I'm delighted to be joined today by Dr. Sabine Hossenfelder. A traveller from the field of cosmology and quantum gravity research, Sabine authored a widely read article for the Guardian and a subsequent popular Youtube video regarding quantum computing and the goal of reaching quantum supremacy. We speak about Sabines interests and criticisms of the both the quantum computing community and the high energy community, her popular book, Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray and what she tho...
Oct 25, 2019•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today, a major result in Quantum Computing was published in Nature. Google has reported its achievement of Quantum Supremacy, the term given to the point where a quantum processor can outperform any classical supercomputer at a specific task. The theoretical backbone of Google's quantum supremacy protocol has been developed over many many years. In this episode of the podcast we are joined by researchers who have been intimately involved in the development of these computational protocols. Joini...
Oct 23, 2019•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Very happy today to have a chat with Dr. Peter Rohde, ARC future fellow at the centre for quantum software and information at the University of Technology Sydney. Today we discuss his work in photonic quantum computing and communications and his latest work in the geo-strategic issues for quantum technology and the entanglement economy. Peter will be giving a tech talk at TEDxNewtown this November, check it out https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/34755 Check out Peter on Twitter https://twitter.com/...
Sep 30, 2019•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast Joining us today is Dr. Sarah Kaiser, a former academic and now at Pensar Development. Sarah chats with me about her new book on python and Q# and her involvement in the development community for quantum software. Discount and free Ebook codes discount code: podmequanics19 Here are also 4 free eBook: quco-E0A1 quco-1B5E quco-7432 quco-04DB Book link (with my affiliate code) : https://www.manning.com/books/learn-quantum-computing-with-python-and-q-sharp?a_aid=learn-qc-kaiser&a_bid=ee23f338&data1=...
Jun 06, 2019•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast In June 2017, Blueyard capital and Google Quantum AI hosted an event in Munich, Germany for a discussion amongst investors, corporations, start-ups and academics regarding the current state and future of quantum computing. During this day long event there were several panel discussions on various aspects of quantum computing. Blueyard has graciously agreed to release these discussions as part of the podcast. We are very thankful to them and hope you enjoy it. To see the recorded videos of the da...
Oct 29, 2018•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast In June 2017, Blueyard capital and Google Quantum AI hosted an event in Munich, Germany for a discussion amongst investors, corporations, start-ups and academics regarding the current state and future of quantum computing. During this day long event there were several panel discussions on various aspects of quantum computing. Blueyard has graciously agreed to release these discussions as part of the podcast. We are very thankful to them and hope you enjoy it. To see the recorded videos of the da...
Oct 05, 2018•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today in a very gracious manner, Dr. Nana Liu from Singapore has taken over hosting duties for the podcast. While in Berlin, she caught up with Rod Van Meter who was a previous guest early on in the podcast. Rod has recently been appointed vice chair of the Keio university quantum computing centre, which is one of the hubs for the IBMQ network. They sit down for a pleasant little outside chat. Follow rod on twitter www.twitter.com/rdviii and check out the KQCC website https://quantum.keio.ac.jp ...
Sep 18, 2018•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast In June 2017, Blueyard capital and Google Quantum AI hosted an event in Munich, Germany for a discussion amongst investors, corporations, start-ups and academics regarding the current state and future of quantum computing. During this day long event there were several panel discussions on various aspects of quantum computing. Blueyard has graciously agreed to release these discussions as part of the podcast. We are very thankful to them and hope you enjoy it. To see the recorded videos of the da...
Sep 08, 2018•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast I'm very pleased that today we have on William Hurley (whurley), the CEO of a new quantum startup called Strangeworks and notable quantum book author. We had a great chat today about the newly forming quantum industry and whurleys take on in coming from a non-quantum (but a heavy startup) background. Check out strangeworks http://www.strangeworks.com and follow whurley and Strangeworks on twitter https://twitter.com/whurley https://twitter.com/Strangeworks Don't forget to subscribe to us on iTun...
Aug 17, 2018•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast From July 16th to 20th 2018 at the University of Technology, Sydney the centre Quantum Software and Information hosted the 13th Annual conference on the theory of quantum computation, communication and cryptography (TQC) and the 1st international workshop on quantum software and quantum machine learning (QSML). On the last night of TQC an industry session was hosted and a lengthy discussion between the panelists and the audience took place. This is that discussion. On the panel we were delighted...
