ASCR Workshop on Quantum Computing for Science
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM (United States). New Mexico Small Business Assistance (NMSBA) Program, NM (United States), Alán Aspuru‐Guzik, USDOE Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration, Wim van Dam, Edward Farhi, Frank Gaitan, Travis Humble, Stephen Jordan, Andrew Landahl, Peter Love, Robert Lucas., John Preskill, Richard P. Muller, Krysta Svore, Nathan Wiebe, Carl J. Williams · 2015
This report details the findings of the DOE ASCR Workshop on Quantum Computing for Science that was organized to assess the viability of quantum computing technologies to meet the computational requirements of the DOE’s science and energy mission, and to identify the potential impact of quantum technologies. The workshop was held on February 17-18, 2015, in Bethesda, MD, to solicit input from members of the quantum computing community. The workshop considered models of quantum computation and programming environments, physical science applications relevant to DOE's science mission as well as quantum simulation, and applied mathematics topics including potential quantum algorithms for linear algebra, graph theory, and machine learning. This report summarizes these perspectives into an outlook on the opportunities for quantum computing to impact problems relevant to the DOE’s mission as well as the additional research required to bring quantum computing to the point where it can have such impact.