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Marcus Center Winter School on Quantum Many-Body Simulation

About this event
The Marcus Center's Winter School on Quantum Many-Body Simulation is designed to introduce students and early-career researchers to:

• Ab initio quantum chemistry
• AFQMC
• DMRG in models and chemistry
• Quantum algorithms
• Quantum embedding
• Tensor networks, quantum many-body and circuit simulation

Format
The school is expected to run over three and a half days at the end of winter quarter 2026. The main program will consist of lectures and hands-on tutorials using a range of software packages on the first five topics above, followed by a concluding module on quantum algorithms. Participants will also have opportunities for discussion, office hours, and a poster session for presenting their research.
NOTE: Attendance will be in person only.

Dates
Monday, November 30–Thursday, December 3, 2026

Location
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 (details TBA)

Registration
Those interested in participating must pre-register here. Due to the high number of pre-registrants, the form is now closed. A link to a formal registration link will be emailed to pre-registrants in the order in which they pre-registered until all spots are formally taken.

Schedule (tentative ; details TBA)

• Monday–Wednesday: Lectures + software exercises:
  • Ab initio quantum chemistry - Prof. Garnet Chan with Dr. Xing Zhang (Caltech)
  • DMRG in models and chemistry - Dr. Huanchen Zhai (Flatiron Institute)
  • Tensor networks, quantum many-body and circuit simulation - Dr. Johnnie Gray (Caltech)
  • Quantum embedding - Prof. Tianyu Zhu (Yale University)
  • AFQMC - Prof. Sandeep Sharma (Caltech)
• Wednesday afternoon: Office hours + poster session
• Thursday morning: Lectures:
  • Quantum algorithms - Prof. Lin Lin (Caltech)

If you have questions, please contact Marcus Center Administrator, Mi Kyung Kim ([email protected]).