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How do advances in quantum technologies apply across physics, astrophysics, and society at large? Join us to investigate these questions and more! Timestamps below: Announcements: 00:00 Quantum Technologies Introduction: 4:55 Quantum Technologies Presentation: 6:43 Q&A Introductions: 58:45 Q&A: 1:01:08 Concluding Remarks: 1:55:24 Abstract: I will discuss the progress in the quantum science and technology frontier and the opportunities across all sciences including physics, astronomy, and society at large. Participants: Dr. Maria Spiropulu is the Shang-Yi Ch’en Professor of Physics at Caltech. She received her PhD in physics from Harvard and was an Enrico Fermi Fellow at the University of Chicago before moving to CERN. She worked at the Tevatron’s collider experiments and at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider on detector and trigger research and searches for dark matter and other new physics including the discovery of the Higgs Boson. Since 2013 she has been exploring and applying artificial intelligence and Quantum-AI to accelerate discovery in high energy physics and other domains. In 2017 she founded at Caltech the “INtelligent Quantum NEtworks and Technologies” (In-Q-Net) research program focusing on intersections between quantum networks and high energy physics. Among her many accolades and awards, Dr. Spiropulu was the chair of the Fermilab Physics Advisory Committee and member of the High Energy Physics Advisory Panel to the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation. She was the chair of the Forum of International Physics of the American Physical Society. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Physical Society and was the Chair of the Caltech Faculty in 2019-20. http://www.hep.caltech.edu/~smaria/ -- Dr. Reinier Janssen is a postdoctoral fellow at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He spends most of his time in the lab working on the development of new cameras and spectrometers for far-infrared telescopes. If he does find a moment of spare time, he studies the coevolution between super massive black holes and their host galaxy. In his free time Reinier enjoys hiking, biking, and playing board games; This year's board gaming goal is playing every game in his collection at least twice. https://science.jpl.nasa.gov/people/RJanssen/ ---Mia de los Reyes is a fifth-year PhD student in Astronomy at Caltech. She studies the chemical composition of small galaxies near the Milky Way. When not confined to her own home, she enjoys rock climbing and aerial silks; given the current state of the world, she's gotten really into sewing projects and has also started watching The Umbrella Academy. https://sites.astro.caltech.edu/~madlr/ --Dr. Cameron Hummels is a postdoctoral researcher in theoretical astrophysics at Caltech. He creates supercomputer simulations to study the formation and evolution of galaxies since the Big Bang. In addition to astrophysics and public education, he is really enthusiastic about trail-running, long-distance backpacking, volcanoes, chess, and the astronaut program. http://chummels.org
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