Jeremy Richardson
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Date
19 October 2022
Host
Jonathan Home
Title
Breaking down the barrier between the quantum and classical worlds
Abstract
Quantum mechanics is hard – hard to simulate and often hard to interpret. I will discuss how we can design classical algorithms such that they give accurate predictions of certain quantum processes, while remaining simple and intuitive. For instance, tunnelling is described by classical particles and anti-particles in imaginary time, whereas nonadiabatic transitions, decoherence and entanglement are simulated by classical spin vectors.
Jeremy Richardson (left) with Atac Imamoglu (right)
