Abstract

Everybody in the world is excited about quantum technology. A March 2023 Forbes article says, 'Perhaps The Most Disruptive Technology In History Is Coming And It’s Expected To Change Everything. Businesses And Marketers Need To Get Quantum Ready.' In this talk, I will introduce quantum information and computing, followed by ion traps, which is one of the platforms for realizing the quantum technology. Then, I will show what control can do to improve quantum performance without having to become experts in quantum physics.

^*  This work was done at Seoul National University

Biography:

Dong-Il “Dan” Cho received B.S.M.E. from CMU in 1980, M.S. from MIT in 1984, and Ph.D. from MIT in 1988. From 1987 to 1993, he was Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University. From 1993 to 2023, he was Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Seoul National University. Currently, he is the Chief Scientific Officer at RS Automation in Korea and serves as the President of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC).

His interests include control, robotics, mechatronics, MEMS, sensors, and quantum technologies. He has published over 150 journal articles and holds 150 patents. Additionally, he has served on the Editorial Boards of many international journals. In 2013, he was elected as a Senior Member of the National Academy of Engineering of Korea. Throughout his career, he has received numerous awards, including the IFAC Outstanding Service Award in 2011, the Academic Award from the Institute of Control, Automation, and Systems in 2015, and the Medal of Merit from the Korean government in 2023.