The Fall 2024 AOS Workshop was held at the University of Washington on September 26 and 27. The event was organized by the University of Washington-Tohoku University: Academic Open Space (AOS).
On the first day, a Quantum Forum Academic Session was held. At this session, the ten researchers, listed below, shared about their latest quantum-related research activities at their respective university.
（From Tohoku University）
・Katsushi Hashimoto（Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Science）：
Resistively detected spin resonance in 2D systems
・Makoto Koda （Professor, Graduate School of Engineering）:
Physics and application of persistent spin helix state semiconductors
・Taro Yamashita (Professor, Graduate School of Engineering)：
Scalable superconducting flux qubits
・Takafumi Sato (Professor, AIMR)：
Edge states derived from topological Helix chains
・Toshiaki Kato (Associate Professor, AIMR)：
Janus transition metal dichalcogenides as novel 1D and 2D materials
（From University of Washington）
・Ting Cao（Assistant Professor, Material Science）
Quantum modeling
・Matthew Yankowitz（Associate Professor, Physics & Materials）：
Graphene
・Jiun-Haw Chu（Associate Professor, Physics）：
Crystal growth
・Dave Cobden（Professor, Physics）
ARPES of 2D materials
・Mo Chen（Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering）：
Superconducting qubit
Participants engage in discussion
On the second day of the workshop, there were sessions held to facilitate discussions between individuals involved in quantum related fields in academia and industry.
UW’s Interim Vice Provost for Global Affairs, Prof. Gayle Christensen, greeted participants and expressed her expectations for upcoming pilot projects as well as her gratitude for the opportunity to explore possible future collaborations together.
Representing Tohoku University, Prof. Masahiro Yamaguchi, the Vice President for Education Reform and Global Engagement, highlighted the forum as a valuable opportunity to discuss the latest efforts related to quantum fields, data science, robotics, and green technology across both industry and academia. He emphasized the essential role of these fields in the development of a sustainable society. Prof. Yamaguchi closed his remarks by sharing his hope that the event would also provide the participants, who represented both universities and companies, with opportunities to connect and gain new inspiration.
Thereafter, the Consul-General of Japan in Seattle, Mr. Makoto Iyori, spoke about the significance of the event and his expectations for its impact on industry-academia collaboration.
Next, a series of presentations were given on quantum-related joint projects being conducted by the University of Washington and industry partners. Each presenter, listed below, introduced their latest research and shared about their collaborations with industry.
・Dean Kassmann (Senior Vice President of Engineering & Technology, IonQ)
3 areas for quantum computer development: performance, scale, and enterprise-grade computing
・Charles Marcus (Boeing Johnson Endowed Chair Professor, UW)
Address on “Quantum Meets Complexity”
・Erin Schwartz (Senior Director, UW Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations)
Promoting AI and robotics research in collaboration with Boeing and Amazon
・Dieter Fox (Professor, UW / Senior Director of Robotics Research, NVIDIA)
Integrating AI technology in robotics
・Daniel Schwart (Boeing Sutter Professor of Chemical Engineering, UW / Director, UW Clean Energy Institute)
Industry-academia collaboration for researching sustainable energy systems and promoting clean energy technology
Japanese researchers active at the University of Washington and at companies like Amazon gave presentations on their research activities.
After the various presentations, a networking session was held for participants to connect with each other.
UW Prof. Di Xiao gives a presentation
Participants engage in conversation
It is hoped that this AOS workshop will help to further deepen the collaborative activities between the two universities.