Saad Yalouz (Laboratoire de Chimie Quantique de Strasbourg)

Abstract : Quantum technologies are opening new perspectives for scientific computing and the simulation of complex quantum systems. However, these advances rely on a dual challenge involving both software and hardware aspects. From a software perspective, the objective is to develop quantum algorithms adapted to emerging quantum computers. From a hardware perspective, a major challenge is to identify physical platforms capable of carrying and controlling quantum information.

It is precisely around this dual software/hardware challenge that my research activities are structured, at the interface between physics, theoretical chemistry, and information science. In a first software-oriented direction, I develop quantum algorithms for the simulation of many-body quantum systems, with applications in quantum chemistry and molecular physics. In a second hardware-oriented direction, I study complex molecular systems as potential resources for quantum technologies, particularly for quantum information transport and encoding at the nanoscale. This presentation will provide an opportunity to discuss these two research directions and the perspectives they open for the development of quantum technologies.