Jul 22, 2018•2 hr 49 min•Transcript available on Metacast I'm pleased today to have Dr. Dominic Horsman from the University of Grenoble with me today to chat about his evolution from the study of quantum foundations to practical, large-scale quantum computing. Check out Dominics homepage https://quantum.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/fostering-the-ecosystem/our-chairs-of-excellence/quantum-computing/horsman-dominic-734445.htm Follow him on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/qudit. and check out Craig Gidney's blog post that was mentioned. http://algassert.com/p...
Jul 11, 2018•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast I'm delighted today to have Prof. Michael Biercuk, founder and CEO and Dr. Michael Hush, lead quantum control engineer on the podcast to discuss their work at a new startup, Q-CTRL. They chat about the scope and work they are performing and how they are throwing their hat into the ring amongst the new group of quantum technology startups. Follow us on twitter https://www.twitter.com/mequanics Subscribe to us on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/meet-the-mequanics-quantum-computing-discu...
Mar 15, 2018•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast I'm happy to have Dr. Will Zeng on the podcast today. Will is the head of quantum cloud services at Rigetti Computing and talks with me today about the hardware being developed at Rigetti and the software platforms and framework that is being developed to support their quantum computing platform. Please subscribe to us on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/meet-the-mequanics-quantum-computing-discussions/id1099431495?mt=2 Follow us on twitter https://www.twitter.com/mequanics and please ...
Mar 10, 2018•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today I am pleased to have Prof. Simon Benjamin from the Networked Quantum Information Technology hub (NQIT) at the university of Oxford. We chat about what makes scalable quantum computers scalable and what are some of the challenges moving forward in achieving large scale quantum computing. Please follow us on Twitter for updates http://www.twitter.com/mequanics and subscribe to us on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/meet-the-mequanics-quantum-computing-discussions/id1099431495?mt=2 ...
Mar 02, 2018•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast We are delighted to have a two guests today to give us a field report from the latest instance of the Quantum Information Processing conference (QIP) held at Tu-Delft in the Netherlands. Joschka Roffe is a Ph.D student at Durham university in the U.K. and Padraic Calpin is a Ph.D student at the centre for doctoral training in delivering quantum technologies at University college, London. We chat about their research, the topics discussed at #QIP2018 and how quantum technology is developing as a ...
Jan 31, 2018•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode we speak to Guillaume Verdon of the University of Waterloo and the Perimeter institute to discuss his research into quantum machine learning and get a field report from the recent ThinkQ conference hosted by IBM in New York state. We discuss quantum algorithms and the current research effort to find interesting and or practical applications for quantum computing that are small enough to not require resource intensive error correction protocols Follow us on twitter http://www.twit...
Dec 13, 2017•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast I am pleased to be joined today by Dr. Nana Liu from the National University of Singapore and Singapore University of Technology and Design to have a chat about this weeks Heidelberg Laureate Forum and her work in quantum technology development. Dr. Liu has been live tweeting and blogging about her discussions and experiences at the forum, where young researchers meet some of the best minds in science. Follow us on twitter https://www.twitter.com/mequanics and subscribe to us on iTunes https://i...
Sep 29, 2017•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast We are delighted to be joined today by Philipp Banhardt from Blueyard Capital and Alan Ho from Google in a live podcast from Google's offices in Munich to recap the recent quantum leap meeting organized by Blueyard and Google which brought together academics, industry representatives, quantum startups and venture capital people to discuss the current status and future challenges in creating a new industry sector based on quantum technology Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/mequanics ch...
Jun 26, 2017•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast We are pleased to have Dr. Chris Granade from the University of Sydney and the ARC centre of Excellence in Engineered Quantum Systems joining us today to chat about his work in quantum control and statistical modelling as well as his work practising and promoting both open science research and reproducible research. Please check out the links below for more of Chris's work. Chris Granade on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/cgranade His website and blog http://www.cgranade.com Follow meQuanics on ...
Jun 15, 2017•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast We are delighted to be joined today by Joseph Fitzsimonds from Singapore University of Technology and Design and from the Centre for Quantum Technology at the National University of Singapore. Joseph has been a leader in the field of cryptography and quantum computing and developed the protocols for secure "Blind" quantum computing. Please check out the links below to his lab and work. Follow us on twitter https://www.twitter.com/mequanics Subscribe on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/...
