Upcoming Event: Oden Institute Seminar

Numerical Modelling of Materials Simulation Using Quantum Computing

Mayu Muramatsu, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Keio University

Abstract

Quantum computers are steadily developing as a next-generation accelerator. In this presentation, we propose an objective function to explore the phase-separated structure of diblock polymers using quantum annealing. Our approach uses a global optimization metaheuristic algorithm to minimize Helmholtz free energy directly. Based on the results obtained, we confirm the tendency of the microstructure and simulation performance by comparing them with phase-field simulations.

Biography

Muramatsu received her Ph.D. from Keio University in 2011. She worked as a researcher at AIST, then became an assistant professor at Tohoku University in 2014. Since 2018 she has been at Keio University, promoted to associate professor in 2022. She is a member of the Keio Quantum Computing Center. Her specialties are computational solid mechanics and materials engineering. Her research group is tackling on applying quantum computing to problems of materials and solids