Quantum and classical algorithms for simulating dissipative and cooling dynamics

Presentations

• Quantum Pathways to Chemical Dynamics: From Non-Markovian Algorithms to Bosonic Hardware

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  March 20, 2026, 8:00 AM – March 20, 2026, 8:36 AM

  Publication: 1. de Albornoz AC, Cortiñas RG, Schäfer M, Frattini NE, Allen B, Cabral DG, Videla PE, Khazaei P, Geva E, Batista VS, Devoret MH. Oscillatory dissipative tunneling in an asymmetric double-well potential. arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.13113. 2024 Sep 19.
  2. Dan, X., Geva, E., & Batista, V. S. (2025). Simulating Non-Markovian Quantum Dynamics on NISQ Computers Using the Hierarchical Equations of Motion. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 21(4), 1530-1546.
  3. Vu, N.P., Dong, D., Dan, X., Lyu, N., Batista, V. and Liu, Y., (2025). A Computational Framework for Simulations of Dissipative Nonadiabatic Dynamics on Hybrid Oscillator-Qubit Quantum Devices. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation.
  4. Cabral, D.G., Khazaei, P., Allen, B.C., Videla, P.E., Schafer, M., Cortinas, R.G., Carrillo de Albornoz, A.C., Chávez-Carlos, J., Santos, L.F., Geva, E. and Batista, V.S., (2024). A Roadmap for Simulating Chemical Dynamics on a Parametrically Driven Bosonic Quantum Device. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 15(48), pp.12042-12050.
  5. Dutta, R., Cabral, D., Lyu, N., Vu, N. P., Wang, Y., Allen, B., Dan, X., Cortiñas, R.G., Khazaei, P., Schäfer, M., de Albornoz, A.C., Smart, S.E., Nie, S., Devoret, M.H., Mazziotti, D.A., Narang, P., Wang, C., Whitfield, J.D., Wilson, A.K., Hendrickson, H.P., Lidar, D.A., Pérez-Bernal, F., Santos, L.F., Kais, S., Geva, E., Batista, V.S.., (2024). Simulating chemistry on bosonic quantum devices. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 20(15), pp.6426-6441.
  6. Wang, Y., Mulvihill, E., Hu, Z., Lyu, N., Shivpuje, S., Liu, Y., Soley, M.B., Geva, E., Batista, V.S. and Kais, S., (2023). Simulating open quantum system dynamics on NISQ computers with generalized quantum master equations. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 19(15), pp.4851-4862.

  Presenters

  • Victor Batista

    • Yale University

  Authors

  • Victor Batista

    • Yale University

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• Efficient engineered-dissipation algorithms for many-body ground and thermal states preparation

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  March 20, 2026, 8:36 AM – March 20, 2026, 9:12 AM

  Publication: 1) J. Lloyd, D. Abanin, Quantum thermal state preparation for near-term quantum processors, arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.21318 (2025)
  2) J. Lloyd et al., Quasiparticle cooling algorithms for quantum many-body state preparation, PRX Quantum 6 (1), 010361 (2025)

  Presenters

  • Dmitry Abanin

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Dmitry Abanin

    • Princeton University

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• Optimizing quantum operations in systems that are strongly coupled to their environment using tensor networks

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  March 20, 2026, 9:12 AM – March 20, 2026, 9:48 AM

  Publication: A. Strathearn et al., Nat. Commun. 9 3322 (2018)
  R. de Wit et al., J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 16 6594 (2025)
  G. E. Fux et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 126 200401 (2021)
  E. P. Butler et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 132 060401 (2024)
  G. E. Fux et al., Phys. Rev. Research 5 033078 (2023)
  G. E. Fux et al., J. Chem. Phys. 161 124108 (2024)

  Presenters

  • Brendon Lovett

    • University of St Andrews

  Authors

  • Brendon Lovett

    • University of St Andrews

  • Jonathan Keeling

    • University of St Andrews

  • Paul Eastham

    • Trinity College Dublin

  • Eoin Butler

  • Gerald Fux

    • The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics

  • Carlos Ortega-Taberna

  • Aidan Strathearn

  • Peter Kirton

  • Dainius Kilda

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• End-to-End Efficiency in Dissipative Preparation of Thermal and Ground States

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  March 20, 2026, 9:48 AM – March 20, 2026, 10:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Lin Lin

    • University of California, Berkeley

  Authors

  • Lin Lin

    • University of California, Berkeley

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• Small matrix path integral (SMatPI) methods and the interplay between frustration and quantum dissipation in tight binding models

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  March 20, 2026, 10:24 AM – March 20, 2026, 11:00 AM

  Publication: 1. N. Makri, "Small matrix disentanglement of the path integral: Overcoming the exponential tensor scaling with memory length", J. Chem. Phys. (Commun.) 152, 041104 (2020).
  2. N. Makri, "Small matrix path integral for system-bath dynamics", J. Chem. Theory and Comput. 16, 4038-4049 (2020).
  3. R. Pal and N. Makri, "Small matrix path integral in imaginary time", J. Chem. Phys. 163, 124122 (2025).
  4. R. Pal and N. Makri, "Electronic frustration with quantum dissipation: entropy, coherence, sign problem and time evolution", Phys. Rev. B (under review).
  5. R. Pal and N. Makri, "Frustration-protection of exciton-vibration thermodynamics and transfer", J. Phys. Chem. Lett. (in press) doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.5c03092

  Presenters

  • Nancy Makri

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Authors

  • Nancy Makri

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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