The Governors of the University of Calgary

Purpose

The project team will develop a brain-inspired approach to quantum computing, quantum reservoir computing, which leverages the dynamics of a complex quantum system (the reservoir) to perform computations, and which promises to be well suited for near-term intermediate scale quantum (NISQ) devices. Two different approaches will be explored, one based on interacting spin networks and one based on dynamics generated by measurements. The team will systematically search for quantum advantage by quantifying ‘quantumness’ and by jointly optimizing tasks and readout approaches.