Please join us for the 2026 Wheeler Lecture at 15:00 (BST) on Wednesday 4 November. Our speaker is Prof Margaret Martonosi, the W. M. Addy ’82 University Professor at Princeton University. This lecture will also be livestreamed.

It is free to attend, but advance registration is required.

Abstract:

"From its initial proposal, Quantum Computing has had captivating potential, and scientists have worked on advancing toward that potential. Quantum Computing has now reached an interesting and important inflection point.

The Algorithms-to-Devices gap in Quantum Computing refers to the orders of magnitude difference between the resource quantity/quality needed by Quantum Computing algorithms, and what has been successfully built today.

Computing research can help Quantum Computing systems close this gap, by develop the crucial intermediate tool flows and hybrid classical-quantum techniques that can move towards practical quantum utility. I will discuss our recent advances in these topic areas, and more broadly advocate for the role that computer scientists must play for Quantum Computing to reach its full potential."

Our speaker:

Margaret Martonosi is the W. M. Addy ’82 University Professor at Princeton University, where she has been on the faculty since 1994. Her research area is computer architecture, with contributions to both classical and quantum hardware and software systems. Martonosi is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Fellow of IEEE and ACM. In 2021, she received computer architecture’s highest honor, the ACM/IEEE Eckert-Mauchly Award, for her work in power-efficient computer architecture.

For those who can't attend in-person, this lecture will also be livestreamed here.

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