Zohreh Davoudi, UMD
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Toward quantum simulating Nature's fundamental particles and interactions
Abstract: What does the phase diagram of matter governed by strong interactions look like? How does matter evolve post Big Bang or in particle colliders? Can a large quantum computer enable studies of matter governed by fundamental interactions? I will describe a vision for how we may go on a journey toward quantum simulating the Standard Model, and will provide examples of the steps aimed at establishing a quantum-computational nuclear- and particle-physics program.
Bio: Davoudi is an Associate Professor of Physics and a Fellow of the Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS) and Maryland Center for Fundamental Physics at the University of Maryland, College Park. She received her Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Washington in Seattle in 2014, and held a postdoc research-associate position at the MIT’s Center for Theoretical Physics from 2014-2017. Davoudi works at the intersection of Nuclear Physics, High Energy Physics, and Quantum Information Science. She applies classical- and quantum-simulation methods to find solutions to computationally challenging problems in her field. Her work is recognized by a Wilson Award for Excellence in Lattice Gauge Theory, a Sloan Research Fellowship, and a Department of Energy’s Early Career Award, the U.S. Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, a Simons Emmy Noether Faculty Fellowship, and a Humboldt Research Fellowship.
3:00 PM in PAS 201 / Zoom TBA
Refreshments in PAS 236, 2:30PM