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The animated guide to quantum computing (Explanimators episode 6)

Published on Feb 22, 2018

A short, easy-to-understand look at the world of quantum computing.

 

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Article "China’s race for the mother of all supercomputers just got more crowded"
Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent jockey for position in the development of quantum computing, which delivers a faster and more efficient approach to processing information than today’s fastest computers

by Zen Soo
March 12, 2018

 

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Inside a quantum computer lab

Published on Jun 13, 2018

Scientists at the University of Sussex are working on the prototype of a quantum computer that could change the finance industry as well as medicine and cybersecurity.

This tour through their lab explores how the trapped ion quantum computer works and how it could revolutionise our lives.

 

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The race to build a quantum computer

Published on Jun 14, 2018

An interview between Prof John Morton, a quantum technologist at University College London and Roger Highfield of the Science Museum in 2018 to discuss the commercial interest in quantum computers, ‘quantum supremacy’ and more.

 

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Scott Aaronson - The Ghost in the Quantum Turing Machine

Published on Jan 15, 2019

Scott discusses whether quantum computers could have subjective experience, whether information is physical and what might be important for consciousness - he touches on classic philosophical conundrums and the observation that while people want to be thorough-going materialists, unlike traditional computers brain-states are not obviously copyable. Aaronson wrote about this his paper 'The Ghost in the Quantum Turing Machine'. Scott also critiques Tononi's integrated information theory (IIT).

Questions include:
- In “Could a Quantum Computer Have Subjective Experience?” you speculate that a process has to ‘fully participate in the arrow of time’ to be conscious, and this points to decoherence. If pressed, how might you try to formalize this?
- In “Is ‘information is physical’ contentful?” you note that if a system crosses the Schwarzschild bound it collapses into a black hole. Do you think this could be used to put an upper bound on the ‘amount’ of consciousness in any given physical system?
- One of your core objections to IIT is that it produces blatantly counter-intuitive results. But to what degree should we expect intuition to be a guide for phenomenological experience in evolutionarily novel contexts? I.e., Eric Schwitzgebel notes "Common sense is incoherent in matters of metaphysics. There’s no way to develop an ambitious, broad-ranging, self- consistent metaphysical system without doing serious violence to common sense somewhere. It's just impossible. Since common sense is an inconsistent system, you can’t respect it all. Every metaphysician will have to violate it somewhere."

Many thanks to Mike Johnson for providing these questions!
Bio : Scott Aaronson is a theoretical computer scientist and David J. Bruton Jr. Centennial Professor of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin. His primary areas of research are quantum computing and computational complexity theory.
He blogs at Shtetl-Optimized

 

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Quantum computing explained in 10 minutes | Shohini Ghose

Published on Feb 1, 2019

A quantum computer isn't just a more powerful version of the computers we use today; it's something else entirely, based on emerging scientific understanding -- and more than a bit of uncertainty. Enter the quantum wonderland with TED Fellow Shohini Ghose and learn how this technology holds the potential to transform medicine, create unbreakable encryption and even teleport information.

 

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S&TR preview: quantum computing is here

Published on Mar 5, 2019

Laboratory scientists tackle the next computing frontier with innovative research and development projects.

 

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Article "Intel offers AI breakthrough in quantum computing"
Intel's senior vice president and head of Mobileye, Amnon Shashua, on Wednesday unveiled new research done with colleagues at Hebrew University that both establishes important proof for capabilities of deep learning, and also offers a way forward for computing some commonly intractable problems in quantum physics.

by Tiernan Ray
March 14, 2019

 

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Article "The Problem with Quantum Computers"
It’s called decoherence—but while a breakthrough solution seems years away, there are ways of getting around it

by Scott Pakin, Patrick Coles
June 10, 2019

 

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Article "British quantum computing experts leave for Silicon Valley"
New start-up aims to create commercial quantum computer within 5 years

by Madhumita Murgia
June 23, 2019

 

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Article "20 Corporations Working On Quantum Computing"
Companies like Google, Microsoft, and Airbus are making significant investments in quantum computing, a technology which could change everything from AI to logistics to aircraft design. We look at 20 corporates developing the tech and what they hope to achieve.
Quantum computers powerful enough to solve practical problems beyond the capabilities of classic computers are edging closer to becoming a reality.

