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In this episode, your host Sebastian Hassinger sits down with Andrew Houck to explore the latest advancements and collaborative strategies in quantum computing. Houck shares insights from his leadership roles at both Princeton and the Center for Co-Design of Quantum Advantage (C2QA), focusing on how interdisciplinary efforts are pushing the boundaries of coherence times, materials science, and scalable quantum architectures. The conversation covers the importance of co-design across the quantum stack, the challenges and surprises in improving qubit performance, and the vision for the next era of quantum research.
KEY TOPICS DISCUSSED
NOTABLE QUOTES
“There’s a quasi-infinite number of ways that you can mess up coherence… If you’re really only using one number, you’ll never know.”
“Some of the best ideas we have are taking approaches from one field and bringing them to another. That’s what we call cross-platform co-design.”
“A million-qubit quantum computer is basically a cat… as you build these systems up, you can start to really ask: do we actually understand quantum mechanics as it turns into these macroscopically large objects?”
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In this episode, your host Sebastian Hassinger sits down with Andrew Houck to explore the latest advancements and collaborative strategies in quantum computing. Houck shares insights from his leadership roles at both Princeton and the Center for Co-Design of Quantum Advantage (C2QA), focusing on how interdisciplinary efforts are pushing the boundaries of coherence times, materials science, and scalable quantum architectures. The conversation covers the importance of co-design across the quantum stack, the challenges and surprises in improving qubit performance, and the vision for the next era of quantum research.
KEY TOPICS DISCUSSED
NOTABLE QUOTES
“There’s a quasi-infinite number of ways that you can mess up coherence… If you’re really only using one number, you’ll never know.”
“Some of the best ideas we have are taking approaches from one field and bringing them to another. That’s what we call cross-platform co-design.”
“A million-qubit quantum computer is basically a cat… as you build these systems up, you can start to really ask: do we actually understand quantum mechanics as it turns into these macroscopically large objects?”
RESOURCES & MENTIONS
For more episodes and updates, subscribe to The New Quantum Era.
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