Ewha Frontier 10-10 Project Team from Department of Physics Hosts 1st ICQS 2024
Ewha Frontier 10-10 Project Team from the Department of Physics, headed by Professor William Jo, hosted the International Conference on Quantum Simulation 2024 (ICQS 2024) from Wednesday, June 19 to Friday, June 21 at the Lee Sam-bong Hall of the ECC building.
The Center for Quantum Materials Research from the Department of Physics is one of the teams selected for the Ewha Frontier 10-10 Project in leading research fields, and now conducts research in fields such as nano-optics and quantum metamaterials, renewable energy, next-generation semiconductors and intelligent devices, quantum computing, nano-bio and biophysics, condensed physics theory, and gravitational waves and quantum gravity. This conference was organized for the first time this year to bring together world-renowned scholars in quantum computing and quantum simulation to discuss the latest research achievements and future prospects, and to strengthen networking among related institutions.
The opening ceremony for ICQS 2024 took place on Wednesday, June 19, at the Lee Sam-bong Hall of the ECC building. The event commenced with a welcoming speech by Eun-Ah Kim, Chair of the Organizing Committee, who is also a professor at the Department of Physics at Cornell University and an invited chair professor of the Department of Physics at Ewha Womans University. This was followed by welcoming remarks from Ewha President Eun Mee Kim and congratulatory messages from Soonchil Lee, Director of the Division of Quantum Technology at the National Research Foundation of Korea.
ICQS 2024 was attended by over 200 participants, including students, researchers, professors from prestigious domestic and international universities, and senior executives from global companies, thereby demonstrating significant interest in the three-day event. Notably, leading experts in quantum computing and simulation, such as Professor Mikhail Lukin of Harvard University, Professor Steven Girvin of Yale University, Professor William Oliver of MIT, Professor Chris Monroe of Duke University, Dr. Pedram Roushan of Google, and Dr. Jay Gambetta of IBM, delivered in-depth lectures on quantum computing and quantum simulation based on various physical platforms, including superconducting qubits, ion qubits, and neutral atom qubits. The academic depth of the event was further enhanced by the participation of faculty from prestigious universities such as Tsinghua University in China and the University of Tokyo in Japan. The conference received high praise from participants for its diverse program of keynote and guest lectures, as well as poster sessions where researchers presented and discussed their work.
