CalTech Science Exchange Presents “Building a Quantum Computer”

Full Titel “Conversations on the Quantum World: Building a Quantum Computer” Quantum computers of the future promise to crack some of the hardest problems in computer science, physics, materials science, and more, but how close are scientists to building a working quantum computer? And what exactly will these machines be able to do? “Quantum computers are a completely new paradigm of computing, but it is not true that they can be used to speed-up any problem,” says Fernando Brandão, Caltech’s Bren Professor of Theoretical Physics. In conversation with science writer Whitney Clavin, Brandão, who is also director of quantum applications for Amazon Web Services (AWS) Center for Quantum Computing at Caltech, will examine the hype about quantum computing and provide an update on the field. Register for this World Quantum Day event to learn about different approaches to building quantum computers, the challenges scientists and engineers are grappling with today, and why this is an exciting time to be a quantum physicist. Speaker: Fernando Brandão, Bren Professor of Theoretical Physics Fernando Brandao is a theoretical physicist and director of quantum applications at Amazon Web Services. He has contributed to multiple areas of quantum information and computation, including entanglement theory, quantum algorithms, and quantum error correction. Brandão was awarded the 2020 Landauer and Bennett Award in Quantum Computing from the American Physical Society. He earned his PhD from Imperial College London and held positions at Imperial College, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, ETH Zürich, University College London, and Microsoft before joining Caltech in 2016. Co-sponsored by: Actual Host: CalTech Science Exchange Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/356251