4 - Very Cold Qubits for a Very Hot Community

05/05/21 • 53 min

Forwards & Backwards: A History of Quantum Computing

Sometimes, you just want to experience a very large dilution refrigerator in action. And that’s exactly what this episode delivers!

Join Sebastian, Abe and Matt as they chat with Pat Gumann (Manager of Quantum Processor and System Integration, Quantum Computing at IBM) and Jay Gambetta (IBM Fellow and Vice President, Quantum Computing at IBM), about how the quantum field became a quantum industry, and the technical challenges of using a superconducting platform to build qubits.

Credits: Co-created and co-hosted by Sebastian Hassinger and Abraham Asfaw. Produced, written, co-hosted and edited by Matt Hooper. Special thanks to the entire IBM Quantum team.

Sometimes, you just want to experience a very large dilution refrigerator in action. And that’s exactly what this episode delivers!

Credits: Co-created and co-hosted by Sebastian Hassinger and Abraham Asfaw. Produced, written, co-hosted and edited by Matt Hooper. Special thanks to the entire IBM Quantum team.

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3 - Who Works On this Stuff? And How Can We Expand The Field?

We’ve often referenced the cross-disciplinary nature of the quantum computing field. Nowhere is that clearer than in the stories of three of our guests, each of whom are professors at esteemed universities, and each of whom are propelling the field forward. Margaret Martonosi, the head of the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering at the National Science Foundation and a Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University; Tina Brower-Thomas, Principal Investigator for Integrated Quantum Materials and Director for the Integration for the NSF at Howard University; and Ken Brown, Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Join Sebastian, Abe and Matt as they sit down with each of these QC leaders to discuss the downturn in quantum funding in the early 2000’s, the trapped ion vs superconducting debate, and the opportunity to build a more inclusive workforce in the 2020’s.

Credits: Co-created and co-hosted by Sebastian Hassinger and Abraham Asfaw. Produced, written, co-hosted and edited by Matt Hooper. Special thanks to the entire IBM Quantum team.

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5 - Putting Today's Quantum Systems to Good Use

Real quantum computers are here, but they are small and noisy, and not fully mature. Be that as it may Professor Prineha Narang of Harvard is finding ways to use IBM’s open-source quantum platforms to do useful things like simulation and probing the limits of what is possible right now. Additionally, she is pioneering ‘Quantum Entanglement as a Service’ via her startup, Aliro, a software company whose goal is to democratize access to quantum computing.

Join Sebastian and Matt as they chat with Prineha about her own quantum journey, the power and problems of quantum noise, and the development of both her class and business.

Credits: Co-created and co-hosted by Sebastian Hassinger and Abraham Asfaw. Produced, written, co-hosted and edited by Matt Hooper. Special thanks to the entire IBM Quantum team.