The Question of Quantum Advantage in Quantum Simulation

Over the past years there has been rapid development in hardware for quantum computing across a range of platforms. In parallel to these developments, highly controlled quantum systems ranging from ultra-cold atoms to superconducting qubits are being applied as "analogue quantum simulators" to study problems of interest in many-body physics. However, the big question is when and how they might answers to questions that we cannot address with simulation on classical computers.

I will give an introduction to the overarching question of what is difficult to compute regarding many-body systems, and how we might approach these questions using digital quantum computers, or analogue quantum simulators. I will discuss under which conditions the answers we get out of each platform are quantitatively reliable, and where we might expect to obtain a practical quantum advantage for simulation of quantum systems in the early fault-tolerant era of quantum computing.

The seminar will take place on Friday 2026-03-27 at 12:15 CET

in the Leonard Sosnowski Auditorium, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warszawa
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under the following link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87057373249?pwd=MNnyk4rUf9cOVZoxeqIaKkhwYk5STm.1