BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Harvard Law School//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Harvard Law School - Events X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://hls.harvard.edu/calendar/ X-WR-CALDESC:Harvard Law School - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251027T1818Z-1761589110.5682-EO-730126-1@10.73.9.43 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260309T015517Z CREATED:20251027T173941Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251027T173941Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251103T122000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251103T132000 SUMMARY: HLS Beyond Presents: New Developments in Quantum Computing DESCRIPTION: The development of quantum computers has seen rapid progress i n recent years\, with global players like Google\, IBM and academic labs fr om Harvard and MIT competing to drive innovation. Amidst this race\, multip le different platforms and techniques for achieving scalable\, robust quant um computation have emerged. Mikhail Lukin's Group (Quantum Optics Laborato ry)\, along with MIT scientists\, are developing technologies based on ultr acold neutral atoms. They will discuss the unique advantages and drawbacks of this platform\, highlight one of the last remaining challenges towards s calable neutral-atom quantum computing\, and outline how their recent work published in Nature Magazine on the continuous operation of a defect-free a rray of 3\,000 qubits - a world record - addresses this challenge. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The development of quantum computers has s een rapid progress in recent years\, with global players like Google\, IBM and academic labs from Harvard and MIT competing to drive innovation. Amids t this race\, multiple different platforms and techniques for achieving sca lable\, robust quantum computation have emerged. While it remains to be see n which technology will prevail\, Harvard Professor Mikhail Lukin's Group ( Quantum Optics Laboratory) recently achieved a major breakthrough in the field. Along with MIT scient ists\, Lukin's Lab is developing technologies based on ultracold neutral at oms. Come hear from lab members about the unique advantages and drawbacks o f this platform\, as well as one of the last remaining challenges towards s calable neutral-atom quantum computing\, and how their recent work published in Nature Magazine on the continuous operation of a defect-free array of 3\,000 qubits - a world record - addres ses this challenge. Who doesn't want to know more about where quan tum technologies are going? Please join us for lunch and what will surely b e a fascinating discussion. R egistration Required.

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