenary Session 2
Chair: Claudia Neuhauser
Vice President and Vice Chancellor for Research
University of Houston
10:00 – 10:30
Past, Present and Future of Quantum Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University
The Zone Club, Kyle Field
Marlan Scully
Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering
Texas A&M University
Vanderlei Bagnato
Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering
Texas A&M University
10:30 – 11:00
Quantum Initiatives at University of Texas at Austin
The Zone Club, Kyle Field
Xiaoqin (Elaine) Li
Texas Quantum Institute
University of Texas at Austin
Xiuling Li
Texas Quantum Institute
University of Texas at Austin
11:00 – 12:00
Path to Quantum Future
The Zone Club, Kyle Field
Moderator
K.R. Sreenivasan
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
New York University
Panelists
The Honorable Tan Parker
Texas Senate
Dana Anderson
Infleqtion
Nick Bronn
IBM
Nathan Gemelke
QuEra
Sam Stanwyck
NVIDIA
Anubhav Sahu
Hypres
12:00 – 1:00
Buffet Lunch
The Zone Club, Kyle Field
1:00 – 1:30
Transition to the Texas A&M Hotel
Please follow signs to breakout sessions
Breakout Sessions
1:30 – 3:30
Breakout Session 1: Quantum Materials & Devices
Texas A&M Hotel and Conference Center: Corps
Chair
Alexey Belyanin
Texas A&M University
1:30 – 1:45
Ed Yu
University of Texas at Austin
1:45 – 2:00
Hosur Pavan
University of Houston
2:00 – 2:15
Mengke Liu
University of Texas at Dallas
2:15 – 2:30
Byron Freelon
University of Houston
2:30 – 2:45
Dong Hee Son
Texas A&M University
2:45 – 3:00
Katheryn Mayer
University of Texas at San Antonio
3:00 – 3:15
Emilia Morosan
Rice University
3:15 – 3:30
Yun Suk Eo
Texas Tech University
1:30 – 3:30
Breakout Session 2: Quantum Computing and Algorithm
Texas A&M Hotel and Conference Center: Ross
Chair
Sergio Cantu
QuEra
1:30 – 1:45
Gopal Panduragan
University of Houston
1:45 – 2:00
Philip Hemmer
Texas A&M University
2:00 – 2:15
Guido Pagano
Rice University
2:15 – 2:30
Nick Hunter
University of Texas at Austin
2:30 – 2:45
Fan Zhang
University of Texas at Dallas
2:45 – 3:00
Lu Wei
Texas Tech University
3:00 – 3:15
Panos Markopoulos
University of Texas at San Antonio
3:15 – 3:30
Himanshu Thapliyal
Southern Methodist University
1:30 – 3:30
Breakout Session 3: Quantum Networks
Texas A&M Hotel and Conference Center: Reveille I&II
Chair
Henry Chimal-Dzul
University of Texas at San Antonio
1:30 – 1:45
M. Suhail Zubairy
Texas A&M University
1:45 – 2:00
Henry Chimal-Dzul
University of Texas at San Antonio
2:00 – 2:15
Hyunchul Nha
University of Texas at El Paso
2:15 – 2:30
Songtao Chen
Rice University
2:30 – 2:45
Duncan MacFarlane
Southern Methodist University
2:45 – 3:00
Bei Zeng
University of Texas at Dallas
3:00 – 3:15
Ziwen Pan
Texas Tech University
3:15 – 3:30
Michael Vasilyev
University of Texas at Arlington
3:30 – 3:40
Coffee Break
Texas A&M Hotel Foyer
Plenary Session 3
Chair: Kaden Hazzard
Rice University
3:40 – 4:00
The Science of Success: Taking Business from Research To Revenue
Century Ballroom
William Hurley
Strangeworks
4:00 – 4:20
Quantum computing with atomic qubit arrays
Century Ballroom
Mark Saffman
University of Wisconsin-Madison and Infleqtion
4:20 – 4:40
Innovation in the Quantum Ecosystem: The Path From Concept to Technology
Century Ballroom
Mukund Vengalattore
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DARPA
4:40 – 5:00
Reinventing HPC & AI with Quantum
Century Ballroom
Nash Palaniswamy
Quantinuum
5:00 – 5:20
Quantum Error Correction Below the Surface Code Threshold
Century Ballroom
Alec Eickbusch
Google Quantum
5:20 – 7:00
Poster session and reception
Texas A&M Hotel Foyer
The poster session in the foyer will showcase more than 60 posters from participating universities and industry partners. Another nine posters are available exclusively on the summit website.
