QIS 5001 · Academic Year 2026–2027

Quantum Information Seminar Series

The seminars are held at 2:00–3:00 PM on Wednesdays (for external speakers) or 12:00–1:00 PM on Fridays (for internal speakers). Snacks and coffee are provided prior to the seminar. See the schedule below for specific times and locations.

Fall Semester 2026
DateSpeaker & TalkHostLocation / Time
Sep 9
Dr. Sheng-Jie Huang (Florida State University)
Hybrid lattice surgery for non-Clifford gates
Yanzhu ChenCSL 1003
2:00–3:00 PM
Sep 11
Dr. Mikhail Shalaev (FAMU-FSU College of Engineering)
Photonic interconnects for modular quantum computing with trapped-ion qubits
Wei GuoIRCB 1030
12:00–1:00 PM
Oct 7
Dr. Di Fang (Duke University)
Many-body quantum simulation with Coulomb interactions
Yanzhu ChenCSL 1003
2:00–3:00 PM
Oct 9
Dr. Ivan Djordjevic (FAMU-FSU College of Engineering)
Low-cost degenerate entanglement assisted communications and sensing
Wei GuoIRCB 1030
12:00–1:00 PM
Oct 14
Dr. Siyuan Niu (University of Central Florida)
Title TBA
Yanzhu ChenCSL 1003
2:00–3:00 PM
Oct 23
Dr. Kourosh Shoele (FAMU-FSU College of Engineering)
Title TBA
Yanzhu ChenIRCB 1030
12:00–1:00 PM
Oct 28
Dr. Edwin Barnes (Virginia Tech)
Title TBA
Yanzhu ChenCSL 1003
2:00–3:00 PM
Nov 13
Dr. Xianjing Zhou (FAMU-FSU College of Engineering)
Interfacing microscopic quantum systems with superconducting circuits
Wei GuoIRCB 1030
12:00–1:00 PM
Nov 18
Dr. Paola Cappellaro (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Title TBA
Haochuan MaoCSL 1003
2:00–3:00 PM
Dec 1
Dr. Gregory Scholes (Princeton University)
Title TBA
Bryan KudischCSL 1003
2:00–3:00 PM
Dec 11
Dr. Tian Li (FAMU-FSU College of Engineering)
Link-free multi-node timing synchronization for scalable quantum networking
Wei GuoIRCB 1030
12:00–1:00 PM
Spring Semester 2027
DateSpeaker & TalkHostLocation / Time
Jan 13
Dr. Kenneth Brown (Duke University)
Title TBA
Yanzhu ChenCSL 1003
2:00–3:00 PM
Mar 12
Dr. Yiming Xing (FAMU-FSU College of Engineering)
Encrypted qubits can be cloned: a new perspective on quantum no-cloning
Wei GuoIRCB 1030
12:00–1:00 PM
Apr 7
Dr. Tyler Ellison (Purdue University)
Title TBA
Yanzhu ChenCSL 1003
2:00–3:00 PM
Apr 21
Dr. Cunlu Zhou (Sherbrooke University)
Title TBA
Yanzhu ChenCSL 1003
2:00–3:00 PM