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Dr. Muhammad Asaduzzaman to discuss simulating open quantum systems on October 22

by Dr. Salsbury

Dr. Muhammad Asaduzzaman of the Department of Physics at NC State University will present “Simulating Open Quantum Systems” at the Wake Forest Physics Colloquium on Thursday, October 22, 2026, at 4 p.m. in Olin 101. A reception will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Olin lobby.

Interactions with the environment can cause a quantum system to lose energy and coherence. Asaduzzaman will discuss how quantum computers can simulate this irreversible evolution using a small set of auxiliary qubits that interact with the system and are repeatedly reset. The talk will cover variational optimization of those interactions, examples of thermal relaxation and a dissipative interacting spin chain, and the effects of approximating a quantum channel.

Asaduzzaman is a postdoctoral scholar in Prof. Kemper’s group at NC State.

Physics Colloquium flyer with Dr. Muhammad Asaduzzaman’s portrait. “Simulating Open Quantum Systems,” Thursday, October 22, 2026, 4 p.m. in Olin 101; reception at 3:30 p.m. in the Olin lobby. Speaker: Department of Physics, NCSU. The flyer includes the research abstract.
Flyer supplied by Wake Forest Physics.

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