Classical Verification of Quantum Computations
Speaker:
Yael Kalai, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date and Time:
Thursday, September 25, 2025 - 2:30pm to 3:20pm
Location:
Fields Institute, Room 230 and online
Abstract:
Suppose a user claims that he ran an expensive quantum computation and got a given answer.
How can he convince a classical verifier that indeed this answer is correct? This question was first answered in a breakthrough work of Mahadev (STOC 2018). In this talk, we will cover recent advancements, and in the process explain the high-level idea behind the Mahadev construction.