Quantum Computing: What is it, and what are the major engineering challenges?
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Quantum Computing: What is it, how does it work, and what are the major engineering challenges?
Quantum computing offers the potential for an exponential speed-up of certain classes of computational problems, and, as such, the development of a practical quantum computer has been a field of intense research over the past two decades. Yet, it is still early in the development of these systems, as we have just reached the point at which laboratory experiments have shown that quantum computers can outperform classical computers at certain computational tasks. As such, it is an exciting time in the field, analogous to the early days of classical computer development. In this talk, I will describe the use of microwave and electronic technology in quantum computing, with a focus on the superconducting qubit technology which was used to show that a quantum computer is capable of post-classical computation. The talk will be geared towards engineers with no background in quantum computing and will provide a glimpse into the fundamentals, contemporary system architectures, recent experiments, and, finally, major engineering challenges that must be overcome if fault tolerant quantum computing is to become a reality. Google’s state-of-the-art Sycamore quantum computer as an example.
Speakers
Prof. Joseph Bardin of University of Massachusetts Amherst
Date and Time
- Date: 01 Oct 2024
- Time: 01:15 PM to 02:15 PM
- All times are (UTC+02:00) Bern
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Location
- EPFL
- Lausanne, Switzerland
- Switzerland
- Building: BM5202
- Room Number: BM5202
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Hosts
- Switzerland Section Jt. Chapter, AP03/MTT17/EMC27
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- Co-sponsored by EPFL
