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<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#201F1E">Dear Colleagues,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#201F1E"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#201F1E">TRIUMF together with its partners - Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute at the University of British Columbia, Quantum Algorithms Institute, Simon Fraser
University, University of Victoria, Université de Sherbrooke, DESY from the Helmholtz Association and our industry partners Xanadu and D-Wave - are pleased to announce the
<i>Cornerstone Models of Quantum Computing</i> Summer School / <i>TRIUMF Summer Institute 2021,
</i>which will be taking place remotely from August 2 – 13, 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#201F1E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#201F1E">Please bring this opportunity to the attention of graduate students, as well as senior undergraduates and post-doctoral researchers, interested in this
area.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#201F1E"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#201F1E"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#201F1E">The school will provide an in-depth introduction to the seminal models of quantum computing:</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li style="color:#201F1E;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal">
Gate Model<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:#201F1E;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal">
Annealing<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:#201F1E;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal">
Measurement-Based<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:#201F1E;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal">
Continuous Variable<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#201F1E">The students will have a chance to work through challenges utilizing quantum computing processors and explore concepts within these main topics. In addition,
students will gain awareness of the major technologies used in quantum computing, such as superconducting, photonic, and trapped-ion qubits. Major quantum computing applications such as quantum chemistry, nuclear physics, and quantum-assisted machine learning
will be briefly summarized.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#201F1E"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#201F1E">The school will take place from August 2nd to 13th, with several lecture hours, tutorials and office hours each day. Students will be presented with challenge
problems and are expected to spend about 2-3 hours on them each day. Graduate and undergraduate students will be eligible for full and free enrollment. Non-students are encouraged to audit the lectures.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#201F1E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#201F1E">The school is designed for students in quantitative disciplines. Physics background is not required - however participants should be familiar with complex
linear algebra and python programming.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#201F1E"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#201F1E">Registration will open on June 1</span></b><b><sup><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#201F1E">st</span></sup></b><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#201F1E">,
2021. There is NO cost to register. </span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#201F1E"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#201F1E"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#201F1E">For further information, including a preliminary program and speakers, please visit:
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://tsi.triumf.ca/2021/"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#1155CC">http://tsi.triumf.ca/2021/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#201F1E"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#201F1E">Best regards,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#201F1E"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#201F1E">The International Program Committee:</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm;padding-inline-start: 48px" type="disc">
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Daria Ahrensmeier (QAI/SFU)<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal">
Alex Anees (SBQMI)<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal">
Kerstin Borras (DESY/RWTH Aachen University)<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal">
Yves Bérubé-Lauzière (Sherbrooke)<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal">
Lukas Chrostowski (SBQMI)<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal">
Olivia Di Matteo (Xanadu)<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal">
Wojtek Fedorko (TRIUMF)<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal">
Kim Kiloh (SBQMI)<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal">
Hausi Muller (UVic)<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal">
Irina Paci (UVic)<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal">
Ulrike Stege (UVic)<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal">
David Weekes (SBQMI)<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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