Quantum Technology Initiative Journal Club

Thursday 18 Apr 2024, 15:00 → 17:00 Europe/Zurich

513/R-070 - Openlab Space (CERN)

Alice Barthe (Leiden University (NL)), Michele Grossi (CERN), Su Yeon Chang (EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (CH))

Weekly Journal Club meetings organised in the framework of the CERN Quantum Technology Initiative (QTI) to present and discuss scientific papers in the field of quantum science and technology. The goal is to help researchers keep track of current findings and walk away with ideas for their own research. Some previous knowledge of quantum physics would be helpful, but is not required to follow the talks.

To propose a paper for discussion, contact: michele.grossi@cern.ch

CERN QTI Journal CLUB: Performant Quantum Programming with PennyLane, Catalyst, and Lightning

Conveners: Dr Isaac De Vlugt (Xanadu), Sean Oh (Xanadu)

1 Xanadu Pennylane Tutorial

Seminar Abstract:

PennyLane is Xanadu’s community-focused Python software package for differentiable quantum programming. In this presentation, we will provide an overview of the core elements of PennyLane and its ecosystem, including PennyLane-Lightning and Catalyst. Both PennyLane-Lightning and Catalyst integrate seamlessly with PennyLane and provide bleeding-edge performance for quantum simulation. We will show how to utilize both in virtually any workflow, be they large HPC workloads running on many nodes in parallel or smaller calculations on a laptop.



Speaker: Isaac De Vlugt

Isaac De Vlugt holds a MS in Physics from the University of Waterloo, specializing in numerical simulations for condensed matter systems. Currently, he is a Product Manager at Xanadu working on creating and maintaining PennyLane features with a community-first mindset.

catalyst_demo.ipynb

CERN QTI_PL_Seminar_Apr2024.pdf

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