Title：Quantum-inspired Computing for Combinatorial Optimization
Time：2021/12/03 (Fri) 14:30
Place：Chin-Pao Yang Lecture Hall, CCMS & New Physics Building, NTU

Abstract:
Quantum computing is promised to be one of the most transformative technologies in the post Moore’s Law era. Inspired by the principles of quantum mechanics, the approach to tackling the “special purposes of quantum computer (e.g., combinatorial optimization)” by exploiting the “special-purpose quantum/quantum-inspired computer (e.g. Ising machine)” is emerging as a novel high-performance computing (HPC) technology in the conventional digital computing world. Besides it may serve as a unique “quick-win” strategy for the industries to bridge the gap between today's digital computing and future quantum computing. The talk is to address the current status of the key enabling software and hardware technology underlying the quantum-inspired computing in the context of Ising machine for solving combinatorial optimization problems (COPs) which are paramount in a variety of industrial applications, including finance, chemistry, machine learning, logistics/transportation, advanced manufacturing, etc., and with an aim to shed some light on the challenges and opportunities associated with the ever-growing landscape of this novel HPC technology.