Introduction to Quantum Computing
From the Organizers:
Quantum computing is an active area of research and development, with a market size of $885 million in 2023 with an expected compound annual growth rate of 34.8%. While currently existing quantum computers are not able to outperform classical computers on any real-world applications, next generation models are anticipated to display "quantum supremacy" by surpassing the abilities of cutting-edge classical computers, particularly in the fields of cryptography, cybersecurity, and the modelling of quantum systems. In this talk, I will present a basic overview of the fundamentals of quantum computation, a summary of the current state of research and development, and a prognosis for what we may expect to see from this field in the near future.
Our speaker this month is Luke Langsjoen. Luke obtained his B.S. in Chemical Physics and Astrophysics from Rice University in 2005, and proceeded to obtain a Ph.D. in theoretical condensed matter physics from the University of Virginia in 2011. He subsequently conducted research as a postdoctoral research associate in the field of quantum computation at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI from 2011 to 2014, and he has written and published multiple academic papers in top tier peer-reviewed physics journals. Dr. Langsjoen’s work at UW studied quantum and thermal noise as a source of qubit decoherence in semiconductor quantum computational devices. Since 2014, Dr. Langsjoen left academia and has been working as a registered patent agent specializing in patent preparation, prosecution, and analysis in the fields of wireless telecommunication technologies, digital signal processing, semiconductor processor design, application-layer software development, distributed/parallel computing algorithm design, encryption, geophysical data analysis, quantum computation, compressive sensing technology, computer-aided-design (CAD) modelling, and convolutional neural networks.
Talk will be livestreamed at https://www.youtube.com/user/austintechlive and will later be archived at https://www.youtube.com/user/effaustin. Questions for the speaker from virtual attendees may be submitted via the Youtube livestream chat, our Twitter account, @EFFaustin, our Mastodon account, @effaustin, or our Bluesky account, @effaustin.bsky.social.
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When:
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
7 pm – 9 pm CT
Where:
Capital Factory
701 Brazos Street Suite 150 · Austin, TX
Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/user/austintechlive
This event is organized not by EFF, but by EFF-Austin, a grassroots group participating in the Electronic Frontier Alliance. The EFA is a network of grassroots organizations across the country committed to promoting digital rights. Together, we're building a movement to promote freedom of expression, privacy, security, creativity, and access to knowledge.