Education
This online community is intended to help educate and inspire the next generation of QIS scientists and engineers.
Quantum Information Science (QIS) is at a historically important juncture.
- Its laboratory bona fides have been firmly established; now, scientists and engineers at scores of companies and institutes are racing to transform lab projects into scalable, production-ready systems that can be turned loose on real-world problems.
The situation gives rise to a number of questions.
- What expectations should society, especially those involved in setting government policy, have for the near- and longer-term future of quantum machines?
- What should today's science and engineering students be taught about the growing body of quantum information sciences?
- Might a shortage of skilled workers hamper the roll-out of robust quantum systems?
There is rapid funding now available in quantum computing, like the billion-dollar National Quantum Initiative and likely industry co-investment.
- The immediate problem is that there are not enough workers trained in quantum information to effectively spend the projected funds. These immediate needs could be addressed by incremental education, such as one or two courses that would allow a skilled circuit designer, for example, to design quantum circuits -- or a materials researcher to be able to study quantum information behaviors in qubits
Summary of the 2019 IEEE Workshop on Benchmarking Quantum Computational Devices and Systems
7 November 2019 | San Mateo, California, USA
A summary and speaker presentations on the topics of quantum supremacy and quantum computer performance are now available from our half-day workshop on benchmarking quantum computational devices and systems. The workshop was held in conjunction with the 2019 IEEE International Conference on Rebooting Computing (ICRC) and was part of IEEE Rebooting Computing Week 2019.
Resources
Satellite-Based Continuous-Variable Quantum Communications: State-of-the-Art and a Predictive Outlook (Open Access)
IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, Volume 21, Issue 1
IEEE GLOBECOM 2016 Tutorial: Quantum Communications (PDF, 6 MB)
Rob Malaney, UNSW
Videos
Introduction to Quantum
Tech Pioneers Weigh in on the Vast Potential of Quantum Computing, 15 July 2019
A Beginner’s Guide to Quantum Computing | Talia Gershon, IBM, 31 May 2017
The Mathematics of Quantum Computers | PBS Infinite Series, 16 Feb 2017
Quantum Computing Explained: An Introduction to Quantum Computers, 30 May 2014
Quantum Computing Explained | Lawrence Krauss, 26 Aug 2013
University Lectures
Checking a QC with a Classical Supercomputer | John Martinis, 12 Jun 2018
Quantum Computing: Untangling the Hype - The Royal Institution, 2 May 2018
What Will We Do With Quantum Computing? | Aram Harrow, MIT, 13 Feb 2018
The Future of Quantum Computing | Prof. Seth Lloyd, 2 Jan 2018
Quantum Computing and the Entanglement Frontier | John Preskill, CalTech, 7 Mar 2017
The Quantum Computational Universe - 1 of 2 | Patrick Hayden, 2 Dec 2016
QC Concepts - Quantum Hardware | Andrea Morello, UNSW Australia, 20 Apr 2016
Quantum Entanglements, Part 1 (Stanford) | Leonard Susskind, 25 Sep 2006
Innovations in Industry
Don’t Count Your Qubits Before They’re Hatched | Robert Sutor, IBM, 28 Sep 2018
Fujitsu Forum 2017 Keynote - Quantum Computing | Joseph Reger, 9 Nov 2017
Quantum Computing - Top 3 Microsoft Breakthroughs with Krysta Svore, 2 Oct 2017
Quantum computing explained with a deck of cards | Dario Gil, IBM, 22 Jun 2017
Quantum Hardware at Google (Chapman University) | Josh Mutus, 19 Oct 2016
Quantum Computing: Artificial Intelligence Is Here | Geordie Rose, 25 Aug 2015
TEDx Talks
QC demystified | Ilyas Khan | TEDxCityUniversityLondon, 20 Dec 2017
Introduction to Quantum Computing | Koen Bertels | TEDxAntwerp, 16 Nov 2017
What Quantum Computing Isn't | Scott Aaronson | TEDxDresden, 1 Nov 2017
How quantum computers are different! | Alireza Shabani | TEDxUCLA, 8 Jul 2016
Can we make quantum work? | Leo Kouwenhoven | TEDxAmsterdam, 29 Nov 2015
Knots, World-Lines, & Quantum Computation | Steve Simon | TEDxOxford, 4 Aug 2015
Quantum computers | David DiVincenzo at TEDxEutropolis, 24 Oct 2013
Quantum computing, the story of a wild idea | Andris Ambainis at TEDxRiga 2013, 9 Aug 2013
QC Update | Ray Laflamme at TEDxWaterloo 2013, 30 May 2013
Nanoelectronics and Quantum Computation | Charlie Marcus - TEDxCaltech, 18 Feb 2011