6–11 Dec 2026
Stellenbosch University
Africa/Johannesburg timezone

QAOA-MaxCut has barren plateaus for almost all graphs

10 Dec 2026, 12:20
20m
Jan Mouton Learning Centre (Stellenbosch University)

Jan Mouton Learning Centre

Stellenbosch University

Speakers

Dr Rui Mao (School of Computer Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)Dr Pei Yuan (Tencent Quantum Lab)

Description

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Topic Quantum variational circuits and their applications

Authors

Dr Rui Mao (School of Computer Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences) Dr Pei Yuan (Tencent Quantum Lab) Jonathan Allcock (Tencent Quantum Lab) Prof. Shengyu Zhang

Presentation materials