Speaker: Luis Pedro Garcia Pintos (Joint Quantum Institute and QuICS, University of Maryland)

Abstract

I will give an overview of recent bounds on the speed with which observables can evolve in quantum and classical systems. The bounds typically take the form of uncertainty relations that connect the maximum rate of change of an observable to its standard deviation. Surprisingly, these general bounds are saturated in a range of disciplines. I will illustrate this with an application of these techniques to quantum annealing.