Day 782: Near-Term QEC Experiments

Learning Objectives

• •**Interpret Google's surface code experiments** and break-even demonstrations
• •**Analyze IBM's heavy-hex QEC architecture** and results
• •**Evaluate trapped-ion QEC experiments** from IonQ and Quantinuum
• •**Understand neutral atom QEC approaches** and recent breakthroughs
• •**Critically assess experimental claims** and metrics
• •**Identify key challenges** remaining for fault-tolerant quantum computing

Today's Schedule (7 hours)