meet the meQuanics - Quantum Computing Discussions

I'm delighted to be joined today by Dr. Sabine Hossenfelder. A traveller from the field of cosmology and quantum gravity research, Sabine authored a widely read article for the Guardian and a subsequent popular Youtube video regarding quantum computing and the goal of reaching quantum supremacy.

We speak about Sabines interests and criticisms of the both the quantum computing community and the high energy community, her popular book, Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray and what she thought of the recent announcement from Google claiming to have achieved quantum supremacy with their superconducting platform.

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And check out both her article in the Guardian and YouTube video

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/aug/02/quantum-supremacy-computers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKnfVA1v5ow

Today, a major result in Quantum Computing was published in Nature. Google has reported its achievement of Quantum Supremacy, the term given to the point where a quantum processor can outperform any classical supercomputer at a specific task.

The theoretical backbone of Google's quantum supremacy protocol has been developed over many many years. In this episode of the podcast we are joined by researchers who have been intimately involved in the development of these computational protocols.

Joining us today is Ashley Montenaro from the University of Bristol, Michael Bremner from the University of Technology Sydney and Ryan Mann from the University of Bristol. We discuss the evolution of the theoretical work that has underpinned the Google experiment, the result itself and what hopefully comes next.

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Very happy today to have a chat with Dr. Peter Rohde, ARC future fellow at the centre for quantum software and information at the University of Technology Sydney. Today we discuss his work in photonic quantum computing and communications and his latest work in the geo-strategic issues for quantum technology and the entanglement economy.

Peter will be giving a tech talk at TEDxNewtown this November, check it out

https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/34755

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Joining us today is Dr. Sarah Kaiser, a former academic and now at Pensar Development. Sarah chats with me about her new book on python and Q# and her involvement in the development community for quantum software.

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Check out the links to Dr. Kaiser's work

My twitter: https://twitter.com/crazy4pi314

Q# Community: https://qsharp.community/

Baby University books: https://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Kaiser/e/B07H4VDXW5?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=sckaiser-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=23286605be85b82edba09098bc7742d3&camp=1789&creative=9325

In June 2017, Blueyard capital and Google Quantum AI hosted an event in Munich, Germany for a discussion amongst investors, corporations, start-ups and academics regarding the current state and future of quantum computing. During this day long event there were several panel discussions on various aspects of quantum computing. Blueyard has graciously agreed to release these discussions as part of the podcast. We are very thankful to them and hope you enjoy it.

To see the recorded videos of the day long meeting, please head to blueyard's Youtube channel.

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In June 2017, Blueyard capital and Google Quantum AI hosted an event in Munich, Germany for a discussion amongst investors, corporations, start-ups and academics regarding the current state and future of quantum computing. During this day long event there were several panel discussions on various aspects of quantum computing. Blueyard has graciously agreed to release these discussions as part of the podcast. We are very thankful to them and hope you enjoy it.

To see the recorded videos of the day long meeting, please head to blueyard's Youtube channel.

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Today in a very gracious manner, Dr. Nana Liu from Singapore has taken over hosting duties for the podcast. While in Berlin, she caught up with Rod Van Meter who was a previous guest early on in the podcast. Rod has recently been appointed vice chair of the Keio university quantum computing centre, which is one of the hubs for the IBMQ network. They sit down for a pleasant little outside chat.

Follow rod on twitter

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and check out the KQCC website

https://quantum.keio.ac.jp

and Rod's online course on quantum computing

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/intro-to-quantum-computing

In June 2017, Blueyard capital and Google Quantum AI hosted an event in Munich, Germany for a discussion amongst investors, corporations, start-ups and academics regarding the current state and future of quantum computing. During this day long event there were several panel discussions on various aspects of quantum computing. Blueyard has graciously agreed to release these discussions as part of the podcast. We are very thankful to them and hope you enjoy it.

To see the recorded videos of the day long meeting, please head to blueyard's Youtube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyyqAy3PMYukAglqrGtbgLw

Check them out on Twitter

https://www.twitter.com/blueyard

and on Medium

https://medium.com/@BlueYard

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I'm very pleased that today we have on William Hurley (whurley), the CEO of a new quantum startup called Strangeworks and notable quantum book author. We had a great chat today about the newly forming quantum industry and whurleys take on in coming from a non-quantum (but a heavy startup) background.

Check out strangeworks

http://www.strangeworks.com

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From July 16th to 20th 2018 at the University of Technology, Sydney the centre Quantum Software and Information hosted the 13th Annual conference on the theory of quantum computation, communication and cryptography (TQC) and the 1st international workshop on quantum software and quantum machine learning (QSML). On the last night of TQC an industry session was hosted and a lengthy discussion between the panelists and the audience took place. This is that discussion.

On the panel we were delighted to have

Michael Hush - Q-CTRL

Maria Schuld - Xanadu

Dave Bacon - Google

Chris Granade - Microsoft

Nick Rubin - Rigetti

The audience was not miked up, so I have re-recorded and paraphrased the questions being asked

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