Q-CASA Keynote Speaker Quantum Simulation from Quantum Chemistry to Quantum Field Theory.

Quantum simulation proposes to use future quantum computers to calculate properties of quantum systems. In the context of chemistry, the target is the electronic structure problem: determination of the electronic energy given the nuclear coordinates of a molecule. Since 2006 we have been studying quantum approaches to quantum chemical problems, and such approaches must face the challenges of high, but fixed, precision requirements, and fermion antisymmetry. I will describe algorithmic and experimental developments in this area. I will also review work using some techniques developed for quantum chemistry on quantum computers for light front simulations of quantum field theory.