May 07, 2017•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast After a bit of a break because of my move from Japan back to Australia, we are lucky enough to be joined by Chris Ferrie from the centre for quantum software and information at the University of Technology, Sydney. Not only is Chris involved in cutting edge research in quantum technology, but he is a notable author of childrens books focused on physics! Check out the links below Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/mequanics Subscribe to us on Soundcloud http://www.soundcloud.com/mequanic...
Apr 26, 2017•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the podcast we have another field report from the recent APS march meeting in New Orleans. Zlatko Minev from Yale chats about the topics and talks that interest him. Zlatko is also the founder of open labs. So go and check it out! Website: theOpenLabs.org Contact: zlatko.minev@yale.edu or zminev@gmail.com Chapters: Yale, Penn, Princeton, Columbia, Harvard Career development through APS: CCPD - Committee on Careers & Professional Development (contact: Crystal Bailey) FGSA - Forum on Grad...
Mar 24, 2017•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast We are joined today by Daniel Herr who is a Ph.D student at ETH Zurich and who works with me at Riken in Tokyo. Daniel is currently attending the annual APS March meeting in New Orleans. The APS March meeting is the largest gathering of physicists worldwide and Daniel is giving us our second quantum field report. Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/mequanics
Mar 17, 2017•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of meet the meQuanics we are pleased to have Dr. Earl Campbell from the university of Sheffield. His work is deeply related to how an error-corrected quantum computer will be build, programmed, benchmarked and optimised and we are happy to have Dr. Campbell on to talk about his interesting research. Follow us on soundcloud http://www.soundcloud.com/mequanics and iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/meet-mequanics-quantum-computing/id1099431495?mt=2 and keep up to date with ...
Feb 14, 2017•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of meet the meQuanics, we are joined by Prof. Jungsang Kim from Duke University in the US. Prof. Kim is also the co-founder of ionQ, a new start up developing ion trap quantum computing technology. Prof. Kim will have a chat about his work, his tech and the future of private sector investment in quantum technology. subscribe to us on soundcloud http://www.soundcloud.com/mequanics and iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/meet-mequanics-quantum-computing/id1099431495?mt=2 Fol...
Jan 26, 2017•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast today we try something new on meet the meQuanics. This week, in Seattle is the 20th edition of the Quantum Information Processing (QIP) conference series, one of the major quantum technology conferences worldwide. Live tweeting a conference has become more and more common and to try something new we have enlisted one of those live tweeters to come on the podcast to give us a bit of a look at the kind of things being discussed. We are very pleased that Zachary Eldredge from the University of Mary...
Jan 18, 2017•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast We are pleased to have Dr. Nicolas Menicucci from RMIT university and the Australian Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computing and Communications Technology join us today for the first chat of the new year. Nicolas has been one of the leading theorists for optically based quantum technologies and he talks about the benefits and challenges of this type of quantum computer. Please subscribe to us on Soundcloud http://www.soundcloud.com/mequanics and iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/meet...
Dec 31, 2016•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast For our next episode, I am please to be joined by Sabrina Maniscalco from the University of Turku in Finland. Aside from her work in quantum physics and quantum technology, Sabrina has been one of the pioneers in games related to quantum computing and quantum physics. We will have a chat about citizen science for quantum technology and her efforts in co-ordinating the worldwide quantum game jam. Please subscribe to us on Soundcloud http://www.soundcloud.com/mequanics and iTunes https://itunes.ap...
Dec 14, 2016•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode we will be joined by Prof. Andrew Doherty, Professor of physics at the University of Sydney and Deputy Director of the ARC center of Excellence in Engineered Quantum Systems. Andrew will be here to discuss his research, the broader efforts at Sydnet University and the next stage of developments for EQUS. follow us on twitter http://www.twitter.com/mequanics on soundcloud http://www.soundcloud.com/mequanics. Visit the EQUS website at www.equs.org and follow andrew at https://twitt...
Nov 15, 2016•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 1st of November we will officially launch h-bar: Quantum Consultants. Myself, together with Prof. Jared Cole are pleased to create the worlds first consultancy firm specialising in the area of active quantum technology. In this episode of meet the meQuanics, which is now proudly hosted by h-bar, Prof. Cole will join me to have a chat about h-bar, what we are tying to set up and how an effort like this can fit into the broader space for private and public sector funding on quantum technolo...
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