Quantum Device Workshop
QDW 2026 Schedule
June 15–18 · Cohen Room & Mong Auditorium · UCLA
LectureWorkshopIndustry TalkPanel / EventDesign ProjectPoster SessionSocial / NetworkingBreak / Meal
Time
Day 1 June 15
Day 2 June 16
Day 3 June 17
Day 4 June 18
8:00 – 9:00 AM
Breakfast
Intro-background (8:45)
Eli Levenson-Falk
Breakfast
Breakfast
Breakfast
9:00 – 9:45 AM
Intro to cQED
Zlatko Minev
Noise
Kyle Serniak
Circuit Analysis
Kevin O'Brien
Intro to Design Project
Murat Can Sarihan
9:45 – 10:30 AM
Intro to Circuits
Aziza Almanakly
Circuit Simulation
Jens Koch
Circuit Analysis
David & Lukas Pahl
Design Project
10:30 – 11:15 AM
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:15 AM – 12:00 PM
Intro to Circuits Part 2
Nik Zhelev
Workshop – Circuit Analysis & Simulation
EM Quantum Analysis Techniques
Alp Sipahigil
Design Project
12:00 – 1:30 PM
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
1:30 – 2:15 PM
Intro to Gates
Eli Levenson-Falk
EM Simulations – Classical
Sara Sussman
Workshop – EM & Circuit Analysis
TBD
Designing for Foundries
Mollie Schwartz
2:15 – 3:00 PM
Intro to Readout
Daniel Sank
Workshop – EM Simulations
Sadman Shanto
Materials
Loren Alegria
Design Project
3:00 – 3:30 PM
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:30 – 4:15 PM
Intro to Layout
Murat Can Sarihan
Couplers & 2Q Gates
Michael Hatridge
Error Correction Basics
Andreas Walraff
Nanoacademic
JJ Simulation
4:15 – 5:00 PM
Workshop – Design & Layout
Workshop – Full Device Simulation
Dane Thompson
Synopsys / Qolab
Large Scale Quantum
Reza Molavi
Panel Discussion
Zlatko Minev (Moderator: begin at 4:30 PM)
5:00 – 6:00 PM
Poster Session
Quantum Beers
Career Session
Panel & Reception
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Reception
Schedule subject to change. All times Pacific Time (PT). Both tracks share the same venue.