Friday Quantum Seminar: Zhi-Yuan Wei

Date
Fri, Jan 31, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location
ATL 2400

Description

Speaker: Zhi-Yuan Wei (QuICS)
Title: Parallel-sequential circuits for quantum state preparation
Abstract: We introduce parallel-sequential (PS) circuits, a family of quantum circuits characterized by a tunable degree of entanglement and maximum correlation length, which interpolates between brickwall and sequential circuits. We provide evidence that on noisy devices, properly chosen PS circuits suppress error proliferation and exhibit superior trainability and evaluation accuracy when employed as variational circuits, thus outperforming brickwall, sequential, and log-depth circuits in [Malz*, Styliaris*, Wei*, Cirac, PRL 2024] across most parameter regimes.

*Please make sure you sign up for the seminar.  Pizza and drinks will be served after the seminar in ATL 2117.*