Seminar: Jay Van Der Wall

September 6, 2024

The Soft, Firm, and Hardware Behind a Quantum Computer

Jay Van Der Wall, Sandia National Laboratories

3:00 pm, Mitchell Hall, Room 102, UNM
Online Guests: Contact Prof. Osiński <osinski@chtm.unm.edu> for a Zoom link

Abstract: The increasing size and capabilities of quantum computers and algorithms regularly makes headlines. But behind the quantum aspects of these machines lie numerous classical enabling technologies. We will look at a sampling of these technologies behind QSCOUT, an open trapped-ion testbed at Sandia National Laboratories. These technologies include custom RFSoC boards, an MQTT-based messaging system, and software and techniques for shuttling ions around the trap.

Bio: Jay Van Der Wall is a Software Developer in the Photonic Microsystems Technologies department at Sandia National Labs since 2013. He received his MSE degree in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University in 2009. At Sandia he has been responsible for various software-related aspects of trapped ion experiments from trap design to GUI development.