Emma Schmidgall (Microsoft Quantum), QISE Seminar: Practical Challenges of Scaling Quantum Information Technologies

Abstract

Quantum technologies are leaving the laboratory! Many companies are working on moving from single- and few-qubit systems to scaled-up deployments integrated with existing cloud infrastructures. But what does this mean, really? What are the engineering challenges presented by such a transition? In this talk, we’ll discuss some of the non-qubit practical challenges of scaling up quantum information and the opportunities available for scientists and engineers as we bring these systems to scale.  

Bio

Emma Schmidgall is a senior hardware engineer for Microsoft Quantum, where she’s worked since 2020 on several aspects of a scalable quantum computer from cryogenics to interconnects and custom silicon. Prior to Microsoft, she worked at Lumotive on beam steering technologies for LIDAR. She was an Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Fellow and Washington Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow with Professor Kai-Mei Fu at the University of Washington. Her PhD in physics is from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology.