Keynote Speakers

Prof. Sauro Succi
Center for Nano and Neuro Science at la Sapienza, Roma, Italian Institute of Technology
Simulating classical fluids on quantum computers: challenges and future perspectives
Sauro Succi holds a degree in nuclear engineering from the University of Bologna and a PhD in physics from the Swiss Polytechnic in Lausanne. He currently serves as a Senior Research Executive and Principal Investigator at the Center for Life Nano-Neuro Sciences at la Sapienza of the Italian Institute of Technology and a Research Associate and Visiting Faculty at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences since 2000.

Dr. Catherine McGeoch
D-Wave Systems (Retired), Vancouver, Canada
Applications and Use Cases for Quantum Optimization
Dr. McGeoch, recently retired, was a member of the Benchmarking Team at D-Wave Systems for about 10 years. Before joining D-Wave, she was the Beitzel Professor of Technology and Society and chair of the Computer Science Department at Amherst College, having joined the college in 1987. She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.