7:00 – 8:30
Summit dinner
Century Ballroom
Dinner Speaker
John Junkins
Hagler Institute for Advanced Studies
Texas A&M University
Day 2
7:00 – 8:00
Registration, Continental Breakfast
Texas A&M Hotel Foyer
Plenary Session 4
Chair: Costas Georghiades
Interim Vice President for Research
Texas A&M University
8:00 – 8:30
Building Quantum Computers in Academia and Industry
Century Ballroom
Christopher Monroe
Duke University
8:30 – 9:00
Quantum Acceleration: from commercial Breakthrough to Security Challenge – Why TX Must Act Now
Century Ballroom
Philip Farah
IonQ Inc.
9:00 – 9:20
Quantum Engineering and the National Quantum Initiative
Century Ballroom
Jake Taylor
JQI/QuICS and Axiomatic AI, Inc
9:20 – 9:35
Coffee Break
Century Ballroom
Plenary Session 5
Chair: Xiaoqin Elaine Li
University of Texas at Austin
9:35 – 10:05
The Rice Quantum Initiative: People, Partnerships, and Purpose
Century Ballroom
Jun Kono
Rice University
10:05 – 10:35
QIS Research and Education at UT Dallas
Century Ballroom
Michael Kolodrubetz
University of Texas at Dallas
10:35 – 11:05
UT San Antonio’s Vision for the Texas Quantum Future: From Cybersecurity to Economic Prosperity
Century Ballroom
Jeff Prevost
University of Texas at San Antonio
11:05 – 12:05
Quantum for Industry
Century Ballroom
Moderator
Rashmi Varma
VAJR Capital
Panelists
The Honorable Greg Bonnen
Texas House of Representatives
Yasalde Jiménez Acosta
D-wave
Yuri Alexeev
NVIDIA
Srinivas Bettadpur
NASA Quantum Pathways Institute
University of Texas at Austin
Gerald Kleyn
HPE Quantum
Marco Pistoia
Industry Relations
IonQ
12:05 – 1:05
Lunch
Century Ballroom
Plenary session 6
Chair: Jeff Prevost
University of Texas at San Antonio
1:05 – 1:35
Overview of Quantum Technology Research and Workforce Development at Southern Methodist University
Century Ballroom
Mitch Thornton
Southern Methodist University
1:35 – 2:05
Leap with Quantum AI
Century Ballroom
Lin Zhou
Texas Tech University
2:05 – 3:05
Quantum for Industry
Century Ballroom
Moderator
Philip Farah
IonQ
Panelists
Sanjay Basu
Oracle Corp.
Satyavolu Papa Rao
NY CREATES
Grant Salton
Amazon Quantum Solutions
Xin Zhan
HPE, Quantum
Bill Gonzalez
Webhead, Quantum Realm Computing
John Randall
Zyvex
3:05 – 3:20
Coffee Break
Century Ballroom
3:20 – 4:20
Quantum Workforce Development
Century Ballroom
Moderator
Lin Zhou
Texas Tech University
Panelists
Brian La Cour
University of Texas at Austin
Liwen Shih
University of Houston-Clear Lake
Alexei Sokolov
Texas A&M University
Michael Keough
Region 16 Edu Service Center
Sergio H. Cantú
QuEra Computing
4:20 – 5:00
Concluding Panel
Century Ballroom
Moderator
Olga Kocharovskaya
Texas A&M University
Panelists (members of the Summit’s Program Committee)
K. Hazzard
Rice University
M. Kolodrubetz
University of Texas at Dallas
C. Neuhauser
University of Houston
J. Prevost
University of Texas at San Antonio
M. Thornton
Southern Methodist University
X.E. Xiaoqin
University of Texas at Austin
L. Zhou
Texas Tech University
Philip Farah
IonQ Inc.