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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 (exact locations TBA). Information regarding travel and lodging can be found here.

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 has been emailed to pre-registrants in the order in which they pre-registered.

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]).