Dr Vincent Croft (Nikhef, University of Leiden)

Quantum computers offer an intriguing path for a paradigmatic change of computing in the natural sciences and beyond, with the potential for achieving a so-called quantum advantage—namely, a significant (in some cases exponential) speedup of numerical simulations. In particular, the high-energy physics community plays a pivotal role in accessing the power of quantum computing, since the field is a driving source for challenging computational problems. This concerns on the one hand, the exploration of models that are very hard or even impossible to address with classical techniques but also the enormous data challenge of newly emerging experiments, such as the upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider. In this seminar I will present the recently published Roadmap paper, PRX QUANTUM 5, 037001 (2024) in which the status of high-energy physics quantum computations is present together with examples of theoretical and experimental target benchmark applications, which can be addressed in the near future.