July 23, 2019

 

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ISCF Commercialising Quantum Technology - Competition Briefing

Streamed live September 2, 2019

As part of the Industrial Strategy the Government will invest in the “Commercialising quantum technologies” Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) to enable the UK to lead the global development and application of quantum technologies. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), in collaboration with the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN), would like to invite you to attend a briefing event on the 2nd September in London to hear about the new funding competition and how you can get involved.

Feasibility and Industrial Research Projects Round 1: UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £6m for quantum technology innovation projects. The aim of the competition is to advance the commercialisation of quantum technologies in the UK. This is achieved through the investment of up to £6m in innovation projects which address one or more of the following technical challenges:

- connectivity
- situational awareness
- computing

Large Collaborative Projects Round 1: UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £27m to collaborate on developing quantum products and services.

The aim of the competition is to advance the commercialisation of quantum technologies in the UK through the investment of up to £27m in innovation projects. Projects should focus on one or more of the following technical challenges:

- connectivity
- situational awareness
- computing

The projects must exploit second generation quantum techniques.

Projects must demonstrate how the technology can be brought to market (as hardware, software or a service) in the UK and how it fulfils an end user need. Projects must include the development, manufacture (if applicable) and application of the technology.

Applications are expected from consortia led by a business but in exceptional circumstances applications from consortia led by research and technology organisations (RTOs) will be considered.

The briefing event will BE an opportunity to hear about the scope of the competitions in more detail.

 

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The Quantum Enterprise with Intel, IBM and Microsoft

Published on Sep 6, 2019

While we're still a few years away from having quantum computers that will fulfill the full promise of this technology, many companies are already starting to experiment with what's available today. We'll talk about what startups and enterprises should know about quantum today to prepare for tomorrow.

 

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Sean Carroll: quantum mechanics and the many-worlds interpretation

Nov 1, 2019

Sean Carroll is a theoretical physicist at Caltech and Santa Fe Institute specializing in quantum mechanics, arrow of time, cosmology, and gravitation. He is the author of several popular books including his latest on quantum mechanics (Something Deeply Hidden) and is a host of a great podcast called Mindscape. This conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence podcast.

 

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Prof. Jacob Biamonte - Quantum computing from science to business

Nov 3, 2019

Quantum technology is set to accelerate a wide class of horizontally enabling technology domains. This includes quantum enhanced algorithms for machine learning and a wide class of materials science applications. These algorithms represent early-stage technology and are ripe to be applied and tested on enterprise applications. What industries will be the first successful early adopters? What challenges remain? How fast is the technology moving? This talk surveys the state of the art in quantum enhanced technologies, it explains to the lay person some key workings behind quantum processors and gives some analysis of the technologies current and future impact on business.

 

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Article "Investment in UK quantum computing is about to leap"
The number of UK businesses investing in quantum computing is set to increase three-fold over the next five years.

by Kim Darrah
November 5, 2019

 

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Risk and cryptography in times of quantum computers - Thales

In September, a document was leaked that Google had managed to build a quantum computer. On the 23rd of October the official confirmation was published. The Nature Magazine reported extensively on the Quantum Computer and Sycamore. According to the report, the Quantum Computer did a math problem in around three minutes, which would have required more than 10,000 years for the so-called supercomputer.
Thales in Germany talked with its experts, Daniela Jantner and Klaus Hauber, about the future of cryptography in times of Quantum Computer.

 

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GOTO 2019 • Quantum Computing • Jessica Pointing

Nov 29, 2019

Solving certain types of problems can take billions of years on our current conventional computers. Quantum computers, however, could potentially solve these types of problems in just seconds. Quantum computers have the potential to impact many fields, such as machine learning, medicine, and energy systems. What is possible in the future with quantum computers? How do quantum computers work? How do you program a quantum computer? How much progress have we made? Jessica Pointing will explore these questions and more during this introduction to quantum computing.

 

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Article "China quantum research team uses AI to crack processing time in supercomputer race"
Laborious calculations which once took an hour can be completed in a fraction of a second with machine learning, according to scientists
Artificial intelligence can work out the ties that bind particles at subatomic level

by Stephen Chen
November, 2019

 

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In the war for information, will quantum computers defeat cryptographers? | Craig Costello

Dec 6, 2019

In this glimpse into our technological future, cryptographer Craig Costello discusses the world-altering potential of quantum computers, which could shatter the limits set by today's machines -- and give code breakers a master key to the digital world. See how Costello and his fellow cryptographers are racing to reinvent encryption and secure the internet.