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  4. PQAI Workshop 2025

Day 1 — Thursday, Oct 23

TimeEventSpeaker(s)
8:00 am – 8:30 amArrival & Networking
8:30 am – 9:00 amWelcome Remarks
9:00 am – 10:00 amTalkJerome Busemeyer
10:00 am – 10:30 amTalkRebekah Herrman
10:30 am – 10:45 amMorning Break
10:45 am – 11:30 amTalkSamuel Yen-Chi Chen
11:30 am – 12:15 pmTalkSwati Gupta
12:15 pm – 2:00 pmLunch & Poster Session
2:00 pm – 3:00 pmTalkBob Coecke
3:00 pm – 3:30 pmTalkGokul Ravi
3:30 pm – 3:45 pmAfternoon Break
3:45 pm – 4:30 pmTalkGiacomo Nannicini
4:30 pm – 5:00 pmTalkRuizhe Zhang
5:00 pm – 5:15 pmBreak
5:15 pm – 6:00 pmSession 1: Quantum Machine Learning & Reinforcement Learning
Accelerating Quantum Reinforcement Learning with a Quantum Natural Policy Gradient Based Approach (Xu, Aggarwal)
Satellite Constellation Scheduling with Quantum Reinforcement Learning (Kim, et al.)
Compact Quantum Modules for Scalable Fine-Tuning in Large Language Models (Roh, Kim)
5:15 pm – 6:00 pmSession 2: Quantum Applications in Finance & Industry
Financial Fraud Detection with Entropy Computing (Emami, et al.)
Geometric Origin of Fourier Coefficients in Data-Reuploading Single-Qubit Circuits (Oh, et al.)
Quantum Kernel Methods for Industrial Anomaly Detection (Tomono)

Day 2 — Friday, Oct 24

TimeSessionSpeaker(s)
8:00 am – 8:25 amArrival & Networking
8:25 am – 8:30 amAnnouncements & Introduction
8:30 am – 9:15 amTalkKen Robbins
9:15 am – 9:45 amTalk: Roles of Human-Computer Interaction for Quantum Computing Hyeok Kim
9:45 am – 10:00 amMorning Break
10:00 am – 10:30 amTalk: Quantum Algorithms at JPMorganChase: New Mechanisms for Quantum Speedup in OptimizationShouvanik Chakrabarti
10:30 am – 11:00 amTBD
11:00 am – 11:15 amTalkDavid Stewart
11:15 am – 11:30 amBreak
11:30 am - 12:30 pmSession 3: Quantum Algorithms for Optimization
Quantum Optimization via Gradient-Based Hamiltonian Descent (Leng, Shi)
Quantum Interior Point Methods: A Review of Developments and an Optimally Scaling Framework (Mohammadisiahroudi, et al.)
Amplitude Amplification for Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization with Regression Based Neural Network Bootstrapping (Kearse, Koch)
Discrete Optimization using Tensor Ring Sampled Variational Quantum Eigensolver (Park, et al.)
11:30 am – 12:30 pmSession 4: Quantum Hardware & Simulation
Benchmarking Hamiltonian Simulation Using Graphical Processing Units (Ramesh, et al.)
Robustness of Classical and Quantum Inspired Architectures Against Structured Corruptions in Vision Tasks (Gauba, Gauba)
A Performance Comparison of Variable Encoding Techniques for QUIO and QUBO Problems (Xavier, et al.)
Benchmarking Refined Quantum Linear Systems Algorithms (Harkness, et al.)
12:40 pm – 1:00 pmClosing Remarks

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