Cisco Research Quantum Summit

Cisco Quantum Summit (CQS) is an annual virtual meeting organized by Cisco Quantum Lab, bringing together experts in the industry, academia, and government to discuss progress towards building the quantum internet

Recording of Quantum Summit 2024

Outshift and Cisco Research bring together the world of scientists and engineers to advance the forefront of emerging technologies with a current focus in AI and quantum. As quantum will be a part of daily life and the future of the internet, we’re developing technologies spanning hardware, software, and applications to benefit humanity.

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Cisco Quantum Summit 2024

Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Agenda

Time

Section title

Speaker

9:00 AM

Welcome: Cisco vision

Reza Nejabati, Head of Quantum Research, Cisco

Session 1: Keynotes and Panel Discussion

Time

Section title

Speaker

9:10 AM

Keynote: Building a practical quantum network from security to distributed quantum computing

Andrew Lord, Sr. Manager, Optical Networks and Quantum Research at British Telcom

9:35 AM

Keynote: Advances in Entanglement Distribution Protocols

Donald Towsley, Distinguished Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst

10:00 AM

Keynote: Building Scalable Quantum Technologies for Network and Computing

Prof. Prineha Narang, UCLA

10:25 AM

Keynote: Network for Distributed Quantum Computing

Prof. Elham Kashefi, University of Edinburgh Chief Scientist NQCC

10:50 AM

Panel Discussion: Quantum Network Use Cases and Architecture from security to distributed computing

Host: Ramana Kompella, Head of Cisco Research

11:15 AM

Break

Session 2: Technical Talks

Time

Section title

Speaker

11:45 AM

Architectures for Quantum Data Center Networks

Dr. Hassan Shapourian, Technical Leader, Cisco

12:05 PM

Entanglement of Nanophotonic Quantum Memory Nodes

Can Knaut, Harvard University

12:25 PM

Networked Quantum Memory Test-Bed

Dr. Ben Dixon, MIT Lincoln Lab

12:45 PM

Optically Networking Superconducting Quantum Computers

Tasshi Dennis, Sr. Research Scientist, National Institute of Standards and Technology

1:05 PM

Multi-Formalism Quantum Hardware Modeling

Prof. Stefan Krastanov University of Massachusetts Amherst

1:25 PM

Control System Co-design for Quantum Computing and Networking

Dr. K. Nowrouzi Head of Hardware and Research Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

1:45 PM

Wrap Up

Reza Nejabati, Head of Quantum Research, Cisco