May 4th, 2023

Location: USC Hotel Center Ballroom

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12:00 pm

Lunch

 

1:00 pm

Opening remarks

 

Quantum computers

 

1:15 pm

Daniel Lidar, USC

Talk on the state of quantum computing

 

2:00 pm

Sukwoong Choi, MIT

William S. Moses, MIT

Neil Thompson, MIT

“The Quantum Tortoise and the Classical Hare: An analysis of which problems quantum computing will accelerate (and which it won’t)”

 

Discussant: Francesco Bova, University of Toronto

 

2:45 pm

Break

 

3:00 pm

Daniel Spulber, Northwestern University 

Xizhao Wang, Northwestern University

“Knowledge as Output and as Input: Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing”

 

Discussant: Rob Seamans, NYU

 

3:45 pm

Avi Goldfarb, University of Toronto

Jino Lu, USC

Florenta Teodoridis, USC

“Consequences of a Scientific Research Division of Labor for Complementary Innovation: Evidence from Quantum Computing”

 

Discussant: Alex Oettl, Georgia Tech

 

4:30 pm

Adjourn

 

5:30 pm

Dinner (USC Hotel Victory Ballroom)

 

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May 5th, 2023

Location: USC Hotel Center Ballroom

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8:00 am

Breakfast

 

Quantum internet

 

9:00 am

Taqi Raza, University of Arizona

Talk on the state of quantum internet

 

9:45 am

Gerald L. Adams III, University of Pennsylvania

Christopher S. Yoo, University of Pennsylvania 

“Designing a Commercial Quantum Internet: An Economic and Policy Perspective”

 

Discussant: Shane Greenstein, HBS

 

10:30 am

Break

 

An economics of QIT research agenda

 

10:45 am

Jane Bambauer, University of Arizona

Challenges in evaluating the economic impact of quantum internet funding

 

11:30 am

Itay Hen, USC

Challenges in evaluating the economic impact of quantum computing funding

 

12:15 pm

Concluding remarks

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12:30 pm

Lunch