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Talia Gerson, PhD: 'Quantum Computing Expert Explains One Concept In 5 Levels Of Difficulty' →

October 29, 2019 by Marc Handelman in Quantum Computation, Mathematics For All
October 29, 2019 /Marc Handelman
Quantum Computation, Mathematics For All

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The Quantum Battle Dome: IBM Versus Google

October 23, 2019 by Marc Handelman in Mathematics, Quantum This Quantum That, Quantum Computation, Quanta Magazine

Ladies and Gentlemen, Girls and Boys: Behold The Quantum Battle Dome, occupied by opposing Quantum Computational Devices. On the left, appears Sycamore - Google Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOGL) quantum computational construct and on the right, you'll see the quantum device monikered Summit, carefully crafted by IBM Corporation (NYSE: IBM). All of this, via the expert commentary of Kevin Hartnett, writing at Quanta Magazine. Enjoy.

October 23, 2019 /Marc Handelman
Mathematics, Quantum This Quantum That, Quantum Computation, Quanta Magazine

Not Google’s Quantum AI....

Quantum Of Tuesday: Google Quantum AI's Paper, Whereabouts Known

September 24, 2019 by Marc Handelman in Quantum Computation, Quantum Mathematics, Hardware Secrets, Hardware, Computer Science

via Bianca Bharti - writing for Canada's National Post, comes news of Google, Inc's (Nasdaq: GOOGL) stunning accomplishment in quantum computation. Described in a paper entitled 'Quantum supremacy using a programmable superconducting processor' and published at NASA (since taken down, but, available here, along with a bibliography document entitled 'Google Quantum Supremacy (Supplementary information) 09-2019' here.). Read it and weep for the quantum advertising onslaught from Serge and Larry coupled with the complete demise of your future self's privacy in all alternate universes...

"The tantalizing promise of quantum computers is that certain computational tasks might be executed exponentially faster on a quantum processor than on a classical processor. A fundamen- tal challenge is to build a high-fidelity processor capable of running quantum algorithms in an exponentially large computational space. Here, we report using a processor with programmable superconducting qubits to create quantum states on 53 qubits, occupying a state space 253 ∼ 1016. Measurements from repeated experiments sample the corresponding probability distribution, which we verify using classical simulations. While our processor takes about 200 seconds to sample one instance of the quantum circuit 1 million times, a state-of-the-art supercomputer would require approximately 10,000 years to perform the equivalent task. This dramatic speedup relative to all known classical algorithms provides an experimental realization of quantum supremacy on a com- putational task and heralds the advent of a much-anticipated computing paradigm." - via the Google AI Quantum and collaborators, et al - enumerated within the paper here**

September 24, 2019 /Marc Handelman
Quantum Computation, Quantum Mathematics, Hardware Secrets, Hardware, Computer Science

BSides Columbus 2019, Craig Stuntz's 'What On Earth Is Quantum Computing?!? (And Will It Break All My Encryption?)' →

March 19, 2019 by Marc Handelman in Irongeek, Information Security, Quantum Computation, Quantum Encryption, Quantum Mathematics, BSides Columbus

Videography Credit: Irongeek (Adrian Crenshaw, et. al). Please visit Irongeek for additional videographer credits and important information. Enjoy!

March 19, 2019 /Marc Handelman
Irongeek, Information Security, Quantum Computation, Quantum Encryption, Quantum Mathematics, BSides Columbus

Homage to Olga’s Dish of Doom

Quantum Computation, The Looming Dish of Doom

December 20, 2018 by Marc Handelman in Quantum Computation, Quantum Encryption, Information Security

via Martin Giles, writing at the MIT Technology Review, comes word from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine of Looming Quantum Doom (currently scheduled within 20 years). Good News, eh?

'The experts who produced the report, which was released today, say widespread adoption of quantum-resistant cryptography “will be a long and difficult process” that “probably cannot be completed in less than 20 years.' - via Martin Giles, writing at the MIT Technology Review

December 20, 2018 /Marc Handelman
Quantum Computation, Quantum Encryption, Information Security

Quantum of Saturday →

June 23, 2018 by Marc Handelman in Quantum Mathematics, Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Computation

via Philip Ball writing at Quanta Magazine - the web-based publication of the Simons Foundation - comes this superb piece on the current state of quantum computation, and the - apparently - rather long road ahead. Certainly, a Saturday Must Read!

June 23, 2018 /Marc Handelman
Quantum Mathematics, Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Computation

Heretofore Unknown: The Qubit Control Time Juxtaposition →

February 05, 2018 by Marc Handelman in Quantum Effects, Quantum Computation

Previiously unknown Qubit Control that reportedly promises significant exteensions to compute time... Want to dicover why longer computation time is a bona fide breakthrough? Read Chris Lee superlative screed at Ars Technica.

February 05, 2018 /Marc Handelman
Quantum Effects, Quantum Computation