Conference
Keynotes
Keynotes
Prof. Oskar Painter
Director of Quantum Hardware,
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
John G. Braun Professor of Applied Physics and
Professor of Physics at Caltech
Education
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology
(2001)
- M.S. in Electrical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology
(1995)
- B.A.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (Honours),
University of British Columbia
(1994)
Career
- Director, Quantum Hardware, AWS Center for Quantum Computing
(2019 – Present)
- Professor of Physics, Caltech
(2018 – Present)
- John G. Braun Professor of Applied Physics, Caltech
(2014 – Present)
- Co-Director, Institute for Quantum Information and Matter
(2014 – Present)
- Co-Director, Kavli Nanoscience Institute
(2011 – 2013, 2015 – 2019)
- Executive Officer, Applied Physics and Materials Science, Caltech
(2010 – 2013)
- Director, Quantum Nanophotonics, Max-Planck Institute
(2013 – 2014)
- Co-Founder, Xponent Photonics
(2000 – 2002)
Keynotes
Dr. Celia Merzbacher
QED-C Executive Director
at SRI International
Education
- Ph.D. in Geochemistry, Pennsylvania State University
- B.S. in Geology/Earth Science, Brown University
(1974 – 1978)
Career
- QED-C Executive Director, SRI International
(2021 – 2025)
- Deputy Director, QED-C, SRI International
(2019 – 2021)
- Associate Director, QED-C, SRI International
(2019)
- Director of Strategic and Institutional Planning,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
(2017 – 2018)
- Vice President, Semiconductor Research Corporation
(2008 – 2017)
- Assistant Director for Technology R&D, White House OSTP
(2003 – 2008)
- Research Scientist, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
(1989 – 2003)
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
(1987 – 1989)
Keynotes
Prof. Eun-Ah Kim
Professor of Physics
at Cornell University
Education
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University
(2005 – 2008), Condensed Matter Physics Theory
- Ph.D. in Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(2005)
- B.S. in Physics, Seoul National University
(1998)
Career
- Visiting Faculty Researcher, Google
(2023 – Present)
- Professor of Physics, Cornell University
(2019 – Present)
- Distinguished Visiting Professor, Ewha Womans University
(2022 – Present)
- Associate Professor, Cornell University
(2014 – 2019)
- Assistant Professor, Cornell University
(2008 – 2014)
- Visiting Consultant, Microsoft Station Q
(2006 – 2008)
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics
(2005 – 2006)