Quantum Class 23, Thu 2021-11-18
Table of contents
1 Missing project proposals - repeat
Several students have still not submitted project proposals. It will be difficult to pass the course w/o a project. Projects will be due on the last class day; there will be no extensions.
There are many missing homeworks.
I've reopened gradescope to take old submissions until Sunday 11pm.
Do not send submissions to me; upload them to gradescope.
2 Project presentation signup
The last 3 class days will be student presentations of your projects. That is, Dec 2, 6, 9.
Sign up by emailing me your preferred dates (in preferred order if you care). It's helpful if the subject contains quantum. In your email, give me the names of your whole team.
A single person talk should be 10-15 minutes. For 2 or more people: 15-20.
3 Steve Dombrowski tribute
https://ecse.rpi.edu/news/ecse-mourns-passing-long-time-ecse-staff-steve-dombrowski
4 New videos
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Cryo-CMOS Quantum Control: from a Wild Idea to Working Silicon, Prof. Edoardo Charbon (38:36), Oct 18, 2021.
The core of a quantum processor is generally an array of qubits that need to be controlled and read out by a classical processor. This processor operates on the qubits with nanosecond latency, several millions of times per second, with tight constraints on noise and power. This is due to the extremely weak signals involved in the process that require highly sensitive circuits and systems, along with very precise timing capability. We advocate the use of CMOS technologies to achieve these goals, whereas the circuits will be operated at deep-cryogenic temperatures. We believe that these circuits, collectively known as cryo-CMOS control, will make future qubit arrays scalable, enabling a faster growth in qubit count. In the lecture, the challenges of designing and operating complex circuits and systems at 4K and below will be outlined, along with preliminary results achieved in the control and read-out of qubits by ad hoc integrated circuits that were optimized to operate at low power in these conditions. The talk will conclude with a perspective on the field and its trends.
See also https://www.quantumsilicon-grenoble.eu/cryogenic-cmos-electronics/
Barriers to building scalable quantum computers, Joe Fitzsimons, Chris Monroe and John Morton, (10:00), Oct 4, 2021.
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What IonQ Inc. Provides In Quantum Computing? (5:04), Oct 1, 2021.
TD Ameritrade Network. IonQ is a quantum computing hardware and software. President and CEO, Peter Chapman, weighs in on the stock opening for trading today on the NYSE. He says that quantum systems are available through the cloud on Amazon Braket, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud. The company recently completed a business combination with DMY Tech Group (DMYI), and has partnerships with Accenture, Fidelity, and the University of Maryland.
If you're thinking of investing in this, or any other stock, remember the Wall Street proverb about how to make a small fortune in the stock market.
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Every Major Quantum Computing Breakthroughs in 2021 So Far (8:07) Aug 12, 2021.
From developing high-level quantum computers to keeping qubits stable at room temperature, let’s look at some of the most amazing quantum breakthroughs in 2021! Subscribe to Futurity.
5 Possible future topics
quantum info processing
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Daniel Gottesman - Quantum Error Correction and Fault Tolerance (Part 1) - CSSQI 2012 (54:13) Nov 23, 2012
Institute for Quantum Computing. Dr. Daniel Gottesman, Research Scientist at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, gave a lecture about Quantum Error Correction and Fault Tolerance.
The lecture is the first of two parts, and was filmed at the Canadian Summer School on Quantum Information, held at the University of Waterloo in June of 2012.
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