Lisa_seminaires Janvier 2013

lisa_seminaires@iro.umontreal.ca

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Reminder: Talk by Geordie Rose, today, 3 PM, room 3195
by Ian Goodfellow 24 Jan '13

24 Jan '13

Title: Solving binary optimization problems using a quantum computer Abstract: D-Wave builds processors designed to solve discrete optimization problems. These processors are built using superconducting metals and operated at ultralow temperatures. The processors implement a novel algorithm called quantum annealing that draws samples from a probability distribution defined over an Ising model. Here we introduce the technology and show performance results. We then connect the problem the hardware natively solves to potential uses in machine learning and specifically to L0-norm sparse coding.

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Talk by Geordie Rose from D-wave, Thursday, January 24, 3PM, room TBD
by Ian Goodfellow 22 Jan '13

22 Jan '13

Geordie Rose, founder and CTO of D-Wave, will visit LISA this Thursday. He will give a talk about D-Wave at 3 PM. Room TBD. Dr. Suzanne Gildert, an experimental physicist working on machine learning applications at D-Wave, will also visit the lab. D-Wave is a quantum computer company based in Vancouver. They make a computer that can draw fair samples from probability distributions from which traditional computers can only approximately sample using expensive Markov chain simulations. This makes it possible to efficiently solve discrete optimization problems on D-Wave's hardware using simulated annealing. D-Wave is interested in machine learning applications that can be solved using their exciting new technology.

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