Physics Session - Quantum Information

09:35-09:40 Introduction by the Convener 

- Douglas Nelson Chao Lin, Professor, Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz; Distinguish Visiting Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies, Tsinghua University; Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Member, Science Committee of the Future Science Prize; Co-Chair, Program Committee of the Future Science Prize Week 2024

09:40-10:10  Keynote Speech 1: Quantum Simulation with Atoms and Ions

- Peter Zoller, Professor, Theoretical Physics, University of Innsbruck; Emeritus Research Director, Austrian Academy of Sciences Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information; Member, German National Academy of Sciences; Wolf Prize Laureate in Physics 2013; Dirac Medal Laureate 2006

10:10-10:40  Keynote Speech 2: Origin of Light (and other Elementary Particles) -- an Unification of Matter and Information

- Xiao-Gang Wen, Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics, MIT; Member, U.S. National Academy of Sciences; Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Dirac Medal Laureate 2018; Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Physics Prize Laureate 2017

10:40-11:10  Keynote Speech 3: Learning in the Quantum Universe

- Hsin-Yuan Huang (Robert), Assistant Professor, Theoretical Physics at Caltech in 2025; Visiting Scientist, MIT; Senior Research Scientist, Google Quantum AI

11:10-11:40  Keynote Speech 4: Progress of Chinese Pulsar Timing Array

- Kejia Lee, Professor, Peking University; Researcher, National Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences

11:40-12:00  Panel Discussion and Q&A 

Moderator: 

- Douglas Nelson Chao Lin

Panelists: (Alphabetized by last name)

- Hsin-Yuan Huang  

- Kejia Lee

- Xiao Gang Wen

- Peter Zoller